Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Utica Shale Permits issued Oct 2012 - Another record

October 2012 was another excellent month for total permits issued in the Ohio Utica Shale, reaching 55 for the month. Operators seeking permits for the month was lead by Chesapeake (36), followed by Gulfport Energy (6), Antero (3), Hess (3), CNX (2), Rex (2), Devon (1), Hilcorp (1), and Mountaineer (1)

Source: Nov 3 report, Ohio DNR public data

Friday, November 2, 2012

Utica Shale in Ohio - Statistics as of October 27, 2012 Ohio DNR Report

Slicing and dicing the data from the October 27, 2012 report from the Ohio DNR reveals that
  • 106 wells are classified as drilled (not yet producing for numerous reasons). Some may be waiting on frac crews, others might be completed but not ready to produce for other reasons (60 day rest period, awaiting pipelines to transport gas to market, etc.). 81 of the wells are Chesapeake wells, followed by CNX (5), Gulfport (5) , Antero (3),  Devon (3), Anadarko (2), Hess (2), PDC (2), Marquette (1), Enervest (1), Rex (1)

    See "Maps" tab at top to view a map of wells drilled
  • 30 wells are classified as drilling. Chesapeake leading with 14, followed by Devon (3), XTO (3), Anadarko (2), Gulfport (2), Antero (1), CNNX (1), Hall (1), Hess (1), Mountaineer (1), Rex (1).

    Most popular counties for drilling are Carroll (9), Columbiana (4), Harrison (4), Belmont (3), Noble (3), Guernsey (2), Holmes (1), Mahoning (1), Monroe (1), Portage (1), Wayne (1)

    See "Maps" tab at top to view a map of wells drilling.

    It is interesting that total wells drilling has not moved compared to the end of May when we had 31 wells drilling, or near end July when we saw 35 drilling.
  • 36 wells were classified as producing with Chesapeake at (25), then Anadarko (5), Enervest (2), Gulfport (1), HG Energy (1), Ohio Buckeye (1), Rex (1)

    22 of the producing wells lie in Carroll county, followed by Guernsey (2), Harrison (2), Noble (2), Stark (2), Columbiana (1), Jefferson (1), Monroe (1), Muskingum (1),  Portage (1), Tuscarawas (1)

    See "Maps" tab at top to view a map of wells drilling.

Note that the Ohio DNR report shows  431 Permits and 178 Drilled. 178 Drilled come from the numbers above 106+30+36 = 172 + 6 wells classified as Plugged.