Oil/Gas Rig - Elm Grove field

I went driving today through Elm Groves, Oil Field.  I took some pictures since my oil rig picture, and horizontal drilling post has gotten the most hits.  I figure that's what people want to see, so here's some more:

A recently complete pad on Lake Bistineau  Road

 

Same pad from a different angle

 The target zone is usually the Haynesville shale. A very prolific gas shale (about 2 miles deep).  Usually from these pads a number of wells can be drilled from it.  They then angle them off horizontally and then fracture the shale.
The pads normally need about five acres so that they can get the equipment and other things for the drilling of the well.  

I am driving up to another well that is actually being drilled.  This one is on Hwy 157, and I am headed west

 

 When they drill wells they like having a source of water nearby.  In this case it is Flat River.  Usually this river it full, and I was surprise to see it was so low for today. 

 

 Keen Rig 40, Elm Grove Field, Bossier Parish.Viewing it from the west.

Oil Rig - Keen #40,  Elm Grove Field

Looking east at the rig.

Keen Oil Rig #40; 2-26-2011

Keen Oil Rig -#40; Elm Grove Field 2-26-2011

Oil Rig 2-26-2011

 
Elm Grove field, this is a field that has been around for a long time. And has been produced from a number of different zones.  The current zone of interest is the Haynesville Gas Shale.

Elm Grove Field 2-26-2011

It is located on both sides of Hwy 157.

Elm Grove Field 2-26-2011

 As you can see the area is flat and that is why Flat River gets its name.  The reason the area is so flat is because it is part of the Red River flood plain. 

Elm Grove Field 2-26-2011

 If you look closely you can see all sorts of oil field equipment which is kept to store the products until tankers can come and get it.

And here is just some pictures I wanted to add in on Lake Bistineau.  As you can see when I visit the lake I feel like I am in the South.  At this point in the lake it looks more like a swamp than an lake. Because it has so many trees in it, the waves never get very high, which makes it a great place to go water skiing. It's been rated as a triple A for water skiing. It is a very fun place to visit, especially on hot summer days. But today I was only just looking today and not in it. -Burrrr the water is tooooo cooooldddd.  

Lake Bistineau at the spillway, 2-26-2011

Lake Bistineau at the spillway 2-26-2011