Utica

Utica
Utica Overview: The Utica Shale is a massive formation that lies beneath portions of Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. Read More

Utica Counties: OH: Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana Read More

Utica Pipelines (natural gas): Clarington Hub, Cobra Pipeline, Columbia Gas Transmission, Dominion Transmission, East Ohio Gas, Rockies Express, Tennessee, Texas Eastern Read More

Utica Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Utica play. View Table

ARTICLES

Residents of Ohio Suburb Sue to Protect Fracking Ban

Residents of a Cleveland suburb have filed a lawsuit against Ohio and two drilling companies arguing that the state's exclusive authority to regulate and permit oil and gas wells is a violation of their constitutional rights to local self-government. Read More

Ohio's 3Q Unconventional NatGas Production Tops 2013 Total

Unconventional oil and natural gas production in Ohio last quarter continued to significantly increase, with operators reporting more natural gas... Read More

Eclipse Brings Six 'Encouraging' Wells Online in Utica Shale

Eclipse Resources Corp. brought six new operated wells in the Utica Shale online between the end of 3Q2014 and Nov. 30. The wells had "very encouraging" initial results that were within the company's type curve expectations, Eclipse said. Read More

EIA Says NatGas Reserves Up 10%; North Dakota Passes GOM in Crude

U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased nearly 10% and reached a record 354 Tcf in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Meanwhile, North Dakota's crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves surpassed those of the federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM), ranking it second only to Texas among U.S. states. Read More

Utica's Long-Term Potential Still Hard to Gauge, Analyst Says

Although the Utica Shale land-grab is largely over and most Ohio acreage has been delineated, there remains a flurry of activity on the play's fringes... Read More

Constitution OK'd to Begin Construction; In Service as Soon as Late 2015, Early 2016

Constitution Pipeline, designed to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale to New York and New England markets, has been given the green light by FERC to begin construction. Read More

UGI Flows Utica Gas to Customers in North-Central Pennsylvania

For the first time, Utica Shale gas is flowing to utility customers in north-central Pennsylvania, hundreds of miles away from the play's sweet spot in eastern Ohio. Read More

EIA Foresees More Than 8 Bcf/d of Northeast Bidirectional Capacity

The natural gas pipeline industry's response to booming Northeast production is well under way as up to 8.3 Bcf/d of existing capacity into the Northeast... Read More

Pennsylvania County Council Forced to Consider Another Drilling Moratorium

A Pennsylvania citizens group has succeeded in landing a proposed ordinance on the Allegheny County Council's agenda that would impose... Read More

Act 13 Fallout Still Posing Challenges for Pennsylvania Operators

Nearly one year after a landmark court decision diminished Pennsylvania's regulatory authority and gave more power back to municipalities, new challenges against the oil and gas industry are setting the stage for key legal decisions across the state that could affect how townships handle development. Read More

CHARTS & GRAPHS

Utica Shale Gallery

A gallery of all of the images related to the Utica shale.