Photos by Brian Molitoris
Next Meeting
April 18, 2018
Ken Hostgetler
Vocational
Coming Events
April 24-- New Member Orientation
April 29 -- Golden Globe Awards
Sunday 5:00 pm- 27151 Lakeview Dr.
May 10, -- State of the City
Shots for Tots: Saturday April 14
State of the City:: May 10
This year John Hickenlooper
will be delivering the address. The
program will be starting at 11:30.
Please make arrangements to be
on time.
Golden Globe Awards.
Kimberly Armitage is planning a social event that is a
takeoff on Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards. She
distributed sheets with humorous categories and asked
people to nominate people for the awards. Dress
will be casual to semi-formal. She is putting out a
sign-up genius and is asking members to RSVP to
her.
This Week
April 11, 2018
Oil & Gas Update
Jim Rogers &
Max Blair
Max Blair Land Man with Conoco-Phillips . Max outlined the steps in acquiring and producing
petroleum.
Once it's determined where petroleum is located it's
one of Max's jobs to make arrangements to acquire
the rights to the oil.
Inclusive in this, is mitigating damage to the surface
area. This includes where roads will go and how many wells will be drilled. Previously, wells were
produced through a vertical borehole. With the
advent of horizontal drilling. one borehole can take
the place of several wells mitigating damage to the
surface area.
Typically, the borehole might go down 8000 feet and
take a right turn in various directions and can go
out as far as two miles.
Max emphasized how much time was required for
each step. Drilling might take two or three weeks.
Fracking might take three days. At that point, the
big equipment is removed and all that is needed is
a space 100 X 100 feet for the well head. If there
is enough production, installing a pipeline is less
intrusive than hauling the product.
Jim Rogers, club member and petroleum
Geologist.
Jim made a point that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is necessary.
Shale bearing formations are very porous,
but the pores are not connected. (it is impermeable) The fracking makes the formation
permeable and allows the fluid to flow back and
has been done for 60 years or more with no bad
effects. There is 8000 feet of solid rock between the
pay zone and the surface. it would be impossible
for fluids to migrate that far causing damage to
drinking water etc. The fractures themselves may
go ten feet or so. The whole idea is to bring fluid
back out of the borehole and not let it go anywhere
else.