Cornerstone 1H Frac Begins Today

The 'calm before the storm' on a peaceful Sunday afternoon. The frac of this well is set to begin Monday, 7/7.
If all goes as planned this unit should be online and producing in a week or less. Hoping for some good numbers.

Let the 1H frac begin.....

The gate is closed and locked at the 3H unit. Unable to get latest flowmeter readings on this trip.

Quicksilver's McPherson Pipeline south of Blum

Spoke with a Pumpco worker who identified this line as Quicksilver's McPherson pipeline. The line runs parallel to HCR 3049 south of Blum. The infrastructure continues to grow in Hill county.

Familiar Names around Blum and Blanton

Cornerstone 1H being prepared for frac

Frac assembly installed on the 1H wellhead by roustabout crew. These guys have installed the tanks and are hooking up the plumbing lines from the well to the pipelines. I was told that frac should begin next week and flowback shortly thereafter. This well will be online soon. Looking forward to the production numbers.

Quicksilver's Shelby South Pad Construction

J & N Excavating begins Shelby pad.
The Unit is 4.5 miles SE of Blum on FM 934 just east of FM 933.
Water break in 100 degree heat, then back to the old 'salt mine.'

Larger Compressor Added to Forest Oil's Cornerstone 2H Unit

This is the original compressor setup at the Cornerstone 2H lease south of Whitney.
A recently added larger compressor was being 'fine tuned' by workers from USA Compression.
Latest numbers from Cornerstone 2H. Still holding at around 600+MCF/day production. A modest decline from about 3 weeks ago.

'Signs' of the Times in Tarrant County

Neighborhood associations across Tarrant county continue to negotiate with operators, receiving record bonus and royalty numbers for urban leases. These 'holdouts' in SW Fort Worth are but a handful in the area.

Hill County Grass Fire

A tip of the hat to the numerous volunteer firefighters who managed to contain and extinguish a grass fire about 2 miles south of Whitney, on Wednesday June 25th. I happened to be in the area and noticed large plumes of smoke rising just south of Forest Oil's Cornerstone leases on FM 933. Pumper trucks from several different communities, including Whitney, Lakeview, Abbott, Aquilla and Peoria worked for several hours in 100+ degree heat to bring the fire under control. It was not a tremendously large fire, but it's location near several recent gas well drills was the main concern.
It's seemingly insignificant events like this that rarely make the evening news, but I felt these guys and gals needed to be commended on a great job.

Patterson Begins Duke Lease Drills

Forest Oil kicked off their Duke lease drills this week. Activity began on the first of at least 9 gas wells on 1400+ acres just east of Peoria.

Grass Fire Between Whitney and Aquilla

Looking north on FM 933 from HCR 2126 as pumper trucks from several rural communities battle a large grass fire.
Units from at least five local communities fought the blaze for several hours.
The fire was confined to the east side of FM 933 near a large water tank being used to frac area gas wells.
The numerous trees and thick undergrowth made fighting this fire extremely difficult. The volunteer firefighters kept the fire from threatening several gas wells in the area.

Pinner 1H Drill Completed

With this drill complete, Patterson has moved it's rig to the Duke lease.
This unit has apparently been fraced and is waiting completion to go online.

The smoke from a large grass fire can be seen in the distance behind the Gus Jones 2H drill. Thankfully this unit was not threatened.

Forest's Gus Jones 1H is Online

According to this chart the Gus Jones 1H appears to have been online for about approximately 3 days.
The chart readings correspond with the flowmeter readings.

Pinner 2H Pad Patiently Awaits Rig

With the 1H drill complete the Pinner 2H padsite sits idle, but only for the moment.
Looks can be deceiving. The dust from hundreds of trucks leaves a coating on the fence and trees that resembles a winter ice storm. However, the temperature here was over 100 degrees.