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Permalink Reply by Tom Brian on September 30, 2014 at 1:33pm

If this is the same people that cold called me they are giving just a little bit more than shell.     I googled them, it turned out to be a "gas/oil co." from Texas, they are a 2 man co. that don't have a drill rig , pipe line or a local office ..... looked like they were looking for some property that they could hold hostage to flip later to Shell and make a profit with you holding the bag.     Do look this gift horse in the mouth as the old timers would say... be very careful...

Permalink Reply by Steven R. Rothenberger on September 30, 2014 at 1:39pm

Tom,

I have not been contacted by anyone else other than these guys(Travis Peak Resources)) what where you offered and by whom?

Joe

Permalink Reply by Golddigger on September 30, 2014 at 11:56pm

Realtor Joe,

If you can get $1250/acre in Harrison Twp. Potter County in a 5 year lease. I would jump on it in a heartbeat. The Utica is not thick enough to be economically feasible anywhere near or north of route 49. Only the immediate route 6 area and south in Potter County could be a good bet, but probably years out west of Galeton, especially at $4.00. Even in the Middlebury area where it is the thickest you have to watch out for the Dominion Storage area and surrounding buffer zones where it is pretty much worthless due to drilling restrictions.

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on September 9, 2014 at 3:32pm

Having opened this topic a couple (or whatever) of months back, before the earth-shaking Shell announcement of recent days, I thought this might be a good time to post links for a couple of Utica "sweet spot" maps I've run across recently, for Tioga County and regions nearby.  I post these with the mandatory caveat that such maps too often are not worth price of the power used to produce their images on your screen - and, friends, that ain't much.  Nevertheless, everybody likes maps and maps are fun, so here goes:

Sweet spot map

Utica Shale USGS "sweet spots." This map shows the expected optimal areas for developing the Utica Shale according to the USGS assessment of 2012. Generally, these areas are where the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content of the Utica Shale is high. (See TOC map.) 

This map was compiled by Geology.com using data from the United States Geological Survey.

And last, but not least, for your viewing enjoyment the referenced TOC map:

TOC map

Total Organic Carbon content of the Utica Shale and equivalent rocks (weight percent). This map shows that the total organic carbon content is highest (greater than 3%) in the approximate center of the geographic extent. High total organic carbon values are often correlated with a high potential of oil and natural gas generation. 

This map was compiled by Geology.com using data from the United States Geological Survey.

Both maps come in initially a little small, but they blow up quite easily and remain pretty clear even after being enlarged.

It proves absolutely nothing, and it does not validate the maps, at least not to me.  Nevertheless, it's fun pointing out that the Shell wells causing all the recent hoo-rah lie within the sweet spot as shown on the sweet spot map.  Make of that whatever you wish.  Just don't make too much of it!!

Permalink Reply by Charles Randolph on September 9, 2014 at 6:48pm

http://geology.com/articles/utica-shale/

Permalink Reply by Tim on September 30, 2014 at 5:16am

Neither link works for me. Could it be my browser?

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on September 30, 2014 at 8:14am

Tim

Naaa, you're good and your browser is good.

The links no longer work for me, either.  I posted those several weeks back and they worked at the time.  Use the link, provided just above by Charles Randolph, to the original article in its entirety.  The TOC and Utica sweet spot maps are within that article and they are clearly labelled,

Permalink Reply by Darrell Weaver on September 30, 2014 at 4:07pm

works for me

Permalink Reply by Steven R. Rothenberger on September 30, 2014 at 4:10pm

Me too.

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on September 30, 2014 at 4:21pm

Interesting.  Working now for me, also . . . but not this morning.  Must have been a glitch of some sort.

Permalink Reply by Deb Reynolds on October 1, 2014 at 10:00am

I get "404 Page not available" for both these links, sorry!

Permalink Reply by Frank Walker on September 30, 2014 at 4:24pm

So is anyone in Tioga County hoping to become a Utica gazillionaire!?

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