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Our look at the
RODENSKI UNIT
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MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, PA
- August 13, 2009 is here and it is time to follow weeks of drilling
and preparation by hydraulically fracturing Rodenski Unit gas well
1H. The "1" means it could be the first of many wells on the
same production pad (a few miles away the
Best
Unit has 7 wells) and the "H" means it is a horizontal or
directional gas well instead of a vertical gas well.
In these photos we see a fleet of
Frac Tech
equipment crowded onto the drilling pad that is being used to
provide the extremely high pressure and fracturing fluids and
proppants (up to 6 million gallons of water, sand, and frac fluids)
to hydraulically fracture this Marcellus gas well. A
gas flare
that will light-up the night sky in Hickory may soon follow.
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RANGE RESOURCES APPALACHIA LLC
RODENSKI UNIT 1H-A
GPS: 40.29247 -80.2984
RODENSKI UNIT 1H-A OG WELL 125-23639
Mt. Pleasant Township
Washington County
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Source: Pennsylvania DEP Production Reports |
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Farm Name |
Well No. |
Product |
Vol. |
Days |
Avg/Day |
End Date |
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RODENSKI |
1H-A |
Gas |
496,174 |
318 |
1,560 |
6/30/10 |
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190,086 |
179 |
1,061 |
12/31/10 |
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166,747 |
176 |
947 |
6/30/11 |
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155,181 |
184 |
843 |
12/31/11 |
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49% drop-off in 28
months |
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137,074 |
173 |
792 |
6/30/12 |
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55% drop-off in 34
months |
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129,093 |
184 |
702 |
12/31/12 |
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RODENSKI |
1H-A |
Oil |
5,054 |
301 |
17 |
6/30/10 |
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Cond. |
2,137 |
179 |
12 |
12/31/10 |
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1,848 |
176 |
10 |
6/30/11 |
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1,506 |
184 |
8 |
12/31/11 |
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1,417 |
173 |
8 |
6/30/12 |
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1,552 |
184 |
8 |
12/31/12 |
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Early preparations included lining
up Baker tanks for the hydraulic frac
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Frack Time.
A group of big FracTech trailer mounted MAGNUM 2500's arrive on
site.
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Each MAGNUM 2500 delivers 2,250 horsepower from a
CAT engine creating pressure up to 12,000 p.s.i.
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"Morning calm" in rural Mt. Pleasant Twp.
Pennsylvania
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Frac Tech tankers parked close
together
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Congested drilling pad about one
mile south of Hickory on Washington Ave.
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Frac Tech command vehicle with
satellite dish pointed south
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Foggy morning frac job
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An array of hoses and intermediate
connectors for the Baker tanks and Frac Tech frac fluid tractor
trailers
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Frac Tech sand trailers
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The 'Secret Sauce' for fracking could be
something like this:
3 pinches of sand, 1,000 gallons of water and 2 quarts of frac
fluid.
Add diesel fuel if you dare, but it's not legal.
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The Sand Box
White sand proppant scattered beneath the trailer
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White sand also covers the tops of trailers
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Leaving the Rodenski frac job
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White sand marks
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Frac Tech tanker
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Water Gate - No, not that Watergate,
the new one!
Trailer contraption used to get fluids across a country road.
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Leaky connections on both ends of the water gate.
Hope it's just water... Diesel fuel showed up in a stream south of
here on the very same day.
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Remote field with several dozen more Baker tanks
connected to the Rodenski frac job through the water gate. Each tank
holds 2,100 gallons of water or other fluids.
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Trailer mounted pump moves the fluids through
thousands of feet of temporary pipes.
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THE RODENSKI 1H FLARE
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You've heard of the Burning Bush, well, this is
the Burning Tree!
Actually the tree just appears to be on fire.
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BOBCAT PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.
equipment on the Rodenski Flare
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Bobcat Pressure Control trailer and equipment
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Red Bronco Oilfield well head connection to the
left
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These folks can cook marshmallows from their
front porch!
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Rodenski Unit in early-February 2012
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