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Permalink Reply by treeman on March 4, 2010 at 6:51

Skip, I only see one well site. What am I missing? treeman

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 4, 2010 at 8:31

treeman, this is an application for three Pettit Drilling & Production Units. Their boundaries and Sand Unit designations are listed. Wells do not require applications, only permits and the operator is not required to notice land/mineral owners. When you receive a letter like this it is for a unit application or an alternate unit well application. The rules governing how the application plats are drawn require existing wells to be shown. That is the case here. Having a unit order allows the operator to drill the maximum number of wells within the unit boundaries based on the state' spacing regulation. So forming a unit is usually in preparation for drilling multiple wells.