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Comment by William W. Lynn on December 27, 2009 at 4:50

Jeffery....you should be able to find a Claiborne Parish map with all land tracts and owners of those tracts at the parish courthouse in Homer.The assessors office should have them, as well as the Police Jury's office.
I get a tax notice every year from Ken Bailey, the sheriff, so that is another possible source. Bottom line is that somebody in the court house will be able to direct you to a plat map showing land owners.

Comment by Jeffery Pevy B2 on December 27, 2009 at 2:29

Where can you find landowner maps for Claiborne parish?

Comment by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on November 16, 2009 at 12:24

wpt9452

Just a few comments.

Fracing is done in all kind of rocks. Rarely is a deep well completed in any formation without fracing.

When gas prssure plays out and a well no longer flows then many times the operator will install pumping unit. Wells caan continue to produce many years on a pumping unit if it is completed in oil bearing formation.Oil comes from pores in rock. It does not occur in "pools" or streams as such. However, much oil is produced from old stream bed deposits.

Perhaps the 2 wells you rerenced were separated by a fault. If you have names and well locations I would like to look up info on them.

Yes, Goodwin Pond was a really good place to fish in the 50's. I did that a number of times. I go back to Haynesville every couple of months. It doesnt even resemble the days in 40's and 50's when you could hardly find parking place on Saturdays. I grew up about 8 miles west of Haynesville and knew most of the families in Haynesville.

I do hope that you will get some O&G soon. Never say Die!!

Aubrey

Comment by wpt9452 on November 7, 2009 at 3:54

I appreciate everyone's comments and I also believe technology will be a huge factor in Claiborne Parish. I can't help but thinking about what the geologist told me back in the early 80's. He said the oil in our section was in rock and that it was more like a small stream than a pool. We had a dry hole (only gas) drilled a little more than a quarter mile from the second well which was a great producer for many years. He said the reason the second well was good is because they were exact hitting the oil pocket, or stream as he called it. He said the oil was in rock and when the gas pressure played out that 70% of the oil would remain in the ground. A few years after they drilled the well the oil company wanted to make it into a injection well, using the natural gas to heat water and pump the steam back into the hole to keep the oil flowing. I guess when everyone was told our checks would be small but last longer, no one agreed to do this. I have to wonder what technology could change the way the wells are drilled and what could be done to get this oil flowing again. I have been told fracturing is not an option considering this is rock and not a shale formation. I am still about 7 years from retirement age and since I work for the GM plant in Shreveport, I know I will never keep my job that long. I am hoping for at least another year but that's a long shot. I am not counting on it......but I am hoping we can get something going in our area in the next few years.
Mr. Sanders, I also have fond memories of Goodwin's pond but mine are mostly fishing and swimming. It was a beautiful place in my childhood and my mother used to tell me all sorts of stories about the pond and that it even had a diving board at one time. I still go back to Haynesville every year or so but everything is pretty run down and grown up with weeds. I wish us all in Claiborne Parish good luck with the oil and gas situation and I am counting on this new technology to give us hope for the near future.

Comment by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on November 6, 2009 at 17:02

wpt9452,

Don't EVER give up. I am pretty familiar with your area. Goodwins Pond was a great place to take a date when I was courting the Haynesville girls in the early fifties.

Actually I will never give up on any spot in North La. And I have had good success in promoting the drilling of wells over just west of Millerton. And by such companies as Fina, XTO, Will-DRill, etc. In Smackover and Haynesville sand and various other shallower formations. I have no hope for Haynesville Shale either in my area or yours, but I will never give up until someone drills an tests it. Right now we have 4 locations made by XTO to drill 4 Smackover wells in which I will be a partner.

Given technological advances I expect to see much more drilling in unproven areas.
When you consider that there is still ongoing drilling on leases that are 90 years old in Haynesville Field the possibilities seem endless

Comment by wpt9452 on November 3, 2009 at 5:04

Thanks JT, I won't throw in the towel just yet, but I think it's best to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground. I can't help but believe that there is oil a bit deeper than they have been drilling but all I can do is wait until someone takes a chance and tries to get to it. It doesn't cost anything to dream.

Comment by wpt9452 on November 2, 2009 at 21:57

Should I still have any hope of new activity around the area between Haynesville and Homer? We have land close to Goodwin's pond and I have been away from this site for quite a while. I am beginning to worry that nothing is going to come of all this oil and gas activity for my family.

Comment by Jack B2 on October 5, 2009 at 7:54

Does anyone in the Claiborne group have any info on the seismic activity underway along leatherman creek area.

Comment by wpt9452 on July 1, 2009 at 9:10

Thanks Skip for the reply. I just looked up the information on the wells and one part is very confusing. The serial numbers for the two wells are #147085 and #204882. The producing well was drilled by Fortune Oil that went out of business. We haven't received any money for this well since April of 2002, I assumed that no one owns the lease if we haven't received any payments in such a long time. About 4 years ago I got a letter from an oil company that offered us a small sum of money to try and make the well productive again since he said a piece of tubing or casing broke off at about 5,000 feet down. They sent us a letter saying they paid a work over rig to try and fish it out and they failed and could not find anyone else to work on it and that was that. Anyway, thanks for your help and hopefully they will figure out a way to keep the GM plant going a while longer.

Comment by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on July 1, 2009 at 8:39

wpt. Since BirdDawg has the most experience and knowledge of your general area, I suggest you direct your specific questions to him. Section - township- range information is very helpful and also the operator as it appears from your statement that you have at least one producing well. The company holding the lease covering your tract can be important. However, I would like to comment on one issue you bring up. There is a misconception that horizontal drilling is appropriate for and beneficial to many different formations. We discuss the technology of horizontal drilling quite a bit as it is the key to producing the Haynesville Shale. Though horizontal drilling will be utilized for some additional formations, most of those currently known and producing in north LA. do not require horizontal wellbores. They are most economically produced by vertical wellbores. The key to the exploration of and production from those "conventional" reservoirs is the demand for and thus the price of natural gas. The closing of GM will be a sad day in our part of the world but the jobs created in the exploration and production of the Haynesville Shale will provide some opportunities. I am 56 years of age and expect to work in the HS as long as I am physically and mentally competent to do so. Exploration will last another 25 or so years. Production 50 or so. The vagaries of the energy business make it too unpredictable to rely on as a sole source of income for most landowners. Good Luck to you and all the folks at GM.

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