Ky/Tenn Report

Volume 15, Number 4 APRIL 2008

BIG THINGS IN STORE FOR TOGA CONVENTION-The 2008 TOGA convention will be held May 14th- 16th at the Marriott Hotel in Knoxville. The convention opens with a golf outing, Oak Ridge Country Club, Wednesday, May 14th. That evening there is a Welcome Reception at the hotel. Thursday is tech session, exhibits and panel discussions. There is a Spouses tour of the Crescent Bend Home with lunch at the Orangey. Representative Joe Armstrong will be the keynote speaker at the Thursday luncheon. Thursday evening there is a dinner cruise aboard the Stars of Knoxville featuring our auction. The convention wraps up on Friday with business meeting and election of officers. Registration is $215 for members and $240 if registered after April 21st. Non-members will pay $265 before April 21st and $295 after that date. The golf outing is $60 and the Spouse's tour is $40. Call the TOGA office at 615-271-6137 and ask for Teresa and she will email, fax or mail you a registration and/or exhibitor form.

WELL CONTROL SCHOOL SCHEDULED - Roger Willis, Universal Well Services, will conduct a one-day special well control school on Tuesday, May 13th at the Marriott Knoxville, sponsored by TOGA. A registration form is included with this newsletter.

MORE SPONSORS NEEDED FOR CONVENTION - Platinum sponsors are $1,000, gold for $500, $250 for silver and Bronze is for a sponsorship of $250 or less. We also need items for the auction that will be held following dinner on the river cruise.

EXIBITION SPACE AVAILABLE FOR CONVENTON - The TOGA convention is a perfect time to exhibit your products to Tennessee operators. A single booth is $450 and includes an 8 foot by 10 foot space, electricity, covered table and chairs and one free admission to the convention. There is also a special Exhibitors reception on Thursday after noon. You will be able to get free drink ticket from exhibitors.

APRIL 22ND ROOM DEADLINE - Don't wait until the last minute to reserve your room at the Marriott-Knoxville for the TOGA convention, May 14th16, 2008. Call the hotel at 865-637-1234 before the April 22 to get the TOGA rate of $199.95. The rack rate is $159.99 and if you want to pay that amount, there is no hurry.

BLOWOUT COSTS OPERATOR $50,000 - The Anderson County, Tennessee, well that blew out March 19th has cost the operator, Walden Resources a $50,000 fine by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Wild Well Control killed the well, put out the fire and had the well shut in by Saturday, March 22nd. The 3,900 foot deep well has a shut-in pressure of about 1050 lbs.

STATE, TOGA MEET TO STUDY REGS - More than 30 Tennessee operators and drilling contractors met Thursday, March 27th in Knoxville with Paul Schmierbach, Division of Water Pollution Control, and members of his staff, to review the circumstances that led up to the blow out of the Anderson County well and to make plans for new regs and operating proceeds to guard against future blow outs. "We don't need any more blowouts like this in Tennessee and we need to do whatever it takes to get prepared so it doesn't happen again," said Lynn Wagoner, Signature Oil Corp, TOGA president, following the meeting. Schmierbach asked TOGA to develop operating procedures to guard against future blowouts and report back to the state. Scott Gilbert, Vinland Resources and incoming TOGA president, was named to head the committee to draft the new operating procedures that will deal with preventing a blow out and dealing with it if it does ever occur.

TOGA BOARD MEMBER, WILLARD GLOVER PASSES AWAY - Well-know petroleum engineer and long-time TOGA board of director, Willard Glover, 86, passed away in Crossville on March 27, 2008. Willard is survived by his wife Selma Lucille Glover, three children, two grandchildren and two sisters.

BOBBY McGRAW DIES - Bobby McGraw, 64, Crossville, long time Tennessee oil and gas operator died March 8th in Crossville.

GEO-DIMENSION MAPPING LLC - GeoDimension Mapping provides GIS Mapping solutions and GPS field data collection services in KY & TN. Location-based maps, thematic, utility, land/lease, and spatial analysis (Isopach) maps and more. GPS data collect and map pipelines, tank batteries or other facilities. Call to request more info. (606) 280-1065, Email mhuff@geodimmapping.com www.GeoDimMapping.com.

LEASE OPPORTUNITIES - 110 acres in Henderson County. An oilman was working on the prospect when he was in a serious auto accident. Contact: Dave Hays, 1665 Harrington Rd, Scotts Hill, TN, 38374, 731-967-1616. Adams Property 42 miles from Nashville, 11 miles from Guthrie. Contact: John Goodman, 4500 Goodman Rd., Adams, TN, 37010. Cannon County. I own 1300 acres and have 500 under lease. I personally have had satellite interpretation, radiometics, geochem, well logs, geological study and seismic study. Looking for interested parties to participate. Ken McCall, 386-428-3561. Morgan County, 50 acres near Rockwood airport, call Dave Wyrick, 423-369-3658. Bethpage, 19 miles south of Scottsville, KY.

