While I was out Friday, a land man left a voice mail message wanting to discuss leasing my land in Anderson Co. Before calling him back next week I decided to look into the current oil and gas activity in the area and stumbled across this forum. I'd like to first thank many of you including Clint Liles, John Cundieff and others who posted very helpful information about Anderson County.
I own the surface and part minerals of a 95.1 ac. tract in James Hall Survey A-29 located about 1/4 mile west of FM 315 and about 1.3 mi. SW of Brushy Creek. In 1979 I leased to Marshall Exploration and in 1982 they drilled and completed the Wallace #1 well which initially flowed 477 B/D of oil from 10,455-10,468 ft. in the Rodessa formation, Pert (aka Purt) West Field. The well's production declined rapidly, it was put on gas lift within a few months, last produced in 1988 and was then plugged and abandoned. The call Friday was surprising to me in that this was the first time since I originally leased in 1979 that I had been contacted about oil and gas leasing. The call initially didn't make sense to me and my purpose in this discussion is to try and figure out what prospect(s) the companies are going after in the N part of Anderson Co.
From this forum I have learned the Sally Klotz Stone well, located in the Jose Pineda Survey 4 mi. SW of Frankston and originally drilled as a wildcat well, has produced 75 B/D from the Massive Anhydrite formation at 10,940 ft. and is now classified Fairway Field. This well is about 6.5-7 miles NE of my property and is producing from a formation above the Rodessa although the well is deeper than from the Rodessa as produced at the Wallace. There are numerous faults in the area including one under my property which might account for this.
A 2nd wildcat well now being drilled, the Walter H. Lade Heirs in the G. B. Gray Survey A-306 and 2.3 mi. E of Brushy Creek is permitted to 12,000 ft. This well is about 3.5 NE of my property.
A 3rd wildcat well is the Holcomb 1R in the Anderson County School Land Survey A-75, 11 miles W of Frankston and permitted to 11,000 ft. This well is about 6 miles NW of my land.
I am not a geologist but am speculating that the present activity in N. Anderson Co. is to target the productive formations of the Fairway field and to possibly extend the Fairway field itself to the S and W. The Fairway formations, from the top down, include the Massive Anhydrite (from which the Sally Stone produces), the Rodessa (from which the Wallace produced), the James Lime, the main producing reservoir of the Fairway Field, and the deeper Pettet.
Below is a link I found to a technical presentation (most of which is incomprehensible to me!) on the Fairway Field but note in particular the productive formations listed on page 5 and their relative depths on page 10, the Brushy Creek diapirs or salt intrusions on the maps on pages 7 and 8 and the overall Fairway Field layout on page 13. I believe the Sally Stone well is located some distance and roughly S of the Humble 1 Milner dry hole.
The Holcomb Well is in the next survey W of the Issac Field and is off the map to the W.
The Walter Wade Heirs well is south of the map by probably 1-3 miles and E-W located approximately midway between the Humble Milner and the Issac Lindsey Field.
With respect to my property, since Marshall depleted the Rodessa and would have recompleted the well in the Massive Anhydrite if it were prospective since they undoubtedly logged the well before completing it, my best conclusion is the most likely target formations on my property would be either the James Lime or the Pettet since these formations should be at 10,500 ft+ depths and all 3 of the current wells (Stone, Wade and Holcomb) were permitted to 11,000-12,000 ft.
There is also Cotton Valley production in Anderson Co. to the W near Tennessee Colony but it is deeper than 13,000 ft. and so I don't believe any of the current drilling is targeting it. Also, the sour Smackover production to the N in Henderson Co. would be deeper yet in Anderson Co. and so that would be ruled out. This leaves only the James LIme, Pettet or possibly the Travis Peak. The Blackfoot Field to the NW of me produces from the Rodessa, Pettet and Travis Peak.
I would appreciate hearing any additional views or perspectives on what the companies might be exploring for. As noted, I'm by no means experienced in geology and quite possibly am way off base in my analysis. Thanks.
Charlie Wallace
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2008/08092webster/ndx_w...