The Utica Shale has never really gotten the level of attention and respect it probably deserves as a major U.S. resource of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). “We sometimes feel like the Utica is kind of the ‘red-headed stepchild’ of the shale industry,” Mike Chadsey told me when we talked last week, reminding me that, himself being a red-head, it’s ok for him to use that comparison. Mike is the Director of Public Relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, the major trade association for the industry in the Buckeye State.