Before/After site reclamation panoramic photo

Hey everyone,

With the trees being so pretty this weekend the fiancee and I went for a little ride, and I snapped some pictures, including an "after" reclamation photo at one of our wells. 
Put it next to a panoramic photo I took just after fracing (the well is still being flared, if you look closely at the top of the flarestack). 

Thought it came out pretty cool, figured I'd share:

http://www.knappap.com/content/morriswellsized.png

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2s72s0k9mm8gdPermalink Reply by 2s72s0k9mm8gd on October 9, 2012 at 9:08am

Understood , Mike. I meant no disrespect and appreciate your writings here. I just wanted to get the point across that not all sites will look this good. Trust me , I am the last person who would complain about or criticize the development of this godsend of an industry. The good completely outweighs the bad and we all know you can't make an omlet without breaking a few eggs. I trust the most of the companies will do all that is possible to leave it as close to how they found it as possible.

And , Marcus: You can't keep a good farmer down! My neighbor got millions for leasing and guess what he's building? No , not a new house , but a huge machinery "shed". Looks like he will be farming for some time to come! LOL

Permalink Reply by bo boboski on October 12, 2012 at 1:17pm

Heard a story about a farmer who was asked what he was going to do with the Millions  he was getting for his O&G. He said he would just keep farming until it was all gone!

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on October 9, 2012 at 5:46am

 I have brought this up at landowner meeting before. They  always shell shocked the landowners of the  pad site but didn't offer a after shot of the same area.   Nice too see.

Permalink Reply by FXEF on October 12, 2012 at 12:42pm

Mike,

I've lived in and around the Texas and Louisiana O&G fields all my life and have never seen any reclamation like the above photos. Anybody that believes this will be the norm is living in "Never Never Land." 

Permalink Reply by cheliped on October 12, 2012 at 1:34pm

FXEF,

I am glad that we finally have an expert.  I live within a mile of a new well.  I keep trying to  light my water on fire but it doesnt work?  Any suggestions?

Permalink Reply by bo boboski on October 12, 2012 at 1:42pm

Wait till they FRAC it. then you can have fire in your sink, earthquakes,cancer,Matt Damon may pay you a visit, then soon after that, the world will come to an end.  Dont you know? Fracking causes about everything now!

Permalink Reply by FXEF on October 13, 2012 at 7:46am
Does your well site look like the reclaimed sites Mike posted photos of?
Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on October 13, 2012 at 3:00am

It depends on the topography and the company doing the work.  Some companies lay a permanent concrete pad that's completely fenced in (that's still not all that big).  Others don't. 


With our vertical shale wells, we can get the land back to  the exact way it was prior as long as the contour of the land is not too extreme.  Here's a couple more pictures of other reclaimed well sites of ours:

When there's foliage on the trees, you can't seen the production unit or tanks at all.  The field was, and continues to be farmed.

This is in the middle of a housing development.  These lots were already cleared in anticipation of home building.  The drilling of the well did not cost the developer any building lots.

Permalink Reply by fotto on October 13, 2012 at 11:18am

So, I don't really get your point Mike. How many wells are being drilled either in Marcellus or Utica that are CONVENTIONAL vertical (not horizontal) these days? I have more than one conventional well near my that are very unobtrusive. If you look at the pics I posted on page 1 of this thread, this is what's happening around me and many others.

If you're telling me that the horizontal pad Chesapeake's (or whomever they sell their lease to) planned to go in right across the road from me is going to look like this, then I will be happy to have an entirely different opinion about the whole horizontal intrusion that's looming.

Permalink Reply by jett on October 14, 2012 at 6:39am

Mike, I'm confused - Are the photos posted here of reclaimed vertical pad sites or reclaimed horizontal pad sites?

Permalink Reply by David Perotto on January 18, 2013 at 2:44pm
Do explain further, in full detail...
Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on January 23, 2013 at 3:08pm

Hi Frank kinda looked around some of your post here and was kind of wondering if you have anything nice to say about this oil boom?  Yep some land gets modified but no way close to the mount of land that is modified in coal mining to produce your electric. Yes some pads will be pads for a while so that infrastructure  can catch up. When it oes the landowner may see increased wealth. Of course that means pipe lines which from the sound of your post see http://gomarcellusshale.com/forum/topics/midstream-company-low-ball...  encourages a land owner to think they can stop progress. 

  I as a landowner see nothing wrong with negotiating a fair price for a pipeline right of way. Timber can be appraised  even a real estate agent can be called upon to access the effects of a pipeline right of way to arrive at a fair market value. What you are advocating is extortion to a degree which will not work! Eminent Domain laws (although I do not like  them) are in place to allow the good for the public to trump over the right of an individual. Try to stop a city sewer project!

  In any dealings the consultation with a good attorney is worth its weight in gold.

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