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Drilling Information Questions Answered

To all members that have questions about the drilling of the Marcellus feel free to ask. Please keep the questions to drilling and locations. I don't know about leases in different areas but I will try and answer all related questions about the actaul drilling operations

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Permalink Reply by craig on May 7, 2011 at 1:22pm

Hi Homer,

Just got back from our local pad and saw lots of misc. equipment......Can you enlighten me on what the pieces are for or what they do?  Here's the picture...

Thanks in advance.

0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 7, 2011 at 11:31pm

The long tube with two pipes coming out is a heater treater. It burns the gas of the liquids condensate. The other long shaft and the pod vessels are for these liquids also separating

the water from the gas. Real nice setup. I am happy your family will be seeing those big

royalty checks.

Permalink Reply by craig on May 8, 2011 at 3:42am

Thanks Homer! All the parts/equipment I see on this site are brand spanking new.  There is also a large storage tank just out of the picture, probably 15 feet in diameter and 25 feet tall. I assume it is for collecting oil?? ...which would be great! The above unit stops about 1 mile from my land. Another rig is due to show up in the next week or so that is to be setup on the other side of us, about 1 1/2 miles away. We should be in a unit sometime in the near future, I hope!

You are a blessing on this forum!!!   You are da man!!!!! 

 

0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 8, 2011 at 4:07am
Thanks for your comments Craig.
0l1a6laz7smpfPermalink Reply by 0l1a6laz7smpf on May 7, 2011 at 3:38pm

Hi Homer,

thanks for sharing with us here...   do you know if before actually doing horizontal drilling that the O & G must send letters to the owners of the land that they are horizontally planning to excise NG from?  If the well is owned by one O & G company and another company is the lessee on the land adjacent to the property of the well...do you know if they will just notify them?   Any info about this would be appreciated if you know the process or have any idea.   A well isn't too far from my land and it is active but as an owner I have heard nothing about using horiz. drilling or even being invited into a unit....and it is with another company that I have a lease with.

0jw0dsu4txfuvPermalink Reply by 0jw0dsu4txfuv on May 7, 2011 at 11:44pm

You are very welcome. I am proud to be able and answer some ot your question.People are very nasty some times. I am asked this questions a lot out in the field. Go to wellhead and figure the laterals distance at 3500'6000'. Generally the wells run East to West. It is figured in a circle and the azmith of that circle is the degrees the the wells tangent on. The wells sometimes go a little past 90 degrees.I reallu want to think that all The Operators try to inculde all the landowners in the units but I'm sure there are exceptions to this. I really have been thinking about starting a service to help you land owners figure this out. Only thing is would you believe someone or not because many out there think that we are trying to screw you out of royalities when in fact most make a very concertive effort and some of you landowners are hard to deal with because of this reeason,

 

0l1a6laz7smpfPermalink Reply by 0l1a6laz7smpf on May 8, 2011 at 6:16am

thanks for the reply Homer ....I was really wondering if the o & g company could horizontal drill under another landowner's property without them knowing about it...and was hoping that you would let me know the logistics involved in whether they would try to cheat someone out of their royalties by drilling without the owner knowing or if there is a system that is used to alert the adjacent landowner about horizontal drilling being done.   I would think that if it is a Chesapeake well doing the drilling and the adjacent landowner's property is leased to Chief that Chief would want to know also.   There are many well permits and some wells all around my property but all is quiet about anything happening about horizontal drilling.   

 

As far as what you wrote in your recent reply...

