Utica Shale Discovery by Ascent Resources: 40.92 MMcf/d.

In Jefferson County, Ohio, Ascent Resources completed a Utica Shale well in Section 1-8n-3w. The Oklahoma City-based operator’s #7H Buddy SMF JF is in Bloomingdale Field and initially flowed 40.92 MMcf of gas and 295 bbl of water per day. It was drilled to 23,014 ft with a true vertical depth of 9,350 ft and bottomed in to the northwest in Section 14. Production is from perforations between 10,067 and 22,892 ft.