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New Well Permit Issued for Columbiana County
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has awarded Chesapeake Exploration LLC a new horizontal well permit for oil and gas exploration in Columbiana County, records show.
ODNR issued the new well permit Oct. 16 for the Sosenko property in Hanover Township, the agency reported. No additional permits for Trumbull or Mahoning counties during the week ending Oct. 19.
The agency issued eight permits during the week: Three to Chesapeake for its Columbiana well and two more in Carroll County; three to Antero Resources Corp. for exploration in Noble County; one for EQT Production Co. for a new well in Guernsey County; and one horizontal permit for Rice Drilling D LLC for a well in Belmont County.
Since 2010, ODNR has issued 935 horizontal permits to companies drilling in eastern Ohio's Utica shale, and 583 of these wells are now drilled. Of that number, 169 wells are producing across the Utica, ODNR reports.
No new horizontal permits were issued last week for wells in Lawrence or Mercer counties, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's website.
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