Norse Energy's Shale Gas Applications: Proposed Unit Maps Uploaded

[Original post April 2, 2012, or so, but since updated as more applications and unit maps have come in.]

Here's a list of off-site links to the as-initially-drafted unit maps, in PDF form, for Norse Energy's shale gas drilling permit requests.  Since the SGEIS was put out in draft form more than a year ago, July 2011, there have so far trickled out 29 of these (counting two verticals).

1) Norse-Housing 1H, Town of Smyrna, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
2) Nowalk, R. 3H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
3) Martin, C, 1H, Town of McDonough (top hole), Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
4) Branagan, A. 1H, Town of Lebanon, Madison County (Utica shale) — unit map.
5) Sage, J. 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
6) Mowatt, J. 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
7) Fernandez II 1H, Town of Coventry, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
8) Emerson, D. 1H, Town of Sanford, Broome County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
9) Fritzsch, C. 1H, Town of Sanford, Broome County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
10) Hansen, B. 1H, Town of Afton, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
11) Finelli, J. 1, Town of Coventry, Chenango County (vertical to Utica shale) — unit map.
12) Simpson, R. 1H, Town of McDonough, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
13) Woodford, D. 1H, Town of Sanford, Broome County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
14) WF, D. 1H, Town of Sanford, Broome County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
15) Helm, R. 1H, Town of Sanford, Broome County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
16) Lightning Rod Hollow 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Marcellus shale) — unit map.
17) Hardiman, M. 1H, Town of German, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
18) Lopresti, W. 1H, Town of German, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
19) Handley, G. 1H, Town of German, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
20) Wolford, C. 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
21) Miller, E. 1H, Town of Georgetown, Madison County (Utica shale) — unit map.
22) Lyon, G. 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
23) Smith, D. 1H, Town of Afton, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
24) Petkash, T., Town of Coventry, Chenango County (vertical to Utica shale) — unit map.
25) Rusweiler, B. 1H, Town of Bainbridge, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
26) Faber, P. 1H, Town of McDonough, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
27) Baciuska, V. 1H, Town of Afton, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
28) Crumb, E. 1H, Town of Smithville, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.
29) Brown, K. 1H, Town of German, Chenango County (Utica shale) — unit map.

For the first round, I had also requested "ownership tabulations," which would specify the current oil and gas ownership within each these units, both those signed to the operator, and those unsigned — and therefore in line, at some point, for the formalized process of "compulsory integration," also known as "forced pooling."

But it turns out it's too early in the sequence of events for these records to be filed.  Here's the word on this from Tom E. Noll, Permits Section Chief within the DEC's Division of Mineral Resouces:

"Please note that an ownership tabulation is submitted to the Department as part of the compulsory integration process.  Compulsory integration is not scheduled and will not commence until the spacing unit is established at the time of permit issuance.  Prior to a scheduled integration hearing the well operator is required pursuant to ECL 23-0901 to provide the Department with an ownership tabulation which identifies those parcels wholly or partially within the spacing unit by tax parcel ID number, owner's name and in case of uncontrolled parcels, the owner's mailing address.  Until a spacing unit requiring integration has been scheduled for hearing the operator is not required to submit information on property ownership.  Consequently, we do not currently maintain the ownership tabulations responsive to your request."

Of course, all this could be pieced together at the County Real Property Tax Office, and the County Clerk's Office — should anyone be feeling particularly motivated.  And, naturally, the folks owning land inside each of these draft boxes will certainly know who they are.