If you could take the best aspects of the Marcellus and Eagle Ford shales and roll them together, what would you get? According to optimistic operators opening up this new play, the Utica shale promises the best of both worlds: low finding and development costs and positive price differentials due to proximity to markets, like the Marcellus; and three distinct commodity zones, including a rich mix of natural gas liquids and condensate, like the Eagle Ford. Hope springs forth for the Utica, pushing it to the forefront as the next gotta-have-it U.S. resource play. It doesn't hurt that Chesapeake Energy Corp. is beating the drum on the eve of its Utica farm-out. Chesapeake was first mover in the play, teaming up with Ohio's largest producer EnerVest Ltd. and acquiring An-schutz Exploration Corp. in 2010, building a 1.25-million-acre position. With $1.5- to $2 billion in sunken land costs, Chesapeake's price-per-Utica acre equates to $1,200 to $1,600.
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机译：如果您可以充分利用Marcellus和Eagle Ford页岩的优势并将它们组合在一起，那么您会得到什么？乐观的运营商表示，Utica页岩有望实现两全其美：低发现和开发成本以及由于接近市场（例如Marcellus）而产生的正价差;还有三个不同的商品区，包括天然气液体和冷凝液的丰富混合物，例如Eagle Ford。希望涌向Utica，将其推向最前沿，成为下一个必须拥有的美国资源市场。切萨皮克能源公司（Chesapeake Energy Corp.）在其尤蒂卡（Utica）耕田前夕击败了鼓手，这并没有什么害处。切萨皮克是戏剧的先行者，与俄亥俄州最大的制片人EnerVest Ltd.合作，并于2010年收购了An-schutz Exploration Corp.，建立了125万英亩的土地。切萨皮克的沉没土地成本为1.5到20亿美元，每英亩土地的价格为1200到1600美元。
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