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Permalink Reply by Outback on September 3, 2011 at 12:25am

Thanks Wayne............these maps are awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Scott Wilcox on September 4, 2011 at 3:37pm

Wayne,     Thank you!     Can you supply us with unit mapping in Tioga county also?     Scott

Permalink Reply by Wayne Miller on September 5, 2011 at 3:10am

 No, sorry. It does take considerable time and effort, but it is not too difficult. I can explain the procedure if you would like.

Permalink Reply by Scott Wilcox on September 5, 2011 at 3:48am

I would like to try.    Thanks.   Scott

Permalink Reply by Wayne Miller on September 5, 2011 at 5:22am

OK, here is an outline of my process.

First, DEP has a site http://www.ahs2.dep.state.pa.us/eFactsWeb/default.aspx on which you can search for gas well locations by county and township. You can sign up to receive an E-mail each time a well site permit is applied for or updated. Some companies give a GPS co-ordinate on the application, if not you can wait for DEP to enter the well on eMaps http://www.emappa.dep.state.pa.us/emappa/viewer.htm . Here you can view all the well sites in the county and pick the GPS from that map. I then enter This GPS is entered in GE as a placemark. This process is not entirely necessary, but it helps locate the production units later on.

 I search Landex http://www.landex.com/webstore/jsp/cart/DocumentSearch.jsp using company names and other as the document type to search for unit declarations. These show up as "MISCELLANEOUS" document type. From this you get an Instrument #. You can also see a list of landowners affected.

  Now go to Landex Remote www.landex.com/remote/  Download this program and add $25.

This costs 20 cents/minute connect time in Bradford. I'm not sure about Tioga.  Enter the Instrument #, F12, double click the instrument, click Image Request then pick the page you want and print it. The unit map is usually the last page. Another page is the list of landowners and their property allocations in the unit. As soon as the page has gone to the printer, exit and enter another Instrument # or exit and disconnect. With practice you can get a unit map in 30 seconds connect time.

 Now set GE to the same scale as the map using two points ( road intersections are good) , then  add, polygon and plot the corners of the unit using roads property lines and a set of dividers to outline the unit.

Here is an example of a CHK unit map  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31036030/Feusner%20unit.pdf

and an owners page  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31036030/Feusner%20owners.pdf 

 If you run into problems, feel free to ask specific questions.

Permalink Reply by Scott Wilcox on September 5, 2011 at 7:05am

WOW!                   We appreciate all your hard work!   Scott