You are appreciated, Sir. Many thanks!
I find the discussion on adverse possession quite interesting, as I own (with my sister) a 1/50 Interest (minerals and surface) in Section 4 Abst. 725 PSL Blk 53 Reeves/Culberson Counties. We inherited this from my parents, who died in 2002/2003, and paid taxes on the entire holding until 2007, when we discovered that all Culberson County interests had been sold to a fellow named Kelly Baxter in 2000, without either my sister or me knowing about it. The deed was mis-filed at the tax office, and it was only correctly filed after I discovered this fact and set the record straight. We no longer pay taxes on the Culberson County part of this holding.
Now (and since the year 2000), we only own the part of the above tract in Reeves County, but paid some $60 of taxes for the Culberson County part which we didn’t even own from 2003-2007. I contacted Mr. Baxter several times on the phone, and he seemed pleasant enough, but my written request for a refund of the taxes we had paid for his holding in Culberson County was never answered.This was naturally irritating, but as I live outside Texas and the amount was relatively small, there was nothing I could do about it.The moral of the story, I guess, is to make sure you really own what you think you do. I only discovered the sale of the Culberson County holdings by checking the income tax returns of my parents (where the sale price was recorded), after a landman interested in leasing the holding informed me that my sister and I were not the sole owners. He was right.
Most commonly a section is 640 acres, but that’s not always the case. As for how many sections in a block, that varies widely. From a cursory glance at the map it looks like Section 31 is the average size of approx 640 acres so you probably either own a slice of that section, or an undivided ~15% interest in the whole thing. Do you have surface or minerals or both?
If you can find an abstract number, that’s the best way to look up your section on the general land office website.
I’ve been wondering about something? My Mom left me 101 acres in Reeves… How big is a section? a Block? I guess I’m trying to tell how much of Sec. 31, blk 4 is me… and how much is not …?
Thanks. We have completed the paperwork for Oxy and sent it back.
Just wondering if they will be aggressive on our acreage (vert or HZ???) and of courese, when will they be drilling?
Question is there a way to get a land description or other information on a parcel when all I have at the moment is lease name and number grkuda greater kudu4#1 and mam171 mamba 17#1 any help or information is appreciated
Question…
OxyUSA has taken over Sect.258 and I was wondering if the two permitted locations will have to have an amended W-1 to show change of Operator before they can be drilled? Surely…
End of primary term is late October and the two wells need to be drilled to secure the full section.
Stephen: changes are filed with the county clerk and the owners - all to be notified in ninety days. I believe the permits also have to reflect a change. Sarah
Energen, Cimarex Boosted by EOG Gusher By Gabriele Sorbara 5-7-13 http://online.barrons.com/article/SB5000142405274870425320457846897…
Along with first-quarter results Monday, EOG Resources announced its third and best Delaware Basin Wolfcamp shale well, the Apache State 57 #1101H (Upper zone) [389-33615, A-2469, 15.5 miles SSE of Orla] in Reeves County, Texas, at an initial rate of 2,048 barrels of oil equivalent per day represented as follows: 40% oil; 29% natural gas liquids; and 31% dry gas. Later – Buzz
Is there a place where filed P-12’s can be viewed?
For some reason, the Midland paper has been skipping or under reporting Reeves completions for some time. They are still on the RRC website and it is fairly easy to search under Completion Reports. The only thing with the RRC website is that some producers, especially Petrohawk and Whiting, consistently file incomplete reports. According to Whiting, they have never hit a well that has produced more than .5 barrels per day.
I am new to forum, but tracking Reeves County for years. Glad to see there seems to be more activity. We have the following available for lease - Block 55-TSP5, Section 31, tract 24, 10 acres, Block 71, section 21 (East 21), and Block 71, section 27. Anything new going on in block 55 or block 71?
Why are there very few Completions for Reeves County on MyWestTexas? Last yea there were 3 or more per week. Are they available on a RRC site? Or maybe the Midland paper does not want the world to know the Delaware portion of the Permian Basin is hot so the activity will stay in the Midland Basin.
Here is the link for searching completions. Three pages of completions in Reeves in just the last 15 days. http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/CMPL/publicSearchAction.do?formData…
Anyone know of any significance in the disappearance of a number of Petrohawk wells from the Completions Query on the RRC website? Ours was shut-in but now doesn’t appear at all in the query results. However, it does still show up in the Productions query. Do they fall off after as certain period of time?
For P-12’s, go to the Drilling Permit Application Query on the RRC website, enter the appropriate information (district, county and lease name) and there should be a link at the bottom of the results page to the P-12. One caution though, the actual number of acres in the P-12 could differ once the Division Order is issued (which was the situation in our case).
Wade, my point was that our well was showing in the Completions Query for close to six months since it was awaiting pipelines. The March Production Report shows about 6,000 bbls and 36k mcf. But now the well no longer comes up on the Completions Query.
John, Send me a friend request and I can help with Block 71.
Got my answer from RRC Well Compliance as to why our well dropped off of the Completions Query.
“The completion packet was deleted as is was mis-filed as a Gas Well and needs to be re-filed as an Oil well. Awaiting for operator to re-file.”
I was especially interested to see that Rosetta had permitted 6 wells on what appears to be around two hundred acres. Forty acre spacings for verticals are on the horizon.
Stephen – good catch! Later – Buzz