Question about leases
A number of years ago some land was leased to Winchester. A vertical CV well was drilled and the section was cured. Winchester turned into Exco then Compass and finally Indigo. Exco sold the Hanesville rights to Petrohawk who sold them to BHP and then to BPX.
In the section to the south Justiss drilled a vertical CV well and later Chesapeake drilled a Hanesville well.
The surveys for both the Winchester and Justiss wells show the respective drilling rights end at the common section line. This was confirmed with Justiss.
The BHP survey looks like it ends on the section line but the coordinates are just to the north of the section line leaving out about an acre. The actual section line is not shown on the BHP survey.
Two years after Chesapeake drilled their well they resurveyed and included the part of the section to the north that was not in the BHP survey. They declared this land as unleased and paid as an unleased well owner.
Both the BHP and Chesapeake surveys were done by the same survey company.
My question is: Is this actually unleased since it is included in the CV surveys and lease document indicates that the entire portion of the land was to be leased? If it is leased, who is it leased to, Indigo, BPX or Chesapeake? I have tried to contact Chesapeake and they will not respond. I realize that this is a question for an O & G atty but I don’t want to spend a dollar to get a dime back.
Any responses would be appreciated.
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Skip thanks for all your help. It is really appreciated.
One last question on a different subject.
You occasionally provide great tips on how to better use SONRIS (such as leave out the section number to get all wells in a range and township or click on the well s/n to get all the related documents).
Is there some kind of master instruction sheet or something that gives more this kind of help?
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You're welcome. I suggest going to the SONRIS Dashboard and choosing FAQ and Useful Documents. I think everyone should have a copy of their unit survey plat to double check their acreage and calculate their decimal interest. Scroll through Useful Documents to find out how.
I've attended a SONRIS workshop but it was years ago. I suspect that the workshops are still designed primarily for industry folks that are charged with filing reports online. There was a little good info for mineral owners but 90% was for the industry members. The best place to get helpful hints is from SONRIS staffers when they present at the annual NARO-LA conferences. Those starting from scratch would do will to work with GIS,
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