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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0i7okn54zwbdoPermalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on October 8, 2012 at 4:40am

That's a great shot, Mike.  

Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on October 8, 2012 at 6:18am

Thank you kindly sir!

Permalink Reply by Buddy on October 8, 2012 at 5:02am

Thanks, Mike.  These are the types of photos that need to get out to the public.   It seems all we ever see or hear about is the "fracking" and the (exaggerated?) disruption with the trucks and the lights/ noise, and whatever else people complain about.  Isn't that process relatively short?  Is this a horizontal or vertical well?  Does it make a difference in the amount of 'mess' and the area that can be reclaimed? 

Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on October 8, 2012 at 6:22am

Buddy,

You couldn't be more right.  We only ever see the finished product when it comes to wind mills and solar panels.  They don't want you to see the massive neodymium mine, or the 25' deep concrete base in the middle of the several acres that must be cleared to install a large wind mill. 

There is no doubt whatsoever that natural gas is the least invasive way to get energy.  When things are done, there's nothing to them!  This happens to be a vertical Marcellus shale well, but a horizontal well pad is not much different when reclaimed.  Larger during the drilling process, but not much different when reclaimed, depending on how many wells are on the pad. 

Permalink Reply by fotto on October 9, 2012 at 3:33am

Nice photos Mike, but are you really serious about the "after" for a horizontal pad? Not really comparing apples to apples are you? So, the pad shown in attached (nearby me) will have the beautiful fence taken down, gravel removed & replanted, and only have the well head(s) showing like in your pic? That's encouraging if so, as I figured this would be an eyesore for many years to come! 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on October 8, 2012 at 9:13am

Be my guest.  The more that see them, the better!

2s72s0k9mm8gdPermalink Reply by 2s72s0k9mm8gd on October 8, 2012 at 2:31pm

I wouldn't get too carried away promoting this well site as the norm. From what I've seen around here , the multiple horizontal well pads are quite a bit more intrusive than this. I would have to say this well site is a "best case" scenario. In fairness , though , our few pads are not yet in "final state". One is the Wall well by Chesapeke. Built on a sloping hayfield , massive amounts of earth were moved to create a site level enough for the pad.The lay of this field was dramatically changed and there won't be much hay bailed there ever again. Another is the Patterson site by Shell. Adjacent to the 4 well pad , a major reforming of the landscape has occurred to prepare for a compressor station. Several acres has been transformed for this. Nice pictures but probably not a realistic representation of what most of us can expect to see.

0i7okn54zwbdoPermalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on October 8, 2012 at 4:04pm

Who needs to bale hay when there's four royalty checks coming in from this pad site?

Permalink Reply by lou alaksin on October 12, 2012 at 10:06am

Don't know which well you are referring to when you say "this pad site" but there are no royalty checks from the Wall well which is not yet fracked.

Permalink Reply by Mike Knapp on October 9, 2012 at 3:40am

Glenn,

Every site is different.  This was a site that was done on a relatively flat area to begin with.  Also, some horizontal pads are not "fully" reclaimed due to the fact that the company plans on coming back to install additional wells off of that same pad. 

Permalink Reply by william r rinehart on October 9, 2012 at 5:23am

fotto,

The pad pictures you posted look just like the pad Devon has right next to our property in Guernsey county on the Brille farm. They sure moved a lot of dirt.

Bill

Permalink Reply by fotto on October 9, 2012 at 9:12am

This is in Portage county. I have looked at several and they all look the same, so no surprise you see similar.

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