Take a Tour of a Natural Gas Well Site that has 9 Wells on it
We've got to haul an excavator down this very steep 12% grade on a gravel
road and it's got me pretty apprehensive. Wish us luck!
Since I had to pick up the excavator on this natural gas well site, thought I would show
you around the well site. Not too many folks ever get to see what a well site looks
like up close. Also will show you a natural gas compressor station on the same site.
I do apologize, these compressors are run by natural gas, not electric. The
compressors in a station down the road is run by electric which I did not show you.
The Marcellus Shale is the most expansive shale gas play in the United States.
It spans parts of 6 states in the north east with an estimated basin area of
95,000 square miles. It's depth ranges from 4,000 to 8,500 feet and has a
thickness of 50 to 200 feet.
The well site we are on has 9 wells, each of those are horizontal wells meaning
they are drilled straight down and then continues on horizontally. Those depths
vary with each well, however a ball park typical figure would be around 1 mile plus
deep and 1 mile plus out horizontally. Each of the 9 wells on this site are
bored in different directions from each other well.
In the video about the Drilling Rig I had made some time ago, link below, that well
they were drilling was 8,000 feet in depth and then another 8,000 feet out horizontally!
The Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age shale bounded by shale
(Hamilton Group) above and limestone (Tristates Group) below.
In 2003 the first well bored into the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania was by
Range Resources Corporation using horizontal drilling techniques similar to
those that were being used in the Barnett Shale formation in Texas.
That well was drilled in our neighboring county, Washington, and is about
30 minutes from the well site you visited today.
Here is the link to watch the video on a Natural Gas Drilling Rig in operation:
• Totally Huge 16,000 Foot Long Horizon...
Made March 16, 2023
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