Fisher County top producing oil leases 2022

The Railroad Commission of Texas reports that Fisher County produced 4,150,125 barrels (BBL) of oil in 2022. Here are the top ten producing leases:

• Jenna Unit: 313,773 BBL
  
• Grand Canyon W 31-46: 193,008 BBL
• Carlsbad Caverns 54-55: 192,086 BBL
• Grand Teton 109-128: 188,782 BBL
• Grand Canyon E 31-46:182,858 BBL
  
• Johnson Unit: 141,374 BBL
• Capitol Reef 33-6: 128,176 BBL
• Saguaro W 105-58: 127,335 BBL
• Canyonlands E 61-60: 99,504 BBL
• Tennie Unit: 97,228 BBL

Results can be found at RRC > Production Data Query System (PDQ)(Statewide) > Launch Application > General Production Query > General Query Criteria > Initial View: Lease - Date Range - Both - Onshore County: Fisher > Submit. You can then click on individual leases for more information.

Broken glass and dreams; losing my marbles

- Earthquake damage -

There's been a whole lot of shakin' goin' on out here at Hobbs the past week or so, and early this morning was the worst shaker yet. Earthquakes, that is, and they're becoming the norm.

This was the first one that caused breakage. Glasses fell out of the kitchen cabinets and broke, a bunch of marbles in glass jars hit the bricks around the wood stove, and everything fell out of the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It was an alarming way to wake up. It was followed up by a few tremors that had me yelling "dammit!".

Although this one was deemed a 4.3 magnitude by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it did more damage here and was scarier than the 5.4 quake we had last November, because we're practically on the epicenter, the Scurry/Fisher County line.

It's time to strap the televisions to the wall and put the knick-knacks away, or just get used to cleaning up messes.There have been at least 15 quakes and tremors in the last few weeks.

Stats on recent earthquakes can be found on the USGS site, and you can report if you felt it.

Update, 6:26 p.m.: The earthquake was upgraded to a 4.7. There have been several small quakes/tremors throughout the day. It's got me feeling gun shy.

Commissioners call special meeting

Fisher County Commissioners will hold a special meeting Thursday, February 16, 10:30 a.m. to approve road crossing permits for Caliper Energy.

The permits are for county roads 403 and 414, and will be presented to the court by Lance Barrett, Vice President of Caliper.

Four permits for Caliper were approved at the last meeting on Monday for county roads 317 and 324. The 403 and 414 permits were not on the agenda, prompting the need for another meeting as approval is needed by the company before the next regular commissioners meeting.

The special meeting will take place in the Commissioners Courtroom, located in the Fisher County Judge's office.

Commissioners court to meet February 13

Fisher County Commissioners will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the county courtroom.

New items of business will include: several purchases for the sheriff's office; a new digital sign for the courthouse; $17,500 from Baywa as per abatement agreement; and approval of road crossing permits. 

The burn ban is also on the agenda, which can be found on the Fisher County home page.