STATE MINERAL LEASE AUCTION TO FEATURE NUMEROUS CENTRAL LA. TRACTS

The Office of Mineral Resources, Mineral And Energy Board will conduct the September Mineral Lease Sale tomorrow.  The tracts up for bid are located predominantly in Central LA. parishes.  There are a large number of bid tracts located in St. Landry, St. Mary, E. & W. Baton Rouge, E. & W. Felicianna and Pointe Coupee.  Though not considered Central LA., Acadia Parish also has multiple tracts.  There is one exceptional size tract of 1,380 acres that includes portions of E. & W. Baton Rouge, E. & W. Felicianna and Pointe Coupee.  I suggest that members interested in the plays underway in these parishes review the bid results and post them to GHS.  It should be an interesting auction. 

 

To view the tract information and the parties nominating them to the auction, use the following link.  Then scroll down to the tract numbers in blue and click on each group.

 

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&...

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Permalink Reply by The_Baron on September 13, 2011 at 4:44
and the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale is off and running...
Permalink Reply by DCM on September 13, 2011 at 4:50
Thanks for the info, Skip.  Any idea who "Hempco Resources" is?  A quick search of the Sec. of State database didn't return anything.
Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 13, 2011 at 5:10
It is customary for large independents and majors to have a third party, usually a land company, bid on their behalf.  Sometime later an assignment will be made from the winning bidder to their client.  What we are looking for tomorrow is competition.  Tracts receiving more than one bid.
Permalink Reply by The_Baron on September 13, 2011 at 6:04

Skip,

 

When nominating a tract it is also permisable to use a dummy name. The actual nominating party is kept confidential, but is published as the nominating party wants (within limits of course)

 

When we nominate a state lease, we will use a totally off the wall name. Of course actual bids must be in the actual biding parties name, who must be registered as a Louisiana Leaseholder in mineral Resources. But many operators will use a go-between as you point out.

Permalink Reply by Steve on September 13, 2011 at 8:39
Cool group!
Permalink Reply by DCM on September 13, 2011 at 9:31

Jay:

That's quite funny. I suppose Woody Harrelson is involved as well. Seriously, I am glad to know that the DNR permits pseudonyms for persons nominating a tract for auction. It makes sense to allow an entity who has expended time, energy and resources developing an area and acquiring rights/ interests in private acreage the ability to remain anonymous until actual bidding occurs when a public forum is required to acquire an interest in public land. I, for one, am interested to watch and learn as the various layers of the onion are peeled back, and we get to see if others beyond Devon, Encana, Goodrich, amd Indigo have drawn a bead on the TMS.

DCM

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on September 13, 2011 at 5:45

Thanks Skip, 

With Hilcorp buying out BP/Amoco's Tuscaloosa properties this should get interesting for AC. EF, TMS and Tusc. through out the central Louisiana area.  I think the sale tomorrow will tell us a lot. 

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on September 13, 2011 at 8:23

Jay,

I would hope to see $300 to 350 or more and 25%. I think the play is quickly building.

Permalink Reply by DCM on September 14, 2011 at 5:04

Jay, in reviewing the results of the auction, looks like you were very close to the range, but actually a bit high.  The tracts from the Felicanas, some of which include Point Coupe and E.B.R. lands, leased for $203.54/ acre and 22.5%, at least the ones I followed. There is also a "Rentals" column indicating some additional payment due to the State, and I confess my ignorance about the specifics of what is being given and received for those funds.  A SONRIS link is:  http://sonris.com/direct.asp?server=reports&path=/reports/rwser...


It appears that Charleston Energy, Inc. was the successful bidder for the tracts I followed.  I didn't look up the bidding info to see if there were any competive bids. 

 

The La. Secretary of State corporations database provides the following on Charleston Energy, Inc.:

CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. Business Corporation LAFAYETTE Active

 

Business: CHARLESTON ENERGY INC.
Charter Number: 35684529 D
Registration Date: 4/12/2004
Domicile Address
  118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Mailing Address
  C/O GARY L. SALMON
  118 DEMANADE BOULEVARD
  LAFAYETTE, LA 70503
Status
Status: Active
Annual Report Status: In Good Standing
File Date: 4/12/2004
Last Report Filed: 4/20/2011
Type: Business Corporation
Registered Agent(s)
Officer(s)

Additional Officers: No 

 

There may be a relationship between Charleston Energy, Inc. and HPS Oil and Gas Properties Inc( see http://www.stategazette.com/story/1321304.html) as well as HEP Energy (http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/group/NorthCaddo/forum/topics/hep..._).

