My name is Terry Holland and I recently joined the Grimes County Mineral Rights Forum. I have a production royalty on two wells in Grimes County: Holt:H1 owned by Pride Oil Company, and the A. Yates owned by Crimson Exploration. I have a question regarding the A. Yates well which went into production, according to Crimson, on the first of July. I have recently been told (not by Crimson) that production has fallen from 1/4 to 1/2 of the oringinal production rate on the A. Yates. That seems a rather drastic drop for a well producing for only two months. Does anyone know if this is true? I sent an email to CW Croley, but it bounced back. Perhaps his email address has changed. Royalty holders have not yet received a payment.
Here is some info he posted in the Grimes County forum from July 30th:
713.236.7406. My email address is: [email protected]
Crimson has told me that Divsion orders are to be ready too send out by middle of October. Per state rules they have 120 days to pay the intial payment after the the first month of production. I do believe they sold just a few BBLs in June and that should make Oct the first check? I am thinking Nov myself. Dont know about the drop of production- what realtionship did your source have related to the Yates well? I can see the flare and its going pretty dang strong.
Thanks for the response. I was thinking probably the end of October. I didn't know the state rule about that. I just knew that it took Pride four months to get out the first checks on the HoltH1. Thanks for letting me know about the state regulation on that. As far as the source of the information about the fall off of production, I went over to Grimes County and talked to people in the area. I think the main reason for that assumption was that there are less trucks hauling product out of the YatesH1. There were others who said they had heard that poduction had fallen a lot since the first production near the end of June. I saw the flare, and like you say, it is going strong, but I really don't know what that means. I have a question maybe you could answer. While I was in the area, I wanted to see the HoltH1 as I have a small royatlty interest in that well, and I was just curious to see the site. I didn't really have enough time, and I think I missed it. I found a Holt rig on highway 39, noth of Iola. It seemed to be in operation. That was not the HoltH1, was it? I figured it was another well being drilled by Pride on the Holt lease. What county road is the HoltH1 that Pride drilled on? It went into production in July, 2011.
Grimes county said:
Crimson has told me that Divsion orders are to be ready too send out by middle of October. Per state rules they have 120 days to pay the intial payment after the the first month of production. I do believe they sold just a few BBLs in June and that should make Oct the first check? I am thinking Nov myself. Dont know about the drop of production- what realtionship did your source have related to the Yates well? I can see the flare and its going pretty dang strong.
A.Yates is suppose to be right at 400bbls a day and the amount of trucks right after fracing and today is way down, would assume hauling fracing fluids off the lease and now it mostly crude and little water. If you mean HOLTH (vs holt) lease that is 704 acres north of CR 107 and West of FM 39 The rig you saw just came from the GRANT lease ( adjoins Yates and Holth to the west) and it should be drilling HOLTH 2H or 4H. The one drilled last year I think is very close or the same pad ( Maybe 500 ft SW of current rig) that they are on now. The Holth last year was a side track to the old 1H and it had a collapse well bore and had to go another direction. Dont know if the E-W or N-S is the one thats producing, very nice numbers!. You can GOOGLE earth view and see the pad site from last year. By permits the 2H and 4H are closer to FM 39. Yates just started producing the last few days of June. Very intereted to see the final acreage of the Yates lease. I assume you have some RI in the Yates close to FM39? Crimson I have been told has about 800+ acres they leased last year and dont know how they are going to form drilling units..
That is really good news about the Yates. If it is still at 400bbls a day, that would make it about the same as the first production figures announced by Crimson. I meant the HOLTH 1H. It has had very nice numbers, but our checks are now 1/2 what they were in the beginning, and falling each month. I wish I knew if any of the other HOLTH wells were in our pool. We also have an RI in the A. Yates H1. I was also told that the lease was about 800 acres, and that A. Yates H1 is on the western-most boundary of the lease. In fact, the west boundary of the A. Yates well site (where the trees are between the Yates and Pride's Grant H1) is part of the western boundary line of the Yates Lease. Thank you for the information. It is very helpful.
You should be in all of HOLTH wells ! Dont know where Pride will go next, back to Grant 4h? I know the Grant 2H is having issues. or will they stay and drill Holth 3H before moving ? From what I can tell Pride doesnt have alot of land so they may stay and finish all there wells before giving up the rig.
