[Corrected] ODNR Moving to Quarterly Production Numbers for O&G

CORRECTION: MDN has just been alerted by our friends at the Akron Beacon Journal that our information about quarterly reporting coming from ODNR is not correct. The proposed legislation which contained language about filing quarterly updates to production numbers ultimately did not pass the state legislature and therefore Ohio will (for now) stay on yearly reporting—which is unfortunate. Our thanks to Bob Downing for the heads-up on this.

On Monday the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) issued its annual Ohio Mineral Industries Report. A very small part of that report covers drilling and production for oil and gas in Ohio (see that section of the report below). ODNR has taken a lot of criticism lately over the fact that shale oil and gas production numbers are only required to be filed and reported once per year by drilling companies. Apparently the criticism has prompted ODNR to change the reporting requirement.

Starting in 2013, the ODNR will require (and will itself) report oil and gas production numbers on a quarterly basis.

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