YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A horizontal well drilled by EAP Ohio in Columbiana County’s Utica/Point Pleasant shale formation was the third-largest producing oil well in the state of Ohio during the second quarter of this year, according to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

EAP’s Kitzmiller CL 10H well in Knox Township yielded 162,621 barrels of oil over a 91-day period, according to ODNR’s Division of Oil and Gas Resources’ most recent production report.  It is the largest single oil producing well to date in the county during a quarter.

A sister well drilled by EAP on the same pad – it is ranked the 11th largest producer in the state — yielded another 134,844 barrels, and muscled Columbiana County to a new record for oil production over a three-month period, records show.

During the second quarter, approximately 40 wells – all owned at the time by EAP – yielded 478,811 barrels for the quarter. This is the highest overall production recorded for the county yet and a 33% increase from the same period in 2024, according to ODNR.

The previous production record stood at 457,269 barrels of oil – reached during the first quarter of 2024, according to data.

Earlier this month, Houston-based EOG Resources announced it had completed its acquisition of Encino Acquisition Partners — including its subsidiary, EAP Ohio — for $5.6 billion.  The company’s Ohio wells will now fall under the ownership of EOG.

Encino acquired Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s position in eastern Ohio’s Utica in 2018.

EAP was the largest oil-producing company across Ohio during the second quarter, yielding 6.256 million barrels of oil, more than half of the state’s entire output of 11.925 million barrels during the period, according to ODNR.

Overall oil production during the second quarter increased approximately 8% compared to the previous three-month period, according to ODNR.

The Houston-based energy company owned all of the Top 10 oil producing wells in Ohio during the quarter. The most productive during the period was the Folsam CR 205H well in Carroll County, which yielded 195,194 barrels, followed by the Folsam 5H well at the same site with 164,930 barrels.

Oil production in Mahoning and Trumbull counties were negligible. Mahoning County wells yielded just 1,094 barrels, while wells in Trumbull County collectively produced just 418 barrels, records show.

In May, EAP drilled its first well in Mahoning County. That well has not yet reported production results.

GAS PRODUCTION STEADY

Columbiana County’s 187 wells also produced a sizeable amount of natural gas during the second quarter.

EAP’s Kitzmiller 10H well, the same well that set oil production records, also produced 1.075 billion cubic feet of natural gas over a 91-day period, the most of any well in Columbiana County during the quarter. The Kitzmiller 210H also yielded 968 million cubic feet of gas over three months.

Wells in Columbiana County produced a total of 22.461 billion cubic feet of gas during the quarter, led by Hilcorp Energy Co., whose 82 wells yielded nearly 13 billion cubic feet of dry and wet gas during the quarter.

Mahoning County wells produced 183.1 million cubic feet of gas, while Trumbull County’s horizontal wells yielded 73.9 million cubic feet of gas.

The most productive gas well in the state of Ohio was Ascent Resources Utica LLC’s Dickson 4H well in Jefferson County, ODNR reports show.  That well produced 2.949 billion cubic feet of gas over just 65 days.

Natural gas production in Ohio stood at 497.3 billion cubic feet of gas during the quarter a 1.5% increase from the previous quarter.