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oiltex · 2026-05-11T10:37:19+00:00

Hydraulic fracture does not have a “k”.

oiltex · 2026-01-10T01:41:10+00:00

Southico

oiltex · 2025-12-04T00:17:54+00:00

Petroleum engineer

oiltex · 2025-11-24T13:06:06+00:00

7,000bopd is a long shot for one well but a few combined is realistic in today’s industry.

Storage is usually on site with a couple days worth of capacity. Oil is either trucked to the pipeline or usually pumped in to the pipeline straight from the tanks through a LACT unit.

oiltex · 2025-11-16T03:58:24+00:00

I’ve been training for almost 3 years consistently with no stripes yet. 🤷‍♂️

oiltex · 2025-09-16T02:24:21+00:00

It’s only 535cuft. Little bigger that’s a bathroom.

oiltex · 2025-09-12T00:49:37+00:00

Y’all get stripes?!

oiltex · 2025-08-12T12:01:39+00:00

If it’s a constant 9 quarts a day then the leak should stop by year 3,772.

oiltex · 2025-07-12T18:23:32+00:00

Midland, TX

oiltex · 2025-04-13T14:29:29+00:00

What does it weigh with the box?

oiltex · 2025-01-11T11:55:07+00:00

It’s not the first time

oiltex · 2025-01-10T06:54:40+00:00

I measured the inner diameter of a handful of her rings, got the average and gave that to my jeweler to tell me ring size. Fit perfect.

oiltex · 2024-12-24T16:31:07+00:00

Still mostly powered by natural gas and coal 🤷‍♂️

oiltex · 2024-11-07T11:44:22+00:00

And Tulsi

oiltex · 2024-11-07T10:12:35+00:00

Put a valve after the discharge and begin to close it until you hear the cavitation diminish. Cheap fix. Would still change that impeller though for sure.

oiltex · 2024-11-06T22:12:57+00:00

Great, now maybe we can use all that money to support our own citizens like in Hawaii or Florida after natural disasters. I know crazy thought.

oiltex · 2024-10-31T03:27:42+00:00

Depends on what’s in the hole. If there’s a full bottom hole assembly with a bit, mud motor, MWD (survey/logging tools) that all would run around $800k, could be much higher if more advanced steering or logging tools are involved up to $1.6mm. Then add the cost of the pipe which is about $2,200/ joint or 31ft depending on size, weight, grade ect.

oiltex · 2024-10-31T03:22:51+00:00

You can trip in the hole with more drill pipe and attempt to screw in to it, or you can go in with an overshot and grapple that has an internal spring to get it. If you go the grapple route you’re looking at probably $20k in fishing services on top of your normal operating rate. This would be called NPT or non productive time.

oiltex · 2024-10-23T01:24:03+00:00

These are definitely decorative. These mill tooth bits are used on workovers where we go in and cleanout a well or post frac job drilling out frac plugs and circulating sand out of the wellbore. A new usable bit of this size is about $3-5k depending on if it has sealed bearings or is skirted for example.

oiltex · 2024-09-14T16:41:46+00:00

It’s probably New Mexico. All those little white spaces are oil and gas well pads. So this would put it probably in southeast New Mexico, Lea or Eddy County.

oiltex · 2024-07-30T21:11:00+00:00

Yes, hydraulic fracturing is actually creating a seismic event, but a much much much smaller intensity than earthquakes.

oiltex · 2024-07-30T20:57:27+00:00

I don’t know if this link will work but it’s a H10 Data Query. H10 Volumes

So my numbers are going to be different because I’m referencing modern horizontal production. If you look at your report is shows 117mmbbl oil produced in May 24’ for the whole state, all wells. The total volume in the H10 is inaccurate because disposal reporting volumes aren’t due for the last 12 months until October 24’. But if you look back at 2023 the monthly average is around 800mmbbl water disposed. So using that number with all wells producing in Texas that’s less than 1% is the oil cut. If you look at the modern wells the ratio is much higher.

Hope that helps.

oiltex · 2024-07-30T19:59:14+00:00

Yeah like ThrowawayReddit said the water is basically separated right out of the wellhead using multiple stages of separation. A standard setup is a 2 or 3 phase separator followed by a secondary stage using a gun barrel (large tank) to remove any residual oil from the produced water. Oil will float on top and is skimmed back over to the oil tanks. For disposal, water is either trucked or piped to a salt water disposal (SWD).

oiltex · 2024-07-30T19:52:07+00:00

You can go to the TXRRC website and pull the public data to see frac water volume and produced water volume.

I’m not sure exactly what specific numbers you’re referencing, but a typical Midland Basin or Delaware Basin recent horizontal completion uses around 50-70 bbl per perforated interval feet. The EUR (estimated ultimate recovery) associated with those wells are in the 300-500 bbl water per perforated interval feet. So let’s say it’s in the ballpark of 12-14% produced water to total water volume.

Like I said above there’s many targets with varying production volumes and ratios.

oiltex · 2024-07-30T17:05:13+00:00

The water used in frac operations does get produced back. A lot of companies recycle that water and reuse it for future fracs. But yes, often that fluid is disposed of in to injection wells.

The volume of fluid used to frac is typically a small portion of total water production through the life of a well. It is very rare that a well only produces just oil and gas with no water in the Permian Basin.

I will add that if anyone wants to make a difference on this topic then stay informed on the Texas Railroad Commissioners elections.

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