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Permalink Reply by Brett R Oxley on November 22, 2011 at 1:16am

Ummmmm, no it is not a write off, and it was being flared all last night ,sooooo, something must be coming out that is flammable and under pressure. But what do I know. Maybe that nothing that is coming out is????????????

Permalink Reply by 015334grltd9m on November 22, 2011 at 2:00am

Brett, 

Us observers are what they call laymen, we have no technical knowledge.  That being said, rest assured, the oil industry knows what they are doing over there and remember, ever since that well was first drilled, the signing bonus just kept risin and rising.....this is what I follow.....the money.......as an indicator of course.

Permalink Reply by bruce c on January 28, 2012 at 2:02pm

http://www.ohio.com/business/gas-well-in-suffield-fractured-with-ca...

Is the Milton well,  CHK's other well to use CO2?? Is this Good or Bad??

Permalink Reply by Jack on November 22, 2011 at 2:59am

The Geatches well from the start was a experimental well that would be put into production. The utica shale is a new experience to Chesapeake and I sure they are trying different things to see what will work best. For all we know the well is right on track and could be better than expected. Chesapeake are the only ones that know the answer.

Permalink Reply by Robert Bond on November 22, 2011 at 3:30am

Lets be honest.  Chesapeake is still working on it and I am sure they would not throw good money after bad if they did not see the potential for a good profit.  Also I know several property owners near there that are not part of that particular drilling unit.  They are getting several calls and letters from companies per week wanting to purchase all or part of their mineral rights.  Maybe they know something that we do not.

Permalink Reply by Brett R Oxley on November 22, 2011 at 3:52am

You are absolutely correct Robert, the area is hot and growing. Chesapeake is now working on buying all of the exisitng shallow well leased land contracts/leases in the area and intend on owning every piece out there. Maybe they just enjoy owning worthless leases ;-)

 

Jack, you are also correct, the Geatches well being the first in the region was also a test well to see what was in the ground there. They drilled an 8K+ vertical and sampled cores every 100 feet or so. That is what the industry does when they enter a new area. They need to know what is under ground and at what level, so they know where (depthwise) to place their laterals, and how many productive layers and at what depth the layers are. After analysis of their drilling from the vertical they planned their horizontals,  They began drilling their horizontals after  conducitng their studies of the core samples. This well is going to be the benchmark for all drilling in the area, as to what to expect  both in regards to production and drilling depth parameters.

Permalink Reply by Brett R Oxley on December 2, 2011 at 1:30am

The second lateral is being flared now and has been for over two weeks. I wonder what the average length of time is for flaring a well?

I could heat my home for a year on what they are burning away in a couple of weeks.

Permalink Reply by 015334grltd9m on December 2, 2011 at 2:04am

Brett,

Not being privy and educated in gas well technology, I will give you my best angle from a landowners perspective.  What you and others are describing is very similar to the events of the Patterson well in Lawrence county on the other side of the play.  Infact it is my belief that both wells define the east and west boundaries of the Utica wet gas.  And as I have written and proven, the disposal wells explored the CURRENT northern portion of the play in Mahoning county.  At this point, they are just fine tuning the wells to draw the wet gas and oil out of the well for trucking. 

 

What I need you to verify is ANY existing gas pipelines near the well.  What we know from this site is that the wet gas needs separation.

Permalink Reply by Robert Bond on December 2, 2011 at 2:31am

It appeared last summer that a new pipeline had came from the south to the well site.

Permalink Reply by Brett R Oxley on December 2, 2011 at 3:23am

There is a main transmission gas line that runs E-W about 800 feet from the wellhead. That line was tied into earlier this year from the well site, and there is what appears to be a large compressor between the wellhead and the buried transmisson pipeline. About 1/4 mile away is a NG transmission station, builiding, 8 and 12 inch lines. That station has been there for a long time. There are several gas transmission lines in the area around the well. I thought that may have been one of the reasons the well was drilled there first in the county, as it was close to existing delivery lines to get the NG to market.

 

I just spoke with a person living nearby, and allegedly they are receiving a royalty check for this well, because the lateral passes under their property. I think the well being flared now passes under my property, so who knows maybe next year I will see something.

 

I wish I could find out what is the direction the laterals off this wellhead run.

Permalink Reply by Brett R Oxley on December 2, 2011 at 4:09am

I am unsure as to that, they had over five different drilling  rigs on that site over the past six-eight months, of all sizes and types. I too thought they had only drilled one lateral and one vertical (initial drilling) but keep getting told they have drilled two laterals. I cannot verify that in any way. I do know that the well being flared now is in a different part of the pad from the last one flared a few months ago.

 

How can one find the answer to this?

Permalink Reply by Gary R Sarisky on December 2, 2011 at 4:26am

Zoom in and you can see two directions,one

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