I am a drilling consultant working in the middle east. When I worked in the Woodford shale in Western Ok. Mainly Canadian, Blaine county we paid .15-.20 per barrell for fracing, for drilling about $120 a day. That was without the oil company doing any work to the pond.
I have worked with a lot of companies in Oklahoma but not all. The best I have worked with is Devon energy by far. The 20-30,000 is true just shows how much water we use. I would talk to neighbors see what they get. Most farmers/ranchers come by wanting to sell water it is easy money. One thing remember these guys have deep pockets depends on the company , but for me building some fence , a little dozer work, gates etc was no problem if it kept the landowner happy.
Dale
Dang, where were you a couple years ago? I posed this question here figuring someone with a pond had been approached by an oil company at some time or other and offered a contract on water usage. It either has never, ever happened or the amount to be expected was of proprietary information! I even called the Cooperation Commission of Oklahoma asking for some kind of guidance, but to no avail. I could get the nuclear missile codes from Washington easier than I can get any information on the going price of water here in central Oklahoma!!!!! All I got was some replies as to why I would sell water from my pond to an oil company. My answer is that I'm trying to keep all of us from paying $5 for gasoline, and even more for diesel!!!!!
