The August 16, 2014 Utica / Point Pleasant well activity data is out. The report shows:
202 Ohio wells reported as currently drilling, map
Utica Ohio drilling activity by county
Harrison county leads all drilling activity with 49 wells classified as drilling, followed by
Guernsey (43)
Monroe (42)
Noble (35)
Carroll (17)
Belmont (12)
Jefferson (1)
Morgan (1)
Portage (1)
Trumbull (1)
Utica Ohio drilling activity by operator
Antero leads the pack with 38 wells classified as currently drilling, followed by
Chesapeake (34)
Gulfport (32)
American Energy (22)
Eclipse (16)
Hess (14)
PDC Energy (8)
Triad Hunter (8)
HG Energy (6)
Carrizo (5)
CNX Gas (4)
Hall Drilling (4)
XTO (3)
EQT Production (2)
Rex Energy (2)
Chevron (1)
Devon (1)
Halcon (1)
Mountaineer Keystone (1)
In addition:
467 wells are classified as Producing, map and
228 wells as Drilled, map.
20 new permits were issued for the period (August 10-16 2014)
New permits were lead by American Energy with 10 new permits followed by
Hess (5)
Chesapeake (4)
CNX (1)
Harrison county led Utica permitting with 8 followed by
Belmont (7)
Carroll (4)
Tuscarawas (1)
A map of the newly permitted wells is below, note that these are surface locations where they are often more than one well on a pad, zoom in to view separate locations on a pad.