In researching the decades-old Tuscaloosa Trend and the immense wealth it has generated for many, I find it deeply troubling that this resource-rich formation runs directly beneath one of the poorest communities in North Baton Rouge—near Southern University, Louisiana—yet neither the university ( that I am aware of) nor local residents appear to have received any compensation for the minerals extracted from their land.
This area has suffered immense environmental degradation…
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right on State line. Fina had property leased about 10 years ago and a friend of mine who was geologist with them for 18 years tried to get them to drill unit I'm talking about. As you may know XTO bought Finas interests in N. La. XTO is planning 4 Smackover wells in Section I have interests.
Over the years I have been away from the area I have mostly concentrated my interests in area from Springhill to Haynesville near stateline.
Based upon what I know I would thing most
Smackover leasing would be on fringes of Smackover fields. But, I do expect there will be some Smackover leasing just across state line. I do not know lease status but I expect both XTO and Marathon to do more drilling in that area on basis of what I have heard.
I know of a few places where I would drill if I had leases and $.