ODNR: Well is first to produce in Columbiana County

Staff report

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Columbiana County has its first producing well, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says.

The well is owned by Chesapeake Exploration LLC and is off Georgetown Road between Westville-Lake Road and Bowman Road, southwest of Lake Pacentia in Knox Township. No production figures are available, ODNR officials added.

A well in Milton Township in Mahoning County produced 758 barrels of oil and no gas during 2011, ODNR reported. But the oil was recovered and sold during completion/flowback in 2011. There was no commercial production in 2011, according to ODNR officials

The well, owned by Ohio Buckeye Energy, is not listed as a producing well by ODNR.

ODNR also approved one new permit for horizontal drilling in the Mahoning Valley.

The permit was issued to Houston-based Sierra Resources LLC on July 2. The site is in Butler Township in Columbiana County. It is off Georgetown Road between McCann Road and Gilson Road, northwest of North Georgetown and is less than two miles from the producing well.

ODNR has issued 45 permits for horizontal wells in Columbiana County, 12 in Mahoning County and two in Trumbull County.