TOGA MEETS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW, SEPT. 28TH-The Tennessee Oil & Gas Association will hold its monthly meeting at the Mountain View Golf Course and Lodge at 6:30 p.m.(CST),Thursday, September 28^th. There will be a special program, featuring geophysicist Jerry Calhoun, who has moved from Texas to Tennessee. The Mountain View Golf Course and Lodge is south of Allardt, which is just outside Jamestown. At the four-way stop in Allardt, turn south (toward Crossville). The Mountain View Golf Club and Lodge is in the left about 3 miles down the road. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m.($3 each) with the meeting to start at 7:00 p.m.

WATER QUALITY BOARD TO CONSIDER PRIMACY-The Water Quality Board will meet September 26^th to consider the proposed changes in the Underground Injection Control Regulations. These changes call for the state to assume primacy for Class II injection wells, which is opposed by TOGA. In response to the TOGA comments, the staff notes that as EPA is not charging any fees, so any fees would be an increase. The staff does not believe the proposed fees are as onerous as the comments would make them appear. The fees that the staff does not feel onerous include an application fee of $2,500 (none for existing wells), a permit renewal fee every five years of $1,500 and an annual fee of $1,000 per well. TOGA also noted that fees will not cover costs. The staff responded that it would not quite cover costs but would be within reason. Also, noting that this is a fee based program, so no taxpayer funds are being spent. TOGA notes that there are now 5 Class II injection wells. The annual income would be $5,000 with an additional $7,500 every five years for an average income of $6,500 from fees. If you pay one person $24,000 a year, plus benefits, training, office, travel, etc. and you are only getting $6,500 in fees, who is picking up the rest of the expenses? Gotta be the taxpayers.

2000 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PLATFORM-Following is an excerpt from the 2000 Democrat National Platform (It did not contain an energy plank. Energy issues are discussed in the environmental plank.) From the Redwood Forests to the Florida Everglades, from the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone to Yosemite, we have protected millions of acres of our precious natural lands. We have stopped development in America’s last wild places. Teddy Roosevelt saw our national parks as the playground of the people—there for average families to enjoy with camping and hiking. Today’s Republicans see them as the playground of the powerful-there for big business to exploit with drilling and mining. Al Gore is committed to restoring the Everglades; protecting the coasts of California and Florida and the Artic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling.

PARK COMMITTEE WORKING-The TOGA committee named to develop a TOGA policy regarding operations in the Great South Fork park has been meeting to formulate a TOGA operating plan, committee members reported at the August meeting. An update will be presented at the September meeting.

PUBLIC ASKS FOR SPECIFICS IN BIG SOUTH FORK PLAN-The Nashville Tennessean reports that the public has complained that the National Park Service’s first attempt at drafting a general management plan for the Big South Fork recreation area lacks details. An initial 10-year plan, the first conceived by the Park Service since it took over the 116,000 acre preserve in 1991, drew almost 2,000 comments during the just ended 90-day public review. The Park Service will try to answer the questions with a new draft plan expected to be finished by next spring.

SAVE DOMESTIC OIL BACK ON TRACK-At a U.S. Court of International Trade show cause hearing August 14, the Department of Commerce was ordered to show cause why the case should not be remanded back to them, with orders to find that Save Domestic Oil(SDO) had standing. Commerce was asked why it had initiated anti-dumping investigations in 1,082 of the 1,100 cases they had filed to date, but failed to do in the Save Domestic Oil case. SDO officials are cautiously optimistic for a favorable order from the Court remanding the case back to the Department of Commerce with instructions to proceed. This litigation could establish a very important precedent for our industry, which will prevent the reoccurrence of the 1998-1999 crude oil prices from ever happening again. This litigation is very expensive. However, it represents a very small investment for our future and our industry. SDO needs our help to defray costs. Please send contributions to: Save Domestic Oil, Inc., P.O. Box 862, Enid, OK, 73702.

OIL PRODUCTION WON’T PEAK FOR 20 YEARS-According to the Energy Information Administration world oil production will not peak for another 20 years, while others have place the peak as early as 2004. The EIA states that many estimates set the peak too early, in part due to their assumption of the world oil resources base at 1.8 trillion barrels of recoverable oil.