DCM

Permalink Reply by Joe Aldridge on September 14, 2011 at 6:21
Jay,
You were right about the bonus and royalty. Do you know if Salmon/Charleston is buying leases for Anadarko?
I was hoping that Hilcorp would get active and start competing in this area. Hasn't happened yet though.
Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 14, 2011 at 7:09

STATE MINERAL AUCTION SEPT. 14, 2011 (ACRES, BONUS AND ROYALTY IN BOLD.  WINNING BIDDER IN BOLD WHERE MORE THAN ONE)

THIS IS AN EXCERPT COVERING ONLY THE CENTRAL LA PARISHES IN THE REGION OF THE TMS PLAY.   SOME BIDS MAY NOT BE FOR TMS.

 

1 42254 CONCORDIA 10, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 4, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 8, 9 T02N R05W, R08E 681.0 THEOPHILUS OIL, GAS & LAND SERVICES, LLC 110.0 $13,970.00 $127.00 $6,985.00 0.215

 

1 42255 SAINT LANDRY 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2, 27, 28, 29, 3, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 T02S, T03S R06E  BELLARD & COMPANY, INC. 16.0 $4,048.00 $253.00 $2,024.00 0.255

2 42255 SAINT LANDRY 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2, 27, 28, 29, 3, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 T02S, T03S R06E ARCENEAUX LAND SERVICES, INC. 16.0 $4,848.00 $303.00 $2,424.00 0.225

1 42256 EAST FELICIANA, WEST FELICIANA 105, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 T03S R01W, R02W 15.000 CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 15.0 $3,053.10 $203.54 $1,526.55 0.225

1 42257 WEST FELICIANA 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 76, 78 T03S R03W CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 126.0 $25,646.04 $203.54 $12,823.02 0.225

1 42258 WEST FELICIANA 100, 101, 102, 103, 107, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 67, 68, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 98, 99 T03S R02W, R03W CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 19.0 $3,867.26 $203.54 $1,933.63 0.225

1 42259 WEST FELICIANA 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 2, 20, 23, 24, 37, 38, 39, 40, 58, 59, 6, 60, 61, 62, 7, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 T03S R03W, R04W CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 27.0 $5,495.58 $203.54 $2,747.79 0.225

1 42260 SAINT LANDRY 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36 T03S R05E, R06E BELLARD & COMPANY, INC. 55.0 $13,915.00 $253.00 $6,957.50 0.255

1 42260 SAINT LANDRY 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36 T03S R05E, R06E ARCENEAUX LAND SERVICES, INC. 55.0 $16,665.00 $303.00 $8,332.50 0.225

 

2 42261 SAINT LANDRY 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 T03S R05E ARCENEAUX LAND SERVICES, INC. 90.0 $27,270.00 $303.00 $13,635.00 0.225

1 42261 SAINT LANDRY 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 T03S R05E BELLARD & COMPANY, INC. 90.0 $22,770.00 $253.00 $2,277.00 0.255

 

2 42262 SAINT LANDRY 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 T03S R06E 90.0 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

1 42263 EAST FELICIANA, WEST FELICIANA 104, 106, 116, 117, 2, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78 T03S, T04S R01W, R02W CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 122.0 $24,831.88 $203.54 $12,415.94 0.225

 

1 42264 POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA 1, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 3, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 4, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 5, 6, 79, 8, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 T03S, T04S R03W, R10E, R11E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 1,653.0 $336,451.62 $203.54 $168,225.81 0.225

 

1 42265 POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA 3, 4, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 5, 56, 57, 58, 59, 6, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 8, 9 T03S, T04S R02W, R03W, R11E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 860.0 $175,044.40 $203.54 $87,522.20 0.225

 

1 42266 POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 3, 30, 32, 33, 4, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 9 T03S, T04S R04W, R09E, R10E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 1,398.0 $284,548.92 $203.54 $142,274.46 0.225

 

