Anadarko Production Units in Guernsey County, Ohio

I am a landowner in Guernsey County and part of a production unit with Anadarko. The property in question is near Indian Camp and surrounding area. I was told the unit would be 200 acres. Does anyone have any information on the status of this unit? I noted a few months ago that perhaps Chesapeake had a production unit near Indian Camp and I wondered whether this may have been confused with the Anadarko unit of which I am a part. Any insight would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 7, 2012 at 9:36am

Knox Township

Permalink Reply by Philip Brutz on February 7, 2012 at 3:05pm

It does not show up on the ODNR database yet.  Do you know any other information?  The well name or permit #?

You may want to follow the Eastern Ohio well map via Google Earth thread.  Bics has made easy to use Google Earth maps of all the gas wells in eastern OH.

Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 8, 2012 at 2:31am

I really have very little additional information, I was first contacted in late September and signed the lease in mid-October. I was told then that the unit would be 200 acres and that they were nearly finished in completing the needed acreage for the unit. Yet nothing further has been done since then, at least that I am aware of. I did see a comment on an unrelated page here a few days ago that Guernsey County drilling would not ramp up until the May-June timeframe, although I have no idea how the poster may have known that. Can anyone tell me what an approximate timeframe would be from the day the equipment and people are on site until the drilling has been done and results known? Is it 3-4 months or perhaps longer?

Permalink Reply by Area Man on February 8, 2012 at 3:41am

Likely much longer - even after the pad is constructed, an operator may wait a significant amount of time before bringing a rig in.  Then, even after its drilled it will likely be a few months before it can be completed.  It can be upwards of a year from when construction first begins site prep to when the frac crew moves off.  On the flip-side, the whole process can be wrapped up in ~1 month if everything lines up right.  Please note, I have no idea of your situation, I'm just trying to provide a range.

One thing I will say is construction over the winter is a beast - perhaps things will indeed pick up once the weather turns.

 

Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 8, 2012 at 4:53am

Thanks for your insight. As I mentioned in an earlier reply I had read a comment which was unrelated to this discussion that activity in Guernsey County would not ramp up until May-June. Perhaps that will hold true in this case.

Permalink Reply by oildude on February 8, 2012 at 5:11am

I wonder why drilling in guernsey county is slowing until may-june? I know for a fact that in Noble county they are punching holes in the ground everywhere. Anadarko must have about 5-7 wells within a 15 mile area below Cumberland. Any ideas?

Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 8, 2012 at 5:21am

I have no answer to your question. Perhaps the May-June timeframe was just someone's idle speculation. The production unit of which I am a part was supposedly completed in November and here we are in February and nothing has happened yet. The frustration of this business is that landowner's tend to be kept in the dark until work has actually begun so you are left to speculate.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Rockwell on February 8, 2012 at 5:56pm

I can speculate from what I was told by an Oxford rep.  Unfortunately, most everything they have told us is questionable.  Anyway, the way I understood it, some counties don't permit drilling until after the frost free date, which was one reason given last winter for their push to drill in Belmont county.  Belmont County supposedly does not restrict drilling months, but Guernsey County does.  It doesn't make sense to me that the regulations would vary from county to county within the state, but it certainly makes sense that a county would want to restrict drilling to the summer months if they could.

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on February 8, 2012 at 7:34pm

What probably is the factor is that a lot of county's impose a load limit reduction of 50% and higher on trucks, the thaw and freeze cycle can under heavy load  destroy a road bed.  A 50% load reduction would take twice as many runs for the water plus equipment weights would also be a factor. 

Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 9, 2012 at 1:40am

Thanks to Thomas and Billy, I think you have landed upon the most plausible explanation for the delay in drilling in Knox Township. I did some research on frost-free times in that area and arrived at somewhere between April 30th and May 5th. This coincides with an earlier comment about drilling ramping up in the May-June timeframe. We shall see.

Permalink Reply by oildude on February 9, 2012 at 4:32am

That sounds logical. Hey, with Anadarko in Noble county and Devon buying chesapeake's leases in western Guernsey county I suspect they are moving into western Washington county about now. Does anybody know how I might contact those oil companies?

Permalink Reply by Glenn C. Keith on February 9, 2012 at 4:45am

This is to Oildude, Anadarko has a regional office in Cambridge, Ohio. You may want to google it or check directory assistance to get a phone number.

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