YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has issued a new
horizontal drilling permit to Houston-based Hilcorp Energy Co. to begin oil and
gas exploration in Columbiana County.
Hilcorp, a privately owned oil and gas exploration company, was issued a permit Aug. 13 to drill on the Hanover-Mountz property in Hanover Township, records show. It is the 49th well permitted in Columbiana County since 2011, and is the first such well for Hilcorp in the county.
Hilcorp recently signed an $836,000 drilling lease with the city of Campbell; the company has approached the city of Struthers and the Lowellville school board about leasing mineral rights for the lands both entities own.
According to ODNR records, two Columbiana wells – the Sanor well in Knox Township and the Ayrview Acres well in West Township – are in production. No results have been resulted.
Chesapeake Exploration LLC, the most active energy company drilling in the Utica shale, last week was issued two permits to drill horizontal wells in Carroll County, ODNR records show.
Since 2011, Chesapeake has been issued 121 permits to drill in Carroll County, which has emerged as the focal point of Utica shale development.
No permits were issued last week for Mahoning and Trumbull counties, nor were any issued for Mercer and Lawrence counties in western Pennsylvania.
Copyright 2012 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
Hilcorp, a privately owned oil and gas exploration company, was issued a permit Aug. 13 to drill on the Hanover-Mountz property in Hanover Township, records show. It is the 49th well permitted in Columbiana County since 2011, and is the first such well for Hilcorp in the county.
Hilcorp recently signed an $836,000 drilling lease with the city of Campbell; the company has approached the city of Struthers and the Lowellville school board about leasing mineral rights for the lands both entities own.
According to ODNR records, two Columbiana wells – the Sanor well in Knox Township and the Ayrview Acres well in West Township – are in production. No results have been resulted.
Chesapeake Exploration LLC, the most active energy company drilling in the Utica shale, last week was issued two permits to drill horizontal wells in Carroll County, ODNR records show.
Since 2011, Chesapeake has been issued 121 permits to drill in Carroll County, which has emerged as the focal point of Utica shale development.
No permits were issued last week for Mahoning and Trumbull counties, nor were any issued for Mercer and Lawrence counties in western Pennsylvania.
Copyright 2012 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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