OIL HITS $30, NYMEX NATURAL GAS-$4.95-South Kentucky Purchasing Company reported it was paying $30 a barrel as of September 6. They were paying $28.75 on August 30^th. It went up to $29.50 on the 31^st, dropped to $29.25 on September 1, eased up to $29.50 the next day and hit the magic $30 on the 6^th. Natural gas is doing well to. Citizens Gas Utility District is paying $4.52 for September gas, less brokerage and other charges.

BE NICE TO NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS-As producers we love the price we are getting for our natural gas, but this means an increase for consumers. Customers of Citizens Gas Utility District received a 35% increase in their natural gas bill as of Sept. 1. Remember, people have a choice when it comes to the fuel they use, so be nice to consumers.

PROSPECT EXPO-The Denver Prospect Fair & TechnoFest is scheduled for November 7^th in Denver. The event promises buyers, sellers and sponsors it offers the best collection of North American interior basin prospect & property deals north of the Pecos. For more info: RMAG, (303)573-8621, e-mail: RAMGdenver@aol.com.

TENNESSEE AUGUST WELL PERMITS- Campbell County- Miller Services, Inc., Permit # 9592, Koppers #22B, LaFollete Quad, 3000 ft./ Hancock County- Miller Petroleum Inc., Permit # 9605, Dewey Sutton #1, Swan Island Quad, 5000 ft./ Overton County- Gold Eagle Energy Resources, Permit #9594, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ Young Oil Corp., Permit #9595, Dishman-Smith #4, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Ohio-KY Oil Corp., Permit #9597, Lois Dishman #2A, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Ohio-KY Oil Corp., Permit #9598, Jim Coleman #2, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ PoDurco Energy Inc., Permit #9599, Odessa Norrod #1, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Arno Oil Co., Permit #9600, Union Bank & Trust #8A, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ Ohio-Ky Oil Corp., Permit #9602, Jim Coleman # 3, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ Young Oil Corp., Permit #9604, Austin Choate #4, Alpine Quad, 1400 ft./ Ohio-KY Oil Corp., Permit #9606, Jim Coleman #4, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ Pryor Oil Co., Inc., Permit #9607, Allen Sells #1, Alpine Quad, 2300 ft./ Target Oil & Gas Corp., Permit #9608, Jerry Garrett #6, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Target Oil & Gas Corp., Permit #9609, Jerry Garrett #7, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Pickett County- Bottom Line Oil & Gas, Inc., Permit #9593, Sanford Whited #2, Riverton Quad, 2000 ft./ RMDB Oil & Gas Operators, Permit #9596, Wells-Wassler-Wells Unit #2, Livingston Quad, 2000 ft./ Hood Energy, Permit #9601, IMOLPH/Little Logan #2, Alpine Quad, 2000 ft./ Basin Oil & Gas Corp., Permit #9603, Joe Russell #1, Moodyville Quad, 2000 ft./

KENTUCKY AUGUST WELL PERMITS- Barren County – E. Sloan Norris, Permit #91429, J. Myers #D-1/ R. G. Stiverson, Inc., Permit #91444, W. Froggett #9-C/ Clinton County – Riverside Oil & Gas, Inc., Permit #91436, D. Brock #1/ Duncan Drilling Co., Permit #91435, L. Dalton #5/ Joe Todd Oil Project, Permit #91477, C Dickerson #3, 2000 ft./ Joe Todd Oil Project, Permit #91478, C. Dickerson #4, 2000 ft./ W. G. Talbott, Permit #91487, M. Mackey #B-6, 2000 ft./ Cherry Oil & Gas Inc., Permit #91501, P. Melton #202 / Steve Burchett Oil Co., Permit #91510, J. Upchurch #7 / Steve Burchett Oil Co., Permit #91511, J. Upchurch #8 / Knox County – NAMI Resources Co., LLC, Permit #91475, J. Patrick #2, 4000 ft./ NAMI Resources Co., LLC, Permit #91474, M. Campbell #1, 4000 ft./ NAMI Resources Co., LLC, Permit #91484, R. Engle #1, 4000 ft./ Daugherty Pet, Inc., Permit #91498, Equitable Production Co., #HE26/ Letcher County – Columbia Natural Resources., Inc., Permit #91471, Pike –Letcher Land #24187, 3000 ft./ Charles Bradley DBA Basin, Permit #91476, J. H. Caudill, 3000 ft./ McCreary County – FOREXCO, Inc., Permit #91428, Neil #1/ FOREXCO Inc., Permit #91450, D. Jones #1 / Whitley County – NAMI Resources Co., LLC, Permit #91485, L. Watson #1, 4000 ft./

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