It will be the first well McClendon has drilled since beingousted as chief executive from Chesapeake Energy, the company he helped foundand guided to a position as the most active driller in the US, after fallingout with activist shareholders in April.
The Utica-focused subsidiary of McClendon's American Energy Partners has begun getting permission fromcounty engineers in Harrison County, Ohio, to build a drilling pad in MoorefieldTownship in the south-central part of the county along the border with GuernseyCounty, according to Ohio regulatory records.
