The Friendsville Group

2/13/2008      Landowners begin to drill

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF, Wyoming County Press Examiner 02/13/2008

In the midst of talks about oil and gas wells in the region, there are residents of Susquehanna County who have taken action and signed with oil companies to drill on their property.
Dennis and Victoria read more »

2/19/2008      Notes from Penn State Extension Feb 4th Lehman Campus Penns State U.

The experts are not sure how thick the Marcellus Shale. Maps of the shale extent can be found at http://iogawv.com/RamsayBarrett-Shale.pdf The TOC (Total Organic Carbon) is of the Marcellus Shale is high. The Marcellus Shale is thick and of high quality. Spacing – not exactly the 640 acres we had read more »

2/19/2008      Books of Interest

Let's Talk an Oil Deal (Your Key to Oil Patch Lingo) John Orban III
Money In the Ground John Orban III
Oil and Gas Production in Non Technical Language, Martin Raymond and William Leffler

example in Let's Talk an Oil Deal Association for Tax read more »

2/19/2008      Unit Size- how units are decided or declared?

Unit Size- how units are decided or declared? Answer: That is a very good question and one we are still waiting from the state to legally define according to PA law. It depends on how deep the well actually goes. Shallower wells are controlled by one set of state laws read more »

2/19/2008      Marcellus Shale Information

As with much of this blog, information has come through the Wayne County based NWPOA (Northern Wayne Property Owners Alliance)

Also Ross Smith Energy Group RSEG, Instinct ,LLC

Players – Range Resources, Atlas Energy Resources, Southwestern Energy, EDG Resources, Equitable Resources, Chesapeake, Talisman Energy read more »

2/19/2008      Water Issues

The paragraphs in blue were written by people in Wayne County. The black at the bottom contains local information and is current. Needless to say, water must be considered in our addenda.

I have an added comment about this well water issue and the drilling. Stop to read more »

2/19/2008      Oil, Gas, and Mineral Leasing: Some Important Considerations for Forest Landowners

Oil, Gas, and Mineral Leasing: Some Important Considerations for Forest Landowners read more »

3/2/2008      Chesapeake transcript Feb 22, 2008 Meeting

2/22/2008 read more »

3/3/2008      Chesapeake transcript Feb 15, 2008 Meeting

2/15/2008 read more »

3/12/2008      Weekly Status March 11, 2008