# Ohio HB 493 Being Discussed In Committee - 750 Foot Setback / 1280 Acre Drilling Units A Bad Deal In My Opinion
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ohio-hb-493-being-discussed-in-committee-750-foot-setback-1280-acre-drilling-units-a-bad-deal-in-my-opinion/19456
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**Created:** [November 30, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ohio-hb-493-being-discussed-in-committee-750-foot-setback-1280-acre-drilling-units-a-bad-deal-in-my-opinion/19456 "2012-11-30T20:08:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Joseph\_E\_Powell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Joseph_E_Powell)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ohio-hb-493-being-discussed-in-committee-750-foot-setback-1280-acre-drilling-units-a-bad-deal-in-my-opinion/19456/1 "2012-11-30T20:08:52Z")
Found a newsflash.
Use this link:
[http://www.shaleohio.com/details.aspx?id=1329](http://www.shaleohio.com/details.aspx?id=1329)
Regarding HB 493: the 750 foot setback and 1280 drilling unit size to me translates as landowner punitive.
My opinions have not changed since I first read about this Bill.
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### Author:  [@Joseph\_E\_Powell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Joseph_E_Powell)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ohio-hb-493-being-discussed-in-committee-750-foot-setback-1280-acre-drilling-units-a-bad-deal-in-my-opinion/19456/2 "2012-12-01T13:06:45Z")
More and more hurdles and delays.
500’ has been good enough of an industry standard since the beginning - why change it now on the cusp of recovery.
1280 acres? It’s tough enough with 640 considering 1) existing wells HBP and 2) that they’ve developed (down south) at least two sweet wells (that I’ve read about) with much less - they were single lateral wells that used the 500’ setback (from property lines) and under 140 acres (unitized).
It took since March for the Committee to even begin discussions. Let’s hope the industry isn’t waiting for new laws before continuing with development. That could take forever!
They need to stop sitting on their hands and get to work on developing more wells and infrastructure - stop wasting time!
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ohio-hb-493-being-discussed-in-committee-750-foot-setback-1280-acre-drilling-units-a-bad-deal-in-my-opinion/19456/3 "2018-08-15T03:09:18Z")