Updated maps: Ohio shale prospects trending west

Published March 16, 2013 5:31pm ET



COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Updated studies show Ohio’s oil-rich shale deposits may extend further west than earlier believed.

Revised maps produced by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources show promising shale prospects in Hancock, Hardin, Wyandot and Seneca counties in the region between Mansfield and Lima.

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