RIght now the Yates Drilling unit is only 160 acres and does not include much to the south of it and leaves a strip of land between Yates lease and CR 107, maybe 120-150 acres. I cannot find what they are plannig to do with this strip. It butts up against the south side of HOLTH lease and GRANT to the west and I think an lease by Apache on the east. Crimson should be back to drill another well on this Yates area, but how will they divide it up???
I think you are right. I just took your advise and googled the Holth west of 39. You can see the original HolthH1 pad. It is on a white rock road that sits back from 39. The rig that I just saw a couple of weeks ago is just beyond the entrance to that road off 39. That, then would have to be one of the wells that Pride is now drilling on the HOLTH lease. It has to be, as you said, the Holth H2 or H4. You made my day! I don't see how it couldn't be on our former land for which we have an RI. Thanks. If you would like to carry on email off this site, just let me know and I will give you my email address. I live in Spring, not really all that far from Plantersville, where you live.
Any further news on the HOLTH:H2 or H4 would be appreciated. In the photos that I took, what appears to be fracking equipment can be seen to the left, and behind, the rig. Do you know whether fracking has begun, is in progress, or has been completed? Any news would be appreciated.
Terry I think I sent a request that you have to accept in or for us to exchange emails offline. Or send me a request that I can accept. Would like to talk more In depth
I must not have received that request or don't know how to reply to it. I am such a computer illiterate, you would'nt believe. I would like to exchange emails.
Terry, look in the upper right corner of this page, under your name, if someone sent you a friend request it should be there. If you don't see the friend request, you can send one yourself. If you click on someones picture/avatar, it should take you to their home page. On the persons home page, underneath their picture/avatar, you will see a letter symbol with the words send message. If you click on that symbol it will either allow you to send a message or inform you that you must be friends to send a message and invite you to send a friend request, with or without a short personal message. I hope this helps.
Terry T Holland said:
I must not have received that request or don't know how to reply to it. I am such a computer illiterate, you would'nt believe. I would like to exchange emails.
Mr. Holland,
Saw your post and your information regarding the Pride Holth H1. I am a mineral owner in the Grant Unit to your west and have been tracking in the Grant 2H and 3H as well as the Holth. I remember as a young man when the Grant 1H was drilled. Just wanted to make contact you and exchange information, as needed. Haven't had much dealing with Pride over the years due to the depletion in production of the Grant 1H, but have been in good contact with their in-house staff over the past few months on the new Grant wells. Was really just curious as to whether you lived in Iola or had family ties that led to your royalty interests. At your convenience.
Jonathan Grammer
Mr. Grammer,
Hi, John. I have a non-participating royalty interest in Pride's Holth 1H, and when they get the Holth H2 and Holth H4 finished, I will have the same on those wells. I am very curious at present about the Holth that is being drilled very close to Highway 39 north of Iola. Do you know whether they have begun fracking on it, yet? I also have a non-participating royalty interest on A.Yates 1H on CR 107. I live in Spring, TX. My connection with Iola was through my grandfather, Herman Trusten Holland, SR., who was a railroad foreman in Iola in 1907. He married Zula Lillian Allen, daughter of Harvey Johnson Allen and Robert (female) Stepherson, residents of Iola. In 1913, they purchased Lots 11, 12, Block 38, City of Iola. In 1914, they purchased 50ac. from DB McMahan league and 32 4/10ac. from the Mill McDowell Hdt. League from JW Grant and wife. The royalties come from a 1/16 royalty retained by H T Holland when the land was sold. I am glad to know you and hope we can keep each other informed. I am really curious about the Holth well on 39. When I was there a couple of months ago, the rig was in place. Do you know if anything has happened, there?
Terry Holland
Terry,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I have no information on the Holth being drilled along Highway 39. The only information I really have access to is through dialogue with Pride Energy directly, through the Texas Railroad Commission and through a few phone falls with Mr. Kirk who owns the surface upon which the Grant 2H is being drilled. He lives out there right at the intersection of CR 104 and CR 103 and has a good view of the tanks, frac equipment, workover rigs, etc. I live in Amarillo, Texas and have not been back to Iola since we sold our acreage (the west 177 acres of the Grant Unit) twenty years ago which my grandfather purchased with his GI Bill after he returned from WWII, under which we retained some mineral rights. Whatever information I hear I'll forward on to you. I hope to know the October figures on the Grant 2H some time next week.
Regards,
Jonathan
Jonathan,
When I was there a couple of months, ago, I talked to some men who were working on the Grant H2. They said that the well had "problems," whatever that meant.
Terry
Two things: drill bit fragments in the well bore and lots and lots of sand.