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Permalink Reply by Booger on September 3, 2014 at 6:36am

it is on the back burner...........ODNR is not capable of following their policy of getting public information to the public in a "timely" manner......they do not give a sh!t about getting this done quickly.

you will see it when you see it.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Martinelli on September 3, 2014 at 6:49am

3rd Qtr  has passed too......

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Permalink Reply by TM on September 3, 2014 at 7:04am

The 3rd quarter does not end until Sept.30. The 2nd quarter ended on June 30. The producers have 45 days from June 30 to report production results to ODNR which would end in the middle of August. So essentially it has not even been a month yet from when the producers reported their quarterly numbers to the ODNR. The ODNR has no time frame in which they have to report the numbers to the public.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Martinelli on September 3, 2014 at 7:17am

Opps.....yea  i guess I'm wishing Sept. was past.

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Permalink Reply by Booger on September 3, 2014 at 8:32am

TM- they actually do have a policy when public information is requested, that uses words like "timely" and "expedient" ............per their policy they are supposed to tell the requester how long it will take to grant the request.

but they do not do any of this..........they do not follow their policy........they do not care.

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Permalink Reply by bo boboski on September 3, 2014 at 8:32am

Hey; why do this week what you can put off for a few more months?  

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Permalink Reply by Bluflame on September 3, 2014 at 8:46am

   While I am not prone to defending ODNR, the fact is they must await information from the E&P's. I haven't seen any documentation placing deadlines on receipt of information. However, if I were put in charge of this by ODNR (Heaven forbid!), I would both place a deadline (with some teeth) for receipt of information and mandate a consistent format so that the minions at ODNR would  merely have a cut & paste exercise.

  This is likely above and beyond the capability of ODNR.

 

BluFlame

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Permalink Reply by Mike Murphy on September 3, 2014 at 8:53am

the deadline is 45 days after the end of the quarter ....but there is no deadline for ODNR to publish the report to the public

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Permalink Reply by Bluflame on September 3, 2014 at 9:44am

  If all data were not submitted until 8/15, it's not unreasonable for ODNR to devote two weeks to assimilating data. Theoretically, we should see some numbers soon.

  However, it seems like it shouldn't take 45 days to get industry info. I'm sure all of them close the books every month and therefore should have production data very shortly thereafter.

 

BluFlame

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Permalink Reply by INVICTUS on September 3, 2014 at 11:14am

I spoke directly with Rick Simmers about this very issue earlier this year. His position was the producer will comply, and indicated that some back of the room threats were made to enforce compliance. None of this was ever made into a big deal, of course.

What I failed to ask was whether or not those threats were verbal or in writing.

If in writing, someone with gumption could initiate a freedom of information request  to see.

The answers for production will come. My concern is whether or not they are truthful accountings.

All lease audits will begin here. Are the reported production numbers correct? 

Or fictitious?

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