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Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 18, 2015 at 1:22am

Reads like a horrible waste to me.

Any take away pipe lines in the area ?

Why burn it off and not sell it ?

Makes a person wonder what drives the producer to this ?

Maybe the Saudis / an 'enemy' interest own the production and it's being wasted as an act of economic warfare ?

That would be something wouldn't it ?

Maybe it's just stupidity ?

Personally I don't rule anything out these days - how can anyone - especially the landowners / lessors ?

What do they say / think as they watch their dollars burning away ?

Staggering just to read - well it staggers me anyway.

Permalink Reply by MJ on February 18, 2015 at 3:58am

This well feeds into an 8" pipeline all by itself and there is a lot of "equipment" at the site. It doesn't make sense to me that it is always flaring, and thus far I have gotten no response as to why this would be done by anyone reading this forum. From where I am sitting (in the woods), it looks like all the gas is simply being burned off.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 18, 2015 at 5:34am

Can't see how it makes any sense.

Would like to hear how it even could.

Tell you up front though that I still wouldn't be a believer after hearing / reading it.

Way too counter-intuitive from my perspective.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 20, 2015 at 6:04am

http://gomarcellusshale.com/xn/detail/2274639%3ATopic%3A660105

Take the link above to another thread on 'Reading a Well Flare'.

You guys noticing any smoke (black or white) ?

I'm picking up that one and a half years seems like a long flare time for everyone posting / replying here.

What's up with that ?

Permalink Reply by Summer Johnston on March 21, 2015 at 12:43pm

I haven't seen the Kibler flare, but I've heard that the flare is to burn off the fumes that accumulate in the oil tanks. 

Permalink Reply by MJ on February 20, 2015 at 6:41am

Very little smoke seen and the flare is usually a deep orange (oily?)

Permalink Reply by Robert Bond on February 20, 2015 at 7:36am

To me the deep orange would sound like it was oily or NGL's involved with some black smoke coming off the top.  If there is a breeze it will dissipate the smoke quickly and thus be hard to observe.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 20, 2015 at 7:44am

If you're right (and I'd guess you probably are) that continuous flare would be hard / painful to watch and especially so if you were a landowner / lessor with interest in the production (and / or the apparent waste).

Permalink Reply by Warren Kalmar on March 4, 2015 at 1:00pm

Has anyone out there sold real estate, say house with small acreage that has an ALOV lease on it?  No royalties just signing bonus received from BP.  Any difficulties transferring title?  Comments welcome.

Permalink Reply by MJ on March 9, 2015 at 1:49pm

Warren,  If memory serves, you are in Vernon with 10 acres or so?  Looking to sell?  Just curious.

Permalink Reply by Robert Bond on March 13, 2015 at 6:51am

Just wanted to say Kibler well still flaring.  Yesterday flare was much larger and smokey than usual.   Also 4th quarter results of wells is posted on the ODNR website.  Thanks and lets hope spring is here.

Permalink Reply by Sage59 on March 21, 2015 at 5:37am

Here is an interesting story about the Youngstown Airport property. It shows interest and potential value in the Utica there.  You don't pay lawyers for nothing, (although sometimes you get nothing). In this case the Port Authority got it's Utica mineral rights back.   http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/mar/21/ruling-says-port-authority-ow...

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