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Permalink Reply by jffree1 on February 14, 2012 at 4:38

You can find the current status of all XTO-Haynesville Shale wells in this discussion:

http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/group/shelbycounty/forum/topics/x...

XTO reported first production for Fightin' Illini in January, 2011 and for Buckeyes it was March.  Maybe someone will chime in if they have received Division Orders for either well.

Permalink Reply by Ima Dee on February 14, 2012 at 8:59

I looked at the link but don't have any idea what it means. I have been contacted by an energy company asking to sign a lease on the mineral rights. It is just a small inherited interest that was never divided among the heirs. They are trying to find the rest of the family to also sign leases, but they say the well has been producing since last year. It looks like they aren't going to send paperwork until they find everyone....and there's a lot of everyones that don't know each other.

 The well is not actually on our family property, but is somehow included in a larger unit that is pooled together.

I'm not sure what to expect.

Can anyone tell me what I might expect to gain from signing a mineral rights lease? Is there a going rate for signing bonus?  lease per acre?

Permalink Reply by Laurie on February 16, 2012 at 4:23

Where is your property located and who is the company contacting you?  Thanks...Laurie

 

 

Permalink Reply by Ima Dee on February 17, 2012 at 4:45

All I know is Shelby county. Never been up there. XTO contacted me.

Permalink Reply by ledlights on February 19, 2012 at 10:57

Ima if you use the search bar at the top right corner of the screen for gohaynesvilleshale.com and enter "buckeyes" you will find information like the following that was posted when XTO announced its intent to drill those wells. This tells us which surveys those two wells are in. 

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XTO Energy Inc. will drill the Fightin’ Illini DU Well No.1H and the Buckeyes DU Well No.1H in the Carthage (Haynesville Shale) Field. The Fightin’ Illini DU Well No.1H will bottom at 18,700-feet 10.7 miles south from Center in the Hennis, J J Jr. Survey, A-309. The Buckeyes DU Well No.1H will bottom at 19,000-feet nine miles southwest from Shelbyville in the Rusk CSL Survey, A-591

Also, the link jffree1 provides in the message above gives us the following information:

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419-31555            Fightin’ Illini DU #1H                260785             

IP- 6.347 MMcfd, 17/64, 6600# FP

419-31556            Buckeyes DU #1H                     260673

IP-  6.122 MMcfd, 19/64, 5400# FP

This tells us the API numbers (419 means Shelby and 31555 and 31556 are well numbers) for the two wells which makes it very "easy" to look up information about the wells and the landowners for each drilling unit on the Texas Railroad Commission website. (There are instructions for using the Texas RRC http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/group/trrchelpcenter which jffree1 was kind enough to set up)

Note also that Shelby County Records are free online. I did a quick search there on XTO and the JJ Hennis survey for oil and gas leases and started coming up with a lot of names and addresses for folks who have signed leases there with XTO in the last couple of years. Do you know anyone up in Shelby County near your property?

I know that the learning curve is pretty steep given where you seem to be starting from right now. If you can connect with a family friend or trusted agent who can answer your questions, obviously that would be ideal. Other folks on the board may chime in when they notice your questions and have something to offer. I tried to get on the Texas RRC site a minute ago to look up more information about the units those wells are in, but it was having a problem. If I see anything there that might be helpful I will pass it along.

Permalink Reply by jffree1 on February 19, 2012 at 11:11

LL, the RRC website normally performs "maintenance" on Sunday afternoons.  It will be back up around 4-5 PM, typically.

Permalink Reply by ledlights on February 19, 2012 at 11:27

Jffree, thanks -good to know.

Permalink Reply by ledlights on February 20, 2012 at 14:07

jffree1 - Monday evening and RRC GIS viewer still not working for me. Maybe no one has noticed that one of their servers needs to be rebooted or something. I imagine it will get fixed tomorrow.

Permalink Reply by Ima Dee on February 19, 2012 at 16:06

Thanks guys. This will be a great starting place for my education. Now I just need the time to find my way around the sites.

I appreciate you help very much :)