Ky/Tenn Report
Volume 18, Number 2 February 2011
TOGA BOARD MEETING, MARCH 10, ONEIDA - The Tennessee
Oil & Gas Association Board of Directors will meet at
4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 10th at First Trust Bank building,
285 S. Main St, Oneida, which is now owned by TOGA Director
Bill Ray. Scheduled for discussion will be the proposed changes
in the Oil & Gas Regulations, the effort to re-locate
Oil & Gas Regulations back to Geology, proposed fracking
regulations, the selection of TOGA's first scholarship winners
and the annual convention. As always, all members and guests
are invited to attend and participate.
EFFORT TO RETURN REGS TO GEOLOGY UNDERWAY - TOGA has
retained the services of an attorney to manage an effort to
convince state officials to move the regulatory functions
of oil and gas back to Geology from Water Pollution Control.
Shortly after Governor Bredesen was elected, the Commissioner
of Environment and Conservation suddenly moved regulation
of oil and gas to Water Pollution Control, making Tennessee
the only state regulated by any authority other that geology.
Efforts to move the regulation functions back to Geology failed
under Governor Bredesen. TOGA officials believe that the recently-elected
Governor Haslam, a business man, may be more receptive to
TOGA's effort to return to Geology. There will be cost involved
in retaining the services of this attorney Jim Bruner is heading
the fund-raising effort. All donations will be greatly appreciated.
REG CHANGES PUBLIC FORUM, FEB. 22, KNOXVILLE - Changes
to the Regulations that govern the oil and gas industry, drafted
by the staff of Water Pollution Control staff, will be the
subject of a public hearing, at the Water Pollution Control
office in Knoxville, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The
proposed regulation changes are posted on the TOGA website
at www.tennoil.com. While TOGA officers were consulted when
these new regulations were drafted, very few of TOGA's recommendations
were followed by the staff. All members are encouraged to
study the rules and be prepared to comment either in writing
or during the February 22nd meeting.
CONVENTION SPEAKERS NEEDED - The search is underway
for technical sessions speakers for the TOGA convention in
Nashville, May 11-13. If you would like to speak or know someone
who would be a good speaker, contact either TOGA President
Jim Washburn at 931-979-0076 or Bill Goodwin at 615-944-0832
or via e-mail at tmdbill@aol.com.
TOGA ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - This is the first
year TOGA is awarding four $500 educational scholarships to
deserving high school seniors to applications in Anderson,
Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Morgan, Overton, Pickett and
Scott Counties. Scholarship applications were recently mailed
or delivered to guidance counselors in all high schools in
those counties. The scholarships will be based on need, community
involvement and scholastics, with emphasis placed on a student's
desire to overcome hardship. Applications are due in the office
of Vicki Griffith, Chairman, Scholarship Fund, by March 6,
2011. The TOGA directors will decide who is to be awarded
the $500 scholarships by April 15, 2011. Scholarships will
be presented at the TOGA annual convention luncheon, May 12,
2011 in Nashville. More information and the scholarship form
can be found on the TOGA website at www.tennoil.com.
SITE COORDINATOR TRAINING ON FOR MARCH 10TH - Tennessee
Site Coordinator Training will be conducted March 10th in
Knoxville. The session for the required training begins at
8:30 a.m. est. at the Rothschild Catering and Conference Center.
The website for registration is at www.tnespc.org and look
for the TDEC Oil & Gas registration link to the home page.
The cost is $75 per person and includes lunch.
MORE NEW REGS FROM PARK - The National Park Service
has announced it plans to prepare an environmental impact
statement for revisions to nonfederal oil and gas regulations.
Currently, 11 of the 392 units of the National Park System
(including the Big South Fork) have active nonfederal oil
and gas operations within their boundaries. The current regulations
at 36 CFR Part 9, Subpart B have been in effect for 30 years
and have not been updated. The park service seeks to revise
the regulations to update them to reflect current policies,
legal requirements, and practices, as well as improve the
ease of applying the regulations for the NPS and the industry.
