Ohio Passes “Magic 600” Utica Shale Permits Issued

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The most recent weekly report from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) shows that Ohio has now issued 605 Utica Shale permits to drill. Of those, 297 wells have been/are being drilled, and 89 wells are now producing. Although recent talk from Bloomberg and others has attempted to throw cold water on the Utica Shale, there’s no denying it’s still white hot.

Here are the the numbers from the latest report, and the grand tallies for where all those permits have been issued—by county, and by driller:

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