Here's an interesting place to be. The blog for the Working Man
web site where you can find out all kinds of interesting stuff
about daily life on the job.
We welcome your comments to our posts.
Please no derogatory
or profane language.
Email us your comments: Click on Me
February 20, 2010
The American Railroad Association reported that 29% of
the nation's rail cars, (all cars: gondolas, coal cars,
tankers, freight cars, etc.) are currently in storage
due to the sagging economy. This amounts to 449,000
rail cars. During a good economy, there are only 2 to
3 percent of the rail cars in storage.
On October 15 2009 Range Resources made the announcement that
it's Marcellus Shale production exceeds 80 Mmcf a day and
they are expecting to up that to 90 or 100 Mmcf by the end
of the year. Mmcf = 1 million cubic feet, mcf = 1,000 cubic feet.
They have 77 horizontal Marcellus wells and expects to drill
and case about 20 more. They use now 4 horizontal drilling
rigs and are upping that to 6 rigs in 2010.
Natural gas prices are falling, reservoirs are almost filled up across
the country, yet the demand for natural gas keeps going up.
There is a company that is right now planning a 42 inch pipeline
to go from the Rocky Mountains to the Philadelphia/ New York area.
They expect to deliver 420 Mmcf a day to that area from inlets
across the Marcellus play.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Rig from Oklahoma brought to Khedive Pa. for
drilling a horizontal well into the Marcellus Shale.
this well now produces about 3 mcf a day. Notice the roughneck
climbing the rig about half way up.
Drilling a Super Well (10,00 feet or deeper into the Marcellus Shale)
(Reclaiming a gas well site. This well was drilled 10,000 feet.
This well didn't produce hardly anything, they put a pump jack
in it for a year, then refracked it, it still didn't produce
hardly anything.)
Harry Stamper from the movie Armageddon
Links to the rest of our site
American Industry and
Manufacturing
Clothes & Accessories for the Working Man
Fun Stuff for You to Relax and
Laugh About
Heavy Equipment
Railroad Work
Safety & Safety Equipment for the Working Man
Tools for Working Men
Woodworking
Search our site for more info
