Ky/Tenn Report

Volume 17, Number 12 December 2010

TOGA BOARD TO MEETING IN NASHVILLE, DEC 11- TOGA President Jim Washburn has called for a meeting of the TOGA board of directors to take place Saturday, December 11, before the Christmas party at the Opryland Hotel. The Board of Directors will meet at 3 p.m., Magnolia Part, Cheekwood D room. As always, all members and guests are invited to attend and participate.

WPC INTRODUCES NEW REGS, FRACING REGS POSSIBLE- Changes to the Regulations that govern the oil and gas industry, drafted by the staff of Water Pollution Control, were introduced to the Oil & Gas Board at its November 18th hearing in Nashville. Now there will be a public comment period and at least one public meeting outside of Nashville, where the public can comment on the new proposed regulations. Although no public comments were made during the Oil &Gas Board hearing, a group of environmental activists attended the meeting and talked with the television crew that they had alerted about the meeting. Members of the group told WPC staffers they planned to introduce fracing regulations in the near future.

BIG TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY- Vicki Griffith, Christmas party chairman reports that more than 140 TOGA members and guests have signed up to attend the TOGA Christmas Party at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville on Saturday, December 11th. The event opens with a reception, followed by a buffet dinner, a visit by Santa Clause, gifts and surprises, then dancing to a live band, Bueller, Nashville's Premiere 80s Tribute Band. Tickets will be mailed or emailed to those who have signed up, along with a map.

SITE COORDINATOR TRAINING ON FOR DEC.16TH - Tennessee Site Coordinator Training will be conducted December 16th 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.

EIGHTY COMPLETE DRILLER TRAINING - More than 80 drillers, rig hands, operators and other completed the one day driller's air drilling safety class, conducted by Roger Willis, President, Universal Services, at the Universal shop in Lake City, TN on November 16, 2010. Attending this class meets the state requirements for on-going driller training. Several WPC staffers took the class and reported it "more than met expectations." TOGA is grateful to Roger Willis and the entire Universal team for putting this class together.

MORE SPONSORS NEEDED FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY - We are getting close but we still need a few more sponsors for the TOGA Christmas Party to be held at the Opryland Hotel, December 11th. Sponsorship and registration forms are on the TOGA web site at www.tennoil.com. For more information Contact Vicki Griffith or Kathy Daugherty at Griffith Services, Inc. at 865-457-9300.

BACK TO NASHVILLE FOR 2011 TOGA CONVENTION - The 2011 TOGA Annual Convention will be held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, May 11-13, 2011.

OVERTON COUNTY PROPERTY FOR SALE - The Lee family property, some 466.38 acres off Copeland Cove Road in Overton County is being offered for sale. The heirs have agreed to sell as the potential challenges of owning and maintaining the property is problematic for the present and increasing so for the future. For more information contact: John W. Lee, 4330 Whittaker Rd., Cookeville, TN 389506, voc.expert@frontiernet.net. Call 931-526-8840.

NETWORKS FOCUSING ON FRACKING - CBS started it with a 60 Minutes piece by Lesley Stahl that really wasn't all that bad, thanks to comments by Chesapeake Energy Corp's Aubrey McClendon. Then NBC followed with a very negative piece on hydraulic fracturing on the evening news. However, on the Nightly News internet site, an interview with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, showed Jackson saying, "You can see fracking playing a larger and larger role in obtaining natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing has been used for long, long time. EPA doesn't have any evidence setting here today of chemical contamination of water from fracking chemicals." Of course, those comments weren't used on the NBC Nightly News.

TENNESSEE NOVEMBER PERMTS: Claiborne County: NGAS Production Co., Corrigan TLP, LLC, DPI 207, 3,500', DPI 209, 3,500', DPI 210, 3,600', DPI 211, 1,505',Eagan/ Morgan County: Outdoor Resources, Inc., Ernie Poore #1, 2,000', Hebbertsburg; Virginia Dewberry #2, 2,000', Twin Bridges/ Overton County: TN-K Energy Group Inc., Charles & Lynda Anderson #8, 2,000', #7, 2,000'; Lonnie Richard Smith #1, 2000'; McDonald Oil Company, Roger McDonald #11-A, 1,950'; Overton Oil & Gas, Myrha Bayer Revocable Trust, 2,000'; Riverside Oil & Gas Inc., Howard Nolen #4, 2,000', Alpine/

KENTUCKY NOVEMBER PERMITS: Barren County, Angel Rose Energy, LLC, Emberton, Don/ Bragg, James/ Bagby, Robert Sr, Arh-4, Laurel Dol; Bell, Ricky, Button, Jeanette, 1, Sunnybrook, Lyons, John, 2, 3, Knox Gp/ Bell County, Beckner Energy Resources LLC, Hensley, Denny, 1, Clinton Sh; Vinland Energy Operations, LLC, Smith, Donna Et Al, 7, Corniferous/ Clinton County, Steve Burchett Oil Co, Boles, Robert, St-47, Knox Gp; Steve Burchett Oil Co, Poore, John, Burchlew 09, Burchlew 13, Fort Payne Fm; Maupin, Jean, St-29, Maupin, Jean Et Al, St-50, St-52; Poore, Chris, St-53, Poore, John, Burchlew 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 15, 14; Crudewell Drilling, Inc, Padgett, Allan, 3, K; Fox Auto Sales Of Tennessee, Inc, Sell, James Douglas, 6-A; Smedley, Laura, Lee, Dorothy, 2, Knox Gp; Conner Jr, E B, Delk, Raymond, 8, Granville/ Cumberland County, Majestic Management Corp, Martin, David, 5, Knox Gp/ Knott County, Horizon Natural Gas, LLC, Johnson, Ralph Et Al, Amburgey 1, Devonian, Lower Part/ Letcher County, EQT Production Company, EQT Production Company, 571067, 569386, Cleveland Mbr, Ohio Sh, 571068, 569385, Huron Mbr, Ohio; Quality Natural Gas, LLC, Pitts, Charles Et Al, 2158, Devonian, Lower Part/Russell County, C & R Oil Company, Inc, Smith, Don, 1, Sunnybrook/ Wayne County, Petrotech Resources Corp, Campbell, Donna, 3,4, 5; G & R Oil, Denney, Tom, 1A, Knox Gp/

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