Dominion of Midland is sending out insane inflated offers stating, ". I need to let you know up front that we have experienced a few issues with the available mineral lease data concerning certain large producing units in Mitchell County, Texas. This has led to certain offer amounts being overstated and incorrect. "
Overall, the total drilling rig activity stayed flat over the holidays with very few changes in rig mobilizations. The most active area in the region in Martin county did see a decline in activity losing 3 active rigs but is still at the same level of drilling as it was 8 weeks ago when news first stated coming out about Pioneer’s success there. More importantly, the number of horizontal rigs working there is still similar to recent weeks.
Another interesting shift over the past month is the increase in activity in Mitchell county. This area is to the East and somewhat North from the known hotspots of the Cline, but it does directly border Howard county that currently has a considerable amount of drilling activity. Mitchell county only had 1 active rig at Thanksgiving which had increased to 5 by Christmas. The activity still solely consists of exploratory vertical rigs at this point, but the quick increase points to one or two operators that are seeing something they are very intrigued by. One possible suspect is the tightly-held FireWheel Energy that has previously extended the commercial successes of the Cline Eastwards into neighboring Sterling county.
In the coming weeks as operators begin their 2014 budget outlay and Q4 earnings are announced, expect plenty of shifting activity as producers seek out the best potential geology for the current market conditions.
Thanks, Clint. And yes, Flint is nearby; just drove through there Friday. I tried to get this data starting from the RR GIS site, apparently you need a better way.
Does anyone have any more data on the Adoue well? Last data i have is for September production and it isn’t anywhere near 400 BOPD. Does anyone know about the gas situation here? Thanks!
So quiet… I guess that is not a good sign. However, we are coming up on two years since the height of the activity and I know there were plenty that signed prior to that. Has anyone been approached about a lease renewal after the initial 3 year term? I am sure that activity (or lack of) will tell us a lot about what is actually going on.
I have 3 different friends, who live out of the area, just found out that they have minerals, Could you please let me know if anyone is still leasing in the Mitchell County and if so who, please let me know or have them give me a call please.
Rebecca, my wife received the same. I called them and was told they are just getting prepared if/when they use their 2 year extension. The 3 year terms are getting close to expiring.
I noticed that Firewheel actually has been selling interests to Devon, went on RR site, and there were 17 new permits for oil drilling in Mitchell alone from 4/29 - 5/14
I look at it this way, with all the developers buying land, (I know I am a Realtor) and the pipelines, and the new Gas Plant and Desal plant, they are not dumping money into Mitchell county for just a tax write-off lol