EOG Resources’ Encino Energy brought on Ohio’s largest new Utica Shale oil wells in the second quarter, clocking the play’s top 13 wells, according to newly released Ohio state data.
EOG, which began testing the tight Utica’s oil fairway with first IPs in 2022, bought Encino on Aug. 1 for $5.6 billion in cash.
In May 2024, it had declared the Utica’s volatile oil window can “compete with the best plays in America.”
The combined operators’ second-quarter Ohio oil results totaled 84,220 bbl/d gross, with Encino contributing 68,750 bbl/d and 15,470 bbl/d by EOG.
Two more Encino wells rounded out the top 15 largest second-quarter producers. Both came on in the first quarter and were already 29 days old at the start of the quarter.
The combined 15 wells produced an average of 1,738 bbl/d each in the second-quarter during their combined 1,260 days online, or 84 days each, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources data.
Among the 13 newest wells, Encino’s new four-well Folsam CR HAR pad surfaced 652,896 bbl in three months.
The largest, the #205H, made 195,194 bbl in its first 91 days.
The other three—#1H, #3H and #5H—made between 137,000 bbl and 165,000 bbl.
Encino also brought on the four-well Snyder CR UNI pad, totaling 567,201 bbl in just 71 days online, averaging 1,997 bbl/d per each of the four wells.
The #1H made 150,838 bbl. The other three—the #205H, #3H and #5H—made between 128,000 bbl and 149,000 bbl.
The five-well Landman GY CEN pad made 672,241 bbl in its first 86 days online, averaging 1,563 bbl/d per well.
The two Encino wells in the top 15 that had come online in the first quarter are the Kitzmiller CL KNX #10H and #210H. Already online 29 days, they made another combined 297,465 bbl or an average of 1,634 bbl/d each in the next 91.
The 15 Encino wells are in Carroll, Columbiana and Guernsey counties.
The wells also made 10.5 Bcf in their 1,260 days online combined, averaging 8.3 MMcf/d per well.
Gulfport, EOG, Ascent
Rounding out the Ohio Utica’s top 25 oil wells of the second quarter include 10 that came online in the first quarter.
Operators are EOG, Gulfport Energy and Ascent Resources.
EOG’s new five-well Rogue HWS pad made 448,847 bbl in 91 days online, averaging 986 bbl/d per well.
Associated gas was 1.54 Bcf or 3.4 MMcf/d per well.
The pad is in Harrison County in the Tippecanoe area.
In Guernsey County, three Ascent wells online since Jan. 15 turned up with another 283,614 bbl in the second quarter, or 1,039 bbl/d each.
Associated gas from the trio was 1 Bcf in the 91-day period, or 3.7 MMcf/d from the three wells: Stella SW MDS GR #4H, #6H and #2H.