Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Natural gas and oil production jumped up again in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Rover pipeline construction

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued 70 new drilling permits in the Utica and Point Pleasant shales the past two months. Of the 323 permits issued to date in 2017, 81 have been drilled, but only two are in production.
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Natural gas and oil production from Ohio’s horizontal wells was up in the second quarter of 2019, according to a Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources report.

Ohio's top producing shale wells as of Sept. 2014.

COLUMBUS -- In response to the growing need for education and research related to Ohio's developing shale energy industry, The Ohio State University is creating the Ohio State Subsurface Energy Resource Center.
Shale well

Ohio's first quarter shale oil production increased 24% from a year ago, and 1Q gas production jumped 80% from 2015.
Utica shale oil and gas pipeline

Ohio's horizontal well natural gas production from the first quarter of 2019 was down 8.8% from the final quarter of 2018, but showed a 14.57% increase over the first quarter of 2018.

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