One thing Bob in 3-5 years you get total control back so it is a good deal to me. It might sound to good to be true but maybe in the oil companies eyes it's their best option.
As far as the cold well water
Try Keeping it close to full pool as they are removing water you should be adding
Are you willing to do supplemental feeding and buy feed trained fish that could solve some of the forage problems due to fertility of pond.
As you can see I am from Canada and I am not an expert when it comes to bass but I know alot about cold water
