Utica Shale in Ohio

A few of us in southern Richland county Ohio have been approched to sign a lease on our farm land for $15 acre to horizontal drill for oil in the Utica shale. We are wondering if anyone else around the area has been approched also

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Permalink Reply by dr j on March 1, 2011 at 8:11am
http://rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=104419&hmpn=1

Here's a link in case you missed this recent article.
Permalink Reply by Quincy Spitzer on March 2, 2011 at 7:40pm
The Utica Play Especially The  "WET GAS AREA"  Look At The Map WET / DRY Map..Western Ohio, Western PA, And North Western NY Are Mostly In The WET Zone. I Do Believe It Also Depends On The TOC Levels Also.  They Say The Wet Utica Is Going To Be "The Cats Meow"! I Already Have Read And Heard It Could Be Compared To The $12,000 Per Acre Leases In Texas!
Permalink Reply by Chuck Reed on March 2, 2011 at 9:47pm

and this is why the common man should read the history of the business. I could take out Utica and write Marcell' and take out Marcell, put in barrnet and on and on and on.  "This is it!" and " we are almost out of oil" are two constants.

 

It took 100 years to get to that level.  Also, the industry is activly looking to lower those numbers.

 

read history, not blogs :)

 

 

Permalink Reply by Poison Ivy on March 3, 2011 at 5:45am
Where can I find this WET/Dry map? I would like to see it. Thanks!
Permalink Reply by Mat B on March 3, 2011 at 10:45am
I would also like to see the map
Permalink Reply by Alan Coogan on March 3, 2011 at 4:49pm

The "wet-dry" map is part of a slide presentation by Larry Wickstrom, Chief, Ohio Geological Survey. Go to ODNR,  Ohio Geo Survey website.  He and another survey geologist pulled together data on the Utica and "Marcellus" or Rhinestreet or Huron (Ohio Shale) shales.

The Utica work includes a thickness of Utica (Pt. Pleasant) shale map, a thermal maturity map (wet/ dry), a map of wells (vertical) producing from the Utica and a spreadsheet.  In all of Ohio, only about 20 wells are on the spreadsheet.  None are in northeastern Ohio.

Thousands of wells in Ohio were drilled through the Utica, that is the black shale overlying the Trenton Limestone, going back to the1880's.  Every Rose Run, Trenton, Black River, Trempleau test went thru it.

So, the map is there. It is not a "lease" map, it is not a prospect map, but it may be used as  a guide to further testing and, of  course, lease speculation.

Take a look. Good luck

Alan Coogan

Permalink Reply by James R. Daley, PMP on March 4, 2011 at 3:06am
Utica Shale Maps, including the wet/dry zones referred to by Alan Coogan, are found in this report at http://ohiodnr.com/Portals/10/Energy/Utica/Utica_SourceRock_Analysi... Hope this helps everyone find the maps he is referring to.
Permalink Reply by Charles Judge on March 5, 2011 at 2:58pm
james
Great source thanks

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