Active Drilling in Ohio's Utica Shale, Map

When operators set out to drill a single well in Ohio's Utica Shale they are investing an estimated 5-7 million dollars. As a result of such investment, drilling activity is a good indicator of where operators believe the money is, or could be.  The latest activity report shows some investment happening by Halcon and Mountaineer Keystone in Trumbull and Portage counties respectively. Time will tell if the investment pans out and if these operators are able to crack the code and find the right formula to economically produce the wells. And for landowners looking to reap some of the rewards, the northern drilling activity is a welcomed sign, though these two wells are but a small bet, and only 2 of 230 wells drilling in Ohio at the date of this post. See MAP of all wells currently drilling below.

The map below shows surface locations (white squares) and bottom hole locations (red), along with well paths. Underneath this map I've included a link to a map of all wells in the Utica shale (surface locations only), from permitted only, to drilling, drilled, and producing. This map has a blue filter tab in the upper left that allows you to create filters to interrogate the data and display based on some criteria, for example (what operators have wells drilled but waiting to be produced in an individual county or township), and so on.

Wells drilling as of September 13, 2014

Click here to see a map of all horizontal wells in the Ohio Utica / Point Pleasant.
(Surface locations only, zoom in to see separate wells on a pad). Note that some wells are permitted only and may not show any activity currently visible on the ground.