How do i find the results of a pooling hearing and application filed on September 11th. I have gone to the OCC website. It only gives me the papers I already have. They were supposed to find out on October 7th. I can not find the results.
G. Win if it is 31-18n-03e it was recommended 10/7/14 order should take three to five weeks.
Ron, will it be on the occ website.
G.Win, my last post was for you
That’s a normal price unless you have an agricultural crop. If you don’t have a lease signed yet you will definitely have a little more leverage.
Rob, It’s possible to have dual-lateral wells targeting the upper, middle and/or lower of one shale formation, then using the lower lateral to target the lowest shale formation. They can use the same well bore with a hook hanger system for kicking off the upper lateral, then comingle the production. OK Title 52 Section 87.8 allows for the creation of a multiunit horizontal well for shale reservoirs that will allow 640 acre units to be stacked. However, our Miss Lime is a different type of formation than the Woodford, so it’s not good to comingle production. Right now, tests would have to indicate that the Miss Lime and Woodford formations are not communicating (interfering) with each other and the Miss Lime would need to be classified as a shale formation for the OCC to allow a dual Miss lateral over a Woodford lateral. Also, our Payne formations are thin and tightly stacked and Devon has frac’d the Woodford and got the lower formations too. I’ve questioned the OCC about the possibility of the Woodford frack not only getting the lower formations, but the Miss Lime also. Jim Hamilton, an OCC attorney, told me they can drill a Mississippi, Woodford, Sylvan well no closer than 150 FNL/FSL and 330 FWL with Miss being at 330.
Thank you Martha, I see that in Grady Co, 8-10 wells is becoming more common, can Payne Co support that kind on intensity?
Martha, they seem to be drilling more Mississippian horizontals, do they have to stay so many feet away from an existing Woodford horizontal? Can they drill right above a Woodford?
Thank you M.D.
It depends on whether the wells are horizontal or vertical and depth of wells. Horizontals are mostly 640 spacing, especially for gas, due to drainage. However, a horizontal shallow gas well, with good production, is sometimes spaced on 320. Miss Lime oil wells can be drilled vertically and vertical oil wells are mostly 80 acres spacing, but can be less if the formation is very shallow. The old Miss Lime verticals produced oil for a long time, but water was a problem. If they drill enough Miss Lime horizontals to dewater, they may be able to drill Miss Lime verticals. It’s a work in progress.
This is my first post on this comment wall so if I sound like I don’t know much about what I’m posting about there’s probably a reason. I own land in sec5 T18N R32E in Payne Co. About a year and a half ago Devon drilled a horizontal well in the section which was pooled and we’re receiving royalty payments from the well, Joyce 1. About June of this year a second well was drilled in the section and my question in with regard to that well. If Devon had the entire section leased shouldn’t the new well also be a Devon well and should it also be pooled? I’ve heard nothing from anyone about the well, so could it be a vertical well into small pool with an 80 acre spacing which leaves me out of the picture? Any response will be appreciated.
Martha, thank you for your response to my first post. I don’t know the name of the 2nd well nor the operator. It’s a couple hundred yards off the road behind trees so I’ve never been to the pad and its hard to see from the road. The drilling rig was Cactus 150 and the well is located on the W1/2 NE1/4 S5 T18N R3E. I’m receiving no royalty payments although the well is only about 300 yards from the NW corner of my property. I’m sorry I don’t more information about the well but any comment will be appreciated.
Jordon, The salt water well was drilled and completion in Dec 2012. http://imaging.occeweb.com/OG/Well%20Records/1DD0C837.pdf
Larry, you think the new well was drilled in June, 2014?
Sandridge’s Miss Lime multi laterals and dual ‘stacked’ laterals. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/12/a-deeper-look-at-s…
Larry, Sec 5-18N-03E Joyce well permit to drill is for the Woodford and Sylvan shale formations only. http://imaging.occeweb.com/OG/Well%20Records/1DD099E9.pdf However, the same permit identifies the Joyce well No as 1-MH which means 1 Mississippian Horizontal and the completion report shows it was completed in the Mississippian formation. http://imaging.occeweb.com/OG/Well%20Records/1DD0DB9D.pdf That means they made a mistake and didn’t list the Mississippian formation on the Permit to drill, so they filed an Amended the Permit to Drill to include the Mississippian. http://imaging.occeweb.com/OG/Well%20Records/1DD0B95F.pdf
Are you receiving royalty payments on the 2nd well and do you know the name of the well, operator and where it is located?
Larry, On the Oklahoma Corporation Commission website, I do not find a permit to drill a second well. Devon may believe they have a permit to drill a Woodford well, because the original permit was for a Woodford/Sylvan well. AEP has some great production around you, so the new well may be coded confidential, but the OCC should be able to tell you who the operator is, if the well has been completed and if it is coded confidential. You need to call the Oklahoma Corporation Commission 405-251-2613 and tell them what has happened. They are nice, so give them the legal Sec 5-18N-03E and they will help you.
That second well is a salt water disposal, Larry
Larry, Devon filed a Amend Permit to Drill the salt water well. The permit was approved 10/03/2012 and expired 04/03/2013.
Martha, I can’t say with certainty that it was June, but it was late spring or early summer of this year for sure.