Going horizontal, 611 activity

- Davenport Ranch FM 611 -

If you happen to be on FM 611 between the Davenport Ranch main entrance and Buster Wright's house, you'll see that there's a steady stream of traffic headed in and out of a newly made gate on the ranch property.

Obviously oil-field related, confirmation of the exact activity has been reported today.

A reliable source gave me an eye-witness account of the scene. Please keep in mind that I don't know oil-field jargon, in case something sounds skewed.

The source said the pad covers about 25 acres. So much water has been brought in or pumped in that it looks like a lake. There's more pipe, mud pumps and other machinery, than the likes of anything that's been seen around here. There are also six or seven mobile homes on site that people are living in.

A source at the site said that this is the first horizontal well to be drilled in Fisher County and that they'll be there about three months.

While I was driving by, over-size big rigs were coming and going, bringing in equipment.

Will the outcome of this well define whether we're going to have a bust or a boom?

Morning moon & the hypocrite

- A Shiny Moon -

The moon was shining brightly over the promised land this morning It was slowly setting on the western horizon around 6:30 a.m. Can't you see George Maule's house directly beneath it? It's somewhere thereabouts.

I crack myself up a lot of the time, this time it was with a dream I had. It started out I heard a ruckus in the front yard and I went out to find there was a drilling rig being put down on the lawn. I told them (the hands, they were really friendly) I hadn't signed a contract, yet, and they told me that now I could get a hefty price for my lease. I woke up feeling pretty good about all that. Me, the complainer, the one who gripes about loud pump jacks and fast dump trucks. I'm telling' ya, it's all a matter of perspective.