It took a year almost to the day. I was told this was not uncommon.
Larry I do not know if this will help but it is worh a try. Go on the OCC website and go to the oil and gas division and under complaints file a complaint online about how long it is taking to get divison orders and payments. I had money held by a company and had proved it was ours and they keep holding money so I filed a complaint on the website and about a week later i Had a check in hand. I think Francis could file a complaint on the website and would probably draw interest off her overdue payment.
I am sure all this is controlled by statute in Oklahoma. But, if you think any company is going to go out of their way to service any individuals oil and gas payments, I’ve got a bridge to sell you somewhere.
Know the statutes as they apply to you and use the advice below and file your complaints. With a heavy complaint load against any one company the OCC is bound to act by order of law on behalf of the people.
From what I can pick up on these threads, the complaints seem to be all over the place.
Here is an article out of todays Oklahoman. Looks like Devon is continuing to invest a lot of money in the Cana.
Devon moving ahead with plan to reuse water in western Oklahoma
Devon Energy Corp. has spent about three years developing a facility to allow reuse of water in its operations in western Oklahoma.
BY JAY F. MARKS jmarks@opubco.com
Published: December 23, 2011
More than three years of planning are coming to fruition for Devon Energy Corp.
Fifteen to 30 percent of that water returns to the surface in the first few weeks after a well is fracked, officials said. About 60 percent of the water is recovered over the ensuing five years.
The Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas producer is building a massive pit between Geary and Calumet to hold produced water from nearby wells so it can be reused for future operations.
Peter McDonald, an operations engineer at Devon, said officials found that the water coming back out of its wells in western Oklahoma’s Cana Shale was of sufficient quality that it could be used again, limiting the need to use surface water for hydraulic fracturing operations.
“We felt that we had the perfect opportunity to do that,” he said.
The problem was the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not have any regulations governing water storage facilities needed for such an operation: a pit that could hold up to 500,000 barrels of water.
“They had nothing on the books at that time that covered anything of that size,” McDonald said.
Devon officials worked with state regulators to write the necessary rules, which were subject to peer review before being approved.
The company got clearance to proceed with its water recycling operation this summer.
McDonald said Devon is building a massive pit to hold flowback water on 40 acres it purchased in Canadian County. There also will be a filtering system to remove sediment from the water.
“We’ll use this as our fracturing water in our leases that are around there,” he said.
The facility is expected to be completed in the middle of 2012.
Oklahoma Energy Secretary Mike Ming said he is not familiar with the Devon project, but such water-saving endeavors are not unique in the oil and natural gas industry.
“The industry is doing everything it can to reuse that water,” he said. “It allows you to gather water at your own convenience and then use it when you need it.”
Ming said such preservation efforts are advocated in the state’s new energy plan.
“We think it’s an area that’s ripe for innovation,” he said.
Devon is installing a pipeline system to carry water between area well sites and the pit, which will cover 2,500 square feet and be 14 feet deep. The pit will have a 60 mm liner to prevent water from leaking into the ground.
McDonald said the system — which will include about 40 miles of pipe — will be able to carry water to well sites within about a 10- to 12-mile radius of the storage pit, depending on the size of the pipeline nearest the site.
He said there are about 30 potential drilling sites within range of where the pit would be built. Multiple wells could be drilled from each one.
McDonald said the water recycling facility will help Devon cut its drilling costs, but it is too soon to put a dollar figure on those savings. He said the facility should reduce truck traffic to the company’s well sites.
McDonald said Devon is developing another facility west of Geary on the site of a saltwater disposal well.
Read more: http://newsok.com/devon-moving-ahead-with-plan-to-reuse-water-in-we…
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
Wow, Kevin, that pretty much confirms some other shady business I have been hearing about !
Kevin, Thanks for passing this on to us. What a nightmare!
Does anyone know if something is happening in Canadian county now that would cause a landman to offer $10,000 an acre to buy mineral rights? I am not interested in selling but would like to know what prompted this offer which is considerably more than any others without having to return the call. I can’t imagine that devon’s water project prompted this but who knows. Thanks for any info.
Prices have shot up in some of the extremely good areas of Canadian county (such as sections 25,26,27,28,29 of 14N-10W), in which Cimarex is in the process of drilling NINE wells per section. In fact, Cimarex themselves sent out offers in the neighborhood of $8,000 per acre.
I don’t know where you are located, but if in this area or another with prospects of 8 or 9 wells per section in the very near term, then that might explain your offer.
thank you francis
i have minerals in 35-13-9 and last year on this forum i found out there were 3 rigs drilling but also heard that devon would not be fracking them until later due to no water…i have an increased density paperwork showing devon could drill up to 9 wells in this section…i would be quite happy if they would just bring in 1 well this year…also for those of you who had asked about the rate of decline from the wells, i have been getting checks on a well in another section up there that has been producing for not quite 2 years and the income for me is down between 1/3 to 1/2 each month from the original amount but it did not start declining until about the 15th month…but each month any amout is welcome!
thank you Gary for this exciting news…it took 8 months to get first check on the other well but i did not even know about that well til the check arrived…thanks to this forum i am better informed…and very glad i never sold my minerals that grandpa left us
Mine is in 29-14-9W and Devon hit a “above average” hole. There are 6 visible rigs up North West of us. Devon has told us that they are planning 7 more wells on our tract, but no idea when. They are recouping the cost per well in 1 1/2 years even with gas prices as low as they are because of the liquids that are comming up with the gas.
Devon purchased 4 different formations to drill in our original lease. I wonder how thick a single formation is, and how many can you get at with a single horozontal well? At first I was very wary of Devon but now I say: Drill baby! Drill!!
thank you Gary for this exciting info…so we would get any royalties from the 5 wells even though the wellheads are in another section? or just from the one that is in our section? and when you say producting, you mean they are all finished fracking, etc? i want to be clear before i tell my cousins…thanks
Thank you all for the updates
Yes, you should start getting checks in 6 months (or more) from all 5 wells. Even though the wellheads are on the section south of you the wells are drilled horizonally into your section. You should be able to click on the links below to see the permits to drill these wells. The completion reports won’t show up for several months.
http://www.occpermit.com/WellBrowse/Webforms/WellInformation.aspx?I…
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Francis, You should ask Don Underwood about formations etc. He is on several of these forums and quite knowledgeable on oil and gas geology.
I know I am talking alot, but Im excited for you guys. If you were to have all 8 wells drilled in one of those sections in one year, and if you were to have only 10 acres in the 640 acre section, and if your rate were 1/5 then you could expect to get upwards of 200,000.00 your first year. Hold on to those rights, they are worth 4 times what the land man is offering at least!
Cheryl, I was out by your section last weekend and it looks like they have began producing 4 wells into your section. You may want to call devon monday and make sure. They probably won’t tell you much about the production, but they should at least tell you that they are in production.