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Utica Update: First Quarter 2013 Well Permit Growth

Shale Experts is pleased to report the Utica-Point Pleasant Shale permit update for March 2013. Our update features downloadable content that includes multiple excel files as well as two detailed maps.
Permits of Note: BP America had their first UT-PP permit in February and have now followed with another horizontal and vertical in March, all in Trumbull County (NE Ohio). BP, Mountaineer Keystone (2 new permits in Portage County), and Halcon Operating are testing the northern limits of the play. Meanwhile PDC Energy has taken out a permit in Washington County in SE Ohio and will be testing the southern limits of the play.According to Geoscience expert Larry Wickstrom: "Now that midstream activity is in full swing we expect this spring and summer to see a fairly high level of drilling…
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