Drilling Depths in Eastern Kentucky

8,000-10,000 feet deep which makes fracking economically feasible only when oil prices above $60. 

Lawrence County in Kentucky, Fracking in Action

Flare in Lawrence County, Drilling by Cimarex

 "Cimarex Energy drilled and completed the first modern Rogersville shale test to date in Lawrence County, Kentucky earlier this year using a shell company named Bruin Exploration.
Bruin Exploration, a Cimarex subsidiary according to filings with US securities regulators, at first permitted the Sylvia Young 1 well as a stratigraphic test but later amended the permit to an oil well.
The change allowed Cimarex to production test the well, which is not allowed for stratigraphic tests.
It is likely that the company initial permitted the well as a stratigraphic test because under Kentucky oil and gas regulations, Cimarex could keep secret the logs and other information gathered from the well indefinitely — information from production wells must eventually be released to the public.
Information regarding the completion and production test for the Silvia Young well remains confidential but sources indicated the well was fractured and tested with a flare. The completion report should become public in February.
Meanwhile, sources indicate that Cimarex continues to lease aggressively in the area using land services company Gulfland Appalachian Energy in Lawrence and Johnson counties. "

Landmen visit Lawrence County to Purchase Mineral Rights

Landmen are visiting Lawrence County to buy oil/mineral rights which will help oil companies to dip into Rogersville Shale. 

For fracking to be financially viable, oil needs to reach $60-$70 a barrel and gas to be at $3-$4 per MMBtu.

Frack Free Foothills

This is an amazing non-profit group which is based in Kentucky. They are trying to keep fracking out of Eastern Kentucky. Their slick website is full of useful information. Highly recommended to educate yourself.

There are a lot of landman buying up mineral rights in eastern Kentucky for fracking.

http://www.frackfreefoothills.net/

Eastern Kentucky Oil Counties

List of Kentucky Counties with Oil Explorations

Lewis
Fleming
Rowan
Bath
Montgomery
Rowan
Estill
Jackson
Madison
Lincoln
Pulaski
Boyle
Metcalfe
Hardin
Larue
Monroe

Advanced Tenorm Services

Advanced Tenorm Services is founded to process radioactive waste byproducts of fracking which was responsible for dumping illegal radioactive waste in Estill County Landfills. This company is based in Morgan County seat of West Liberty that operated a facility in Ashland.

Advanced Tenorm Services is owned by brothers Cory and Jason Hoskins. State officals published citing violations about illegal dumping in Estill County. 

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/editorials/article71430742.html#storylink=cpy