Chesapeake Energy will use downtown Canton as a center of operations in its bid to extract oil and natural gas from the Utica shale formation that lies under eastern Ohio, reports The Canton Repository.
The company has leased space in the Cornerstone Building at 400 Third St. SE, next to the Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation offices, where it will set up a field office with more than 70 employees.
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