Utica Shale / Point Pleasant Play
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Mahoning County Lease Activity – Clear Sign of Northern Tier Expansion
Data out of the Mahoning County Recorder’s Office continues to indicate a rapid northern expansion of Utica/Point Pleasant shale activity. As reported by Dan O’Brien in the Youngstown Business Journal on August 4, 2026, 496 new oil and gas leases…
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Utica Shale’s Northern Tier Earns Attention – Part 2
The economic success of the wells drilled in western Columbiana County, Ohio, along with the Wehr Spring Valley Farm well, has sent operators in two directions at once. ODNR activity reports and Mahoning County leasing activity show that operators are…
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Utica Shale’s Northern Tier Earns Attention – Part 1
There is renewed interest in Northeast Ohio (Columbiana, Mahoning, Trumbull and Southern Ashtabula county) oil and gas development. Once abandoned, no longer. Data releases from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and county recorder offices continue to indicate renewed…