News from across the Highway

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Recently, pumps – so-calls pump-jacks aka “nodding donkeys” – have been installed on those two oil wells just across the highway from our place: Well, actually these pumpjacks are just being set up and have not yet been connected to … Continue reading →

Victoria Advocate | Karnes rides cycle of boom, bust (Video)

Victoria Advocate | Karnes rides cycle of boom, bust (Video). The article from which the following excerpt was taken appeared yesterday in our regional paper, The Victoria Advocate, as the seventh instalment in a series about the oil-boom we’re at … Continue reading →

Drilling Done

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Last Thursday the second of the two wells across the highway from our property was done drilling and all tghe machinery was being removed. All of that drilling went really fast, to my mind, considering that it was two wells … Continue reading →

Preparations for Drilling – Part I

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First, after the area had been cleared from grass and brush and had been levelled some, dirt [I assume it was Caliche, which is normally used for such purposes hereabouts, as it compacts and hardens easily] was brought in and … Continue reading →

They’re Drilling

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Today the first – small – drilling rigs arrived: I tend to think it’s the beginnings only as usually they use really big drilling rigs here. Therefore I think that something really different will be showing up soon. It’s going … Continue reading →