Mitsui completed drilling on two wells some time ago: Lipsey 1H and Lipsey A 2H. Since that time, they have been filling a gigantic frac lake located nearby. As of today, it holds 15 feet of water and can handle as much as 25 feet. The lake is longer than two football fields. My guess is that Mitsui will need around 60 million gallons of water for the frac operation.
It appears that frac jobs will begin soon. Frac tanks are visible on the pad, and 4 pickup trucks drove away from the pad in the short time I was there this morning. Access signs have been placed at the opening of the access road for C&C Energy Services and Tiger Loop.
Alan - does this shed any light on a possible start of production for Mitsui’s Baker well in southern Freestone County (just north of Buffalo across the Leon County line - API No. 161-34869)?
That well was permitted almost a year ago and it seems that it should be completed by now and producing soon.
Does the Baker well need a fracking lake before it can start producing?
Drilling rig is still on site for Baker unit. Last information I received was should complete in a couple of weeks. Regarding Fracking, a Frac pond was built north east of Baker well. They are currently pumping from it to Frac the Whitaker well. They will use the same pond to Frac the Baker well.
Wood58 - that’s very helpful information. I’m really new to this and didn’t realize that fracing water can be pumped from one well location to another like that. The Mitsui Baker well appears to be about 3-4 miles away from the Mitsui Whittaker well, across a county line and across State Highway 75 and Interstate Highway 45 - at least that’s my understanding. I didn’t know they could pump the water that far. Love the knowledge. Thanks.
Great information and very helpful for an owner that is two thousand miles away. We have been awaiting the frac of the Whitaker 1H well. Sounds like it’s finally underway.
We have a large pipeline staged at the Whitaker wellhead which I assumed was for collection of the resource. Now I am under the impression this pipe is staged to feed water from the frac pond Alan has described. We received word that the process has begun so I believe Mitsui has piped the water in overground from the large pond described here
The Whitaker well is 15 miles from the Lipsey wells. It seems unlikely that Mitsui would be piping water that far, particularly because they would have to tunnel under I45. It’s more likely that Mitsui has a water source in the neighborhood of the Whitaker well.
Alan - What about what Wood58 said - that Mitsui will be pumping water from Mitsui’s Baker well to its Whitaker well. Those two are much closer to each other, although the pipeline would still have to go under I-45 (I guess requiring a whole different level of approval).
Has anyone checked on the status of Mitsui’s O Henson well in Leon County? That was their first well; you would think it might be first in line for frac’ing.
