Ohio oil production up 17% year-over-year in 4Q
Monday, March 9, 2020
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently announced the state’s unconventional wells produced 6.8 million barrels of oil during the fourth quarter of 2019, marking a 17% increase overproduction from the same period a year earlier, according to Shale Ohio.
During the fourth quarter, Ohio’s natural gas productions 685 billion cubic feet — an increase of 3 percent over the same quarter in 2018.
ODNR reported production from 2,452 wells, which averaged 2,774 barrels of oil, 279 million cubic feet of natural gas and 90 days of production.
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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.