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Permalink Reply by Glenn Pickett on October 25, 2011 at 11:11

We are in Section 3, adjacent to Sec. 4, and were told the same thing about pipelines, and we have been shut in for at least a year on a Haynesville well, and another one on our property that was drilled just prior to the Haynesville drilling that is in the Cotton Valley formation, and it has been shut in for almost 2 years now.  We heard that the pipelines were not large enough to carry the gas out, but prior to the shut ins they apparently were, and no drilling has taken place in any of the adjacent sections that I am aware of, so they were large enough prior to that.  Then we heard that Chesapeake thought the lines were inferior to their specifications and they were going to do something about it, and they did dig up a few places and made spot checks on what I was told were the welds, but they have not been back since then and it has been about a year since that took place.  Then we heard that the lines they bought from Camterra did not have the proper permitting taken out and there would be some fees that needed to be paid, and they contested that, and we have not heard anything about that since, and it has been close to a year since we heard that one.  I have not heard anything since that last rumor.  Everything is quiet as can be, and has been for some time now.  I really think it is due to the price of gas now, maybe not, but nothing is taking place so something is keeping the wells shut in.  Also, there was to be a 36 or 42 inch line put in starting June 1st, 2010, and nothing has started on that; all the stakes and layouts have rotted and fallen down, so if they ever put that in all that surveying work will have to be re-done.  And on that one they have already paid dearly for the right of way.  And they bought right of way on our property last winter for a much smaller line, maybe 6 or 8 inch, and it was to be a high priority line and was to get started right away, so far they have not even laid out the r-o-w.  And trying to find out anything is like trying to get into Los Alamos during the development of the A-Bomb!!

Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on October 25, 2011 at 11:36

I have a royalty interest in the Hall 9 well in Section 9 of 15/14 and I'm dealing with exactly the same thing.  The well has not produced since September of 2010.  Katie McCollum, with Chesapeake has offered her help in the past in dealing with situations like this and maybe she will read these threads and shed some light on Chesapeake's intentions with these Sections they acquired from Camterra.  Take a look at Chesapeake's wells in sections adjacent to these shut in sections.  They sure seem to be making a lot of gas with our wells shut in.