What's with all the wells popping up in northern Stark county ?

I have seen several wells showing up in stark county in the last couple of months near state route 62 , are they looking for oil? , what does this mean for the rest of Stark county?

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Permalink Reply by David Perotto on August 26, 2014 at 4:12pm

The last Utica permit for Stark County was filed on 7/23/2012. Possibly Clinton wells?

Mike MurphyPermalink Reply by Mike Murphy on August 26, 2014 at 6:33pm

Enervest is drilling horizontal clinton  wells in that area and having good returns ........thats what you are probably seeing if this plays out to be real good you will see alot more drilling all over northeast ohio into the clinton formation ....which holds alot of unrecovered oil from the original vertical wells drilled in the 70s and 80s

Permalink Reply by Hunter 1 on August 27, 2014 at 3:57am
Saw several oil tankers in and out of the pad sites , good sign . Will southeastern stark county be in the same Clinton oil play ?
Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on August 27, 2014 at 4:05am

SE Stark is part of the East Canton oil field.  I'd bet you'll see more activity there.

Permalink Reply by pg guy on August 27, 2014 at 4:06am

Yep, and maybe better yet in my estimation, based on productivity of original Clinton wells.  That said, SE Stark County was oilier, and maybe horizontal Clinton will work better in areas that are relativley gassier.  It will all be interesting.

Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on August 27, 2014 at 4:25am

I wouldn't put it past Enervest to be dumb enough to drill expensive horizontal gas wells into a sandstone formation. 

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on August 27, 2014 at 4:53am
Maybe it's actually a smart technique ?

As I understand it the original Clinton Wells were recovering oil and gas from 'pools' within the strata. Maybe the entire sandstone formation is more like a sponge containing the resources. So, perhaps they're installing laterals and fracturing the strata targeting the entrapped resources no longer only looking for pools.

Can only imagine - don't know anything for sure - but the theory seems plausible to me the layman.
Mike MurphyPermalink Reply by Mike Murphy on August 27, 2014 at 5:34am

there are not pools of oil in the clinton the sandstone formation has oil all thru it ....before fracking the formation is like cement they originally drilled clintons on 40 acre units and did not come close to recovering all the oil in a 40 acre area even today they are only reaching out 500 feet from the bore on a Utica  well   .......DEXTER it is not near as expensive and enervest has had good returns on the first few they drilled in nw carroll county ......atleast 80% of the oil in the clinton has never been recovered it would be interesting to see if these new horizontal wells communicate with any old vertical wells in the area ...bringing new life to old wells .......in the 70s I seen a well drilled in the middle of 4 exsisting wells on a special 20 acre permit  and what they called back then a super frack was put on it and the old well to the southeast of it flowed over 200 barrel a day for 2 months 

Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on August 27, 2014 at 6:20am

Mike, recovering oil from these wells is highly economical.  Someone mentioned that they may be more successful in gassier areas.  Recovery rate might be higher but if you think you can make money drilling complicated, unconventional gas wells right now then you should work for Enervest (not you specifically, just the editorial 'you').

Permalink Reply by James Vanderink on August 27, 2014 at 6:28am
I was at a Chamber of Commerce meeting a few weeks ago and the NGO president was a speaker. He said they were very pleased with their Horizontal Clinton well in Coshocton County.
Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on August 27, 2014 at 6:51am

Nice oily trend in the Clinton down there.  I'm still skeptical about the IRR on these wells, but I'll wait and see what the numbers are before making any judgments.

Permalink Reply by harry frank on November 25, 2014 at 1:31pm

anyone know how much this well is producing ?

Thanks

Re::I was at a Chamber of Commerce meeting a few weeks ago and the NGO president was a speaker. He said they were very pleased with their Horizontal Clinton well in Coshocton County

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