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Permalink Reply by Brian Day on June 24, 2014 at 12:36pm

Permalink Reply by Chester Field on September 9, 2014 at 4:31am

Brian,

    Do you know of any activities around Middlebury Center near the state forest along norris brook road?

Permalink Reply by Brian Day on June 24, 2014 at 12:42pm

A Utica/point pleasant well has been in existence for about 9 months at the Clark Gee pad about a mile east of Keeneyville.  It has been shipping gas for maybe four months.  At least two wells have been drilled, and fracked I think into the Utica in a ten mile radius of that.  The Neal pad in Little Marsh has one.  A Sharret Pad near Beechwood Lake has one.  I have heard of one near Oceola to the north.  I think the Watkins pad in Little Marsh may be under drilling currently.

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on June 25, 2014 at 2:26am

Brian, thank you so much for that information.  You have definitely helped me expand my Utica knowledge base.  What you are reporting is remarkable and quite helpful.

At one time, in the past, there were those who claimed all the Utica opportunity is way west of here.  That was then, this is now.  With so much undeveloped Marcellus gas about, I can understand a lack of Utica focus here.  But I think it could be an oversight.

Landowners who continue to own their Utica rights, though, need to be aware that in PA forced pooling can be imposed on them where those rights are concerned.  This is not true with Marcellus shale.  It's an important distinction.

Permalink Reply by Brian Day on June 25, 2014 at 1:13pm

You are welcome Frank.  I do understand that Utica wells fall below a horizon in which the DEP has well spacing jurisdiction.  I could also foresee the DEP insisting on a closer, more realistic well spacing so that vast chunks of land are not HBP with one useless vertical "holder" well, but that will never happen.  Nothing governmental goes for the favor of the land owner.  Too much quiet money flowing in the back doors.

You seem well informed about quite a lot of drilling proceedures.  Why would Shell keep drilling exploratory holes down into the Blackriver/Trenton several hundred feet deeper upon initial vertical drilling of these Utica wells in Tioga County?  Some say it is just to find the lower limit of the Utica/ Point Pleasant.  I think it is a large, added expense and going a long way further down for some mystery reason.  Any thoughts on it?

 

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on June 26, 2014 at 12:53am

Thanks, Brian.  Apologize I do not have the answer to your question.  Exploration does seem a reasonable possibility, though.  When you're Shell an amount of money, which surely would be significant to the likes of you and me, is merely a pittance.

Permalink Reply by Brian Day on June 26, 2014 at 1:12am

Yeah, I'm glad they can afford to put survey posts in the ground.  that way, if one of their personnel shows up on a pad, a person can sight across the post to see if they are moving.  They are kind of like mushrooms.  Nothing happens for months, one morning they suddenly pop up, but nothing really happens.

Permalink Reply by Tom Brian on July 6, 2014 at 3:42pm

And  they are now fracking a well in Osceola Twp. and at the same time running a pipe from the pad. this will be the first well in the hood to be put in production, this will take several weeks, far as i know the well to be hooked up is Utica. If this works as expected after a 3-6 month test the pace should quicken in northern tioga co as there are lots of pads ready for rigs to move onto...... time will tell , they did mention drilling will go on for the next 200 years , still early, so tell the grandkids to be patient ?

Permalink Reply by brian martin on July 8, 2014 at 7:27am

Are there any new wells going up in Mansfield Pa? With Shell?

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on July 10, 2014 at 1:44am

Dunno. But isn't Mansfield a bit far south for Utica wells?

Permalink Reply by Darrell Weaver on August 15, 2014 at 8:58am

Sharrett Well in Clymer Twp. has 3 wells with one being a Uticia.......looked at the pressure gauge last week and it showed 5500 PSI.......

The one Marcellus was showing 3000 PSI............

Well site should be tied in and producing from all 3 wells by Labor Day if not sooner

 

Permalink Reply by Jack Young on August 15, 2014 at 2:23pm

Useful information - thanks. The deeper the well the higher the pressure, so this is what you'd expect. Pressure and volume aren't correlated, however, so it's still not clear which well will do better. The Utica pressure is actually lower than I would have expected, and I hope that's not a problem.

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