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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 30, 2011 at 3:59

The SONRIS Lite Well File from lists the section-township-range in the first line.  The same line that starts with the Serial Number.  The surface location within the section is given in the first or bottom line in the Scout Report portion of the well file.  Older wells may lack this entry.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on May 30, 2011 at 4:24

BS, for some Haynesville Shale wells the well name may include a section number that is different than the S-T-R listed for the well location.  This indicates the horizontal lateral is located in a different section than the surface location.  The following is one example.

 

EnCana, Olympia Min 30 #H1 Well, Serial #242529, S19-T9N-R11W

 

The surafce location is in Section 19 while the lateral is being drilled and completed in Section 30.  

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Permalink Reply by FXEF on May 30, 2011 at 9:10

Click this link, enter the serial number, then click submit. Well information for that serial number will be listed.

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Permalink Reply by bshelby on May 30, 2011 at 9:55

Many thanks, got another 1 for you.  Is there any way you can enter the section-township-range and see if there is a rig/well in that unit?

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on May 30, 2011 at 10:34

Yes, you can Google "Sonris Lite" and then click on  the category "Wells by Section, Township, and Range".  That should do it.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on May 30, 2011 at 15:57

BS, you can only see if there is a permitted well with a surface location in that section.  Drilling rigs are a whole different matter.

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Permalink Reply by bshelby on June 2, 2011 at 4:06

Les B, What do you mean by "drilling rigs are a whole different matter"?  Can a rig be drilling in a unit without a permit or serial number?  Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 2, 2011 at 4:24

IMO, Les is not referring to a rig drilling without a permit or serial number.  That does not happen.  I think he is referring to the fact that attempting to track drilling activity on SONRIS Lite is pretty futile unless you enjoy getting updates weeks or months after the fact.  The lag in a company reporting and the SONRIS staff updating the database means that often a Well File will only show a permit when the rig has already finished drilling and is long gone.  The typical time from spud to TD has decreased so significantly since the beginning of the Play that the only way to keep up with actual drilling activity to through subscription to weekly rig reports.  I use RigData.

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Permalink Reply by bshelby on June 3, 2011 at 3:42

Thanks, Skip.  How do you sign up/subscribe to RigData?  Do they have a web site?

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 3, 2011 at 3:43

http://www.rigdata.com/index.aspx

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