Thursday, June 28, 2012
Staff report
youngstown
Four new permits for horizontal drilling in the Mahoning Valley were issued last week by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Three of the permits were granted to Chesapeake Exploration LLC, including one in Mahoning County and two in Columbiana County.
The Mahoning County site is in Green Township off West Middletown Road near the Chaparral Family Campground between Salem-Warren and Youngstown-Salem roads.
The Columbiana County locations are in Hanover and Unity townships.
The Hanover Township site is off Speidel Road between New Garden and Zeigler roads, and in Unity Township, the permit was issued for a location off Millrock Road between Ohio 588 and Township Highway 934.
The fourth permit was issued to Swepi LP, a subsidiary of Shell.
This is the first permit in the Mahoning Valley issued to a company affiliated with Shell.
The site is in Unity Township off Waterford Road between Ewonger and Hamilton roads about two miles northeast of New Waterford.
There have been 11 drilling permits issued by ODNR within Mahoning County, 43 in Columbiana County and two in Trumbull County.
There remain no wells in the area that are producing oil or gas, according to ODNR.