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We are involved in many aspects of the oil and gas industry. We not only create and manage investment partnerships of potential oil wells, but we also evaluate and lease properties and oversee each aspect of drilling and completion operations. We also manage and produce the oil wells. We believe eliminating the “middlemen” creates a better opportunity for our partners.
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WHO IS HORNET CORP?
Hornet Corporation is a hands-on family operation headquartered in Hendersonville, TN.
BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN OIL & GAS
Now is the time to invest in Oil and Gas. If you are a savvy Accredited Investor, looking to expand your portfolio reach out to us today.
Potential for residual income from producing oil wells.
Aggressive tax benefits
Three simple steps to get you started
HOW IT WORKS
Investor purchases ownership in a partnership that will drill multiple oil wells.
Investor receives a percentage of the revenues from producing wells in the partnership directly correlating to the amount of their ownership.
Investor can deduct approximately 85% of the Investment from their Ordinary Income or Capital Gains in the Year the Investment was made. The remaining 15% is deducted over 5 years.
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WHY CHOOSE HORNET CORP?
Hornet is a company built on a rock solid foundation
- Hornet is a company built on a rock-solid foundation
- The Hornet Companies have been in business for 19 years
- Our owner has been in the oil and gas business for over 30 years
- Our team has over 100 years of combined experience
- Our main area of operation is the Appalachian Basin, one of the oldest basins in the U.S.
- Our wells are relatively shallow which means:
- Relatively economical to drill
- Quick turnaround from funding to drilling to potential completion, especially with our business model of being involved in multiple aspects of the oil industry
- Most of our investment programs involve drilling multiple wells, meaning our investors have ownership in more than one well.
- Each well is drilled through multiple pay zones under the ground. Typically we drill through six (6) main zones as follows:
- Fort Payne
- Sunnybrook
- Stones River
- Murfreesboro
- Wells Creek
- Knox
*The information above is for example only. Actual results may differ. Oil and Gas Exploration is a speculative endeavor.
Hornet Corp is one of the few honest and easy to deal with oil companies out there... and I have gotten a check every month for the last several years. They have always been fantastic. What I want is honesty along with the skill, and that is what I have with Ron and the folks at Hornet.
- Chuck Hunter
Great experience working with Ron and the Hornet Crew. This is my first venture into energy and I can say these guys are honest and great to work with. I highly recommend touring the wells, it is very informative.
- Wayne Cody
I invested over ten years ago due to the company's reputation as giving it to people straight without a bunch of bluff and bluster. I spread my investment out over a couple of projects, one of which hit. I have been cashing dividend checks ever since.
- Anthony Mirabito
There has never been a better time to invest in oil and gas
* Investing Opportunities Available Only to Accredited Investors (Net Worth in Excess of $1 Million USD or an Annual Income of $200 K plus) * By requesting information I give the company permission to contact me even if my telephone number is listed on the Federal or any State Do Not Call Lists. For US residents only.
To invest with Hornet Corp, you must be an accredited investor, meeting the criteria for financial sophistication and suitability for our exclusive opportunities. Our commitment to your success drives us to ensure that our investors are well-prepared to leverage the potential of the oil sector. Contact us today to learn more about the accreditation process and take the first step towards becoming a part of our esteemed investor community
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The oil and gas sector is inherently unpredictable, with factors beneath the earth's surface often beyond our control. However, our approach to managing everything above ground remains within our grasp – from cultivating strong partnerships and landowner ties to executing drilling, completion, and operational activities with utmost efficiency.
Diversification is key; we structure multiple well programs and we advocate for partners to spread their investments across multiple drilling programs, thereby mitigating risk and enhancing potential returns. We target regions historically known for significant oil discoveries, aiming to find similar results, thereby potentially creating considerable revenue for our investors. Our programs are designed to penetrate multiple geological formations and pay zones in each well, improving the chances of oil discovery and further optimizing the opportunity for success.
HOW WE EMBRACE RISK FOR POTENTIAL REWARD
Embracing Risk
Investing in oil and gas involves risk, there are no guarantees of any returns. This type of investment is for Accredited Investors Only
ACQUISITIONS
Hornet is a company built on a rock solid foundation
Hornet Corporation & Affilates has diligently engaged in negotiations with numerous landowners across the Appalachian Basin. Our persistent efforts have secured thousands of acres of mineral rights under the lease, facilitating the ongoing development of oil and gas. Additionally, by capitalizing on emerging opportunities, we have demonstrated assertiveness in acquiring pivotal oil and gas assets from various organizations over the years.
