Alabama Corrections Officials Sign Oil Deal

Alabama Prisons Alabama Department of Corrections hopes drilling for oil on prison property can ease some of its financial woes.
by Associated Press
Published: Wed, September 16, 2009 - 9:08 am CST Last Updated: Wed, September 16, 2009 - 9:10 am CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Department of Corrections hopes
drilling for oil on prison property can ease some of its financial
woes.
Prison Commissioner Richard Allen announced Tuesday that the
department has signed a five-year contract with Foote Oil & Gas
Properties of Gulf Shores to explore for oil near the G.K. Fountain
Correctional Center in South Alabama.
The cash-strapped department has already received $400,000, plus
a guarantee of 25 percent royalties and a $300 bonus per acre on
any oil or natural gas the company should eventually extract.
Andy Farquhar, director of Alabama Correctional Industries, says
seismographic surveys show some hot spots that could yield oil.
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katie Says:
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:29 pm

The State is not using the land in Atmore, in a very productive way. The State has enough land around the prisons, to plant and sale enough to be profitable to the State. They also have the man power to do this.

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