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SONRIS ERRORS
I noticed today that apparently the 'off-site' drilling is creating SONRIS errors.
Example: In DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, if one goes to SONRIS LITE and does a well search by STR (S24-T12N-R13W), the only well which appears is a Hosston well, Pinnacle's Collins #1, SN 239251.
However, S24-T12N-R13W has a PRODUCING Haynesville well. But since that well-pad was sited in S25-T12N-R13W, one has to do the search on S25 to find this well, as it does NOT appear in a S24 search.
Has anyone else noticed similar discrepancies for other wells and sections, or is this simply a one-time error?
If this problem is noted system wide, does anyone know if DNR has plans to correct it?
Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant
It's not an error or glitch. It is the way that the Department of Natural Resources/Office of Conservation has always organized wells. By the section containing the surface location. That was logical for the decades of vertical or directional wells however it does cause some difficulty in an age of horizontal wells many with surface locations outside of the section being produced. The way to deal with this is to change the way you search the database. Instead of searching by section-township-range and entering data in all three search boxes, you should simply leave the section box blank. This will pull up all the wells in the township organized by section. If you can not remember the serpentine numbering system for sections in a township print yourself a township grid. With very rare exceptions Haynesville laterals run north and south. Therefore if you are looking for a well producing from Section 16, as an example, you would need to review the wells in Sections 9 and 21 as those are the sections immediately north and south respectively. This type of search has many advantages as you can see all the wells in the immediate vicinity, the status and the operator.
Nov 18, 2011
J B Nabors
Well, I have to consider that "non-acceptable". It means one now has to search for a specific section by searching ALL eight adjoining sections? There really needs to be SOME correlation within the 'target' or producing section.
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Nov 18, 2011
epnut99
JB,
The SONRIS LITE well search by STR only considers the point of entry of the well which can be confusing with horizontal drilling. Try using the SONRIS GIS feature to search instead. Click on GIS NEW (TEST) then zoom in to your area of interest. In the Table of Contents menu, open "Oil/Gas" and check the box for "HS Wells" and "Well Bottom Holes and Bores." This will show you both the point of entry and the the lateral for each well. You will also want to enable sections under the Boundaries menu and turn on the labels for each item by clicking the red "A" underneath. If this sounds confusing, you can start with the tutorial that opens with the map. Hope this helps.
Nov 18, 2011