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Abandon (1) The proper plugging and abandoning of a well in compliance with all applicable regulations, and the cleaning up of the wellsite to the satisfaction of any governmental body having jurisdiction with respect thereto and to the reasonable satisfaction of the operator.(2) To cease efforts to find or produce from a well or field.(3) To plug a well completion and salvage material and equipment.
Abatement (1) The act or process of reducing the intensity of pollution.(2) The use of some method of abating pollution.
Accredited Investor An individual or entity that meets SEC-defined income, net worth, or professional-credential thresholds, making them eligible to invest in private securities offerings not registered with the SEC.
American Petroleum Institute (API) The American Petroleum Institute is the primary trade association representing the oil and natural gas industry in the United States.
Annulus The space between: (1) The casing and the wall of the borehole.(2) Two strings of casing.(3) Tubing and casing.
API American Petroleum Institute
Api County Code An indicator developed by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to identify areas such as counties and other subdivision areas identified within state boundaries. Defined by API Bulletin D12A, as amended. This code becomes a part of the API Well Number.
Api State Code The indicator assigned to a state, as defined in API Bulletin D12A, as amended. This code is a part of the API Well Number (The Api State Code for Colorado is 05).
Api Well Number A well identifier assigned as defined in API (American Petroleum Institute) Bulletin D12A, as amended. The API Well Numbers are assigned by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency.
Appraisal Well A well drilled as part of an appraisal drilling program which is carried out to determine the physical extent, reserves and likely production rate of a field.
Associated Gas A well drilled as part of an appraisal drilling program which is carried out to determine the physical extent, reserves and likely production rate of a field.
Barrel A unit of volume measurement used for petroleum and its products (7.3 barrels = 1 ton: 6.29 barrels = 1 cubic meter).
bbl One barrel of oil; 1 barrel = 35 Imperial gallons (approx.), or 159 liters (approx.); 7.5 barrels = 1 ton (approx.); 6.29 barrels = 1 cubic meter.
bcf Billion cubic feet; 1 bcf = 0.83 million tons of oil equivalent.
bcm Billion cubic meters (1 cubic meter = 35.31 cubic feet).
Block An acreage sub-division measuring approximately 10 x 20 kms, forming part of a quadrant. e.g. Block 9/13 is the 13th block in Quadrant 9.
blow-down Condensate and gas is produced simultaneously from the outset of production.
Blow-out When well pressure exceeds the ability of the wellhead valves to control it. Oil and gas "blow wild" at the surface.
Blow-out preventers (BOPs) Are high pressure wellhead valves, designed to shut off the uncontrolled flow of hydrocarbons.
BOP See blow-out preventers
Borehole The hole as drilled by the drill bit.
Bradenhead A casinghead.
Bradenhead Test
Casing Pipe cemented in the well to seal off formation fluids or keep the hole from caving in.
Casing string The steel tubing that lines a well after it has been drilled. It is formed from sections of steel tube screwed together.
Central estimate A range of exploration drilling scenarios from which the following activity levels, based on recent historical experience, are adopted as the central estimates.
Christmas tree The assembly of fittings and valves on the top of the casing which control the production rate of oil.
COGCC Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
COGIS Colorado Oil and Gas Information Systems
Commercial field An oil and/or gas field judged to be capable of producing enough net income to make it worth developing.
Completion The installation of permanent wellhead equipment for the production of oil and gas.
Condensate Hydrocarbons which are in the gaseous state under reservoir conditions and which become liquid when temperature or pressure is reduced. A mixture of pentanes and higher hydrocarbons.
Coring Taking rock samples from a well by means of a special tool -- a "core barrel".
Crane barge A large barge, capable of lifting heavy equipment onto offshore platforms. Also known as a "derrick barge".
Crude Oil Liquid petroleum as it comes out of the ground as distinguished from refined oils manufactured out of it.
Cubic foot A standard unit used to measure quantity of gas (at atmospheric pressure); 1 cubic foot = 0.0283 cubic meters.
Cuttings Rock chips cut from the formation by the drill bit, and brought to the surface with the mud. Used by geologists to obtain formation data.
Deepen To increase the distance below a specified reference datum.
Derrick The tower-like structure that houses most of the drilling controls.
Development phase The phase in which a proven oil or gas field is brought into production by drilling production (development) wells.
