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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 27, 2017 at 14:11

Sorry Kathy, you are correct.  This is a good example of media with limited knowledge of a subject taking factual data and writing a misleading article or, in this case, using a misleading title.  Of the 60 permits, 32 are "re-completions" that generally require no "drilling".  Most re-completions involve re-stimulating (fracking) an existing producing formation or moving up hole (more shallow) and stimulating a different formation.

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Permalink Reply by JHH on August 27, 2017 at 14:12

I was thinking about that too.  Maybe they didn't list everything?

jack

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Permalink Reply by jffree1 on August 28, 2017 at 2:32

Somebody sent a greenhorn to check drilling permits on RRC. Setting those dates in 2017... I get nine total permits approved including 1 amendment. Using those dates but setting the May 31 one for 2016 (15 months) I get a total of 45 permits approved including 4 amendments. Out of those 45 permits approved... 22 were new drills, of which 14 were horizontal permits:

Brooks Petroleum: 1 horz. in Pettit

CCI E. Tx. Upstream: 1 horz. in HA

Covey Park: 6 horz. in HA

E. Tx. Exp: 1 horz. in TP

Valence: 5 horz. in CV

Everything else was vertical new drills or recompletions

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