The Corps of Engineers was releasing water from Lake Aquilla today. Looks like several folks on the bank were dropping a line into the rushing water.
The abundant rainfall received during the past several months has filled the lake to levels not seen since the heavy rains of 2007.
The burn ban that was in effect for the most of the summer has obviusly been lifted. No, the barn isn't ablaze, just some scrub brush and limbs.
The flowmeters across Hwy 22 from the Duke leases incicate that production remains around 1.1 MM
CFD. Not sure if this is a total for all 4 units or what.
Nothing worse than a pesky mesquite tree, except for maybe a whole field of them. This property owner "cleans up his act" on HCR 2127, in south central Hill County.
Currently the only drilling in Hill county's Barnett is Quicksilver's Lowell-Williams unit being drilled by UDI. The lease is south of Ranch Rd. 67 on HCR 1430. 
Other than being "spooked" by the occasional banging of a random drill pipe these cattle seem fairly content, but still maintain a safe distance from the rig.
Forest has completed 4 of 10 permitted Duke horizontals in Hill county. With depressed natural gas prices, and Forest concentrating their efforts in other shale plays, it's anyone's guess when they will return to their Barnett holdings.
Following recent concerns regarding a possible connection with salt water injection wells and seismic activity in Cleburne, Chesapeake has temporarily closed this disposal facility, located at Hwy 174 and Hwy 171, just south of Cleburne.
Cactus Drilling
drills the LMRA MONT DEL B 4H Unit off South Hulen in Ft. Worth. 
King Cotton sits atop the throne once again in many parts of Texas. Hill county
is no exception.
It appears that this right-of-way needs some prompt attention.
Production continues at Hill County's southernmost producing gas well.
The one sure way to get rid of pesky mesquites is to grub them out. These are just a small sampling of
Production numbers remain steady at this south central Hill county location.
Gas Lift readings
Cornerstone strings pipe in Hill County parallel to FM 934. Ranch Rd 3049 is in the foreground
.
Production has fallen considerably since this well was completed in March 2008. However, numbers are up slightly from a prior reading.
The main gathering line at Aquilla Station was designed to accomodate several more gathering and lateral lines from the north, south and east.
