Butler County Drilling Rig Locations - Updated 7/6/13

There are currently three rigs drilling in Butler County as of 5/24/13. One is at the REX Energy Reno Pad in Middlesex Township. One is at the REX Energy L&L Properties Pad in Lancaster Township. And the third is at the XTO Energy Welter Pad in Donegal Township.

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Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on June 22, 2013 at 12:30am

Still only one rig drilling in Butler County. That being at the Welter Pad, drilling the 5H well. I thought the Swepi rig from Warren County might show up at the Renick Site, but instead went to Mercer County to start drilling the 5HD Palmer Well on 6/26/13.

Permalink Reply by Geo5 on June 22, 2013 at 12:50am

Edgemarc has a sign at the end of the road where it meets route 38.  It says "Highlands #9"

I have seam similar signs at Shell and Chevron locations. If I get time later today, i will drive by the Renick site to see if they have any signs up yet.

Permalink Reply by Geo5 on June 22, 2013 at 3:26pm

I was just by the Renick site, there is still no signs up that indicate which rig will show up first. 

I believe i was wrong on the Edgemarc drill rig, i must have read the sign wrong. Its Highlands rig #8.  Oliver, is that right now? 

Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on June 22, 2013 at 4:12pm

I really don't know Geo. The rig report I have doesn't list an operator named Highlands. I am thinking now that this report from RigData only shows the larger horizontal drilling rigs. I would post it here, but it is copyrighted material so it's not supposed to be shared.

It appears from the Highlands website that they do mostly top hole & vertical work. Is the Highlands rig at the Edgemarc site now Geo?

http://www.highlandsdrilling.com/about.html

Does the Renick pad look like it is close to being done? It's been 5 1/2 weeks now since construction began.

Thanks for providing the on-site updates Geo, it is appreciated.

Permalink Reply by Geo5 on June 23, 2013 at 4:01pm

I believe the rig is at the Edgemarc site.  I went to butler on Route 38 last night, and came home route 308.  Just out of Butler, i could see a rig all lit up, i thought it would be  at the shell site.  But, when i got there, it was all dark, thinking back, it must have been at Edgemarc. It was dark when i got to the shell site, so i couldn't see much. 

Most of the Well Pads that i have been past in my part of Butler, seam to be built above the road level by 20 or 30 feet, so a person cant see much driving by, or they sit back from the road a good bit. 

The best site to be able to see the whole drilling process from the road was the Shell Halterlien well site near slippery rock.  The well pad sits about 10 feet below the road and the top holes are only about 100 feet off of the road.

 

Permalink Reply by TomH on June 24, 2013 at 12:29am

Another good place is the Dreher site on Bonniebrook road, I think it is an XTO site.  It is about 1.5 miles off route 422.

The Shell site for the Rennick well is barely visible from route 308, if you turn on Rider Church road it is less than a mile and very easy to see from the road.

Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on June 24, 2013 at 2:09am

Thanks for the info Tom. Does the Renick pad look like it's done and ready for the rig?

Permalink Reply by TomH on June 24, 2013 at 2:16am

Not quite, still moving a lot of dirt around.

Also noticed a well just south of Butler off Saxonburg Road being flared this morning,  maybe the Hinch Smith well?

Permalink Reply by Oliver Perry on June 24, 2013 at 2:54am

I would assume either Hinch-Smith or Lassinger. Can you tell from this map? Click on the map to enlarge.

Permalink Reply by TomH on June 24, 2013 at 3:33am

It was the Lassinger well.

Permalink Reply by Robert Allingham on July 13, 2013 at 2:28pm

Geo5 and all, I live on Mack road-could almost throw a stone to Renick site. Let me know how I can help. Keep in mind, I type w/ two fingers and am not very computer literate. Can let all know when rig arrives. Right now all ground prep work still being done.

Permalink Reply by FairMktValue on June 24, 2013 at 1:06pm

Not about rigs but some site activity.

Was by the Lynn pad today - looks like they are done - in a demob mode.

Some activity around what appeared to be an holding pond.

FTX in green letters was the sign.Pretty sure I got that right. Guessing they fracked the well.

One more good to go.

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