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Permalink Reply by Finnbear on January 30, 2012 at 3:29am

Those 4200 gallon units are straight trucks-correct? I just figured with that kind of volume required, they would use semi tankers that are usually in the 7-9000 gallon range. The small tanks seem a less efficient way to move that much water. Are there some load limits on roads/bridges in the area that require the smaller tankers?

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on February 10, 2012 at 11:40am

Finnbear,

 Yes, the 4,600 gallon Water Trucks are "straight" trucks. Infinity finally got some of those 8,500 (+/-) gallon Tractor / Trailer types going, too. 

 

 Pads are being completed much faster than drilling & fracking is occuring. Not only are they short on Drilling Rigs it appears they are short on Water Trucks, too.

 

Permalink Reply by Just-checking-in on June 19, 2012 at 8:58am

Anyone have an idea when the Sanor well will go into production?....

Permalink Reply by tacoma7583 on June 20, 2012 at 2:27am

I believe it is in production now, that had put the pump jack on over a month ago.  It has been pumping away and trucks seem to be hauling out around 2-3am, weather there hauling brine, or oil. IDK

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on June 20, 2012 at 2:34am

Tacoma,

 Is there a pipeline to take away the Natural Gas?

Permalink Reply by Just-checking-in on June 20, 2012 at 3:45am

odnr website hasn't updated anything in weeks...still says completed and fraced, but not 'producing'...

Permalink Reply by tacoma7583 on June 21, 2012 at 2:51pm

Here are the current Google earth views, and an up close of the pump jack that's been running.   Its hard to tell if they possible tapped in to a gas line up front by the clinton well?  further east like 1/4 I know Columbia gas has a transmission line.  I cant tell whats north of the pad and that's where they dug and brought a line upfront to that single white tank and in that area is fence off with multiple separators.

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Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on June 22, 2012 at 1:22am

tacoma,

 

 Does the need for a pump jack indicate that the amount of gas is low and the amount of oils / liquids is high? And possibly the pressure is low.

 

 If there was a huge amount of gas, under high pressure then there would be no need for the pump jack, correct?

 

Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on June 22, 2012 at 3:36am

That's usually correct.  The structure in Columbiana is thought to be evenly pressured and not over pressured.  This sometimes means pump jacks are needed.  It can also indicate that the frack did not produce the necessary fissures to pull the liquids through the rock, i.e. lower permeability.  These wells are not all going to behave the same way.  Some will be in better shape perm-wise than others.

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on June 22, 2012 at 6:09am

Marcus,

 What affects the pressure ???

 1) Depth 

 2) Temperature

 3) The total amount of gas actually created

 4) The success of the fracking techique

 5) Permiabilty and other geological issues

 

 Will wells with Pump Jacks be less profitable since they will not have the millons of cubic feet of natural gas gushing out daily? 

 

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