Lamont, things to keep in mind always should include:
The 19,000' drilling back in the 70's was a deep vertical play tied to chasing specific structural conventional targets. If this is horizontal "shale" potential in your areas, it will happen - eventually.
Good luck!
Our current program in Ward is a horizontal oil and gas play in the Bone Spring, but I don't know if it is a shale play, per se. The whole idea that Ward county even has a shale play is new to me. I always associated the shale plays with Reeves and Culbertson, etc...Is there a way to find out without calling the operator?
Technically, one can lump all the horizontal plays into a "shale" category - but in truth, each is a unique system that has varying concentrations of carbonate, sands / silts and organic rich mudstones.
I personally don't see any reason to delve into the differences of each horizontal target (which can vary areally) - they are all horizontal play tied to fracture stimulating the target section to either liberate migrated or self sourced O&G resources
Upon recent look at the RRC public viewer, it appears as if Jagged Peak has permitted 4 additional wells in 7-33/Eiland A-148. We already have one producing well there as shown. For those more knowledgeable please advise if I have read this correctly? There has been a substantial increase in the number of solicitations of the purchase of mineral rights which lead to the investigation of what is happening.
Thank you in advance.
I am still searching for someone to do a survey of my land for me..... Please help me find some one. I have tried to contact 2 and so far 1 said they would get back to me , now after 5 email attempts to contact...I've had no response. Another number I have picks up the phone nd doesnt say anything.... sigh
Hi, Rainey:
I am not sure why you think you need to have your land surveyed. Is their not an existing legal description and abstract number available to you already? I would suggest that you contact a reputable oil & gas attorney, perhaps in Midland, to confirm that you really do need the survey. If you do, that attorney will almost certainly know of a good surveyor/survey company you can hire that will treat you fairly and not give you the run around.
Good luck!
All the best,
Kenneth H. Wiese
Try Prichard and Abbott—Ft.Worth, Texas
Clint Liles
follow up on the question below. JPE has spudded 4 wells and 2 with surface casing so far on State Eiland 7-33. Typically, how long from the spudding and surface casing to actual drilling does it take? The phrase "wine rack" has been floated too. Thank you.
Depending on the length of the lateral and efficiency of the operator, spud to TD with a single rig will take 10 to 20 days on the low side and up to 30 days on the high side (barring problems).
Oftentimes operators will use a smaller rig to drill the shallow part of the hole and then bring a big rig in later to drill the curve and lateral (more cost effective).
Wine Rack is difficult to explain in words but I will try. Instead of laying out laterals at the same depth across a unit, imagine a "wine rack" where bottles are arranged offset to one another as you move across a unit. This allows for closer spacing and more effective reservoir drainage (in many cased).
Thank you Rockman. If the wells were spudded in March and surface cased in March, does that by definition mean that the drilling to the depth specified in the lease and permit has begun? RRC viewer shows 4 in the "wine rack" are spudded and 2 surface cased. So my question is, has the 2 that have been surface cased begun the in-depth drilling or does the operator come back another day and begin the drilling to TD and do 4 back to back?
By the way...your explanation for wine rack was one I could relate to. The part about the offset/wine rack appearance makes more sense than what I looked up online.
Can someone with experience please answer a question for me? Once a well has completed, how long does it normally take to receive the division order? I have 2 that were completed the first week in April per the land man and just curious when we would start seeing royalty checks. Thanks
Randy, with the spudding and drilling of the surface hole and setting surface casing, "operations" has begun. But just phase 1 (surface hole). There have been instances where operators have not followed up on surface hole drilling with a bigger rig to drill to TD - but this is rare for the most part.
As for the four well pad that you mention, normally the operator will drill all four shallow wells and case them with a smaller rig (spudder rig). Then move that unit off and bring in a big rig that is capable of drilling the lateral to TD. The time frame between releasing the small rig and getting the big rig will vary from days to months depending on the operator's plans. But this approach does same the operator hundreds of thousands of dollars on a 4 well pad such as this.
Once big rig is on location, operator may drill all four locations back to back to back to back. Only only drill one or two so that they can frac and test the section before drilling the remaining wells on the pad.
perfect Rockman...thank you for that.
For Elizabeth - time frame between well being completed (i.e. frac'd and flow back / tested) and receiving DO will vary from operator to operator. My experience is 4 to 6 weeks. Then another 4 to 6 weeks until you start receiving checks.
Thank you so much Rock Man!!
Once you start receiving checks (or direct deposits), they will occur like clockwork every month (assuming there is royalty money to be paid)
Rock Man's timing estimates are a pretty good average, but by no means a guarantee. EOG drilled two wells on a 4 section lease we have in Loving County last year with flow back and first sales occurring in August 2017 and three more went on line this past February. Three more wells are scheduled to spud in June, if not before.
We still have not received a division order or a run check. It just so happens that, while we have a pretty substantial interest in all 4 sections, many other owners have very tiny ownership interests - there are, I am told, over 300 individuals with mineral interest in part or all of those 4 sections. So completing the division order title opinion is taking longer than anyone would have imagined, although EOG says we will most likely get the first check in May.
The good news is that, as the wells are extremely good producers, that first run check - when we get it - is going to be a whopper.
Kenneth makes a good point - the more complex that production unit, the longer the DO's take to get finished. And operators want to do them right the first time (since going back later to correct DO's that are in error creates a lot of problems and issues).
But as Kenneth indicate, the first check you receive will be the biggest one you ever get since it will include several months of production.
Just hard waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you both for the info...We have 2 completed in Block 34, section 63, 1 that is due to complete in early May and one set to spud in June....anxiously awaiting new!