A recent report conducted by The Powell Barnett Shale Newsletter research team disputes the findings of the EPA regarding the contamination of two private domestic water wells in Parker County. Here is a link to Powell's report:
Powell Barnett Shale Research Report
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Pittsburg has No desire to become the Fort Worth of the North
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Pittsburgh says "no" to drilling
Pittsburgh has made it emphatically clear that it has no desire to become the Fort Worth of the North.
The western Pennsylvania city became the first in natural gas-rich Pennsylvania to prohibit drilling after city council members, voicing health and environmental concerns, unanimously approved the ban on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The council received a standing ovation after voting 9-0 to ban the search for gas within city limits.
Pittsburgh's decision is in sharp contrast to Fort Worth, the nerve center of drilling in North Texas' Barnett Shale, the biggest gas-producing area in the nation. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns, speaking at a recent shale gas conference in Grapevine, said that Cowtown, with 1,200 producing gas wells in the city and more drilling planned, is "running out of places to put these wells."
Pittsburgh sits atop part of the Marcellus Shale, which underlies large chunks of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New York and has become the scene of frenzied drilling and leasing activity. Major participants in the play include Fort Worth-based Range Resources, Fort Worth-based XTO Energy (now a subsidiary of Irving-based Exxon Mobil) and Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy, which all have substantial operations in the Barnett Shale. Range announced recently, however, that it plans to sell its Barnett assets.
--Jack Z. Smith
Read more: http://blogs.star-telegram.com/barnett_shale/2010/11/pittsburgh-says-no-to-drilling.html#ixzz15r8QsTnd
Pittsburgh says "no" to drilling
Pittsburgh has made it emphatically clear that it has no desire to become the Fort Worth of the North.
The western Pennsylvania city became the first in natural gas-rich Pennsylvania to prohibit drilling after city council members, voicing health and environmental concerns, unanimously approved the ban on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The council received a standing ovation after voting 9-0 to ban the search for gas within city limits.
Pittsburgh's decision is in sharp contrast to Fort Worth, the nerve center of drilling in North Texas' Barnett Shale, the biggest gas-producing area in the nation. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns, speaking at a recent shale gas conference in Grapevine, said that Cowtown, with 1,200 producing gas wells in the city and more drilling planned, is "running out of places to put these wells."
Pittsburgh sits atop part of the Marcellus Shale, which underlies large chunks of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New York and has become the scene of frenzied drilling and leasing activity. Major participants in the play include Fort Worth-based Range Resources, Fort Worth-based XTO Energy (now a subsidiary of Irving-based Exxon Mobil) and Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy, which all have substantial operations in the Barnett Shale. Range announced recently, however, that it plans to sell its Barnett assets.
--Jack Z. Smith
Read more: http://blogs.star-telegram.com/barnett_shale/2010/11/pittsburgh-says-no-to-drilling.html#ixzz15r8QsTnd
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Monday, November 08, 2010
Quicksilver posts $21.8 million in earnings, record production
Fort Worth-based Quicksilver Resources reported a net income of $21.8 million, or 13 cents per share, on revenues of $237.7 million in the third quarter and achieved record production despite weak natural gas prices that have discouraged drilling activity.
Quicksilver said its third-quarter production averaged the equivalent of 362 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, up 16.4 percent from the third quarter of 2009.
In the Horn River Basin of northeast British Columbia in Canada, Quicksilver'sC-29-D well produced at initial rates of 14.4 million cubic feet of gas per day and averaged more than 12 million cubic feet per day during the first 22 days of production.
For a complete report, see Tuesday's Star-Telegram.
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Sunday, November 07, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Devon's Hencken Unit B - Federal #9H - Tarrant County
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| Against the backdrop of an autumn sunset Patterson - UDI drills Devon's Hencken 9B Unit near Lake Benbrook, in southern Tarrant county. |
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| Looking southwest from the overlook at Lake Benbrook Dam, A brilliant fall sun sets in southern Tarrant county. |
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Johnson County Mudd Farm near Rio Vista
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| The drilling rigs use mudd to help seal and carry the drill cuttings to the surface. When the well is complete the mudd is usually spread out next to the location and plowed in. But sometimes there is no room to do this, EXAMPLE - a well drilled on a rocky hill side. So, operators need places to land farm this mudd. This mudd farm is on several acres of land south of Rio Vista, TX, on Hwy 174. |
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Chesapeake's Edgecliff Pipeline/Compression Facility
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| Notice the massive solar panels used to power parts of this facility. |
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| In south Ft. Worth near I-35 and Altamesa Blvd, this large facility processes millions of cubic feet of natural gas daily. |
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| A closer look at the over-sized solar panels located on this pipeline/compression site. |
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Latest Hill County Source to Frac Area Gas Wells
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| A backhoe sits idle at the construction site of a large frac tank just south of Blum, TX in Hill county. The tank is complete, and is being supplied with water from Lake Whitney. |
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| The pipeline stretches from Lake Whitney eastward, crossing several large ranches. The line was threaded beneath FM 933 where it empties into the recently completed tank. Water is already being used to fracture some of Quicksilver Resources nearby gas leases. |
Friday, September 24, 2010
Blowin' in the Wind
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| A wind turbine propeller blade sits atop an 18 wheeler parked next to I-35 in Gainesville, Texas. I understand that these are manufactured in Germany and are shipped to the Port of Houston. They make the trip up I-35 to be powder coated in Gainesville for future shipment to wind farms in West Texas and other areas. Found the info on this blog: click here |
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| A closer link - This thing is huge! |
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Urban Drilling Rig in Tarrant County
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| Chesapeake's Benson 1H Unit McCart at W. Cleburne Rd. (Ft. Worth) |
Ongoing Frac Tank Construction in Hill County
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| Frac tank construction continues on Farm Road 933 south of Blum in Hill County, TX |
R U HOT?
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| Sign seen on Monday, August 23, 2010 while driving through Joshua, TX. The Dairy Queen usually projects an accurate time/temp reading on it's display. Monday tied a heat record reading of 107 for Tarrant county, but this reading seemed a bit much. |
Monday, August 16, 2010
Possible Frac Tank Construction south of Blum, TX on FM 933
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| Possibly a new frac tank being built on Farm Rd 933 about 5 miles south of Blum, TX. This construction is directly across the highway from the Steiner Vally Ranch property. |
Friday, August 13, 2010
Quicksilver's CR Shelby 1H Lease - Hill County
Located southeast of Blum, TX - Quicksilver Resources continues it's Barnett exploration with the CR Shelby #1 horizontal drill. Quicksilver and Cornerstone continue to remain active in Hill county, albeit on a much smaller scale than prior years.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Forest Oil's Duke Unit Production - Hill County
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Old Pump Jack Gas Well in Wise County Texas
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| McKissick Unit #1 (Boonsville Bend Cong) Completed 1979 |
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| Well was completed in 1979 - long before Barnett Shale Drilling |
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| Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, TX |
Friday, May 07, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Trinidad Drill's Chesapeake's Horned Frog Units in Tarrant County
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| Trinidad Rig in Tarrant County |
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| Rig visible behind old Thornton Steel site |
Sunday, April 18, 2010
More Gas Drilling Woes in Dish, TX
More gas well woes coming from Dish, TX. Click on the following link to read the article on this problem. CLICK HERE
Friday, April 16, 2010
Joblin 1H Drill in Hill County
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| Cornerstone's Joblin 1H Unit |
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| Union Drilling spuds the Barnett - Joblin |
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| Glorious Sunset over Hill County |
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| Pretty as a Picture! |
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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