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The Gas Well

In early September 2008 we learned that a Company wished to drill a gas well on our property. Since the mineral rights had been separated from the surface rights some time in the past and we just owned the surface rights to our land there wasn't much we could do about it.

Our blog at LiveJournal along with the News section of this site offers updates as to what is happening. The Livejournal blog is also an archive of all our past posts (the News section of this site just retains the most current).

As we have time and events progress we'll be adding to this section of the site. We plan to publish here the comments we've prepared in response to the Company's application to the state to drill. We also plan to document in words and pictures the process of drilling and and afterwards. As of spring 2009 it seems that the Company will not be drilling on our property for the next year or two at least as it focuses its attentions elsewhere.

The Existing Gas Well
Devoted to a gas well that already exists between the hard road and our property.

The Vac Truck
In February 2009 a bulldozer was used to get a vac truck to and from the existing well site and we document the damage done to the earth road.

Reclamation
We discuss, using photographs of actual well sites, the process of constructing an access road and the site before drilling to final revegetation.

Gas Well Study, 2008
We examined a number of gas wells and present here our findings about one Company's. The Study is ongoing so other pertinent information and updates will be available here also. There is a link on the Gas Well Study page for what we are examining in 2009.

Drilling Waste Management
We've been collecting materials and presenting information about drilling waste management for our blog and we've begun to tie everything together here.

   

This section of the site is devoted to the gas well that is going to be drilled on our property along with our research and findings.

The Existing Gas Well

Reclamation

Gas Well Study, 2008

Drilling Waste Management


Some pertinent posts in the blog archive at LiveJournal:

Pits
28 April 2009

Oops!
27 March 2009

A Good Job
8 February 2009

The Toxic Well
6 December 2008

Dozer Tracks
22 November 2008

From beauty to desert "It's all about money"
12 September 2008