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Permalink Reply by Henry on May 26, 2010 at 12:35

Tahoe,
Yes, SWEPI is the worst, BY FAR. They have turned very few wells to sales. Read the anti-SWEPI discussions on the main board.

Permalink Reply by Big Daddy, bcnr on May 26, 2010 at 13:20

Exco seems to be much better about putting gas to sales and paying the mineral owners. Good news is you should get a whopper check when they start sales. Good luck.

Permalink Reply by kittycatmama on May 26, 2010 at 13:30

Encana and Petrohawk are good about paying on time and paying market. Just leased an area with Chesapeake which is being drilled, so don't know how they pay yet.

Permalink Reply by Crunchy on May 26, 2010 at 14:00

No money either...I just wanted to say AMEN!! It is so bad I won't even go to their gas stations any more. I know it is not hurting them, but it makes me feel better. I have completions from almost 2 years now.

Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on May 26, 2010 at 16:43

Tahoe, it is primarily a function of location in the play. Much of the early drilling by Exco, Questar, Petrohawk, etc was in areas that already had significant facilities and pipeline infrastructure. Also the northern areas of the play did not require CO2 & H2S removal. The majority of Shell's wells were drilled in the southwestern portion of the Haynesville Shale play where there was limited exisitng facitities or pipelines. Also, this part of the play has slightly higher levels of CO2 & H2S that required the installation of amine treaters.

Permalink Reply by lsauci2 on May 27, 2010 at 13:05

We have wells in Sec 20 and 30 - through Encana. Talked to them just yesterday for a status update. We are complete, but the pipeline is not complete. Encana has signed a contract with CenterPoint Energy to "move" the product to sales. I am told this is the best way, because CenterPoint is paid by the product they move. Makes sense to me. I understand the delay was with some right of way issues. But to answer your inquiry - no royalty check yet.

Good Luck!

Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on May 27, 2010 at 15:35

Isauci, you are correct. EnCana & Shell have contracted with CenterPoint Field Services to install and operate the gathering pipelines and gas treating facilities required to transport the natural gas from wellhead to gas sales pipeline. CFS likely receives a unit fee ($ per Mcf or MMBtu) for providing these services.

Permalink Reply by Crunchy on May 27, 2010 at 16:19

Centerpoint is slow too.
They did have to reroute the ROW.

Permalink Reply by Rachel on June 7, 2010 at 10:37

We have a well in Sect 8 that's been in production since Mar 2010.
No check.

Permalink Reply by Geoman on June 8, 2010 at 6:54

Yes, we have interest in three wells at this time and are being paid on the initial well drilled by Comstock. WE expect payments on the following two El Paso (Coronado) wells within the next month or so. All in all payments have started coming in within about three months of well completions.

Permalink Reply by Linda Whatley on June 27, 2010 at 5:05

My cousin's well has been online since late January 2010, and he just received the Division Order last week. The driller is Camterra Resources, Inc., Marshall, Texas. The well is located off Linwood Extension in North DeSoto Parish.

Permalink Reply by Linda Whatley on June 27, 2010 at 5:11

I have a Cheasapeake well in the Naborton area (southeast Desoto Parish) that just went online last week. I was told by someone in the know that I'd be receiving a Division Order real soon.