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Introduction Where will the oil and gas come from? Since it is likely that oil and gas development will continue to be promoted in the United States, information on the known locations of oil and gas reserves will help landowners know whether or not they are living in areas where oil or gas exploration and drilling may either begin to occur or intensify. Known deposits of oil occur in more than 30 states, with the majority of current onshore oil production concentrated in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Wyoming, California, Kansas and New Mexico. 13 The majority of proved reserves of oil, however, have a slightly different geographic distribution. (The U.S. Department of Energy defines proved reserves as the volumes of oil or gas that geological and engineering data have demonstrated with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in the future, under existing economic and operating conditions.) 14 As seen in Figure i-2, Texas, Alaska, California, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma are the states with the largest on-shore proved reserves of oil. FIGURE i-2. 2003 U.S. CRUDE OIL PROVED RESERVES. Source: Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 15 The geographic distribution of natural gas is similar to that of oil, as natural gas often occurs in association with oil deposits. In terms of current production, three States (Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma) produce more than half of the natural gas in this country. New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas are also major gas-producing states. 16 Large deposits of natural gas exist in half of the 50 states, but the deposits in Alaska, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma make up approximately half of the known U.S. dry natural gas proved reserves. See Figure i-3. Dry natural gas is almost entirely methane, with few impurities or other hydrocarbons. i-4
With the recent boom in extraction of natural gas from coal beds (i.e., coalbed methane development), landowners should also be aware of the areas where coalbed methane development may potentially occur. See Figures i-4 and i-5. In most regions of the country where oil and gas reserves exist, the federal government has plans to ramp up oil and gas production. For example, in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin there are currently 18,000 producing wells, but the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing an additional 12,500 new wells to be drilled in one portion of the basin alone. 17 In Wyoming and Montana, the BLM is proposing that 77,000 new wells be drilled in the Powder River Basin. 18 If you live in these regions, or other regions of proved reserves, you may have a visit from an oil or gas company representative in your future. FIGURE i-3. 2003 U.S. DRY NATURAL GAS PROVED RESERVES. Source: Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 19 i-5
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STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT The
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STAGES OF OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT to
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Chapter II Legal and Regulatory Iss
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Who Owns the Minerals Beneath Your
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WHO OWNS THE MINERALS BENEATH YOUR
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MINERAL VS SURFACE RIGHTS er, can b
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MINERAL VS SURFACE RIGHTS • In th
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REGULATIONS AND SURFACE OWNER PROTE
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Exploration Before a company can en
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Other Protections Statutes and regu
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face owner to participate in this o
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Chapter III Tips for Landowners WHA
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Surface Use
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Powder River
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS operations t
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS ment payment
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Reported Com
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS Examples of
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS ed by this A
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS 12. Dry Hole
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS 25. Firearms
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS in whole or
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LEASING Annual Reclamation Requirem
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LEASING • Within the mineral leas
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LEASING • Requiring landowner app
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OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CONSIDER Push f
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OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CONSIDER analys
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FILE LAWSUITS amendment also requir
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FILE LAWSUITS Landowners are Winnin
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Chapter IV Landowner Stories As has
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1. CBM DESTROYS RETIREMENT DREAM By
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has never been a loss of vegetation
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Board came. They accused her of pou
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4. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENTS I
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First, why we did not sign a surfac
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Here is part of a description of on
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cases the agents called and visited
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10. ONE RANCH FAMILY’S STRUGGLE W
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shrubs are now roads, drill pads or
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County and the drilling company to
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opment in their backyards. This is
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After reading Colborn’s memo, I t
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17. WYOMING LANDOWNERS FACE CONDEMN
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involved in a private property issu
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Sources of Information Resources on
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Sources of Information Petroleum Te
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Sources of Information East of Huaj
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Sources of Information NONPROFIT OR
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Sources of Information Native Actio
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Sources of Information STATE REGULA
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Glossary of Oil and Gas Terms A aba
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chain of title Recorded transfers (
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egress The act of getting out or le
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H heavy oil Hydrocarbons composed o
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mineral estate The ownership of min
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petroleum A substance occurring nat
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einjection The introduction of prod
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sour gas Natural gas containing sig
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venting release of gases to atmosph
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Endnotes 1 Thomas, K. 2001. Produce
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57 U.S. EPA. October, 2000. p. 38.
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121 Griffiths, Mary and Marr-Laing,
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187 Kuuskraa, Vello A. (Advanced Re
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287 USGS. 1997. See endnote 284. 28
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354 Trujillo, Shirena. August 27, 2
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Oklahoma: Oklahoma Statutes. 52-4-3
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Financial Assurance - Colorado: Col
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