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Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on February 19, 2009 at 12:48

Attended the discussion at Petroleum Club yesterday. I was the only guest in attendance. If you are a mineral interest owner in any of the HS units with questions, you are missing a terrific opportunity to get some good answers, as long as you realize that the interests of the entity providing the forum do not always coincide exactly with yours.

Specific to this unit -- S25-T12N-R13W -- I learned that Chesapeake has requested "expedited" approval by Conservation because one (or more) lease(s) is about to expire. Apparently Chesapeake plans to begin drilling almost immediately upon approval of unitization request. Initial well site will probably be in far NE corner above HWY 175 and E of HWY 522. Any objections to unitization (or alternate proposals) should be submitted in writing not less than FIVE days prior to hearing, which is scheduled for 17 March.

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on March 15, 2009 at 0:10

Does anyone know why meeting scheduled on March 17 shows to be canceled on the Office of Conservations web site?

Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on March 15, 2009 at 3:41

Yes. The meeting was cancelled because the original notification effort overlooked some interested parties who requested a delay. It is my understanding that Chesapeake intends to re-initiate unitization proceedings for this Section/Unit.

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on March 16, 2009 at 2:20

yes I read the letter yesterday. It stated a procedural error and the hearing will be rescheduled at the conservation office on April 1st.

Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on March 16, 2009 at 4:02

Do you also hold minerals within the proposed unit?

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on March 22, 2009 at 2:54

Yes, well my father does

Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on March 22, 2009 at 3:46

Be careful. The new hearing is not scheduled for April 1. That is when Onebane has scheduled the "pre-application hearing" discussion and consultation.

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on April 1, 2009 at 22:04

Sorry my mistake. Pretty sure they are going to drill though. dad said they are starting to build what looks like a location about where you said they were going to.

Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on April 2, 2009 at 3:18

I attended the Pre-application-hearing discussion in Lafayette at Onebane Law Firm yesterday. Yes, Chesapeake is going ahead with plans to unitize and drill that section. Mr. Songy told us that they would apply for a hearing date yesterday after the discussion, and that they expect the hearing to be held either the 5th or 12th of May. (As you probably know, the hearings are only held on Tuesdays.) He also told us that Chesapeake has already begun well site preparation on the NE corner of Section 25, North and East of the intersection of Highways 522 and 175. He anticipates approval of the request and drilling to start early May.

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on April 3, 2009 at 2:01

Recieved a call yesterday from a land man about pipeline R/W. I beleive he said Midstream was who he worked for. Really liked dealing with landman from Universal. Seemed open and up front. I asked him if he was aware of previous coal lease. I do not think they have been told by Cheasapeake about the situation. I still would not recommend signing R/W agreement without a clause for the Grantee to be resposible for relocating the pipeline when it becomes time to mine coal.

I figured that the location would have been located closer to the pipeline so they would not have to bore under either 522 or 175 to connect. I figured that there will be several wells put in the area because once the mining starts in approxiamtely ten years they will lose all their HBP land during mining and reclaimation. So they will probably drill several wells in area and try to get as much of the gas out of HS before Cleco mines land.

Permalink Reply by J B Nabors on April 3, 2009 at 2:52

It is my impression -- I know nothing concrete -- that the well is being placed in the extreme NE corner of S25 so that eventually Chesapeake will be able to drill all four sections from that pad (24 and 25 T12N-R13W, and S19 and S30 T12N-R12W), Those wells will go deep before going across the road, so the mining won't impact the wells. The pipeline, however, is a different animal. Can they connect the pipeline to wells located in that area without putting it across lignite leases yet to be mined? Does anyone have a good map of pipeline plats?

And does anyone know definitively what the plan is when the lignite dig reaches producing wells such as the Bond #1?

Permalink Reply by DYST_JP on April 3, 2009 at 10:16

bond #1 close enough to house and the road that I do not think it will be affect by mining. Area pipe lines are a different story. All well in mining area are cap off and cemented in so mining can be done. Example in area is the Martin well in section 30. It was done that way but the well had just about petered out when it was capped.
Now all the land leased for coal on the West side of HWY 175 that is a different story. Sure locations can be placed on East side of Highway and reach into a section on the west side of the highway but I have never heard of any horizontal bore being more that few thousand feet. They would have to reach sections all the way into the oxford area after mining starts. That is why I feel they are going to be very active in this area to get all the gas out before mining begins. Once mining begins all the HBP will be gone. No production for over three years no longer HBP. As far as a pipeline plat for the area I have seen one. Looked like alot of smaller lines connecting into larger lines running everywhere. Proposed 24" line crossing HWY 175 just down the hill from G. Calhouns house. first negoiations were for two lines a 24 and a 16 then just a 24.

On a recent trip to Lake Charles there was a large tract of land approx. 40 acres where someone was stacking mast quanities of large diameter pipe. pipe nearly covered entire 40 stacked about 12 feet high.

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