I have several producing (but significantly waning) gas wells in the Hugoton Field. These were formerly leased to BP, who recently sold them all to Linn Energy. My current income from these wells is about a quarter of what it was 2 years ago before they were sold to Linn I recently received a notice from Linn that they are seeking permission to form an Alternative Tract Unit that would include 3 of my highest producing (though waning) wells, and 4 additional wells very near the perimeter of of the proposed unit. I have not before encountered the "unitizing" issue, but I remember my father telling me never to agree to unitizing. Kansas only recently approved this particular sort of unit (as I understand it), requiring 75% of owners' approval. Most of these are old wells, (I have a couple others in the area that have been plugged and abandoned). I spoke with the landman yesterday, and he said that Linn intends to frack the proposed unit to get to the large areas of "tight gas", and that the "geology looks good" for it to benefit a large area and increase production significantly, benefitting the "perimeter" wells as well. He also said that there are of course no guarantees, and the result could be that I could lose money if the ATC if approved, or I could benefit. The letter only gave me 3 weeks to agree or not - but when I challenged that, he said it would probably be extended, but they need some show of interest from the owners before Kansas will let them move forward. I am very uncomfortable with this - it seems like a total crap shoot. Has anyone else been approached about ATU's in the Hugoton Field. I have several other gas wells in the Hugoton. I would very much appreciate some discussion and advice about ATU formatiom in this area.