Looks like they have found more, Utica Shale

[Big Dad]

http://energy.aol.com/2011/10/07/utica-shale-may-be-its-own-energy-game-changer/?ncid=webmail13

When it comes to superlative descriptions of oil and gas reserves, the Utica Shale may be in a class of its own.

The rock layer that extends from Quebec to Kentucky with major concentrations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia has been called the next big play for shale gas; attracted billions of dollars in land investment, and been hailed by Chesapeake Energy chief Aubrey McClendon as "one of the biggest discoveries in US history."


It may contain even more energy potential than the Marcellus Shale -- a formation that lies above the Utica over some of the latter's range -- whose vast reserves of natural gas have themselves been called a "game-changer" for American energy independence.

According to an estimate from Ohio state geologists, that state's portion of the Utica alone could contain up to 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, which would make it a significant contributor to national supplies of the fuel that will help cut greenhouse gas emissions and create thousands of jobs

[YALE]

Fuck yeah!

[Big Dad]

I enjoyed this in the article

A Lucky Accident

He also cited a vertical well drilled in Ohio's Belmont County by another company that wanted only to dispose of brine but, hitting the Utica formation, found itself producing 1.5 million cubic feet of gas a day from the well even without stimulation and without the benefit of the horizontal drilling technology that has been a crucial facilitator of the shale-gas

And this

But the Utica is distinguished by also harboring natural gas liquids and large quantities of oil which have sparked a rush by energy companies to acquire leases on millions of acres of land, especially in eastern Ohio.

The Ohio geologists calculate there could be as many as 5.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil underlying their state's share of the Utica, or about a third of the expected production from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the largest US oil reserve.

[03trubluGT]

The Ohio geologists calculate there could be as many as 5.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil underlying their state's share of the Utica, or about a third of the expected production from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the largest US oil reserve.

But the Chinese will probably get the rights to drill and recover the oil...

[helosailor]

Feb. 21, 2012:

In the news today, Ohio continues to sink. As of the latest measurements, the entire state of Ohio has sunken 14 feet in the last year.

[Emwun Garand]

Inb4nextdcearthquake

[Captain Crawfish]

Shale gas is Americas bridge fuel.

[Ruffneck1320]

Well that's good to hear that we "found" another formation to punch some holes in...
<--- as long as there are wells to drill I will have a job, so more power to em'

[SSMAN]

All this drilling cant be good for the tectonics.

[Captain Crawfish]

All this drilling cant be good for the tectonics.

dont be such an environmentalist!

[mikec]

All this drilling cant be good for the tectonics.

How does moving around what's on top of the plates affect them? I can see how removal of mass weight could maybe allow it to ride up but natural gas wouldn't seem to be very heavy...

Anyone care to translate this?

http://forum.onlineconversion.com/showthread.php?t=4858

[Taylor]

All this drilling cant be good for the tectonics.

Not sure if serious...