Chesapeake confusion in La Salle County

General Mineral Rights Discussion
1

am leased, drilled, frac'ed and receiving checks for almost one year now. I have one 1- H well with a few more as possibilities in the future. My production dropped almost 90% in January. I am in La Salle County NE, 8 miles from Cotulla.

I talked to CHK today.

They told me the following:

  • Our well was down for a few weeks for fracking. They were not fracking a new well in our pool, so they must have been refracking 1H, he thinks. Production is now back on. No problems.
  • CHK has proposed a second well, named 5H. It has not yet been approved, he thinks, but is not sure. His information is sketchy.

My question here is what does "proposed 5-H" mean? I was under the impression that a well is applied for with the TX RR Commission, then approved (or not). I thought that the next well would be 2- H and so on.

Thank you

2

It normally is, but it is not required, and their may be other wells outside your property or unit that are numbers 2H, 3H, etc.

3

Thank you for your reply. My question is more about the word "proposed". My question is why would CHK propose another well, why not just apply for a permit as they did with the first? Thanks