Gas Well Update
This was on fracking day. Even with the large number of trucks and blue boxes, this is not all of what was there. I will leave it to Dave to explain it.This is a three Port-a-Jon site . . .
Labels: Fracking Day
posted by Unknown at
10:32:00 AM
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Well, sometimes things take a bit longer than we anticipate and/or would like to wait.
Speaking of the well (gas) that is. As of today, we have had two full days of actual production. It is unknown at this point as to exactly how much production, however the persons responsible for what is known as the flow-back operation tell me that it is doing a bit over a million cubic feet of gas per day. The well is somewhat restricted due to the nature of the pipeline it is being sent to. They had considerable trouble with the pipeline end of this particular well since it is being distributed directly to supply the cities of Marshall and Longview so that the gas had to be absolutely "dry" meaning it could have very little water or moisture content to pass muster.
So, in order to pass muster, they had to install extra equipment to assure that the gas was dry enough. This operation is very complicated and consists of several devices and several methods all hooked together using heat exchangers, and some type of depressurization process, I guess kind of like a giant reverse refrigeration device and a device that uses a chemical that removes the moisture from the gas as it passes through.
Anyway, it appears that they have solved the problem and the bottom line is that we are now in a sales mode after about three months since they first started preparing the pad for drilling.
It will be yet another three or four months before we see any payments. That's about standard in the industry.
Now, maybe I can quit worrying about it. One good thing though, is that when they drill another well down there (and the plan is certainly to do so), I won't have to even walk down the hill to know what is going on. Just listening to the various sounds I will be able to tell what is going on, since I will have heard and seen it all before.
Fascinating business!
drs
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