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Permalink Reply by RONNY on March 6, 2011 at 15:14

Yes it is T1S R14W

 

thanks

Permalink Reply by FXEF on March 5, 2011 at 7:15

Kirk,

Nice map... What data source did you used for this map?

Permalink Reply by RONNY on March 5, 2011 at 8:25

1. Is well log data public info or proprietary info in Mississippi? and

2. If a well is producing oil/gas from Tuscaloosa sands (8600 ft) and the TMS is supposedly the "source rock" for Tuscaloosa Sands, can an assumption be made about the presence of TMS at deeper depths in the same unit?

thanks

Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on March 5, 2011 at 8:32

Ronny,

Two sites to look at for MS data:

Text-based search:

http://www.ogb.state.ms.us/welldatamenu.php

Map-based search:

http://gis.ogb.state.ms.us/MSOGBOnline/

 

The MS site is not nearly as good as LA's SONRIS site.  You can get production, well info, and logs in some cases.  The logs are linked to the well information.

 

Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on March 5, 2011 at 9:07

Ronny,

The TMS is present across the entire trend.  It's character and rock properties vary across the play.  Within a given unit, it is very likely that the quality of the shale won't change.

Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on March 5, 2011 at 8:29

FXEF,

The county outlines are commercially available.  The dashed outline is an interpretation based on well logs, mudlogs, 2D seismic, geochemistry, and bouguer gravity data.

Permalink Reply by Monford Craft on September 23, 2011 at 22:36

Kirk,   

          Do you have any of the information on the Indigo well in east Vernon Parish, Like who Drilled it? Formations? Tests? ETC.

 

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Abington on March 6, 2011 at 0:26

QUOTE FROM ALEXANDRIA TOWN TALK THIS MORNING: said he doesn't expect the same (Haynesville) land-bidding war in the Tuscaloosa play because of oil companies' concern over government regulations that could squash the profit out of the wells.

 

ENTIRE STORY FROM thetowntalk.com:

Could an oil boom be in Central Louisiana's near future?

Geologists have known for decades about the existence of an oil formation called the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, located more than two miles below the ground that cuts a swath across Central Louisiana into Southeast Mississippi and southward.

The Baton Rouge Advocate has reported that leasing companies are snapping up the rights to drill on land north of Baton Rouge and in Avoyelles Parish.

"Preliminary evaluations indicate that the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale may contain a potential reserve of about 7 billion barrels of oil," reads a 1997 report from the Basin Research Institute at Louisiana State University. "Horizontal drilling could maximize production and minimize environmental impacts."

Chris John, the president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association and a former Louisiana congressman and legislator, said landmen now are starting to appear in parish clerks of court offices across Central Louisiana to see who owns the land on which oil companies might want to drill. The association lobbies on behalf of the oil and gas industry.

"We knew that Tuscaloosa was there," John said. "It sweeps all through Central Louisiana to right up here north of Baton Rouge."

The current activity is "in the very, very early stages," he said.

Connie B. Couvillon, Avoyelles Parish Chief Deputy Clerk of Court, said eight to 12 men working for oil companies have been in her office every day for the last six months researching land ownership records.

"I'm very excited about it," Couvillon said. "What it brings into the parish with the oil leasing, what it would do for the overall economy of the parish ..."

"Bring it on," Couvillon said.

Rapides Parish Clerk of Court Carolyn Ryland said she's seen "a few new faces" in her office, but she doesn't know if they're there scouting land ownership for oil leases.

The same technology that made the Haynesville Shale natural gas fields of Northwest Louisiana economical -- horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- could now mine for a profit the oil that sits trapped by shale under Central Louisiana.

"Now it makes sense economically to go in there and do it," John said, "if we can keep the government and the regulators off of our case because of fracking."

Fracking has been used widely only in the last few years. The practice involves injecting water into wells to help force natural gas and oil to the surface. Much of the water injected into wells also returns to the surface and is disposed of.

The Environmental Protection Agency is studying the effects of fracking "to better understand any potential impacts "» on drinking water and groundwater," the EPA said on its website.

Drilling and production on state lands is regulated by the state and should stay that way, John said.

There was a leasing frenzy in the mid-2000s in Northwest Louisiana where landowners received upwards of $50,000 per acre leases and 25 percent royalties.

John said he doesn't expect the same land-bidding war in the Tuscaloosa play because of oil companies' concern over government regulations that could squash the profit out of the wells.

Permalink Reply by Kirk Barrell on March 6, 2011 at 2:58

Abington,

I would argue that if a well comes on at 1000 barrels of oil per day, the frenzy will begin.  Louisiana, in contrast to Pennsylvania, is considered a very oil industry friendly state.  I believe that most regulation will be on a state level which would bode well for LA operators and landowners.  Time will tell.

The Eagleford ramped up rapidly also, but appears to have settled in the 4000-6000 per acre range on average. There have been some transactions in the $13,000/ac range.

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 7, 2011 at 6:30

This month's state mineral auction includes a tract located in E. Feliciana and St. Helena comprising 66 acres.  The state bids are one of the few instances that lease bonus amounts are made public and as such it is a good yard stick as to current value.  It's also significant to see the number of bidders although the companies and individuals placing bids are often doing so for a third party.

Permalink Reply by Wheel Man on March 8, 2011 at 16:45

Skip What did that 66 acres go for? Or is that an upcoming auction?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 8, 2011 at 17:03

The auction is tomorrow.  I will post the results in a Main Page discussion.

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