Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Dan O'Brien

Hilcorp Seeks New Well Permits in Columbiana County

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Houston-based Hilcorp Energy Co. is seeking permits to drill new horizontal oil and gas wells in Columbiana County, the most productive region of the northern Utica/Point Pleasant shale formation. According to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Hilcorp has placed requests for permits to drill nine new wells at the Fairfield Unkefer pad in Fairfield Township. The permits had not been awarded as of Feb. 8, records show. The permit requests, filed Jan. 27