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Permalink Reply by James Foster on September 23, 2013 at 11:20am

Go to Ohio Dept of Natural Resources Oil an Gas website.  The link below should take you to the correct page for Shale Activity page.  You can see each week all new permits and the cumulative page lists all Utica wells drilled in Ohio.  On the left you can see Marcellus ... not too many in Ohio but some.  On the spreadsheet you can see the longitude and latitude of each well and if you put that into google maps you can see exact location of any well.  Hope that helps.  You can also see if the well is permitted, drilled, producing on the spread sheet.

http://oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/shale#SHALE

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Permalink Reply by James Foster on September 23, 2013 at 11:32am

I just looked through the list of Guernsey County wells and none of them are by Shell.  Shell operates in Ohio under SWEPI LP  Shell Western E&P Inc  They have a permit in Columbiana County that is a year old and has not been drilled.  That is the only permit for them I see.  There are many other drillers in Guernsey County.

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Permalink Reply by bo boboski on September 23, 2013 at 11:51am

The lastest news is. Shell sold their Ohio leased  acreage to AEP. 50,000+ acres.Don't look for Shell to be drilling here.American Energy Partners say they are drillers. Running big ads for leasing in Guernsey co. they also bought Enervest;s 22,000 acres.

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Permalink Reply by Kathleen on September 23, 2013 at 1:58pm

Hi,

You do not have to give your parcel ID, just what township your land is located in in Guernsey.
Also above click on discussions, then county groups. Look for your county. You may find the info there too.
The group pages open up asking for a small donation. If you decide it is not something you can do, just scroll that part up to zero and hit continue.
When you find your county you will see how many members are in it. All these members will get a email notification (if they set it up that way) if you post a new discussion in that county thread asking your question. You will be directing your question to the people in the know.
Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Philip Brutz on September 24, 2013 at 8:19am

One way to keep track of drilling near your land is to use the ODNR Gas and Oil Well Viewer http://www2.dnr.state.oh.us/website/dog/oilgasviewer/index.html.  Just zoom in on your area.

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Permalink Reply by nc man on September 30, 2013 at 11:10am

Thanks so much for all the good info. I will follow all suggestions.

But if Shell sold, wouldn't I be notified from them about selling, so I can follow the new company?

Just wondering. My township is Londonderry.

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Permalink Reply by bo boboski on September 30, 2013 at 1:01pm

When your lease gets sold to another company, they don't have to tell you. And may not. Someone else may just show up to drill someday.Or in AEP.s case they may contact you to re-negotiate the lease. I like the SHELL lease and I'm sticking with it, unless of course they offer more $$$!

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Permalink Reply by James Foster on September 30, 2013 at 1:56pm

If your lease is transferred / sold in part or in total it will be recorded in county recorders office. I am not familiar with Guernsey County recorders office but you should be able to go online and put in name and or parcel number and see any transfers.

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Permalink Reply by James Foster on September 30, 2013 at 2:02pm

Also it was NOT our experience that some just showed up and drilled. I am not saying this could not happen but it was not our experience. We received phone call well before drilling began. Pad is not on our property. We also received documents in the mail stating we were in the drilling unit.

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Permalink Reply by L. S. Reeger on September 30, 2013 at 11:32am

Deleted -- wrong discussion.

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