This makes me mad, I was hoping that Devon would be one of the good companies. They purchases some of my leases from Limestone. Guess their is no good oil companies anymore. I know some even cheats the investors and that is why I won’t be putting money down the hole anymore. guess the foreigner will do that. I would think you could get several people from the Mulhall/Orlando area to help you protest this. Sounds like Devon could be skinning the top for millions barrels per year with as many wells that they have. Have you talked with OCC attorney’s? What do they say. I think it’s time we get all the Association like NARO, OMOA, etc together and see if they really are helping the mineral owners like they lead us to believe. I would love to go to one good meeting that tells it like it really is on multi-unit and metering. I still can’t believe that OCC would look the other way with M. McMorries problems, sounds like the lateral are way too close.
Robert, The Society of Petroleum Engineers publishes journal papers on field tested oil production meters, so you might contact them and see if they have a journal paper you could use to support your argument. For example, here is a journal paper published by the SPE that quote: “On the basis of the favorable test results obtained, this approach was subsequently accepted by the State of North Dakota and other royalty owners.”
Virginia, Mason told me he contacts a third party lessor instead of leasing to the O/G companies, because the companies will not give him 1/4 royalty and the third party lessors will and he recommended I do the same. When I said NARO needed to raise mineral owner awareness he told me he is just an old farm boy who doesn’t have a lot of time away from his day job. I’m still working with the OCC attorney who has been very good at replying to my emails, so maybe I can get OCC to help me with my offset problem, but I am not getting the feeling it is going to be easy.
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I do believe I have to take Devon’s side in this whole thing, and one of the major reasons I do so is because throughout what I read, I see the word “normally…” which implies to me to be synonomous with “…it used to be,” or “…how we always did it before,…” but it is not going to be that way ever again. Everything is new, and there will always be people who are just not ready, willing or able to give up old patterns, beliefs, or ways of doing things. But we simply must move on, and try different and new ways, because it is always the new that brings better ways and more production and output in the long run. Carting crude off to market, for example, using 20 mule team borax wagons, simply went out when Ronald Reagan was fired from the GE Theatre, and he simply let it go and decided to run for political office. He failed miserably, but did he give up on the new? Of course not, he was a visionary and tried again and was elected goveror of California, and so decided to run for President, but again, failed miserably, but did he give up? No. He found a new way of doing things and served 2 very successful terms as President. This simply must also happen in Logan County, or we will all be getting 9 dollar or 11 dollar royalty checks twice a year. I do not want that, I would rather they cap every well in Oklahoma than to receive an 11 dollar check. Lets go with the new, the old has absolutely nothing useful or even interesting for us.
An interesting thing going on, looking like Devon, on 4 wells, one flowing at about 80 BBD, anothe flowing at 336 BBD, another pumping at 178 BBD and yet another pumping at 857 BBD. I did not really believe many, if any at all, to even be just flowing in Oklahoma. Not since the Wild Mary blew her stack back in 1939 I think it was. And she flowed over 20,000 BBD every day for about 6 weeks I think it was, and news anchors from New York City even came out to do reports on what was going on. Could it happen again? You bet. Our blow out prevention technology is so old that something is bound to happen, and I would guess sooner vs later. The oil production business is always fulla great surprise every now and then.
Please someone look at Osage Exploration new presentation posted today on their web site. Explain to me the distinction on Page 14 between Osage Operated, Slawson Operated and Osage non-operated [the yellow] sections. Some of these yellow ones were drilled by Stephens, most were drilled by Slawson. Slawsonis listed on the Tax Commission web site as the Operator of mine for sure and I think for all the sections that they drilled. Question in my mind is Who is the Operator of these “Osage Non-operated” sections? More important I suppose is “Why should I care”?
Ann, 9-15N 3W is not listed on the oktax site yet with production. Pretty new well. Takes a while to get actual production listed. Some counties are about three months, others are six months. First production was Sep 20, 2013.
Test results are 130 bbls oil, 192 mcf gas 980 bbls water from Woodford.
If someone has a working interest, they could tell you if they aren’t held by a confidentiality agreement. Otherwise, you have to wait for the public data.
I will agree with Todd, I never got much help from OCC field people, wasn’t until I said I was suing that they even would talk with the oil company. It was like they were paid off.
Robert, Please let us know as most of us probably are dealing with Devon.
HAS ANY MINERAL RIGHTS OWNER IN BRANSON 26-17N-4W RECEIVED A CHECK? PRODUCTION STARTED 5/31/13. IF ANOTHER WELL IS DRILLED ON THIS LEASE CAN THEY WAIT TO PAY AFTER 2ND WELL IS PRODUCING.
Yes please do post results of conversation with OCC I am leased to Devon as well, with a well in the woodford that’s bottom hole is in my minerals am very curious to know what they have to say. It my opinion the OCC are lap dogs to the oil companies.
Just another feeble thought about the Devon issue. I once was associated with a sage IT Project Manager who from to time to time reminded me when I wanted to buck the system of what it is like to “pee up a rope”. I considered the guy one of my mentors during my years at Shell Oil.
Ann, If you are referring to Cornforth 15-3-9 1HM, there is nothing posted yet. The well shows as active in September, 2013. The last posted production results on the Tax Commission Gross Production System is August 2013. If you want to track yourself, go to this web site:
Robert, I’ll help you in any way possible. I’ve got a call into a friend who checks meters in OK. Right now, Devon is trespassing on Miss Lime minerals in one of my sections and OCC knowingly allowed this trespass when Devon ran a lateral to close to my section. Devon is clearly in violation of OOC rules, but OCC says they don’t have to enforce trespass rules, because if I don’t like the trespass they give me the right to drill my own well when I can get Devon to give up operational control of my section. Thanks OCC!
I would like to know if anyone knows if a mineral owner could put his own meter on the oil seperators for his well. This is common practice for different companies to have their own meters when there is a share of the product owned by two entities, but I dont know about mineral owners.
Robert, you have every right to be concerned. Canada had some issues with thin formations and big fracks, so they enforced temporary offset codes for 1st wells. OCC could be do the same, and they could be requiring dedicated tanks too. I’ve participated in older wells where the zones were co-mingled in the well bore, but we had to make sure we were not violating offsets and we had to have dedicated tanks. You are spot on with pumping out the water right away being a red flag. Here’s food for thought…I’m not sure about your area but I believe my area is a EOR recovery area (although OCC won’t admit it), and will probably be water flooded.