The Friendsville Group

Welcome Landowners

This site is provided to help Landowners with Information on Oil and Gas Leases

PLEASE NOTE: THE MEMBERSHIP IS CLOSED AS OF JUNE 30, 2008.

ANY APPLICATIONS POSTMARKED AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE HELD (CHECKS NOT DEPOSITED) IN A POOL FOR OPTIONAL ADDIN AFTER THE INITIAL SIGNING.

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Recent news and Articles:

8/26/2008      Group Update

25Aug08 Friendsville Group Status Update:

 

Progress:

We made good progress in the past two weeks.  We have completed Step #2 and are now moving in to Step #3.

 

The original Master List contained 55 Companies who received Step #1 Letters.  32 of those Companies requested more information on the Group and read more »

8/13/2008      Article regarding Shale Plays and their Value

http://blogs.oilandgasinvestor.com/steve/files/2008/07/shaletoshiningshale.pdf

 

Attached is a recent report comparing the six major Shale Plays in the U.S.  Figures 7 and 8 on pages 10 and 11 show detailed technical and economical comparisons.  The NET is that the Marcellus Shale delivers the highest rate of return to the Energy Companies of any of the six major read more »

8/12/2008      New Map of Shale thickness

This is a new map of the Marcellus Shale known thickness.

Marcellus Shale Map

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8/12/2008      Group Status Update

11Aug08 Friendsville Group Status Update

 

Progress:

As reported in the last Status Update, the Negotiation Team is in Step #2 of a four step plan to get to a Lease Signing.  During Step #1 over two dozen Energy Companies expressed interest in the Group's Land and in continuing through the Negotiation Process.  read more »

7/29/2008      STATUS UPDATE

28Jul08 Friendsville Group Status Update

 

Progress:

The Negotiation Team is executing a four step plan to get to a Lease Signing.  We have completed Step #1 which involved the "Initial Contact and Survey of Interested Companies".  Of the many Energy Companies contacted, about half of them expressed interest in the Group's Land and read more »

7/14/2008      13Jul08 Friendsville Group Status Update

13Jul08 Friendsville Group Status Update

 

Progress:

The Core Team has switched from working on Lease creation over to a focus on the Negotiation Phase.  We established a plan for a multiple step Negotiation and Bidding process that will be used to reach a Deal that we will recommend to the Group.  Initial contact read more »

7/14/2008      Real good look at the environmental impact issues

Loretta and her husband (the author of this article) are part of the Apalachin, NY Gas Group. At our first Group meeting on May 21, a young man had asked if we had looked into the possible environmental effects of gas drilling. At the time we had not. However, read more »

7/9/2008      Updated Google Map of Wells in Area

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109081933932637779023.00044fcc9e428f9d34314&ll=42.267878,-75.786366&spn=1.593484,2.985535&t=h&z=9 read more »

7/9/2008      Excellent info on Marcellus Shale with Pictures

Outcrops of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation
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{Route 54 south of Washingtonville, PA} In this outcrop the Marcellus is not heavily fractured. In viewing this outcrop is it easy to understand why many vertical wells read more »

7/9/2008      Previous Article Graphic shows Friendsville Group in Core of Marcellus

The Spring 2008 publication of the "Pennsylvania Geology Vol. 38, No.1" confirms that Susquehanna, Bradford, Wayne, and Broome (by extrapolation) Counties are in the Heart of the Marcellus Shale Core Area.  Look for the full article posted on this website and see below a quote and a graph of the read more »

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