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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on April 7, 2010 at 15:07

CMK, there are two items you should remember.

1) Look at the well count as the production numbers represent the total unit production.

2) The Pettit Unit was produced under a pressure maintenance plan for many years with all produced gas reinjected into the reservoir. Later the gas cap (reinjected gas) was "blown down" accounting for the high gas production rate for the unit.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 7, 2010 at 15:19

This unit production represents hundreds of Status 10 wells. I quit counting at over 200 and that was somewhere around half. LUW 021790.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on April 7, 2010 at 15:27

Now I see, thanks for the education Skip and Les, I will have to change my post title.
I am glad there are such excellent fellows on here to teach a young buck a thing or two.

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Permalink Reply by Henry on April 7, 2010 at 23:37

Skip,
By having a zillion wells, all in one unit, does this let CHK continue to hold all the land in the Black Lake Field? I know of people who leased back in the '60's for Black Lake (before Pugh clauses were routine), and are still HBP. Can you (or someone else) explain how/why a single unit was formed for the entire field, and what it means for holding acreage? Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 8, 2010 at 1:20

Henry~

I recall a prior discussion on the field but do not have sufficient knowledge to explain how the unit came about. I think Les B. can probably answer your question.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on April 8, 2010 at 2:48

Henry,

Because the Pettet Reservoir was being operated in a gas cycling mode for pressure maintenance purposes, it was necessary to include the entire reservoir into the Black Lake Pettet Unit so all mineral owners and working interest owners could share in the benefits. Also, the unit would have a single operator. In this way the operator can select optimum locations for producing wells and gas injection wells and it does not effect the mineral owners share of production. Many fields in South Louisiana and Texas (Conroe, Katy, Old Ocean, etc) have been untized in the same manner if necessary to optimize the recovery of oil and gas.

See Electro's link below for more information on gas cycling operations.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on April 8, 2010 at 2:58

Too bad the Pine Island field's heyday was in an era before such conservation, my grandfather told me unbelieveable stories about the gas vented off in an effort to produce it.

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Permalink Reply by Gale Bagley on March 13, 2012 at 8:32

Me too, I have lots of memories about my Dad,"C.M.Bagley Drilling Co." in the Pine Island Field, Waskom area, Holley Field in DeSoto, and later in Union and Richland Parishes. My whole family was involed in the oil patch. Such memories.

GB

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on April 7, 2010 at 15:19

I was hoping you would chime in Les, what can you tell me about the Black Lake Pettit field? Must be some kind of stratigraphic trap? How many wells are in this production unit?

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 7, 2010 at 15:40

Checkmateking, and anyone else who enjoys navigating SONRIS Lite, pull up well S/N 503, still a Status Code 10 well although it was spud 2-21-1918. Then look up LUW 005860 under LUW Type: 1-Lease and count the number of wells. Hint, pack a lunch. It's the Caddo Pine Island Field. LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on April 7, 2010 at 16:48

Electo, good link. The idea in the Black Lake Field was to produce oil & condensate for sale, process the natural gas for NGL's and reinject the residue gas for pressure maintenance.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on April 7, 2010 at 15:51

My friends mother is one of the three sisters, needless to say they have done quite well, lol.

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