Antero Resources said they will start drilling in a year with pad being on my section of the property
That assumes you may already have a lease with them. Correct?
Yes, signed with Antero in 2016
Today they have location as Rock Camp and said a pad has been set.
What exactly does that mean?
The pad is what the infrastructure of the wells is placed on. The wellheads, piping, tanks, and other items. Pads usually have multiple wells.
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Thanks for the detail and the quick response.
Monday I received a letter from Expand Appalachia LLC
States they have filed with Wetzel County, WV and application filed out by their company. Dated May 22 2026. Says wells were 64% complete. They are horizontal drilling. Spoke with a girl in the office of Antero where my lease is filed. She said it would be ready in the fall. Could she have meant royalties? Per the letter sounded like the drill should be going on now.Expand claims they have negotiated with our lessor to drill. Anyone know what’s going on here.
Very common practice for operators to swap/trade leases. They do this to build their drilling units. Sounds like that might have happened here. If so, nothing to worry about. You have two majors with proven success juggling your lease.