Some of you folks probably don't get the Akron Beacon Journal but a reporter named Bob Downing has been writing some interesting articles about the Utica drilling.

Gas exploration sparks economic surge in Carroll County
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/gas-exploration-sparks-economic-surg...

"Other counties with permits are Tuscarawas (seven)"

"The company (CHK) has boosted the number of drilling rigs in Ohio from five to eight this year.  It may have as many as 20 rigs in Ohio by late 2012 and 40 by 2014, the company said."

"Ohio is expecting as many as 4,000 wells drilled into the Utica shale in the next four years as more rigs are moved into the state. Site preparation takes three to four weeks. Drilling takes three to five weeks more. Fracturing a well takes seven to 10 days."

another recent article
Stark has record-setting day for drilling leases
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/stark-has-record-setting-day-for-dri...

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This listing is the last for 2012.  I will start a new discussion next year, so it is easier to navigate.

New records, new questions for Marcellus shale

Via Bob Downing December 28, 2012 From the Associated Press Kevin Begos http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/new-re...

"The relative fortunes of the United States, Russia, and China — and their ability to exert influence in the world — are tied in no small measure to global gas developments," Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government concluded in a report last summer.

Chesapeake Energy's Ohio drilling (2 year) anniversary

By Bob Downing Published: December 27, 2012

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/chesap...

Drillers’ landmen may face more Ohio regulations

Business First by Jeff Bell, Staff reporter Date: Friday, December 21, 2012, 6:00am EST http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/12/21/drille...

Ohio water district to sell treated sewage water for fracking

Via Bob Downing  December 21, 2012 From the Marcellus Drilling News: http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/ohio-w...

ENSERVCO Corp. adds five Utica shale customers

By Bob Downing Published: December 21, 2012

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/enserv...

Kasich's severance tax is likely to pass in 2013

Via Bob Downing Published: December 21, 2012 From the Columbus Dispatch: By Joe Vardon http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/kasich...

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