The sale of Bonanza Creek Energy to SandRidge Energy comes as little surprise, but the key local concern is what happens to Bonanza Creek’s operations in Columbia and Lafayette County. As best we can tell, there will be little to no change. SandRidge is apparently happy that the Dorcheat-Macedonia Field is a steadily producing cash cow for Bonanza Creek. A telephone conference call held on Wednesday regarding the Bonanza Creek sale made only a brief mention of the company’s Mid-Continent operations. SandRidge President James D. Bennett said he anticipates no change in the company’s current drilling program through 2018.
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Yes Dorcheat-Macedonia Field is a cash cow and hopefully for a long time. I have wells there. Bonanza was to drill 5 more on my property, they had the permits, but then oil bottomed out and they let the permits expire. Maybe this new company will do something.
In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of) nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.
This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…
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