I'm a new member of the group and have learned heaps of useful stuff from reviewing archived postings--thanks to all.
My North Dakota roots go back three generations, when great- grandparents sold surface rights but kept mineral rights to scattered acres in Dunn and Stark Counties. Fortunately, family members maintained decent records of inherited shares, and an uncle and I have managed to condense ownership by scores of siblings and cousins to two mineral trusts. I'm a curious guy and have found my way around the web pages of NDIC, learning about permit hearings, spacing units, etc. Three years ago, we signed leases with Cody Oil and Empire Oil for mineral acres in Secs. 25-27 T142 R96 in the Russian Creek field of Dunn Co. One of the landmen informed me that the leases would be dealt to Ansbro Petroleum Co., so I have tracked NDIC hearing dockets regularly for Ansbro activity, and they have indeed drilled some wells in adjacent sections. Recently, though, I discovered permit applications for Anschutz Exploration Co., which must be the parent company of Ansbro since the address and phone number in Denver are identical. Anschultz applied to NDIC for 1280-acre spacing units on May 29, 2008 for Secs. 26-35 and 27-34, one of "our" sections in each of these units. I'm getting to my question....in an April post, Teegue advised a member that he/she would know of mineral ownership because an applicant for a permit to drill would notify all mineral owners before applying for a spacing unit. I subsequently found a rule on the NDIC pages that confirms this and indicates that owners must be notified 45 days before a hearing. I have not heard a peep from Cody, Empire, Ansbro, or Anschultz about this spacing order. Should I be concerned or should I just keep monitoring new wells in the field until I see some activity in these units? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
