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Permalink Reply by scott brion on September 25, 2012 at 8:57am

Thanks Marty.   A really great addition to the unit maps Miller has been faithfully updating.  Where do you find the data to plot the well Hz. bores?  So far, I have only been able to find that on well permit plats which are kind of hard to access in volume.

Permalink Reply by Marty on September 25, 2012 at 9:48am

Well location plats from the PA DEP. Due to their 10MB daily limit I was only able to obtain 20-25 per day.

Permalink Reply by scott brion on September 25, 2012 at 2:51pm

can you provide the link for where you I fnid well plats?  I was unaware they were available online.  Thanks

Permalink Reply by Marty on September 25, 2012 at 7:48pm

They're not online, I worked through the Pennsylvania Geological Survey office in Pittsburgh.  Their Service Request Policy is attached. 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/106509038/2011_Service_Request_Policy.pdf

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• 2011_Service_Request_Policy.pdf, 48 KB

Permalink Reply by Mike Kelly on February 22, 2013 at 2:27pm

   marty, are you planning to put the new production for the second half of 2012 

sorry my caps.  not working.

Permalink Reply by Tug Steward on February 23, 2013 at 12:51am

The indicated well bores seems to reflect the proposed location on the well permit plats that are filed AND NOT precise locations.  I have the 'as-builts' on a well drilled (obtained from a file review at DEP in Williamsport) that, at the end, deviates 400 lateral feet from the planned bottom hole (and the path getting there wasn't straight either).  This is not a lone example.  I don't see this as a problem as its my hope the operations folks would seek to optimize the success of a well and steer the bit as necessary respecting the ownership and lease terms of those in the area.

Permalink Reply by Marty on August 27, 2013 at 9:28pm

Updated map is attached to this reply.  To answer some of the previous questions: 1) Production information from 2012-2 and 2013-1 are included; 2) Well bores are plotted from the well location plats on the permits.

Attachments:

• NE Bradford County Wells 8-27-2013.kmz, 199 KB

Permalink Reply by Stan G on August 28, 2013 at 1:58pm

Marty, I assume the dark green line is a drilled well and the light green is a proposed one.

Do you have any way of telling what the time tables are for any of the  proposed well shown on your map?

Permalink Reply by Marty on August 28, 2013 at 5:53pm

Three different shades of each color: 100% (darkest) represent producing wells; 66% (medium) represent wells SPUD or wells where drilling has started; and 33% (lightest) represent current and expired well permits that haven't had any drilling or production activity.  I use the PA DEP's Premit Issued Detailed Report, SPUD Data Report, and the semi-annual Unconventional Well Production Reports to determine each well's status.

 

Regarding actual drilling, completion, and production schedules, your best bet is the  individual companies themselves.

 

But here's what I've concluded during my work on this map.  In 2008 when gas prices where high the E&P companies wanted to fully develop their leases.  They created units and applied for permits for all the wells in these units. As production started and prices started to fall, the companies switched to a HBP strategy - they drilled one or two of the permitted wells to hold the unit and allowed the others permits to expire.  Now that most of the county is held by production, the companies' current permit application activity more accurately respresent their drilling intentions...  just my two cents...

Permalink Reply by Barbara on September 18, 2013 at 5:41pm

I can open Mr Miller's map but not this one.  Any ideas why not?  For some reason Google Earth is "not responding" when I try to view this map but does respond perfectly when I open the Miller map.  Do I have to delete information in Google Earth regarding the Miller map in order to see the Marty Map?  Thank you for any advice regarding this matter.