Utica Shale
The Utica Shale is located across much of the Appalachian Basin in the Northeast U.S. The play covers a larger geographic area than the Marcellus Shale. The first Utica Shale production was established in 1934 in Pottawatomie County, NY, but more recently oil & gas activity has expanded across a wider area and Ohio found itself at the center of an oil & gas boom.
Utica Shale Companies
Significant producers within the Utica Shale are:
- Anschutz Exploration (Sold Acreage to Chesapeake)
- Chesapeake Energy
- Range Resources
Utica Shale Location
The Utica Shale is located in the following counties:
- Ashland County Ohio
- Ashtabula County OH
- Athens County OH
- Belmont County OH
- Carroll County OH
- Columbiana County OH
- Coshocton County OH
- Cuyahoga County OH
- Delaware County OH
- Erie County OH
- Franklin County OH
- Gallia County OH
- Geauga County OH
- Guernsey County OH
- Harrison County OH
- Holmes County OH
- Huron County OH
- Jefferson County OH
- Knox County OH
- Lake County OH
- Lawrence County OH
- Licking County OH
- Lorain County OH
- Morrow County OH
- Mahoning County OH
- Medina County OH
- Meigs County OH
- Monroe County OH
- Morgan County OH
- Muskingum County OH
- Noble County OH
- Perry County OH
- Portage County OH
- Richland County OH
- Stark County OH
- Summit County OH
- Trumball County OH
- Tuscarawas County OH
- Washington County OH
- Wayne County OH