Mystery Driller Asks Ohio to Lease More of Salt Fork State Park

In February, the Ohio Oil & Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) met to award contracts to drill under (not on) several Ohio state parks, including 5,700 acres of the 20,000-acre Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County (see Ohio Awards Drilling Contracts for State Parks – Salt Fork Surprise). The big news for us was that Encino Energy, which has long coveted the Salt Fork State Park property, did NOT win the contract for it. At some point, Encino pulled its proposal for Salt Fork and instead concentrated on several other parcels. The contract for Salt Fork was awarded to Infinity Natural Resources. This just in... The OGLMC has received a new nomination to drill under another 2,300 acres of Salt Fork State Park.

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