Storm brewing on the Mesa (Otero Mesa Oil & Gas, NM)

The Alamogordo News ^ | August 3, 2003 | Ellis Neel

[CedarDave]

An unlikely alliance of ranchers, environmentalists and a private property rights advocacy group has formed to protect what might be the largest pristine stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert.

READY TO STAND HER UP

[CPT Clay]

I got my geology degree from NMSU. I enjoyed your conversation. Only worked in the patch for 15 months then the bottom fell out(85).

[CPT Clay]

Do you know if the triple decker rigs are working in OK again?

[FreeLibertarian]

Do you know if the triple decker rigs are working in OK again?

No. Any particular area?

[BOBTHENAILER]

How deep are you going now?

Around 7000'. Varies as to area of course. My geo pard, was responsible for a discovery in the 'Madden Deep', in the Wind River Basin, WY, that was drilled to around 26,000'. Monster wells that IP'd at around 40mmcfpd. Used 36 inch surface casing and was like a mining operation for the first 4000'.

[BOBTHENAILER]

I got my geology degree from NMSU. I enjoyed your conversation. Only worked in the patch for 15 months then the bottom fell out(85).

NMSU, eh? Went to UNM meself. Sorry to hear you had to get out, although I understand and know more people like you that had to seek employment elsewhere rather than wait for a turn around, than stayed in the game. I was just lucky, those I know that got out consider themselves lucky as well

It's a very tough business and hard to stay in the game. When we need it most, the skilled personnel, like yourself, are not to be found. A fact the general public cannot understand. Kinda like privatizing the military. If you had to wait around for years to employ your skills, doing nothing, then were forced into nonstop 24/7 usage for a year or more at a time, how many would stay in?

Hope you found a good home outside the patch, and I'm sure you enjoyed your time in it. It's a treasure hunt and can be extremely exhilirating, while frustrating, as I'm sure you're aware.

[Southack]

"Keep your eyes peeled for reports on an Anadarko-drilled well in SE Texas."

Ahhhh, the big Polk County well. Up to a 1500 foot pay zone and 15,000 PSI!

Too bad that one isn't mine!

[Dog Gone]

Hey. You know too much, LOL.

[Southack]

Story of my life!

[Dog Gone]

If I were just a little more unethical, I'd sell copies of the logs.

[Southack]

Wow, that good, huh?!

I suspect that your firm has all the surrounding land leased up anyway, so you ought to be able to use those logs as some first class wallpaper somewhere.

So, if I'm investing in publicly traded oil companies, what initials do I need to know?

[Dog Gone]

Well, APC is the obvious one, and no, I don't work for them. The exciting thing is that this well opens up a whole new trend. APC will be trying to duplicate this result at another spot about 50 miles away in the next few weeks.

[Southack]

Well, I knew that it was good when I heard that they were building the pipeline before doing any tests!

Let me know what you hear about their new one 50 miles away. Also, what is their new technology angle here?

[Dog Gone]

No new technology involved. Believe it or not, they didn't even use 3D seismic to define the prospect. They just decided to test a deep structure defined on 2D data.

The geological concept was to test a structure which would have been deposited in the equivalent of today's deepwater Gulf of Mexico prospects. Nobody had done that before, so it's the equivalent of a deepwater discovery onshore. Quite a ways onshore, actually.