Second quarter results show highest-producing wells in Utica
Saturday, September 13, 2014
The Business Journal reports that currently, the most productive natural gas well in all of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties is operated by Hilcorp Energy Co.
Located in Poland Township, the CLL2 H3 well has produced 134.9 million feet of gas in 22 days.
In other areas of the Utica Shale play, companies are boasting high production numbers for the second quarter. In Center Township, Columbiana County, Chesapeake’s Dye 10H natural gas well produced 526.4 million cubic feet in the quarter. In Monroe County, Hail Drilling LLC owns the Utica’s most productive natural gas well. It produced 1.4 billion cubic feet of gas in 91 days.
Via: The Business Journal > Hilcorp’s Carbon Limestone wells show good results
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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.