When are you notified if the gas of your land is part of a well?

The gas companies have approached my neighbor about drilling on his land (only a few hundred yards from the border of mine).  I saw that the permit to drill the well has been approved and yet noone has talked to me about it.  We leased our gas rights at the same time as my neihbor.  I know the well can be drilled horizontally but with it being so close I would assume that part of our gas would be included but yet I have not heard a thing from anyone about it.  Does anyone know when the gas company has to notify you that your gas will be part of a production unit?

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Permalink Reply by Carol on August 19, 2010 at 5:45am
The units are recorded with the county recorder of deeds. I believe this may be the only notification unless your water is within 1000 feet of the proposed well.
Permalink Reply by Jack Brindza on August 26, 2010 at 10:48am
An excellent question. Could some one who is involved and receiving royalties please pass on some info? I would believe you should receive some info, such as the amount of acres that might be involved, from the gas company involved. Thanks for you info.
Permalink Reply by N Bohl on August 27, 2010 at 3:40am
Permalink Reply by hunter777 on August 27, 2010 at 5:27am
A division order comes from the drilling company after completion of the well and after production has started listing your "division of interest" in the well's production, that is , your acreage divided by the production unit acreage times your royalty percentage. You have to sign it and send it back. It will show all the properties in the unit, along with their acreage, and usually a map of the unit.
Permalink Reply by N Bohl on August 27, 2010 at 6:43am
Does this usually happen about three months after completion/production?
Permalink Reply by Henry J. Cittone on February 24, 2012 at 7:15pm

I was told six by a Chesapeake Rep.  We are past 6 months now by a week...with no division order.  I know Chesapeake was pooling units like mad in Susquenhanna County, so maybe they are behind.

0l1a6laz7smpfPermalink Reply by 0l1a6laz7smpf on February 24, 2012 at 7:57pm

Joe,

If you call your county courthouse and ask if there has been a recent filing recorded by the oil company...that is required when the oil company files a unit ..they record the unit and the specifics.   If you live in Pa. you should be able to also find it on www.landex.com and of course you could just call the oil company with your lease.

Permalink Reply by thelma cathleen hays on February 25, 2012 at 2:12am

here in WV there has to be a Declaration and Notice of Pooled Unit recorded at court house when the bore hole is drilled. There is one for North units and one for South units. This will tell you every property and the acres that are in these units. Chk will never come to you and tell you how much of your property is involved.

Permalink Reply by Clinton44 on February 25, 2012 at 2:50am

We are in Clinton/ Lycoming Counties in PA. with a lease held by Anadarko and are pooled into a drilling unit with producing wells. The only way we knew we were part of a drilling unit was to call the company holding our lease and inquire, ( Also found out when the first royalty check showed up in mail in Feb.2012!!)after wells were being drilled in close proximity to our land.The only document I have found to date in the courthouse was a partial assignment of lease for the partners involved in joint drilling venture. I have called the Lycoming County Courthouse as recently as two weeks ago inquiring about any unitization documents that might be on file an they said there were none.

In regards to the division order mentioned by Hunter777 I do remember a paper coming through to one of our members that was signed and returned that may have been a division order, that was a while ago in excess of six months ago.. That paper has not turned up as filed anywhere in the courthouse either..

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on February 25, 2012 at 5:27pm

 In Ohio the division order is the basically the directive to the oil purchaser on how to divide the payment and to whom.

  I think  you might try calling the PA Department of Natural Resources,Oil and Gas  or whoever is the regulatory indigence.  They should have all the well data including a surveyed plat.

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on February 25, 2012 at 5:34pm

Eric look at this earlier post 

 Reply by N Bohl on August 27, 2010 at 10:40am

I thought this might be of interest --http://downloads.cas.psu.edu/naturalgas/pdf/Understanding%20Royalti... open that PDF file and you will see Documents with the Common Wealth of PA Department of Environmental Protection theres your data!
Permalink Reply by Clinton44 on February 26, 2012 at 2:57am

Thanks!!

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