BP’s Utica Shale Drilling in Trumbull County, OH Heats Up

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An article in the Warren, OH Tribune Chronicle is interesting for two reasons: The first is that it highlights how when a local business (VEC Inc.) gets plugged in to the shale supply chain with just a single driller, it can radically change the fortunes of that company; and second, the article indicates the driller in question (BP) has just handed out contracts for their first four well sites with plans to drill up to 2,000 Utica Shale wells--all in Trumbull County, OH. It seems like it took BP a long time to get going (see Better Late than Never: BP Gets First Permit for OH Utica), but now that they've started...watch out! Business in the gas fields of Trumbull County is about to get real busy...

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