Bradford County, PA

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  • Rob Thompson

    Thanks Keith and thanks for organizing this site.
  • Scott Wilcox

    What is the most that has been offered per acre for a gas lease in Bradford? I am trying to confirm what I would consider at this time a rumor. (No easy task!)
  • Scott Wilcox

    Melissa, Thank you. I guess the 5750$ per is confirmed. I have heard more also.
  • Dr. Larry A. Maxwell

    We were offered $5,500 from Fortune and $5,750 from Chesapeake last month, but then they withdrew the offers. We have 200 acres in Franklindale and would like to get at lease soon. Any ideas?
  • daniel cohen

    Any idea of when a map of the Bradford County sites might be available for viewing? The proposed sites, gas line routes active wells would all be most helpful.
    Thanks,
    Dan
  • skc

    Larry, did Fortuna and Chesapeake tell you why they withdrew the offers?
  • Dr. Larry A. Maxwell

    As far as I understand Chesapeake and Fortuna had just signed a lot of leases the week before. I think they tried to see if they could get people to sign for less. Chesapeake dropped the offer from $5,750 to $3,000. That was unacceptable to us. We haven't heard any word since. We are interested in signing a lease right now, but it needs to be a good offer.
  • daniel cohen

    Thank you for the map Ruby_99
    Dan
  • Robert Karsnak

    Does anyone know if Fortuna Energy stopped signing leases in Bradford county?
  • Scott Wilcox

    Robert, I believe Fortuna has been purchased by Talisman.
  • Michael V. Woodall

    What is going on about leases and drilling in Stevens Township ?
  • Rob Thompson

    Anyone ever hear of anything called the "Towanda Thrust" a section of the Marcellus with a high salt content?
  • mike

    Does anybody know if gas is being pumped from the Smith or Fitzsimmons wells?
  • Deci Ruiz

    Tioga and Bradford have the most members. Why? Is it because we have more activity or just more computer geeks (sent from my iPad ...smile)
  • andy polowy

    CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE THE ALBERTSON PLACE IS IN BRADFORD COUNTY? WE ARE IN A UNIT WITH THEM AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE(NEAR ATHENS) THANKS FOR ANY INFO!
  • andy polowy

    I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TOO,WHERE I COULD FIND A MAP OF BRADFORD COUNTY TO CHECK OUT ALL THE WELL SITES,IF THERE IS ONE?
  • grayhairedgrandpa

    If you look at the "Bradford County, PA" child board, there is a very nice Google Earth map that is updated periodically. We are all thankful to member Wayne Miller for the work he puts into this endeavor. For the Sept 25 update: click here. You will need to install Google Earth on your computer in order to use the file.

  • Brian Oram, PG

  • Bruce Krauss

    cAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO GETS THE ROYALTIES FROM PUBLIC LANDS SUCH AS, STATE GAME LANDS, COUNTY PARKS (PISGAH,LARNARD, SUNFISH POND), SCHOOL GROUNDS, CEMENTARIES,ETC

  • Ronald Hitchcock

    How do you no when a well is put on line ?

  • wyalusing jim

    Comment by Bruce Krauss on April 2, 2012 at 10:44am           

    "cAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO GETS THE ROYALTIES FROM PUBLIC LANDS SUCH AS, STATE GAME LANDS, COUNTY PARKS (PISGAH,LARNARD, SUNFISH POND), SCHOOL GROUNDS, CEMENTARIES,ETC"

    unless otherwise agreed upon, in all of those cases the owner of the minerals receives the royalties.

    the game commission owns some of the minerals under their land, but not all of them.

    schools will usually get theirs' unless there was a prior reservation when they acquired the property.

    wj

  • wyalusing jim

    Comment by Ronald Hitchcock on June 4, 2012 at 8:22am           

    How do you no when a well is put on line ?

    it varies by operator. chk normally has personnel on the pad 24 hrs a day during the first several days at least. they stay in travel trailers usually.

    one sure way is to either listen to, or observe the dehydrators. all wells have them at least initially to seperate produced water. if you're close, you can hear them operating, if you cannot get close, look for the heatwaves coming out of the stacks. the stacks look like a short stovepipe.

    if the dehy units are cooking, the wells are in production. there is usually one dehyunit per well.

    wj