Will Shale Fracking Finally Come to Illinois? Possible, Not Likely

In June 2017, MDN brought you the news that the very first application to drill a shale well in Illinois had been made (see Application Filed to Drill/Frack 1st Shale Well in Illinois). Woolsey Operating Co., headquartered in Kansas, filed a high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (HVHHF) application with the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources (IDNR) to drill a well in the New Albany Shale layer in the state. The permit was issued in August 2017, but by November 2017, Woolsey asked to be released from the permit saying the state's regulations are too onerous to drill and frack (see Driller of 1st Illinois Shale Well Says No Thanks, Too Many Regs). There appears to be renewed interest, possibly, in drilling for gas in the New Albany, in Land of Lincoln.

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