Fairview Twp, Butler county, Surrender of Lease by Chevron

For those of you who live in Fairview Twp, Butler county, Pennsylvania has anyone heard from Chevron that they surrendered your lease?  I signed in October 2012 and never heard back from Chevron.  I made several calls to Chevron and eventually one of their landmen returned my call and told me that Chevron was surrendering the leases in that area.  I then found on the Butler County Access web site that my gas/oil lease had been surrendered by Chevron.  At least ten other leases have also been surrendered as was mine but not two of my neighbors who signed when I signed in October.

 I know several individuals who live less than 1/2 mile from me that received checks from Chevron, one is my neighbor across the street who signed the same day that I signed.  I cannot get anyone at Chevron to return my calls.  Does anyone have any idea what Chevron is doing in Fairview Twp?

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Permalink Reply by Geo5 on May 15, 2013 at 7:41am

How close do you live to the Fairview township building?  I heard that they don't own there gas rights, and some heir owns them and at least 1000 acres in the area.

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 15, 2013 at 4:29pm

Cherry road, maybe a mile or so.    I don't think gas rights are the problem; my deed indicates that I have all mineral/gas rights etc. except coal.  But I did talk to a Chevron guy today that confirmed they are not going to pursue this area, and the leases, like mine that were signed are going to be surrendered by Chevron.   So they were, now they are not.

Permalink Reply by Geo5 on May 16, 2013 at 4:24am

I have seen the drill path from the Lenard well site.  It leaves the Lenard farm, and almost follows Fairview road right up and into the town of Fairview. They are going to drill it either late this year, or early next year. Although, I don't  know where Cherry road is. I don't know how many acres you own, but chevron don't seam to have a good PR with people that live right beside their drill sites.  I know a guy that owns less then a half acre, that is within 600 feet of the top hole of the hindman well.  Chevron gave him a lease, then before he could sign, they pulled the offer.  For $1500, chevron could have made him happy, but now, he is against drilling since he got left out. 

Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on May 16, 2013 at 5:46am

I don't know anything about them, but EM Energy has leased a few parcels recently in Fairview Township. They have leased quite a few parcels in northeastern Butler County. You could check with them to see if they have any interest.

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 16, 2013 at 2:57pm

Thanks Geo5, that info is helpful.

Permalink Reply by Trapper on May 16, 2013 at 12:39pm

Might pay you to have a title search done. My deed to 21 of my acres says someone else owns only the coal rights so I thought I owned all the rest. Wrong! The original deed pertaining to the separation of mineral , gas and coal rights dated 1928 is worded differently to include all of the above. This was several landowners ago. Lawyers get lazy and use standardized lease documents to save some typing and things can get morphed over the years. Are or were there any big mining companies in Fairview Twp.? My hunch is that possibly alot of gas rights in the area may be owned by others who have leased already with a different gasco and Chevron has discovered this while doing title searches.

Here in New Beaver Borough , Lawrence County this scenario has been playing out. During the early part of the 1900's a cement company in Wampum bought up alot of farms in our area for the coal mines to fire their kilns and limestone to make cement. My parcel was owned by them for a short while due to the coal. When their mine caved in due there being no stone overburden to support the mine , they sold these farms and retained ALL coal , gas , and mineral rights. Shell has a standing agreement with the current owners of this co. (Cemex now) to lease all their mineral holdings as known or discovered during title searches. That's how mine was discovered.

Just throwing that out there as a possibility as this has happened alot around here and elsewhere where mining has occurred in the past.

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 16, 2013 at 2:53pm

Thanks Glenn, I will look into that also.

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 16, 2013 at 5:46am

Cherry road is 2 miles north of Chicora.  I have 5 acres.  Thanks for the information, I will check it out.  I  agree that Chevron's PR leaves something to be desired.

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 16, 2013 at 9:42am

Thank you Oliver.  I will check it out.

Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on May 16, 2013 at 12:58pm

John,

I didn't realize it until now but EM Energy is EdgeMark Energy. They have leased in many parts of Butler County, and were issued a recent drilling permit with another pending for the Morrow Pad in Concord Twp. and another pending for the Cratty Pad. Here is a link to their permits, good luck to you.

http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eFACTSWeb/searchResults_singleClient.aspx...

http://edgemarcenergy.com/

Permalink Reply by John Molnar on May 16, 2013 at 2:55pm

Thanks for the additional info Oliver.  I will look into EM Energy.

Permalink Reply by Kristen S. on June 13, 2013 at 2:31pm
John, I had the guys from Em energy drop a lease of for me today. I'm on cherry rd and signed with Chevron back in October but they never recorded my lease. I told these guys about the situation with Chevron out here and they were going straight to the courthouse for a list of the leases on cherry rd. I think you'll be hearing from them soon.

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