OHIO - OIL & GAS Mining

摘要

Development of the Utica/Point Pleasant Shale play in Ohio continues to expand at a vigorous pace. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Ohio gas production grew from 83.4 billion cubic feet in 2012 to about 203 billion cubic feet in 2013. Ohio's oil production grew from 4.9 million barrels in 2012 to about 9.7 million barrels in 2013. This development has presented many legal challenges to operators, landowners, and practitioners. Three of these current challenges are described below. Since most counties now being developed in southeastern Ohio for Utica/Point Pleasant Shale lie within the state's Seventh District Court of Appeals jurisdiction, the Seventh District will likely define much of Ohio's "new" oil and gas law, until the Ohio Supreme Court acts.