"Only thing is would you believe someone or not because many out there think that we are trying to screw you out of royalities when in fact most make a very concertive effort and some of you landowners are hard to deal with because of this reeason"

If you owned land in an area and never had dealt with an o & g company before....and their land agent negotiated and made certain promises and told you that the rate was a good rate by the o & g ...and some of your neighbors also signed.....and then found out that your recently signed leases were sold fully or partially in assignment for almost 3 times the amount you were given (and some even more) (and some even months after the primary contract was signed with the landowner)...and that they had construed clauses in the contract to try to beat the landowner out of another upfront bonus for renewing the lease and still finding ways to renew the lease but not give out monies to the landowner and trying to keep themselves as lessee for longer than the initial primary period even to the extent of using wells or other criteria (without going to the extent of fishing for the NG)...you also would feel like they were trying to screw the landowner out of royalties and/or monies.  

That initial transaction of the lease by the O & G company (via a landagent or direct) is the initial communication between the lessor and lessee...and if the land agent either doesn't know what his/her investor is realy up to...then they also become the part that could have influenced the sale to be more viable and lucrative for both lessor and lessee...but the land agent typically is working for the O & G.    A landowner who is unaware of 'units' and 'well heads' and 'gross vs. net' , and numerous other clauses in the contract is reliant on whatever they determine they should trust in....albeit the land agent, the attorney if they hire one,  what the neighbor says, etc.     But most have no knowledge compared to the O & G who had the contract prepared for them and tells them that they need them to make a decision soon so the wells can be dug and the natural gas obtained.  And to think that several of these oil companies have yet to drill or excise Nat. Gas out of the ground while meanwhile they have sold partially their interests as high as 14K per acre and have not even notified the landowner.  Some landowners are having to follow up on their lease as to where it is now ...and concern about many issues....yet you say that some landowners are worried that they are being screwed out of royalties as if the landowner hasn't already been cheated by the O & G already knowing the value of the NG  before the landowner has a way to find out. 

 

You see the landowners are now getting a knowledge of what is happening..(some thru this wonderful site) and finding that yes they were taken for a certain amount of monies when the O & G knew that they were going to assign almost immediately for a profit off the resources of the land and the ignorance of the landowner.

there may be many decent folks that work on these drill sites...and many decent folks who maintain the paperwork and the daily operation of the maintenance...but surely the people at the top of the O & G companies and the investors involved are not so worried about how they took some ignorant landowners and made a substantial profit off of the land that their forefathers worked and some fought over for centuries.   We all want to benefit from what the O  & G companies are drilling for......and certainly we as landowners have found fault with the contracts we signed in some areas....so if the O & G companies (and the investors involved) really wanted to be not 'screwing' the landowner for monies....then they should not try to cheat the landowner of the next signing bonus by finding ways to hold the land and not benefit the landowner.

Permalink Reply by Finnbear on May 8, 2011 at 6:32am

When a well is permitted by the state, a plat plan is filed with the state showing exactly where the well is located and what land is in the drilling unit. In Ohio, anyone with internet access can find all this information online. Where is the well you are asking about? Let me know and I'll try to direct you to all the information that is available about it.

Finnbear

0l1a6laz7smpfPermalink Reply by 0l1a6laz7smpf on May 8, 2011 at 6:35am

Finnbear, do you mean if they horizontal drill they must include that info in the plat plan?

welcome and thanks also.

Permalink Reply by Finnbear on May 8, 2011 at 6:49am

Yes. When a driller applies for a permit from the state they declare whether the well is intended to be vertical only or if they intend to drill down to a particular shale/sand/rock formation and then drill horizontally into that formation. They also declare (by means of a plat plan map) what lands the drilling unit consists of. Where is the well you are questioning (see below)?

"A well isn't too far from my land and it is active but as an owner I have heard nothing about using horiz. drilling or even being invited into a unit....and it is with another company that I have a lease with."

0l1a6laz7smpfPermalink Reply by 0l1a6laz7smpf on May 8, 2011 at 7:03am

thank you Finnbear...now I know that it is coordinated by the local permitting process.   I will check to see how to obtain info about their declarations regarding the permit for the wells nearby.

I have asked this question many times in local discussion groups and the main and you are the first to respond with just where I might find this info.   thks.

Permalink Reply by Finnbear on May 8, 2011 at 7:22am

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