Force pooled

Article in the Steubenville Herald Star today. Several landowners in the Lisbon Ohio area were force pooled into a unit . No signing  bonus and 12/12% royalties.  Chesapeake  was the gas company.

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Permalink Reply by Ragnars Repo on February 12, 2014 at 1:40pm
I'm not an oil/ gas expert but I am a thinking person. When leasing began in the area I remember many being told lease or they will just go around you. Many plat maps have tract boundaries that look like a puzzle piece. For crying out loud the drill can be tracked by GPS position to a precise location. Drilling is done miles deep through thousands of feet of water, I have a hard time believing that a couple acres can't be skirted. I agree that owners who don't sign may be foolish. I have flown over west Texas and Hobbs NM and I would not want the land to resemble those areas. But, my right to swing my fist ends before someone's nose.
Permalink Reply by scott peterson on February 12, 2014 at 1:43pm

Good point. Heard same countless times when leasing started that they can go around so when is forced pooling a necessity vs going around ? 

Permalink Reply by Renee E. Dorsey on February 12, 2014 at 1:55pm

I agree that they should go around if the landowner is just adamantly opposed for whatever reason.  But then the landowner needs to be able to PROVE that they did or did not!   And who has the means to do that?   

It is a complicated situation, for sure.   

Permalink Reply by BIG on February 12, 2014 at 4:04pm

If the acreage is in the middle of a proposed unit, it would be hard to go around.  So a force pool would probably take place.  If the land is on the edge of a unit, they could cut you out of the unit.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 12, 2014 at 1:47pm
Until they change the law and dictate everyone has to keep their hands (fists) in their pockets.
Permalink Reply by Ragnars Repo on February 12, 2014 at 1:49pm
Yep
Permalink Reply by Ragnars Repo on February 12, 2014 at 1:44pm
Interesting plat
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Permalink Reply by scott peterson on February 12, 2014 at 1:52pm

Very!

Permalink Reply by Ragnars Repo on February 12, 2014 at 1:56pm
Hopefully some experts can enlighten us on what is required to form a plat.
0i7okn54zwbdoPermalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on February 12, 2014 at 6:54pm

They have to meet minimum spacing guidelines.  That's about it.  Otherwise the unit's shape is up to the operator.

Permalink Reply by Victoria Smith on February 14, 2014 at 12:16pm

A plat is a visual depiction of a land unit being proposed to drill a well upon.  A survey would be necessary ("required") before a plat could be created ("formed") because one would need to be able to locate the gas to decide where the best place to drill would be.  PA unit requirement for a deep well is 640 acres, which is equal to one square mile.  This is the minimum spacing per deep well in PA. 

Permalink Reply by bo boboski on February 12, 2014 at 4:12pm

Goes to show you how they can "go around you"!

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