# Mitsui Lipsey Wells - Design
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790
**Category:** Freestone County, TX
**Created:** [February 1, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790 "2026-02-01T18:36:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/21 "2026-03-14T13:35:39Z")
I too have been watching that area but I have noticed every well bore seems to be in a Northwest to Southeast direction and I am thinking maybe Comstock might come from the pad to the right of that survey and drill a 3rd well. It would certainly be in a different direction than all the others but could have a long Southwest lateral into the HF Trahin survey. No filings or permits to date but Cactus 147 rig has been on the Kretzschmar Unit pad for 138 days now. It could pass between or under the 2 Pickens lakes Martha has mentioned.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/22 "2026-03-14T13:46:11Z")
Wells are generally drilled in the direction that gives the most exposure to the optimal fracture gradient of the reservoir. They like to be at a perpendicular angle to get the most drainage into the wellbore. If you are parallel to the fractures, you get sub-optimal drainage as you miss many of the tiny fractures.
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### Author:  [@agsrule](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/agsrule)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/23 "2026-03-14T15:39:16Z")
Thanks everyone for responding. Super informative. A couple of more questions. Will a search of county real estate records be a source to see if there is a lease(s) in the Trahin survey, or is there a simpler way or source? Also, how does one prevent a company from drilling beneath a property and potentially harm (or profit) from the available minerals, if any?
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/24 "2026-03-14T15:55:33Z")
I looked and this was all I could find in your survey.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/25 "2026-03-14T16:04:25Z")
Mineral rights are dominant over surface rights (unless the mineral rights and surface rights have not been severed.) So a surface owner cannot generally prevent a company from drilling under them. The mineral lease does have some protections for the surface owner.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/26 "2026-03-14T17:18:52Z")
Since the beginning of 2023, there have been 15 leases written that include acreage in the HF Trahin A-797 Survey:
Thorp Petroleum: 682 acres
Vanna Production: 170 acres
Comstock: 49 acres
Surprise Valley: More than 382 acres
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### Author:  [@agsrule](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/agsrule)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/27 "2026-03-16T15:59:32Z")
Again, thank you all for your responses. Great responses. Looking forward to learning more from you all.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/28 "2026-03-20T11:56:17Z")
Alan, can you check on Enverus again and see if you can determine if either of these wells are completed yet? Cactus 147 has been on site for 145 days now. They are 34873 and 34874. Thanks, Welldatabase had a couple of uploads this week but don’t tell me much.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/29 "2026-03-20T12:50:32Z")
Enverus shows 874 as DUC and 873 as drilling.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/30 "2026-03-20T13:00:44Z")
Thank you. Does this seem like an extra long time to have a rig on site? Sure wish I could get timely info for them.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/31 "2026-03-20T13:14:14Z")
These wells generally take two months to drill, so four months for two wells seems normal.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/32 "2026-03-20T13:16:31Z")
Ok, at least they won’t have to do any coring on the second one which delayed completion of the first one while the geologists examined samples.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/33 "2026-04-25T13:03:12Z")
@Alan_Herrington
I’m over in Freestone County watching the Kretzschmar PP 1H and PBH 1H wells.
Quick question — have you seen well database trajectories come through with really erratic / zig-zag bore paths during drilling?
PP is showing a strange path right now, but PBH looks clean and straight, so I’m assuming it’s just interim survey data or grid vs ground corrections being applied.
Also — any chatter on timing between drilling and frac crews moving in lately in this area? We’ve had a rig on pad since late October and things have gone quiet.
Appreciate any insight.
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### Author:  [@Alan\_Herrington](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_Herrington)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/34 "2026-04-25T21:15:48Z")
Looks like Comstock ran into difficulties drilling the PP well. I asked a knowledgeable person about the directional survey data, and he indicated Comstock had to sidetrack twice to get to total depth. Could have lost equipment downhole or encountered other problems.
Rig is now drilling the PBH well after spending 137 days (October 26 through March 11) drilling the PP well.
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### Author:  [@AnthonyCalifornia](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AnthonyCalifornia)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/35 "2026-04-25T22:05:35Z")
I would keep in mind this deep exploration stuff where they are going down to 17,000 19,000 20,000+ feet, is new territory. I think Mitsui may reroute some of these initial wells if they are not landing exactly where they want them to. I think they may have done this with the Baker well.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/36 "2026-04-26T12:04:58Z")
Thank you Alan, I haven’t been able to visit the site since March 1st and there has been no satellite view since March 31st do I have been in a blind position. I appreciate all the info you are able to gather but see that this thread will close in a few days so I will start another one then. Here is a view of the last satellite pass and you can see the short pipeline construction so they intend to complete the 2 wells. Can’t imagine how much they must have spent keeping Cactus 147 there 5 months!
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### Author:  [@fjonesiv](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/fjonesiv)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/37 "2026-04-26T14:09:17Z")
@Alan_Herrington as an old hand engineer, I sure appreciate the detail and specificity you’ve offered here. I’m about to dig into the conversation posted thus far. I’ll offer this - all thoughtful operators are enfolding some degree of “science” into each well drilled, in order to further their understanding of the play they are in. Science being defined as “we’re doing this in order to learn something”. So, thanks again for an engaging question.
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### Author:  [@Pepper4k](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pepper4k)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/38 "2026-04-30T14:08:26Z")
Depending on weather we may try and visit the Kretzschmar wells again Sunday and check up on Cactus 147 and the PBH progress. This thread closes in 2 more days so by the time I get that done it will be closed. I’ll make a new one with my report and photos, maybe I can get the pad manager to shed some more light on the difficulties they had with PP and the 2 sidetracks. Thanks to all who have contributed and I hope the Lipsey wells get tied in soon.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mitsui-lipsey-wells-design/85790/39 "2026-05-02T18:37:06Z")
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