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Permalink Reply by francis j. swann on May 17, 2010 at 10:25

I would like this imformation also???

Permalink Reply by jffree1 on May 24, 2010 at 9:15

It has a lot of influence on all the above. IANAG (I am not a geologist) and the ones I know of on GHS don't venture over to Texas often. But, if you send a direct request to look at the area... maybe they will take a look.
From my gleanings on the subject I have come to the conclusion that the area, being highly faulted and the data being old (80's or earlier), is just not attractive right now because drilling (Haynesville depth wells) is going to be extremely expensive and technically challenging.

Take a look at some of the maps in the attached study, starting on page 11, and then read the text, particularly page 31, paragraph 4. The paper is very technical and there are a lot of terms most of us won't understand but you can get the general gist of what they are saying.

After you look at the study, take a few minutes to compare what you saw on those maps to the wells in the region... look on the TRRC GIS Map (snapshot attached).

Attachments:

• txu-oclc-9138707MexiaFault.pdf, 4.2 MB
• SE Rusk Co..png, 44 KB

Permalink Reply by Tiredpharm on May 24, 2010 at 10:50

Thank you for this information. Taken together, these data do suggest a pretty consistent conclusion that if drillers are going to spend some money, they are far more likely to drill in a lower-risk area than over this fault zone, and this, in turn, affects everything down to bonuses for leasing minerals. The map of the well locations bears this out. Tracts in this fault zone might be lucky to be included in a division order if they are close enough to a well drilled farther away from the fault. That scenario might be the best to hope for. Although the present public information is old, why spend money doing expensive 3-D seismic when it is cheaper just to drill somewhere else? This conclusion is a bummer for me, but important to know. Thanks again for the information; I appreciate it.