M.W. GARY & ASSOCIATES, LLC has been performing field surveys to assist drilling operators to Identify offset wells of-concern for over a decade. Our staff saves clients time and money, by going on-site so they don’t have to.
When clients, or even local residents, identify prior or suspected well activity, or possible well remnants at a particular site, MWG can rush to the scene, typically Within 24 – 48 hours, to field-verify the location, and collect data and report results.
MWG field-surveys wells identified on PA-DEP, PA-DCNR, WV-DEP, WV-GES, ODNR, historic maps, or related resources, to surmise if the wells are truly where suggested, and provides accurate location and status information.
Where an area is densely developed and poorly documented, MWG offers clients peace-of-mind, by conducting a complete Area of Review (“AOR”), regional grid, or even full-unit survey, to accurately chart prior development.
M.W. GARY & ASSOCIATES, LLC agents collect and organize field data on oil and gas wells, or suspected wells, and provides the reports and findings necessary for proper risk characterization assessments, and mitigation and monitoring program development:
MWG agents scour well sites for over 50 characteristics indicative of well activity, past or present, relying on nearly all senses: visual, olfactory, tactile, and auditory.
MWG collects an extensive assortment of high-resolution digital photographs, providing site visibility, functionally equivalent to that gleaned had client staffing itself been present.
Understanding the importance of full and definitive disclosure, MWG agents expressly report on both what was observed at a specified location, as well as, expressly confirming, what was not so discovered on site.
Let MWG identify and decipher which wells are truly located within the defined AOR, and perhaps as importantly, which are not!
M.W. GARY & ASSOCIATES, LLC has been preparing 150+ year drilling title searches, including thorough HBP (“held by production”) well analyses, for over 40 years. Let our courthouse and government database search-skills work for you.
MWG conducts thorough review of well permitting, drilling, and production database collections of the PA-DEP, PA-DCNR, WV-DEP, WV- GES, and ODNR, as appropriate, properly identifying and locating offset well operators for notification and coordination efforts.
For Pennsylvania wells, our clients benefit from MWG’s longstanding remote EDWIN subscription (fka “PA IRIS”), allowing MWG to manually review DCNR completion, historical, and plugging and abandonment source documents, recognizing that even marginal notations may have weighted importance.
Importantly, MWG can assist in collecting well depth information as well. Even where such information is not expressly available, MWG can assist to extrapolate such information, utilizing courthouse research, farm-line maps, and other historical data on both development fields, and targeted formations.
Need to prove or disprove historical oil or gas production? Call MWG today!
Where state law requires oil and gas developers to serve proper notice before drilling, M.W. GARY & ASSOCIATES, LLC. agents can do that as well. Our mapping arm is equipped to identify all tax parcels / Landowners within an Area-Of- Review, and contact, follow up, and track, the data reported:
MWG can transmit Landowner Surveys via certified mail, and even offer Landowners a digital option for survey completion and submission for faster turn-around times.
MWG agents have decades of experience in rapport-building interactions with Landowners. Such experience allows them to achieve maximum compliance with Landowner Survey requests, and to secure more frequent consents to enter and conduct follow-up field surveys, providing the necessary risk assessment data for safe development.
Importantly, MWG agents leverage their acute knowledge of the various land documents executed throughout the development process which typically, expressly or impliedly, grant certain levels of authorization for Land entry or otherwise, to encourage greater Landowner participation. In short, MWG agents explain to Landowners how data collection is always in their best interests as well.
Call today, and let MWG handle your administrative end, freeing up your staff to attend to more pressing tasks!
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