Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts
Wednesday
Oil Wells
Below is an aerial view of oil and gas drilling. I believe this is southwestern Colorado/northwestern New Mexico. Having seen the scars on our property from ranching and commercial activity - I see these land scars, and think it will be two lifetimes before the surface of the land heals.
Monday
Wednesday
Drilling in the Neighborhood
When we bought our property, we knew we didn't own the mineral rights. We even looked up the person who owns the rights, and found that he lived in New York City. We didn't think it was a big deal.
Now the drilling in our area is beginning again.
I am putting these links on the blog so Joel and I can find them easily - they probably aren't of great interest to anyone else.
This is a link to Google Maps that shows where a well was drilled in the 1980s. You can see where it was sealed off below and left of the center of the photograph
I have been doing some searching and found that all wells have to be reported through the Oil Conservation Division of the State of New Mexico. They seem to be one of the few agencies that has digitized historic records and has them available online.
I think this is the link to the original well permit. It is for Section 13 in Township 15N and Range 8E. It is an application to drill and a well completion report from Yates from 1986. Here is a link to the map submitted with the reports.
Here is a link to all of the well reports submitted for the well across the street.
Here is the webpage we can visit every day to see if a new permit has been issued for a well. Go to this page and select "Santa Fe County" as the only limiter. Today there is only one permit listed for the Ferrill 001 well. It is the only well that has been reopened for exploration in the county, and it is being leased by Tecton. The well in our neighborhood is called Pre-Ongard Well 003.
The technical information Tecton must report on this well has to be submitted within the next 45 days, and will be posted on this website. All of the historical information on this well is also on this site.
At the meeting I attended last night, people have heard from oil companies that the Galisteo Basin has fields as rich as San Juan County, NM. There are over 35,000 wells in San Juan County. Here is a list of other things I learned:
Pumps used to pump off excess water can be heard from 2 miles away.
The pools of water are toxic to wildlife.
In order to conduct the drilling operation for the Ferrill 001 well, over 40 acres were used, and the permit to begin drilling did not go through proper channels - but the work/damage was done none the less. There is a picture on this website.
Neighbors are not eligible for any compensation for loss of property value.
The new laws that went in to effect on July 1st in NM that "protect property owners" are too weak to offer any real protection for real property value loss - for people who own the surface rights.
Companies only need to give landowners 30 days notice of their intent to begin an operation. People in San Juan County have had the experience of receiving no notice at all when drilling begins on their property. Neighbors do not receive any notice.
Santa Fe County is the only county in the state that requires that well permits from the State of New Mexico also be sent through the County government. This is one thing we have in our favor.
One of the people at the meeting last night included a former oil executive who is willing to work with residents and the oil companies (he called himself a former bad guy). He knows what demands can be made - and he has also seen (in Alaska) drilling operations totally stopped because of strong laws and protesting people.
Other people at the meeting last night included very well spoken, rational, environmentalists who are part of well established national and local environmental organizations.
The person who organized last night's meeting will be calling another meeting next month. This is the website where he will be tracking the most up-to-date information.
Now the drilling in our area is beginning again.
I am putting these links on the blog so Joel and I can find them easily - they probably aren't of great interest to anyone else.
This is a link to Google Maps that shows where a well was drilled in the 1980s. You can see where it was sealed off below and left of the center of the photograph
I have been doing some searching and found that all wells have to be reported through the Oil Conservation Division of the State of New Mexico. They seem to be one of the few agencies that has digitized historic records and has them available online.
I think this is the link to the original well permit. It is for Section 13 in Township 15N and Range 8E. It is an application to drill and a well completion report from Yates from 1986. Here is a link to the map submitted with the reports.
Here is a link to all of the well reports submitted for the well across the street.
Here is the webpage we can visit every day to see if a new permit has been issued for a well. Go to this page and select "Santa Fe County" as the only limiter. Today there is only one permit listed for the Ferrill 001 well. It is the only well that has been reopened for exploration in the county, and it is being leased by Tecton. The well in our neighborhood is called Pre-Ongard Well 003.
The technical information Tecton must report on this well has to be submitted within the next 45 days, and will be posted on this website. All of the historical information on this well is also on this site.
At the meeting I attended last night, people have heard from oil companies that the Galisteo Basin has fields as rich as San Juan County, NM. There are over 35,000 wells in San Juan County. Here is a list of other things I learned:
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