Times-Advocate, 1999-03-10, Page 6Exeter Times -Advocate
In the News
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Exploratory oil and gas wells drilled in local townships
By Kate Monk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
MCGILLIVRAY TWP. -
Is there oil and gas in
McGillivray and Stephen
Townships?
In late February, crews
from Key Energy Drilling
of Corunna were drilling
a test well on the farm of
Vince and Marilyn
Thompson west of Mt.
Carmel but well site su-
pervisor Ernie Natte said
it's too early to say how
well the oil and gas ex-
ploration project is go-
ing.
Natte said Daybreak
Energy Corp. of Calgary
completed seismic test-
ing last summer and
drilling two exploratory
wells in Stephen and
McGillivray ' Townships
are the next stage. The
Stephen well on Mollard
Line near Grand Bend
was completed earlier in
February.
Key Energy works
around the clock, seven
days a week with three
crews of four people.
The rig manager, geol-
ogist and well site super-
visor stay on site but the
crews stay in local mo-
tels or commute from the
Corunna area.
Each exploratory well
takes a week to ten days
to complete.
Natte estimated they
would be at the Thomp-
son farm until the end of
last week where they
drilled to a depth of
about 600 metres.
"It's a pretty shallow
well as far as oil and gas
goes," Natte said.
He explained the ex-
ploratory wells are nec-
essary because the area
doesn't have an es-
tablished oil field.
After this crew leaves,
a smaller rig will be
brought in to put the
well into production if
it's a "producing" well,
he explained. If not, the
well is plugged.
Natte said the project
"generates a fair bit of
income for the local
area."
Local companies pro-
vide the water used for
drilling and build the ac-
cess road. As well, local
restaurants and ac-
commodations benefit
from the crew's patron-
age.
Daybreak leases the
site and access road
from the landowner who
gets a percentage of the
recovery if it's a good
well, Natte said.
Elliot's Land Services
of Grand Bend has been
hired by Daybreak to
talk with the land-
owners.
The Huron County Fed-
eration f Agriculture is
holding' public meeting
tonight at 8 p.m. to help
landowners find out
about the fine lines be-
tween the lines of lease
agreements.
Topics will include in-
definite lease extensions,
abandonment, com-
pensation, drainage, de-
fault, dispute resolution
and facilities' location.
The meeting will be
held at the Goderich
Wednesday, March 10, 1999
Twp. Community Centre
in Holmesville.
Key Energy Drilling crews drill an exploratory well in
McGillivray Twp. last week.
Ausable dredging starts April 1
GRAND BEND - Ef-
forts to dredge the Aus-
able River in Grand Bend
will begin April 1.
On Monday, Grand
Bend council approved a
dredging proposal by
Margaret R. Turnbull to
use the propwash meth-
od of clearing material
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for .10 hours per week
for a period �f 27 weeks
at a rate of $100 per
hour. The contract is
worth $30,000 with ad-
ditional time beyond the
270 hours charged at
$100 per hour.
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contract from the date of
signing.
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other dredging proposal
from G. Heard Construc-
tion Co. which would see
material dredged once
or twice a year using the
suction method and de -
posited on the south
beach.
Council estimated the
Heard bid would cost
considerably more than
the Turnbull proposal.
Last year, $40,000 was
spent on dredging.
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Unusual site on the sky-
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drilling rig dominates the
horizon on ,the farm of
Vince and Marilyn
Thompson west of Mt.
Carmel on Feb. 24.
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