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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 18, 2010 at 13:14

On SONRIS, in each well file in the space labeled Well Name, the unit designation precedes the well name and the two are separated by a semi-colon.

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landownerPermalink Reply by Mac Davis on May 19, 2010 at 0:43

A few gotchas.

The unit designations are reused in different "fields."

For instance, there is a "HA RA SUA" in Metcalf Field, one in Johnson Branch Field, etc.

There's a lot of info on the sonris interactive maps web pages, but you have to learn how to turn on the right layers, interpret the results, etc.

If you only need one, post the Section Township Range, and I'll walk you through the steps.

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on May 19, 2010 at 3:44

HA RA SUA - Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, Sand Unit A (Even though it is a shale formation rather than a sandstone formation). The Haynesville Zone can include both the Haynesville Shale formation and Bossier Shale formation.

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landownerPermalink Reply by Hale Yayuh on May 18, 2010 at 14:55

Thanks, is there a way to find out what is the order number for a unit? And read the order?

What about any given section, is there a way to tell if it has a Haynesville unit for it?

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 18, 2010 at 15:06

To read a Field Order:

Use IE as your browser. Go to the SONRIS Home Page -
http://sonris-www.dnr.state.la.us/www_root/sonris_portal_1.htm -
In left hand column click on Document Access under Content Management - on DNR search page Click on Document Type then on Field Order and enter the 4 digit Field Code - Execute search. Scroll through the Field Orders until you find the Sand Unit you are looking for. Note: cut and paste the entire link.

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landownerPermalink Reply by smith1 on May 19, 2010 at 2:41

what is a field order?

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 19, 2010 at 3:23

The Commissioner of the Office of Conservation issues a Field Order in response to an application by an operator to form a drilling & production unit, approve alternate unit wells, commingle downhole production, change the size or shape of a unit, terminate an existing unit, etc. Anything an operator can make application for, upon approval, will be formally granted and described by a Field Order.

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landownerPermalink Reply by smith1 on May 19, 2010 at 3:41

Thanks, sometimes this HS can be overwhelming! I appreciate everyone's response, which I am sure sometimes is a "repeated" response.

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 19, 2010 at 3:45

For those willing to invest a small amount of time, the LA. state database, SONRIS, is an invaluable source of information and the SONRIS Lite portion of the database is very user friendly. To learn more, go to:

http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/group/sonris_help_center

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landownerPermalink Reply by Bear Dog on May 19, 2010 at 8:54

Thanks Skip for explaining how to find out if a section has been unitized! You made it easy!

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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by The_Baron on May 19, 2010 at 5:06

Pull up the black book index for your field. you can finfd the unit order # on there and the search by the #

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