My family has some property in the E Hardin Survey (A-346) of Tyler County adjacent to the Beech Creek unit of the Big Thicket and our lease has recently lapsed without the land being drilled. Ergon is undertaking their 3-well Sherwood Forest drilling program nearby and adjacent to our property, but for some reason they missed our 20 acres. In particular, the Robin Hood well (API 457-30748) runs just to the west of our property and the Maid Marian well (API 457-30769) is permitted to run south to the creek, but does not extend to our property.

I'm wondering why our property was not placed in a unit and why there seems to be no interest in releasing. I don't know if it has to do with jumping through the hoops to drill that close to the Big Thicket or if there is some sort of geological reason why the Maid Marian well is permitted to stop at the creek (fault line?).

Would anyone care to speculate, or better yet, have some solid information?