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Permalink Reply by Old School Driller Descendant on November 28, 2014 at 4:26pm

Pat, I was told by someone who very much in a position to know a few weeks ago that testing would be complete by Thanksgiving and a determination would be made as to whether to begin production with the one well they have already drilled or drill up to 7 more. Honestly, I don't know the ins and outs of all of this, someone with more knowledge than I needs to answer that question. I didn't want to press the person telling me this because he was more than generous in answering my questions, and I didn't want to push it.

 In a previous post others (maybe you too I can't remember) talked a great deal about the rumors circulating that initial pressure tests were very high. I have been told that testing in all of the wells being drilled and fracked are very promising in their initial signs. It seems each well drilled in that area exceeds expectations. Now, the determination has to be made as to whether how many wells are enough. I would expect production to begin in a few weeks or a few months, the question now is how many wells will be needed.

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Permalink Reply by kit on November 29, 2014 at 1:44am

well, your the only person so far that can give us some info. If you don't mind please I will type this in again in about a month and please update us. We keep getting the run around. We feel sure were in the unit but  you call the company and they tell you a different number than whats on the plat mat.

confused.

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Old School Driller Descendant on November 29, 2014 at 3:51am

Pat, let me tell you how I came to this info. Again, I am not an expert just trying to get answers like you. Maybe, someone who knows more about the situation and the possibilities can add to it.

A family members was trying to get info so I looked on the Statoil website and found the corporate number in Texas (I think.) It was a message saying leave info and someone would call you back. Sometime later I noticed a Monroe County number on their website and I called it. I am not sure where it is, might be a construction trailer for all I know. A woman answering the phone said someone would call me back, no one did. I called back and someone was coming in off a well site spoke to me.

Like you I didn't hear anything more and a family member wanted some info so I drove with them to the well site. I figured they would tell us to leave, but when we got to the gate the man with the clipboard said he couldn't tell us anything but a company man just happened to be at the site. I wasn't sure if he would tell us to hit the road or not, but he came over to the gate and couldn't have been nicer. It sounds like he was visiting well sites in the area. This is where I got the info, as the family member said on the way back home. "We could have driven out there any other day and we would have got nothing as far as information. we just lucked out and got there the day the company man was in the area."

Thankfully, he told us that they would be packing up soon and leaving, otherwise I might be concerned if I saw no one around the site today. It sounds like everything is now complete, all the have to do is wait to see if they produce from one well or drill others. This is where it gets hazy for me. I don't have the technical knowledge to know if they can drill more wells while producing the one they have. Also, I noticed the pipeline coming from the site. It seems to me that it went down the hill toward 78 but I am not sure the status of it. They surely can't uncork the plugs from the well and start producing if the pipeline isn't ready. However, both the man on the phone and the man at the site said it was a high priority to get this producing ASAP, because with all the money invested they need to generate some revenue. I hope that helps and someone else can add to it.

 

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Permalink Reply by Cathy J Zimmerman on December 1, 2014 at 5:43am

Hi folks,  I have an interest in the Stalder Well.  What I have been able to figure out is that they shut in any well will drilling for more.  I happened to have a sewing student that works for one of the big companies located in Jefferson Co and she has tipped me some info. She said many times they like to produce a while before stopping and drilling more at a site.  Gives them $$ to work with and so you get excited because you get a couple royalty checks and then bang no more for close to a year because they are going to drill again.  Takes about 2 mos for each new well.  Hope this helps.

Cathy

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