Midwest Energy News has an interesting article on the “State of the Play” event at Stark State College. "[O]fficials with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) had only enthusiasm for the state’s growing shale gas industry. *** The state’s natural gas production nearly doubled last year, mostly as a result of horizontal wells in the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio. Market shifts have made that formation’s “wet gas” particularly profitable. *** Such wet gas has a relatively high proportion of other light hydrocarbons in addition to methane. Those other hydrocarbons can be separated out, processed and sold to make plastics and other petrochemical products. *** 'These are very valuable products,' said Rick Simmers, Chief of ODNR’s Division of Oil & Gas Resources. 'And they make the Utica unique among shale plays in the entire nation and, for that matter, in the world.'"
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