Ky/Tenn Report

Volume 18, Number 5 May 2011

SPONSORS, AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED FOR TOGA CONVENTION - The 40th annual meeting of the Tennessee Oil & Gas Association, May 11-13 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville may be the best ever yet. But we still need sponsors and auction items. Lobbying costs have depleted the TOGA budget. Sponsors help offset the cost of the convention as does money raised at the auction. If you can help, call Vicki Griffith at 865-457-9300.

COME HAVE FUN IN NASHVILLE - There will plenty to do and plenty of time for fun at the TOGA Convention. The convention opens with a golf outing at the Hermitage Golf Course on Wednesday. That evening there is a gala welcome reception at the hotel. There is a full day of technical sessions Thursday, plus a Spouses Trip and the Keynote luncheon, featuring State Representative Kelly Keisling. That evening there will be dinner, entertainment and an auction in the court yard at the hotel. The convention wraps up Friday with the annual membership meeting. Registration for members is $215 before April 19th and $240 after that. For non-members it is $265 before the 19th and $295 after that. A block of rooms has been reserved at a rate of $139, but you need to make your reservation by April 10. And more sponsors are needed. For more information, registration forms, etc., go to the TOGA website at www.tennoil.com.

PAUL SLOAN REPLACED AT TDEC - Paul Sloan, who has been in charge of environmental regulations for Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, has been replaced by Shari Meghreblian, who has worked as the General Motors environmental manager since 2005. She was named to the position Thursday, April 2st, by TDEC Commissioner Bob Martineau. Sloan is believed to have been responsible for the movement of oil and gas regulations from Geology to Water Pollution Control.

RESOLUTION BETTER THAN A LAW - We won a partial victory in the Tennessee House Conservation and Environment Committee on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, when the committee passed Resolution 98 that read: "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF RESPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDERD SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that this Body hereby encourages representatives of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the Tennessee Oil & Gas Association (TOGA), and the public, represented by the league of Women Voters and the Tennessee Conservation Voters, to meet with the purpose of proposing regulations to provide necessary oversight for the use of hydrological fracturing as a method of modern natural gas extraction in Tennessee. The goal of these regulations, to be presented to the Oil & Gas Board for consideration, shall be to protect Tennessee's groundwater quality and drinking water supplies, to protect the collative rights of the land and mineral owners, and all for the development, protection and management of the resources of natural gas deposits." We retained a top lobbying firm to represent us in the legislature.

HELP NEEDED PAYING FOR OUR LOBBYING EFFORT - Our industry is under attack and won't be the last time. We have to fight back both in the legislature and against unfair regulation. Please send your check today for $50, $100, $250 or more, if you can. Send your check to: TOGA, 750 Old Hickory Blvd, Suite 150-2, Brentwood, TN, 37027. If you have any questions or suggestions, call TOGA President Jim Washburn at 931-979-0076 or TOGA Director Bill Goodwin, who is coordinating the lobbying campaign, at 615-944-0832 or Director Jim Bruner, who is coordinating the fund raising drive, at 865-693,4113.

OIL & GAS BOARD MEETS MAY 4-5 - The Tennessee Oil & Gas Board will meet May 4th and 5th at 9:00 a.m. in the 17th floor conference room of the L&C Tower. On the agenda is a request for a spacing variance by Miller Petroleum and to hear a contested case of RLS, Inc, assessed a $70,000 penalty a wide range of safety and environmental issues.

FENTRESS COUNTY LAND TO LEASE - Gerry & Margaret Mclean have recently moved to Fentress County and are leasing their land which is just off highway 62, near Muddy Pond on Campground Road. If interested in leasing their property, call them at 931-863-2207.

SECOND REG FORUM SAME AS THE FIRST -- Following the first public hearing, held February 22nd in Knoxville, the Water Pollution Control staff held a second public hearing on the proposed changes to the oil and gas regulations, despite the fact that the proposed changes were never mentioned by any of those attending the first hearing. TOGA chose to skip the second public hearing and submit comments in writing. The proposed new regs will be presented to the Oil & Gas Board for action later this year.

TENNESSEE APRIL PERMITS: Fentress County: Keblo Energy, LLC, Douglas Norris #1, 2500'; OIM Energy, LLC, Obrey Howard Buck etal #3, 2,000', Moodyville/ Overton County: TN Oil Co, Inc., Jimmy Young #12, 2500'; Overton Oil & Gas, Donald Pierwola #1, 2,500'; Myrna Bayer Revocable Trust, 2,500'; Hornet Oil & Gas Corp., Ronald Lee Smith #2, 2,500', #1, 2,500', Alpine/ Mountain V Oil & Gas, Inc., Garland Watkins #1 1007, 2,500'; Grady Gray #1, 2,500', Livingston/ Scott County: Miller Petroleum, Inc., Gunsight Holdings V-29, 3008', Huntsville; Knox Energy, LLC, Brimestone Company BH-1, 3,424', Norma/

SOUTHERN KENTUCKY APRIL PERMITS: Barren County, Maximum Energy Development, LLC, Elmore, Noel, #M1, Leipers Ls/ Maximum Energy Development, LLC, Elmore, Noel, #M2, Stones River/ Clinton County, Conner, E B Jr, Delk, Raymond, 7, Granville/ Sevier, Collins, 124, /Crudewell Drilling, Inc, Turner, Wiley, 1; Steve Burchett Oil Co, Poore, Martin, Burchlew 65; Freeman, Orville, Burchlew 46, 62, 61, Knox Gp/ Cumberland County, Hart Oil, Llc, Chowning, Chat, 8; Riverside Oil & Gas, Inc, Willen Heirs C/O Willen, Michael, 4, 5, Knox Gp/ Leslie County, Eqt Production Company, Kycoga Land Company, 569474, 569475, 569476, Huron Mbr, Ohio Sh/
Letcher County, Eqt Production Company, Eqt Production Company, 569991, 569422. 569506, Cleveland Mbr, Ohio Sh; 569423, 569505, Huron Mbr, Ohio Sh; Quality Natural Gas, LLC, Shackelford, Carroll & Ruth, 2235, Devonian, Lower Part/ Monroe County, Cooksey, Marvin E, Cole, J L, 2, Leipers Ls/ Russell County, Petrotech Resources Corp, Coffey, Lola, 1-Lc, Knox Gp/ Todd County, Miller, Johnathon, Ham, Lance, 3a, Warsaw Fm/ Wayne County, Rick-Rod Oil Company, Inc, Denney, Tom, 11r, Knox Gp/

The Ky/Tenn Report is published monthly and distributed at no cost to oil and gas operators in Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. It is owned and operated by W.D. Goodwin, Inc., The editor is Bill Goodwin, e-mail: tmdbill@aol.com it is the official publication of the Tennessee Oil & Gas Association, 750 Old Hickory Blvd, #150-2, Brentwood, TN, 37027. Phone 615.371.6137, Fax 615.599-1806. Web site: www.tennoil.com.

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