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Comment by jffree1 on December 6, 2011 at 7:27

A.C.123, the RRC "statewide" rule is 640 acres + 10% = 704 acres.  However, there is an additional allowance for horizontal wells based on the lateral length.  So, the longer the lateral... the larger the unit can be.  It is becoming more common to find units in the 800-900 acre range. 

Comment by A.C.123 on December 6, 2011 at 5:50

Unit acreage??  Why are some recent units going for more acreage in the unit.  I thought the normal unit was 640 acres, but recently some of the units are in the 900+ acreage range.  Are there rules that limit the size of a unit?

Comment by Robert E. Anderson on November 27, 2011 at 4:52

Wow...lot of resources here. Thanks so mmuch for your help.  It will take awhile to check this out...that is my assistant..(wife) love that woman.

Comment by jffree1 on November 27, 2011 at 4:10

If you just want to see all of the wells in your surveys, do a survey/abstract search on the GIS map.  After you do the search, go to map tools and select "identify wells" and then click on the map icon and a box will pop up with links to the well permit page, well logs and Operator/wellbore/PDQ.  Clicking the PDQ link will open yet another page that will have well completion and production report links.

Comment by jffree1 on November 26, 2011 at 14:09

Once you have the well unit plat you want to locate... go to the GIS map and search for that API #.  The more you zoom in the more detail you will see.  

http://gis2.rrc.state.tx.us/public/startit.htm

Comment by jffree1 on November 26, 2011 at 14:06

Robert, do a search for permits by operator in this county.  You can limit the date range to narrow down the results.  Those well permits will have a unit plat (link at the bottom of page) showing the location of each well.  There may be multiple permits for the same API # if there have been amendments filed.

http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/DP/initializePublicQueryAction.do

Select San Augustine from the drop down list.  Where is says "Operator Name" click on the down arrow and change "begins with" to "contains" and type in the operator name.  One word usually works better than the whole company name.  If you want to limit by date, scroll to the bottom of the page and add dates.  Hit enter and wait.  It may take a minute or two to get the results.  You can rearrange the results by API # by clicking on API at the top of that column.

You also need to download a Tiff reader if you don't have one already as that is the file format the plats are saved in.  I used the one from Alternatiff.com because it is easy to install.

Comment by Robert E. Anderson on November 26, 2011 at 13:35

With about 1000 acrs I'm trying to pin point them on the county map. Went to the web site.  I think I need more help.  Appreciate all I can get here though.  I will keep site saved.

Comment by jffree1 on November 26, 2011 at 10:30

Robert, the only thing that comes close to that description, on the RRC website, is the Proration Schedule by Operator.  It will list the operators alphabetically and then by Oil wells or Gas wells (separate categories), by field and then by lease ID number.

The only trouble with trying to find new wells by that method is that they don't appear on the schedule until a lease ID # is assigned and that doesn't happen untilall of the completion paperwork is approved and the well receives an "allowable".  It's not unusual for a well to produce for many months before it is ever placed on the schedule.  

Proration Schedules: http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/data/production/stripout/index.php

The records on RRC are departmentalized so that permits are found in a different query than completions or production.  You should explore and learn to use the query functions found on this page: 

http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/data/online/index.php

 

Comment by jffree1 on October 19, 2011 at 11:06

Could be :)

Comment by farmbrad on October 19, 2011 at 10:16

2008 leases are expiring & not being renewed. Perhaps some of the actives are shopping for prime real estate back on the market?

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