1 42267 POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 3, 30, 38, 39, 4, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 5, 50, 51, 52, 6, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 8, 9 T03S, T04S R03W, R04W, R10E  CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 1,155.0 $235,088.70 $203.54 $117,544.35 0.225

 

1 42268 POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 48, 49, 6, 8, 9, 90, 91, 92, 96 T04S, T05S R02W, R11E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 1,629.0 $331,566.66 $203.54 $165,783.33 0.225

 

1 42269 EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST FELICIANA, WEST FELICIANA 15, 16, 24, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70 T04S, T05S R02W, R11E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 226.0 $46,000.04 $203.54 $23,000.02 0.225

 

1 42270 EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST FELICIANA, POINTE COUPEE, WEST BATON ROUGE, WEST FELICIANA 22, 23, 37, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95 T04S, T05S R02W, R11E CHARLESTON ENERGY INC. 1,380.0 $280,885.20 $203.54 $140,442.60 0.225

 

1 42276 SAINT LANDRY 31, 32, 33, 4, 5, 6, 60, 61, 8, 9 T06S, T07S R03E 8.000 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

2 42277 ACADIA, SAINT LANDRY 17, 20, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 77, 78, 79, 8 T07S R02E, R03E 12.000 MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 12.0 $4,212.00 $351.00 $175.00 0.23

 

1 42278 ACADIA 24, 38, 40, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78 T07S R02E, R03E 9.000 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

2 42279 ACADIA 31, 38, 40, 51, 52, 53, 55, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 T07S R02E, R03E 16.000 MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 16.0 $5,616.00 $351.00 $175.50  0.23

 

1 42280 LAFAYETTE, SAINT LANDRY 124, 131, 15, 16, 48, 49, 5, 50, 51, 52, 6, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 7 T08S R04E 11.000 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

1 42281 LAFAYETTE, SAINT LANDRY 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 T08S R04E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNER, L.P. 9.0 $3,159.00 $351.00 $1,579.50 0.23

 

2 42282 LAFAYETTE, SAINT LANDRY 1, 25, 30, 31, 32, 36, 5, 6, 67, 68, 69 T08S, T09S R03E, R04E 1.000 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

 142284 SAINT LANDRY 13, 16, 17, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 77, 78, 79, 8, 9 T07S R02E, R03E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 12.0 $4,212.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

2 42285 SAINT LANDRY 13, 16, 17, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 77, 78, 79, 8, 9 T07S R02E, R03E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 46.0 $16,146.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

1 42286 ACADIA 1, 2, 31, 38, 40, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 6, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 T07S, T08S R02E, R03E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 68.0 $23,868.00 $351.00 $11,934.00 0.23

 

2 42287 ACADIA 1, 2, 31, 38, 40, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 6, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 T07S, T08S R02E, R03E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 200.0 $70,200.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

2 42288 ACADIA 1, 2, 31, 38, 40, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 6, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 T07S, T08S R02E, R03E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 52.0 $18,252.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

2 42289 LAFAYETTE, SAINT LANDRY 13, 14, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 T08S R03E, R04E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 17.0 $5,967.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

2 42290 SAINT LANDRY 13, 14, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 T08S R03E, R04E MONITOR ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 41.0 $14,391.00 $351.00 $175.50 0.23

 

142291 SAINT MARY 72A, 72A, 72A EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND 13, 401, 406 1,572.050 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

 

1 42292 SAINT MARY 72A, 72A EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND 13, 14 2,499.77 THEOPHILUS OIL, GAS & LAND SERVICES, LLC 575.01 $288,080.01 $501.00 $144,040.01 0.25

 

1 42293 SAINT MARY 72A EUGENE ISLAND 406 36.87 THEOPHILUS OIL, GAS & LAND SERVICES, LLC 35.93 $12,611.43 $351.00 $6,305.72 0.25

 

1 42294 SAINT MARY 72A, 72A, 72A, 72A EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND 13, 14, 17, 18 895.41 THEOPHILUS OIL, GAS & LAND SERVICES, LLC 73.57 $25,823.07 $351.00 $12,911.54 0.25

 

1 42295 SAINT MARY 72A, 72A EUGENE ISLAND, EUGENE ISLAND 14, 17 478.710 NO BID .000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0.00

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