The NHMOC committee has been receiving numerous emails and telephone calls resulting from Dawson Geophysical contacting some of you asking permission to do a geophysical survey on your property. We wanted to give you some information about this so you will understand exactly what is being done.
The first thing you should understand is that a geophysical survey is NOT a survey to plat the surface of your land. A geophysical survey “looks” at the subsurface using various tools to determine what the geology looks like. A drilling company hires the geophysical firm to conduct the survey and the survey results are reported to the drilling company.
The data gathered by the geophysical survey helps the drilling company determine: 1) where is the best place to locate a well bore; and 2) what is the best direction to “kick out” the horizontal production bores to produce the highest amount of gas. This lets the drilling companies get the most amount of gas production for every dollar spent on drilling.
This is all part of the process of developing the Barnett Shale. It is fine for you to allow the geophysical company to conduct their survey. It will help to keep things moving forward in our area.
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1 comment
wayne g says:
September 5, 2010 at 10:24 am (UTC -5)
I live in Richland Hills and have not signed yet. How should I proceed ?