LOOKING FOR OILFIELD WORK 39 years experience in all phases of the oil & gas business from production foreman to production manager. Wants to bet back to Tennessee. E-mail Marvin Barrows, Hobbs, NM at mburrows@aol.com. Joseph Hale is working for Weatheford in Wyoming. Wants to get back to Tennessee. Email him at t_mhale@roadrunner.com or mail at 229 Vista Ridge Cir, Evanston, WY 82930. Brad Parker, Chattanooga, looking for a job in the oil business. Call 423-618-4938.

ANNUAL WELL REPORTS DUE APRIL 15 - According to Oil & Gas Supervisor, Mike Burton, all companies are required to submit their annual well reports for 2007 by April 15, 2008.

OIL & GAS BOARD TO MEET JUNE 10TH-The next meeting of the Oil & Gas Board is scheduled for June 10, 2008, when the board will deal with two contested cases, originally scheduled for the March 4th meeting but deferred.

TENNESSEE MARCH PERMITS: Hawkins County - Appalachian Energy, LLC, Clifford Peach, #1, 2000', Camelot / Morgan County - Montello Resources, Montello, #2, 4890',Twin Bridges / Overton County - TN Oil Co., Inc., Jimmy Young, #9, 2000', Alpine, Overton Oil & Gas, Richard Winston, #1, 2000', Livingston / Pickett County - Koger Energy Partners, Jean Bowling, #2, 2000', #3, 985', American Oil & Gas Co., KC Farms, Inc, #BR-5, 2000', Moodyville, National Energy Dev., Wilburn Wright Trust, unit # 67_, 1000', Alpine, Tennessee Energy Dev., Marcia Johnson, #1, 2000', Livingston, / Scott County - Orea Energy Group, LLC, Baker - Senior #6, 2250', Baker - Senior #5, 2250', Robbins, Atlas America, Inc., Fund 7 Domestic, S Brimstone BR __, 2935', Norma, Knox Energy, LLC, Brimstone Co., BR-1001, 6,285', Fork Mountain, Atlas America, Lyme Brimstone Forrest Co., BR-1161, Gobey, Atlas America, Fund 7 Domestic Surf, #BR-1156, 2930', Fork Mountain, BR-115_, 2910', Norma.

KENTUCKY MARCH PERMITS: Barren County - Mieka, LLC, Marshall & Nelda Buena Kinslow, #10, Corniferous / Bell County - Mammoth Resource, LLC, Larry Browning ET AL, #LB-8, Vinland Energy Operations, LLC, Medina Royalties, LLC, #SMEPA 143, SMEPA 160, Corniferous / Clinton County - Koger Energy Partners, LLC, Rick & Mike Gibson, #1, Foothills Oil & Gas, Inc., Southeast Associates, #FOUST 1, Victory Well Services, LLC, Johnny Cash, #1, Lucky Production Oil Expl, LLC, Greg Beard ET AL, #KL-3, Conner Jr. E B, Collins Sevier, #111, Knox Gp / Cumberland County - STL Energy, Harvey Dale Scott, #J GARMON 8, #J GARMON 9, Mark Thomas ET AL, #J GARMON 7, Knox Gp, Sunset Energy, LLC, Richard & Margie Stockton, #23, Hart Oil, LLC, Chat Chowning, #5, Ortega, Jose, Ortega, Jose, #1, #2, Sunset Energy, LLC, Daryl Davis, #1, Koger Energy Partners, LLC, Eston Hume, #2R, STL Energy, Kent Sawyers, #1, #4, Joe Rich, Carter, Delmas & Carter, Terry, C1, I A T, Inc., Kenneth Thrasher, #2, Daniel C Terry, Berge, G W, #3, Knox Gp / Harlan County - Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, Penn Virginia Operation Co., LLC, #826351, #826731, Daugherty Pet, Inc., Black Mountain Energy Corp., #DPI-1664, #DPI-1663, #DPI-1666, Devonian LP / Knox County - Vinland Energy Operations, LLC, Joan Detherage Bruner, ET AL, #10, Clinton Sh / Letcher County - Equitable Production Co., Equitable Production Co., #566403, #566405, #568014, # 568016, Cleveland Mbr, Ohio Sh, Clean Gas, Inc, Rover Land, LLC, #302, Deborah Roark ET AL, #249, 243, 242, Devonian, LP, Equitable Production Co., Equitable Production Co., #567730, #566976, Huron Mbr, Ohio Sh, Clean Gas, Inc., Seldon Stacy ET AL, #311, Jack D & Stella Depue, #284,285,305,306,307, Quality Natural Gas, LLC, Robert G Caudill ER AL, 1827, Devonian, LP / Leslie County - Daugherty Pet, Inc., WPP, LLC, #DPI-1227, #DPI-1232, Corniferous, Daugherty Pet, Inc, WPP, LLC, #DPI-1231, Devonian, LP / Whitley County - Energy Associates, Inc., Princeton ET AL, #EA62, #EA66, #EA67, Clinton Sh.

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