Lawrence County, KY
Kentucky is not known as a hotbed of shale drilling activity. The Marcellus/Utica does not extend under the Bluegrass State. However, as we wrote about back in 2017, Kentucky does have the Berea Sandstone, which contains oil deposits (see Fracking Comes to Kentucky – Encore Drills First Horizontal Oil Wells). In 2017, we brought you the news that Encore Energy, headquartered in Bowling Green, was just beginning to drill shale wells looking to extract oil from the Berea. Fast forward to today, and over 100 horizontal wells are permitted, drilled, and/or producing in the Berea in Lawrence County. Encore issued a press release yesterday saying it has just turned another three Berea wells online to sales and is drilling three more.
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