The announcement regarding the new environmental impact statement
was announced on December 10, 2010 and the public comment
period closes February 28, 2011.
The oil and gas industry is expected to oppose this effort.
Legal experts do not believe the CRF Park 9, Subpart B regulations
can be enforced in the Big South Fork because those wells
were there when the park came in and refused to acquire the
minerals and leases. Many landowners received unrealistic
low payments for their surface and saw their mineral interest
reduced to nothing when the Park Service refused to allow
operators access to their wells. One operator of a big gas
well submitted a plan to clean the water out of the well.
He waited 10 years for the Park Service to approve his plan
and when they did the new regulations they demanded made the
project no longer economical. This battle is just beginning.
TENNESSEE JANUARY PERMITS: Morgan County - Knox Energy
LLC, Emory River, LLC #H-H1012, 2347'; #HH-1034, 2347'; #HH-1032,
2347', Gobey/ Overton County - Arnco Oil Company, William
Roop #7, 1700', #6, 1656', Dale Hollow Reservoir Sei; TN-K
Energy, Inc., Charles & Lynda Anderson #10, 2000'; Lonnie
Richard Smith #2, 2000'; Riverside Oil & Gas, Bonnie Hancock
#1, 2000'; Overton Oil & Gas, Inc., Lonnie Richard Smith
#16, 2500', Alpine/ Pickett County - Keblo Energy, Shirley
Williams #1, 2000'; Eddie Dean Smith #1, Moodyville/ Scott
County - Miller Petroleum Service, Baker-Senior #1 Mill, 2530',
Robbins/
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY JANUARY PERMITS: Barren County:
Bell, Ricky Wayne Boston, #8, Knox Gp; Onyx Int'l Exploration
LLC Stanley Wilson, #16, Fort Payne Fm/ Bell County: Beckner
Energy Resources LLC Henderson Heirs , #1, Clinton Sh; Ngas
Production Company (NGAS) Begley Properties LLC , #42, #43,
Cleveland Mbr, Ohio Sh/ Clinton County: Conner Jr, E B Raymond
Delk, #9, Granville/ Clinton County, Hornet Oil & Gas
Corporation Jimmy Sawyers, #7, #8, #9; Steve Burchett Oil
Co Kenneth Beaty, #ST-58, #ST-61; Robert Boles, #BURCHLEW
37, #BURCHLEW 17, #BURCHLEW 16; Weldon Haddix, #BURCHLEW 30;
Randell Lee, #ST-60; Donald Neal, #ST-51, John Poore, #BURCHLEW
36; Gaylon Rector, #ST-62; June Upchurch, #BURCHLEW 38, #ST-63;
Shirley Williams, #BURCHLEW 34; Tallent, Edwin Miller Edwin
Heirs Riddle, #1; Natural Gas Corp Of Tennessee, Inc Ndh Corporation
Of Kentucky, Inc , #4, Knox Gp/ Harlan County, Ngas Production
Company (NGAS) North Coast Energy Eastern Inc , #DPI 1743,
#DPI 1752, #DPI 1757, Cleveland Mbr, Ohio Sh/ Knox County,
Amwes Exploration, LLC Albert & Emily Napier Et Al , #3,
Pennsylvanian System; Vinland Energy Operations, Llc Hammons
William Et Al , #ET AL 5, Corniferous; Eqt Production Company
Eqt Production Company , #571282, Weir Sd; , #571283, Cleveland
Mbr, Ohio Sh; #571284, Huron Mbr, Ohio Sh/ Letcher County,
Quality Natural Gas, LLC, Richard Day Et Al, #2169; Sandra
Kincer Et Al, #2227, #2228, Devonian, Lower Part/ Logan County,
Miller, Marvin Marvin Miller, #1, Laurel Dol/ Monroe County,
S W O Drilling R E Gentry, #7, Leipers Ls/ Russell County,
R & S Energy, Inc David Johnson, #28, Granville/ Wayne
County, Carbon Atom Flow, LLC Ed & Joann Piercy, #1, Stones
River/
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