Drill (1)To bore a hole, Also see Drilling(2)An implement with cutting edges used to bore holes.
Drilling The using of a rig and crew for the drilling, suspension, completion, production testing, capping, plugging and abandoning, deepening, plugging back, sidetracking, redrilling or reconditioning of a well (except routine cleanout and pump or rod pulling operations) or the converting of a well to a source, injection, observation, or producing well, and including stratigraphic tests. Also includes any related environmental studies. Associated costs include completion costs but do not include equipping costs.
Drilling rig A drilling unit that is not permanently fixed to the seabed, e.g. a drillship, a semi-submersible or a jack-up unit. Also means the derrick and its associated machinery.
Dry Gas Natural gas composed mainly of methane with only minor amounts of ethane, propane and butane and little or no heavier hydrocarbons in the gasoline range.
Dry hole A well which has proved to be non-productive.
E&A Abbreviation for exploration and appraisal.
E&P Abbreviation for exploration and production.
Enhanced oil recovery A process whereby oil is recovered other than by the natural pressure in a reservoir.
Exploration drilling Drilling carried out to determine whether hydrocarbons are present in a particular area or structure.
Exploration phase The phase of operations which covers the search for oil or gas by carrying out detailed geological and geophysical surveys followed up where appropriate by exploratory drilling.
Exploration well A well drilled in an unproven area. Also known as a "wildcat well".
Farm in When a company acquires an interest in a block by taking over all or part of the financial commitment for drilling an exploration well.
Field A geographical area under which an oil or gas reservoir lies.
Fishing Retrieving objects from the borehole, such as a broken drillstring, or tools.
Formation pressure The pressure at the bottom of a well when it is shut in at the wellhead.
Formation water Salt water underlying gas and oil in the formation.
Fracturing A method of breaking down a formation by pumping fluid at very high pressures. The objective is to increase production rates from a reservoir.
G Gas.
G/C Gas Condensate.
Gas field A field containing natural gas but no oil.
Gas injection The process whereby separated associated gas is pumped back into a reservoir for conservation purposes or to maintain the reservoir pressure.
Gas/oil ratio The volume of gas at atmospheric pressure produced per unit of oil produced.
Geographic Information Systems(GIS) A computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information.
GIS See: Geographic Information Systems
Hydrocarbon A compound containing only the elements hydrogen and carbon. May exist as a solid, a liquid or a gas. The term is mainly used in a catch-all sense for oil, gas and condensate.
Idle Producing
Injection well A well used for pumping water or gas into the reservoir.
Jacket The lower section, or "legs", of an offshore platform.
Kick A well is said to "kick" if the formation pressure exceeds the pressure exerted by the mud column.
Lay barge A barge that is specially equipped to lay submarine pipelines.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Oilfield or naturally occurring gas, chiefly methane, liquefied for transportation.
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Light hydrocarbon material, gaseous at atmospheric temperature and pressure, held in the liquid state by pressure to facilitate storage, transport and handling. Commercial liquefied gas consists essentially of either propane or butane, or mixtures thereof.
mboe Million Barrels Oil Equivalent.
Mechanical Integrity Test The act of setting a packer or retrievable bridge plug above the perforations in a wellbore and applying pressure to the annulus in order to ensure soundness of the casing.
Metric ton Equivalent to 1000 kilos, 2204.61 lbs.; 7.5 barrels.
MIT Mechanical Integrity Test
mmcfd Millions of cubic feet per day (of gas).
Moonpool An aperture in the center of a drillship or semi-submersible drilling rig, through which drilling and diving operations can be conducted.
MOU/MOA MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING/AGREEMENT
Mud A mixture of base substance and additives used to lubricate the drill bit and to counteract the natural pressure of the formation.
Natural gas Gas, occurring naturally, and often found in association with crude petroleum.
Natural Gas Policy Act Of 1978 Enacted on November 9, 1978 and became effective December 1, 1978. The Act has been amended, and it replaced or amended the Natural Gas Act. Refer to 15USC 3301-3432.
NGLs Natural gas liquids. Liquid hydrocarbons found in association with natural gas.
Ngpa SEE: Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.
O Oil.
O&G Oil and Gas.
Oil A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons of different molecular weights.
Oil field A geographic area under which an oil reservoir lies.
Oil in place An estimated measure of the total amount of oil contained in a reservoir, and, as such, a higher figure than the estimated recoverable reserves of oil.
