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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 27, 2025 at 12:15

Carol, Expand almost never leases themselves.  They hire land companies like Tall Pines.  Expand and all major O&G companies do not employ enough corporate landmen to handle large leasing efforts.  It's enough that you know that if you lease to Tall Pines Expand is highly likely to be drilling the wells that include your minerals.  If you lease to GEPH II, they will likely drill your wells.  I say likely because operators often swap leases because they prefer to drill their own operated units as opposed to being a non-op working interest in wells drilled by some other company.

Your area is a major step out from the currently defined Haynesville Shale fairway.  And it is good to have both Expand and GEPH II competing for your lease.  Competition always benefits the mineral owner.  Take your time, get experienced help and make the best lease you can.  You and your heirs will live with it for the next thirty years.  Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Hart on August 27, 2025 at 20:11

Thanks Skip. I just happen to have a relative that is a lawyer in the gas and oil business and he is currently looking over the lease thus I will get his feedback asap with any suggestions on changes or red flags nice bonus offered too

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 28, 2025 at 1:00

You're welcome, Carol. Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 28, 2025 at 1:19

Carol, if you are looking for feedback from other Natchitoches mineral owners or would care to share what you are learning, I suggest that you post a discussion in the Natchitoches Group.  When we are dealing with location specific issues, the groups are the best place to get and to share information.  Here is a link to the group below. You would have to join the group to be able to post a discussion.  When someone replies in a discussion or chooses to "follow" the discussion they will get an email letting them know each time someone replies in that discussion thread.  It works quite well.

https://gohaynesvilleshale.com/group/natchitochesparishnetwork

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish on August 28, 2025 at 10:11

Tall Pine has been leasing in this general area for several months. While it hasn't been confirmed publicly, I am confident that Tall Pine is leasing on behalf of GEP II. When I last searched the Natchitoches Parish courthouse last week, Tall Pine has filed ~10,250 acres of new leases in this general area.  The sections highlighted in green on the map below are the sections where leases have been filed in the courthouse.  Your minerals (section highlighted in purple) are a bit of a step out to the East from their other leases, which is a big step out from the "legacy" Hayneville play.  You can see the existing Haynesville and Mid-Bossier wells to the West of the green acreage block on the map below.  GEP filed an order for a Haynesville well in Section 22&27-9N-9W, and the hearing is scheduled for September 3, 2025.  This is a big step out, so I am not sure what their plan is.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 28, 2025 at 10:36

Ryan, could the leasing in this area be in search of the eastern extent of the Western Haynesville Play?  The step out distances are surprising for the "Legacy Haynesville".  Are you aware if any seismic has been shot in this area?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish on August 28, 2025 at 10:47

That is a great question Skip. I have no idea. I think there is seismic in this area, but I am not certain of that. I'm very curious what the results of the first well look like out here.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on Friday

GEPH II permits the first Robeline Field well.

WELLS

SERIAL	WELL NAME	WELL NUM	ORG ID	FIELD	PARISH	PROD TYPE	SEC	TWN	RGE	EFFECTIVE DATE	API NUM
255326	ROBELINE	001	G8906	7734	35	00	027	09N	09W	09/12/2025	17069205480000

PRMT DATE	SPUD DATE	STAT DATE	ST CD
09/12/2025		09/12/2025	01

WELL SURFACE COORDINATES

Surface Longitude	Surface Latitude	Lambert X	Lambert Y	Ground Elevation	Zone	Datum
0-0-0	0-0-0	1756694	387949	192	N	NAD-27

WELL SURFACE COORDINATES GENERATED BY DENR

UTMX 83	UTMY 83	LONGITUDE 83	LATITUDE 83
473212.84942101	3510652.17380814	-93.28277289	31.73097928	View GIS

BOTTOM HOLE COORD

EFFECTIVE DATE	END DATE	PLUGBACK TOTAL DEPTH	TRUE VERTICAL DEPTH	MEASURED DEPTH	LAT DEG	LAT MIN	LAT SEC	LONG DEG	LONG MIN	LONG SEC	COORDINATE SOURCE	LAMBERT X	LAMBERT Y	ZONE	COORDINATE SYSTEM
09/12/2025			17000	26000								1757079	387608	N	01

WELL HISTORY

SERIAL	WELL NAME	WELL NUM	ORG ID	FIELD	ST CD	PT	WELL CLASS	EFF DATE	END DATE	STAT DATE
255326	ROBELINE	001	G8906	7734	01	00		09/12/2025		09/12/2025

SCOUT INFO

REPORT DATE	WELL STATUS	MEASURED DEPTH	TRUE VERT DEPTH	DETAIL
09/12/2025	01	26000		996' FSL & 1571' FWL SEC 27, T09N-R09W. PBHL: 660' FSL & 1960' FWL SEC 27, T09N-R09W.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish 20 hours ago

It looks like they permitted a mostly vertical well. I suspect they will potentially core a portion or the whole zone of interest and run a full suite of logs to characterize the reservoir. GEP has a rig drilling in 12N-09W at the current time. On September 10, they were at a depth of 8,605'. Perhaps they will move that rig to this location when they are finished with the current well. Their field order application for this area covered Sections 2 and 27.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant 19 hours ago

I noticed no "H" in the well name but a TVD and MD that indicated a permit for a horizontal well.  I've asked my contacts with the OOC about that.  GEP Haynesville can always plug and abandon the well if they do not find what they are looking for in the vertical.

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Permalink Reply by Rock Man 19 hours ago

Also possible that vertical well is drilled to get "science" data - but they release the rig after the vertical to evaluate the info from vertical well.

Core and other analyses is not an overnight analytical process - need time

Then - if things are there to support the lateral - move in rig at later date and drill the Horizontal

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish 18 hours ago

I agree. I think this will be the path they take. This is a big step-out, and I am sure they will want to gather and evaluate as much data as possible before deciding to drill a horizontal.

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