Susan…Which side of Balmorhea and which side of the interstate? The citizens of Balmorhea have raised so much Cain with Apache and other wannabe operators, I doubt they will drill any closer than that Weiss unit on the north interstate service road east of FM2903. They will be developing that area on both sides of old 290 west of where Hwy 17 turns south at Toyahvale. The volcanic tubes the water feeding San Solomon Spring comes through under the mountains from Valentine are south of there and should be safe.
Does anyone know if there is any activity or planned activity for the following: 40 acres of Jesus Aguirre Pre-Exemption Survey A-1117, Scrap File, Reeves, Co. Texas
It is close to Balmorhea. I am wondering if it is truly a possibility or a one hit (lease) wonder.
You can also negotiate for them to install Cattle Guards and gates at their entrances and to dig you a few Cattle Tanks before they leave.
Maybe even dig you a Water Well.
And don’t neglect to add provisions regarding the location, building and maintenance of roads, ditches, etc. Have them repave or re-gravel the roads one last time before they leave.
And don’t forget drainage. If they build a road or facility without addressing the natural drainage, they can ruin a whole lot of your acreage.
Re: Surface owners…deals. Primexx is driving a 16 inch gas gathering line from west of highway 17 and their consolidated gas/oil collection tank batteries to Hwy 285 where a company is building a 350 Million Cubic Feet/day gas plant. They needed a place for their pipeline contractor company to stack 16 miles of 16 in pipe (40 foot joints) and a place to stage their excavators, side boom dozers, trenching machines, cranes, and pipe trailers. I let them use 8 acres on the back side of my farm at Verhalen to stage out of. If anyone approaches you and asks to use a piece of your surface land for a ‘camp’ to stage pipeline construction from…do it! They can be talked into clearing land for you, fencing it for you, and purchasing storage containers (CONEX) they will leave with you when they are through using your land…a win win for them and you.
Charles, and all surface, mineral rights owners of Reeves county: This is what I meant by the oil and gas operators working hand in glove with the land surface and mineral owners to improve and develop Reeves county for the benefit of all. The oil companies are NOT wanting to ruin your drinking water or your pastures/farm surface acreage. They WILL work with you,not against you. I was born and reared ‘oilfield trash’. I made my living until I retired in the oil and gas industry. I didn’t become a sod bustin’ dirt farmer until I bought my farm and started raising vegetables in greenhouses. But, when I contracted to have that saltwater disposal well drilled on my place, I got shunned by the ranchers and ‘farmers’ around Balmorhea/Saragosa/Verhalen because I 'was gonna RUIN their
water’ with that SWD well. They were just SURE they knew about such things…though they didn’t know HOW an SWD is sealed from top to bottom. They didn’t listen to the operators…they were too busy pumped full of anti oil and gas propaganda to listen to reason.
I want to see Reeves county oil and gas exploration and production, including saltwater disposal and reclamation to fresh water, conducted
peaceably with all parties cooperating for the good of all…and without
You were smart to determine what you own before accepting an offer. Especially one that jumped from a flat $5K to $10K.
Another thing mineral and royalty owners need to watch out for is when someone tries to buy them out knowing that the owner has royalties in suspense, waiting for them to claim them.
In essence using peoples’ own money to buy them out. Sometimes even with a large profit.
I’ve helped several families avoid such situations and am helping two families right now.
Hi, Lawrence, I don’t know much about saltwater disposal wells but I do know I have found many great people on this forum, including you. The only person in our whole process I’ve been suspicious of was a landman (not from the forum) who represented an unnamed person or company who tried to buy our mineral rights before we realized what we had, for 5K, then 10K. We have received lots of general advice from the group and invaluable guidance from a property owner in our section. I think you can see the numbers of all the people who read your posts. You help so many people, Lawrence, 95% of whom never make a comment, and it often benefits a dozen family members behind the scenes. It is greatly appreciated. May Reeves county and our American oil and gas companies continue to prosper.
I’ve been working on getting an SWD on one of my parcels. The economics for the landowner is a pretty good deal if you get a good operator and just an average well.
I saw your previous post about selling when we have royalties in suspense. We have an interest in Culberson county (320 acres) in which 1 well is operating on the East side and one on the way, and we have the West-side leased and my understanding the near-term goal is to put a well there. The offer is about $3,500/ net acre. My feeling is that the people making the offer are nuts.
No kidding! If his interests are in NE Culberson, I know of a company that will offer him up to like $20K per acre! And that’s just one company, when there are an ocean of them out there.
I’m sure someone else could answer you more accurately, but my guess would be something as simple as Completion Rig Availability.
I can’t remember who, but someone mentioned to me how there are plenty of Drilling Rigs available, but only so many Completion Rigs.
I have also heard that they schedule the different types of rigs to drill or complete a number of wells in a given area at the same time. With the rigs and their crews working and staying in a given area for months at a time, rather than moving from place to place, they are probably less expensive that way.
All of these kinds of contracts are set months and months and months ahead of time.
Infrastructure might have something to so with it as well. Why complete a well or series of wells before you have pipelines in place? Storage Facilities built? Proper roadways built?