Signing Bonuses, Royalties, New Leases Pick Up in Ohio Utica

It seems that the higher prices natural gas is fetching are finally translating into higher royalty checks for landowners--at least in the northern part of the Utica Shale in Ohio (likely everywhere). The Youngstown Business Journal spoke to landowners with leased and producing acreage in Columbiana County and found not only have their royalty checks increased, so too has new leasing activity and along with it, new lease bonuses.

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