Comments for Eagle Ford Shale Blog

Comment on Bee County Eagle Ford Shale Info by j rizzo

j rizzo — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:41:49 +0000

I own mineral rights to my grandparents land in northern Bee county, Mineral, Tx. How do I find out if there is interest in drilling on the land ? thank you

Comment on How Much Per Acre For Eagle Ford Shale Gas Leases? by Eagle Ford Shale Blog Editor

Eagle Ford Shale Blog Editor — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:03:44 +0000

Lynn, Did you ever get an answer to your question?

Comment on How Much Per Acre For Eagle Ford Shale Gas Leases? by don

don — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:46:26 +0000

I own the mineral rights to 93ac of a 148ac track of acleto creek in Wilson county. It was currently re-leased for shallow wells of 2900ft.(leased for $25ac. at 20%}.With 12wells operating, 4wells un-decided, 1 well as a disposal and 2 wells pluged and abandon. Now they’re talking about leasing it at deeper deepth for deeper wells. I thought $25per acre was a low ball offer even for shallow wells and don’t wont to be took again on leasing for deeper wells. Any suggestion on what a fair price would be?

Comment on How Hydraulic Fracturing Can Help Save The Planet by Eagle Ford Shale Blog Editor

Eagle Ford Shale Blog Editor — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:41:46 +0000

Thanks Theda. I added a link to the Texas RRCs website for more info. Texas law now requires all operators to disclose and publish a list of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and other states have passed similar laws. It should be noted, that oil and gas compounds themselves are chemicals, and that underground formations such as the Eagle Ford already contain dozens of naturally occurring hydrocarbon compounds, that’s just what oil and gas is. Much of the chemicals in frac fluids, which are less than 1% of total fluid by the way, are common ingredients like surfactants that are found in household products such as shampoo. As for water use, results of a major study were just released which showed that water use in the EFS is not an issue. http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/commissioners/porter/press/012612.php Of course water use will be an issue in other parts of the world, but coal mining tends to use millions of gallons of water itself, and if natural gas can be used to replace coal, overall water use over time should be diminished in countries such as China. As for seismic events, US induced seismic events have not been caused by hydraulic fracturing, as the liberal magazine Mother Jones even recently reported.
I hope this addresses some of what my article lacked. Thanks.

Comment on How Hydraulic Fracturing Can Help Save The Planet by Theda Lipe

Theda Lipe — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:33:39 +0000

OK. This would be a good article if it also addressed 1) why the industry is not releasing information on the specific chemicals used; 2) what evidence or argument there is that hydrofracturing is unrelated to seismic events in impacted areas, and 3)concerns for the amount of water needed to support the HYDROfracturing process – by far the primary concern among “tree huggers.” Water is the coal/oil/gas of the future.

Comment on Dimmit County Eagle Ford Shale Info by Cutwater

Cutwater — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:38:40 +0000

Any updates?
Thanks for the info.

Comment on How Much Per Acre For Eagle Ford Shale Gas Leases? by Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:27:35 +0000

We’re located in Stockdale Texas between hwy 87 & fm1922 and been approached to lease our property. We built our home 10 years ago below a rock ledge, within the year of building our home, on the rock ledge we noticed an oil substance coming from the ground (more noticable when we have rain) Since the oily substance is above our water well we were concerned our water would get contaminated. We thought someone had a leaky well and checkout any old wells in our area, none were found. Could this be a shallow well? or Gas pushing up oil from the ground?

Comment on How Much Oil Is There In The Eagle Ford Shale? by New American Oil Discoveries From Horizontal Drilling | Shale Oil Plays Blog

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:21:43 +0000

[...] recoverable oil and that’s just a portion of the entire area. (Source: EOG Resources). See “How Much Oil Is There In The Eagle Ford Shale?“ Any amount over 5.1 billion barrels would make it the largest oilfield in the U.S., while anything [...]

Comment on How Much Per Acre For Eagle Ford Shale Gas Leases? by Randall

Randall — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:02:10 +0000

I own minerals 2-4 miles southeast of Nordheim. Is there any Eagle Ford leasing activity in that portion of DeWitt County?

Comment on Atascosa Eagle Ford Shale Heating Up by Steve T. Finch

Steve T. Finch — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:14:57 +0000

Any drilling activity in the Black Hill Area of Atascosa ,County in the future ??