ODNR issues seven more Utica permits
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources awarded seven permits for oil and gas wells in the Utica shale during the week ended Jan. 12, according to The Youngstown Business Journal.
Rice Drilling LLC received six permits for wells in Belmont Count. Gulfport Energy Corp. received the final permit for a new well in Harrison County.
As of Jan. 12, the ODNR has issued 2,976 permits across the Utica — 2,505 of these wells are drilled and 2,128 were in production.
Learn more: The Youngstown Business Journal > Seven Permits Issued in Ohio’s Utica
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.