Operator The company that has legal authority to drill wells and undertake the production of hydrocarbons that are found. The Operator is often part of a consortium and acts on behalf of this consortium.
Payzone Rock in which oil and gas are found in exploitable quantities.
Permeability The property of a formation which quantifies the flow of a fluid through the pore spaces and into the wellbore.
Petroleum A generic name for hydrocarbons, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas and their products.
Platform An offshore structure that is permanently fixed to the seabed.
Porosity The percentage of void in a porous rock compared to the solid formation.
Possible reserves Those reserves which at present cannot be regarded as ‘probable’ but are estimated to have a significant but less than 50% chance of being technically and economically producible.
Primary recovery Recovery of oil or gas from a reservoir purely by using the natural pressure in the reservoir to force the oil or gas out.
Probable reserves Those reserves which are not yet proven but which are estimated to have a better than 50% chance of being technically and economically producible.
Proven field An oil and/or gas field whose physical extent and estimated reserves have been determined.
Proven reserves Those reserves which on the available evidence are virtually certain to be technically and economically producible (i.e. having a better than 90% chance of being produced).
Recomplete An operation involving any of the following: (1) Deepening from one zone to another zone.(2) Completing well in an additional zone.(3) Plugging back from one zone to another zone.(4) Sidetracking to purposely change the location of the bottom of the well, but not including sidetracking for the sole purpose of bypassing obstructions in the borehole.(5) Conversion of a service well to an oil or gas well in a different zone.(6) Conversion of an oil or gas well to a service well in a different zone.
Recoverable reserves That proportion of the oil and/gas in a reservoir that can be removed using currently available techniques.
Recovery factor That proportion of the oil and/gas in a reservoir that can be removed using currently available techniques.
Reenter To enter a previously abandoned well.
Reservoir The underground formation where oil and gas has accumulated. It consists of a porous rock to hold the oil or gas, and a cap rock that prevents its escape.
Riser (drilling) A pipe between a seabed BOP and a floating drilling rig.
Riser (production) The section of pipework that joins a seabed wellhead to the Christmas tree.
Roughneck Drill crew members who work on the derrick floor, screwing together the sections of drillpipe when running or pulling a drillstring.
Roustabout Drill crew members who handle the loading and unloading of equipment and assist in general operations around the rig.
Royalty payment The cash or kind paid to the owner of mineral rights.
Secondary recovery Recovery of oil or gas from a reservoir by artificially maintaining or enhancing the reservoir pressure by injecting gas, water or other substances into the reservoir rock.
Shut In Well A well which is capable of producing but is not presently producing. Reasons for a well being shut in may be lack of equipment, market or other.
Shutdown A production hiatus during which the platform ceases to produce while essential maintenance work is undertaken.
SI/TA Shut In /Temporarily Abandoned
Sidetrack A wellbore segment extending from a wellbore intersection along a wellbore path to a different wellbore bottomhole from any previously existing wellbore bottomholes.
idetracking The well activity of drilling a new wellbore segment from a wellbore intersection to a new wellbore bottomhole or target.
Spud-in The operation of drilling the first part of a new well.
Surface Location The location of a well or facility/measurement point.
Surface Reclamation A restoration of the surface as for productivity or usefulness.
Suspended well A well that has been capped off temporarily.
tcf Trillion Cubic Feet (of gas).
Temporarily Abandoned The act of isolating the completed interval or intervals within a wellbore from the surface by means of a
cement retainer, cast iron bridge plug, cement plug, tubing and packer with tubing plug, or any combination thereof.
Toolpusher Second-in-command of a drilling crew under the drilling superintendent. Responsible for the day-to-day running of the rig and for ensuring that all the necessary equipment is available.
Topsides The superstructure of a platform.
UIC Underground Injection Control
Underground Injection Control A program required in each state by a provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for the regulation of Injection Wells, including a permit system. An applicant must demonstrate that the well has no reasonable chance of adversely affecting the quality of an underground source of drinking water before a permit is issued.
Well log A record of geological formation penetrated during drilling, including technical details of the operation.
Wildcat well A well drilled in an unproven area. Also known as an "exploration well". [The term comes from exploration wells in West Texas in the 1920s. Wildcats were abundant in the locality, and those unlucky enough to be shot were hung from oil derricks.]
Workover Remedial work to the equipment within a well, the well pipework, or relating to attempts to increase the rate of flow.