Landman contacted me with a lease representing SW Energy. My land is in the T.R. Goodwin and James Rowe surveys around Patroon. He offered 700/ac and 1/5 royalty.Anone else have any contact for SWE and a comparable offer?
We talked today. I asked for more and he said he thought he could do it but had to talk to someone else first. I should know by end of the week according to him.
BillyBob--25% royalty I would take it for your moneys in the ground and the only way to get it is for some one to drill it for you. If you get good terms the $1500 bonus not bad IMO. You might ask for $2500 and see what happens. This was my comment couple weeks ago to you. I recommend go ahead because if prices go any lower they will drop rigs and stop drilling for few years. EOG and CHK are doing just that now --get it leased --Don't be greedy. If they lay rigs down then leasing stops
That is low even for the Fayetteville Shale. Check with Petrohawk - they seemed to be the highest in leasing minerals, but don't lease with them. We get paid monthly, but Petrohawk skips a month every now and then. Go back to SWN and tell them you were offered this from Petrohawk, also don't allow them to put injection wells on your property. Limit lease to Black Carbons, Lease cannot be transferred to a third party, failure to pay mineral royalties after 45 days breaches contract, lease is for 1 year unless there is production in your sections, drilling cannot be done without a land lease, Well pads will be restored to original condition after well is drilled, Wellpad is for only wells specified in wellpad location lease, You will not be liable for anything, You will receive 5,000.00 every additional well plus wellpad location lease, noone is allowed to come on your property with a weapon, You have a right to inspect wellpad location, you have a right to confront and ask a person their business on your property, speed limit is to be no faster than 15 mph on your land, no water lines to cross your land without landowner's approval, and etc.. SWN is an honest player. Right now Petrohawk is in the midst of many lawsuits in the Fayetteville Shale for Contract Breaches. I haven't heard of a single Contract Breach from SWN in the past five years...
Has anyone heard what SWN is up to in the Rowe survey. They are drilling (419-31628) a well that is vertical only, to 12,850'. Is only on a 40 acre unit. Permitted for gas. Not your normal large tract with horizontal drilling.
Extreme southeast Shelby has not been explored at shale depths except for the Forest well on the lake. It is not unusual to see operators drill a few verticals before sinking $9-10 MM into a horizontal well. A vertical can always be amended to horizontal if the hole looks promising.
I doubt they will make a big deal about it, whatever the results, but they will report it eventually. It could be several months, though, if/when they do complete the well.
Devon drilled a vertical and a directional east of San Augustine and both were shut-in the last time I looked.