Oil business creeping in, not quite to crescendo

- Martin Ranch -

The photo was taken in front of brown-painted tanks on FM 611 that have a sign posted out front that reads "Gunn Oil Co., Martin QR Lease, Bridjourner Field, RRC No 31148, 3,840 acres". I could hear a pump-jack hydraulic sound across the road behind me, on the Sojourner Cave Lease, which butts up to the south side of the Sojourner Womack Lease, which is just down the road from the Sojourner J.P. & Travis Martin Lease. All of this is south of the US 180 blinking light. I believe my photograph matches up with one of the permits pointed out by Clint Liles on the Fisher County Mineral Rights Forum. It is situated on the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch.

The fence all along the west side of the RPQRR has been taken down, with stakes running just a few yards to the inside of where the fence used to be. I don't know if it's for oil and gas reasons, or a part of ranch maintenance. You can keep up with other aspects of the ranch at their website.

There is an interesting and informational article about the Cline Shale on the Lucid Energy site. Boy, that Cline Shale just gets a little bit bigger every week.

You can check out more oil field and Hobbs photos on my Facebook page.