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Permalink Reply by Calla on March 31, 2012 at 2:07pm

The Yeager #2 has your name on it as the operator. It was originally pooled as 111 acres.  I'm not sure how that would affect your ability to lease since you are named as the operator. If it's still producing, East Ohio Gas might still consider the lease as active.

Permalink Reply by Jack on March 31, 2012 at 2:29pm

I think he is talking about selling his mineral rights. Not leasing

Permalink Reply by Denny Markley on April 1, 2012 at 12:09am

Hello, Calla. How did you know that? Yes the well is yeager #2. I do own all mineral rights to it and the equipment. It makes enough gas to run a hotwater heater, and a gas fireplace 1/2 the winter. Not much.

What I want to do is lease the marcellus and utica shales on the property and keep the clinton well if possible. I do not know who to contact, or group to join.

Permalink Reply by Calla on April 1, 2012 at 3:52am

Denny, once you gave your real name, that's all it took. The Auditor's website gave your address. A quick look on google earth showed a well in your backyard. A user on here named BICS has uploaded some really cool files that show almost every well in the State using google earth. It also helps that I grew up in Ellsworth.

Your well has two files attached to it. The first one shows the original lease from 1968, the spud date, depth, and production. It was making half of a barrel of oil, and 7mcf of gas per day.

The second file shows when it was transferred into your name. Actual photocopies.

 

Now here is the important part. I have been absorbing a lot of information, so I'm not exactly sure where I read this. I have read somewhere that when some of these older wells petered out, instead of spending the money to plug them, the oil companies signed them back over to the land owner. Since the well is still in production they were still holding the leases as active without the landowners knowing that.  Hopefully somebody else can confirm that for you. 

 

Here is something to think about. If you have 28 acres free and clear of any leases, the landmen would have been beating down your door for the past 2 years.

If nobody has already tried to shove a contract in your face, that should raise some questions.

 

I will try to transfer that google earth file to this thread. 

Permalink Reply by Calla on April 1, 2012 at 4:02am

http://gomarcellusshale.com/group/ohio/forum/attachment/download?id...

 

Hopefully this link will work.  It might take you to his original file. It is called eastern ohio.kmz

Permalink Reply by Calla on April 1, 2012 at 4:07am

http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/eastern-ohio-well-map-via-...

 

That is the link to his entire thread. The northeast files were posted on Dec. 29th. Once you find your place, click on the green pushpin. There will be 2 blue links. Save them to your desktop, and then view them as photos. 

Permalink Reply by Denny Markley on April 1, 2012 at 10:58am

Wow, It took me a few hours to get the documentation you were writing about. there is alot there. Only place it mentions us is as onwer operator. I think I have a letter from ohio dep of resources assiging mineral rights  to us. I better read it again. we did have an offer from massion dixion for $3000. but they wanted all layers, and for us to pay 50% of the taxes of what is produced. I turned it down.

Thank you for your help.