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Permalink Reply by Dixie on January 23, 2010 at 1:01

Cara,

The Olympia Minerals 26 well in S26-T9N-R12W was permitted in Nov of 2008, drilled and is shut in and will be plugged according to the information from the Department of Natural Resources website. Here is a link to the well information page on Sonris from the DNR website

http://sonlite.dnr.state.la.us/sundown/cart_prod/cart_con_wellinfo2...

If this link doesn't work, try copy & paste.

I was told of an offer SE of Pleasant Hill for $6200 per acre. My guess is your papers are probably for a unitization hearing which will pool all landowners in a 640 acre section, normally. If you can post your letter it will help others answer your question. i don't know what the time frame would be that you are asking about.

Encana reps have been in and out of Sabine Parish for a while, in 2008 they were leasing in the Carson community, if they offer you a lease, get a qualified O &G attorney to help with your lease agreement it will be well worth the money spent.

Permalink Reply by Cara Leggett on January 23, 2010 at 1:05

I have a scanner---what do I do to post the letter?

Permalink Reply by Dixie on January 23, 2010 at 1:16

Scan, & save to your computer, Go to your "MY page", click edit to edit your posting, and upload the file to your post

Permalink Reply by Cara Leggett on January 23, 2010 at 2:01

Thank you, Dixie! I will see what I can do.

Permalink Reply by Dixie on January 23, 2010 at 18:30

Cara,
This letter is notifying of a public hearing that will force pool all landowners in a section. When we received a similar letter in the mail it was about 4 to 5 months before someone contacted us about leasing, that may not be so for everyone. You may want to check with your neighbors to see if they have been contacted about leasing.

Permalink Reply by Cara Leggett on January 24, 2010 at 1:45

Dixie,
I appreciate your reply! At my age, I know it does no good to try to 'rush things.' However, I am willing to acknowledge ignorance in this area, and I was becoming anxious because we hadn't heard anything more about the proposed well. I will wait with patience. ;) Now, I am wondering about the outcome on Well #1. If it has been plugged, will Shell pursue the second site in our area? I am thankful for a website and for members who will allow me to increase my understanding of the changes that are coming to Sabine Parish and my neighborhood.

Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on January 24, 2010 at 5:25

Cara, Dixie has covered most of this but I will attempt to summarize the situation.

The documents you received were concerning the formation of a new Haynesville Unit (HA RA SUF) for the Zwolle Field in Section 20 of T8N-R12W. The unit application references a nearby well in defining the Haynesville Zone. For this application the reference was to the existing Olympia Mills 26 #1 Well in Section 26 of T9N-R12W. This application does not address any new well permit. EnCana has permitted a new well in Section 1 of T8N-R12W.

Permalink Reply by Cara Leggett on January 24, 2010 at 12:54

Les B,
I am confused. If this notice is not for a new well permit, why are we receiving a notice? The first letter we received included a map/diagram that showed our property within the adopted unit boundary, but we were not included in lease agreements for Well #1. I don't understand.

Permalink Reply by Dixie on January 25, 2010 at 0:14

Cara,

The Olympia Minerals 26 #1 well is probably not in your section, township & range. It is located in the Big Woods in Section 26, Township 9N, Range 12W. To my knowledge no one lives in that section and most of the mineral rights, if not all, belong to Olympia Minerals, it is timber land. The maps you received from Liskow & Lewis should show what section, township & range they are proposing to unitize.

Permalink Reply by Cara Leggett on January 25, 2010 at 2:51

Dixie,
I am at work. When I get home this evening, I will scan the map and post it here. Thanks, Dixie S2

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 25, 2010 at 3:02

Cara. O&G companies do not send notices for wells. There is no state regulation that requires such. You received a pre-application unit notice which by state reg must be sent to all land and mineral owners of record within the boundaries of the unit and up to 1000' outside the boundary. The plat for the application will show a location for the first well to be drilled (the Unit Well, but this is not a well permit) the company must still apply for a permit for that well and may do so tomorrow or next year (no time limit). If you read the notice letter you will see that it defines the depth to be drilled and produced based on an existing well, references some field orders which recognize such things as established well spacing (how many wells can be drilled in the unit) and the Force Pooling provision that will allow the applicant/unit operator to pool all mineral interests.

Permalink Reply by Dixie on January 25, 2010 at 11:17

Skip,

You said,

"The plat for the application will show a location for the first well to be drilled (the Unit Well, but this is not a well permit)"

Where is this information found? I have looked at the notices I received and the maps did not appear to have any markings that would indicate a proposed well location in any of the sections to be unitized.

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