Madison

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Madison County is located in central New York. It is bordered on the south by Chenango County, and on the north by Oneida County.

Natural gas leasing in Madison Co. began near the town of Lebanon. Many of the leases there were with Norse Energy, a company that has drilled a approximately 60 wells mainly to the Herkimer formation. Norse also held leases in in the towns of Hamilton and Nelson. Eight other companies leased in Madison Co. too, but as of April, 2010 only Norse had ever done any drilling there. Only one or two Marcellus shale wells have been drilled in Madison Co.

During 2010, a number of landowners from the Town of Cazenovia and surrounding townships begun leasing to gas companies.

There have been 551 natural gas leases* within the county,
 and a partial breakdown includes:
Town               Number
----               ------
Cazenovia            25
DeRuyter            128
Georgetown          141
Nelson                8
* A few leases have also been signed as far north as the towns
 of Lincoln and Lenox.