In this video, we interview Gavin Reed with NCS Multistage, a company trying to help us rethink the way we frac. Their tool allows for stages in a lateral to be isolated (opened and closed with coiled tubing) at the …
In this short video, we cover all the basics of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin. We start by detailing the location of the basin, followed by the basic geology with a focus on the two main formations of interest. We then …
In this video we examine the wellhead setup of a conventional well on rod lift. Please note that wellheads in particular can be setup many different ways, but the fundamentals are always the same. Watching the video is always going …
In this video, I check out a local conventional wellsite in SW Ohio. This site, like many across our country, has a vertical conventional well on rod lift (with a pump jack). I start off by discussing some basics of …
As you drive across the vast United States, you might just see a lot of pumpjacks depending on where you’re at. This is for a number of reasons. In this video, we go on site to a pumpjack in the …
As we recently explored in “Why So Much Traffic,” one of the most prevalent impacts to the communities surrounding oil and gas activity is that of increased traffic – and not just pickup trucks. In this video, Derek drives along …
One of the biggest complaints that the public has regarding oil and gas development is the traffic that everyone must put up with. Small one-stoplight-towns can boom overnight with a sudden increase in truck traffic, and they’re not small trucks …