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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-04-11, Page 180 ati Pace 1& --TVA Wiugsam Advanee Times, April 11, 1979 b_-. I.., • Shell appli*es for oi*lrights todeposits under county land By Jeff Seddon specify the county -owned lands well will not be drilled, he Council was approached much oil the firm hopes to find northern Michigan is not com- there is oil here in any quantity A representative of Shell for which the firm wants mineral declared He sa.d the company earlier on the question of mineral He said he leased mineral parable to that of Oklahoma the oil companies will be back Canada Ltd. hinted to county rights. He did say the land is near plans to start test drilling within rights, but turned down the rights on his own land for $100 a wells, he added, and Huron and he suggested the develop- COMIMil Mardi 29 that there the lake and that the test well, if the next few months and request on the advice of its year adding he would not be County "does not have a mini- meat committee investigate the misfit be oil deposits under some it were drilled, would be drilled suggested council not delay its solicitor The advice indicated interested in granting a lease for Alberta''. question of mineral rights to county -owned lands. But council adjacent to county lands and not decision on the matter council should not confuse or a quarter acre for 25 cents but Mr. Morley recommended county lands and report back. was told that unless Shell is given on them. Oil exploration started in confine rights on public lands. might be interested in a lease council should look at the Shell Warden Jack Tinney agreed mineral rights to those lands test He told council that before an Fgan thwestern Ontario four years Coupled with that is the refusal worth S'25,ow a year. proposal since it "has nothing to with Flannery, pointing out that wells to find the oil may never be oil company drills test wells it when se%eral companies of the province to grant any in- Mr Johnson responded he lose". He said it appears if any oil oil companies are quite ac - drilled. must have a "handle" on mineral leasing mineral rights to dividual or firm exclusive rights wasn t in a position to be that is under county lands council ce*ible when they want a lease". David Johnson o Shell tCat da mineral Fre lits i on Shell leased been once tf the rights had to public lands. Some cou ntv explicit, but could say it would would have to give Shell the Resources g years of lands, most of which are net the county more than $1,000 a mineral rights before that oil tensive exploration for oil and thousands of acres in the county seismic testing began The bulk reforetstation projects, are owned year. though he didn't know if it could be pumped out. Council >� gas has indicated if there were oil before it began ieismic tests for of the testing took place along in cooperation with the province would be as much as $30,000. He should not be overly concerned in southwestern Ontario it would oil reserves, adding that the roads in the county, but some was and the province forbids granting added that if oil were discovered about the environment, he added. �r be in Huron County. He said company would not drill a well done on prisate land exclusive mineral rights, the county would receive a since a test well.is "not going to exploration programs started in unless it had sole rights to any oil The seismic testing enabled Usborne Reeve Bill Morley told royaltN of 1'2.5 per cent of the damage anything". But he did Fitness is a national issue. 1976 have narrowed down or gas discovered. researchers.tu map subterranean Mr. Johnson he should be more price of each barrel of oil. recommend the county should We call it Body Pulitirs. potential drilling sites and Huron He explained to council that the levels, giving them a better idea specific if he wants a favorable He said the land in Huron lease all its land or none of it, has the most potential. county land is the only section to where oil deposits could be, Mr decision from council. He said it County is on the fringe of the since it's better to get a cheque �] Mr. Johnson explained that which Shell does not ha% a Johnson explained All seismic might help council make a Michigan Basin, an underground for $30,000 than for $1,000. Shell is in a race with Amoco in mineral rights in the area testing can do is tell where oil or decision if it knew the potential formation that has enjoyed some Seaforth Reeve John Flannery the search for oil, and because of proposed for the test well. If the gas could be, once that is for oil discovery, how much land e'er} productive oil wells. The suggested council hold out for the that competition he would not rights are not granted the test determined a test well is sunk Shell wants to lease and how productivity of the wells in best deal possible. He said if � PIr7Y�A[1PIiiICAla/W -.® PLANT AN AD. and watch it PAY OFF! 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