Second Pipeline Mapped Out

Walked the Kiwanis trail today and found the famous blue stakes, so I followed them and mapped out the new pipeline until it enters the Frye Farm. Just to make sure, I did not enter into any marked private property and did not encounter any fences - I just followed the stakes from the public walkway shown in the first picture just below until back to the Kiwanis trail.

This gave me the general direction, where this straight part of the pipeline meets the straight portion crossing M52 and passing the residence shown in a picture on a previous post. My last guess was actually pretty close.

 There are 3 bottom holes off Carson, which all seem to be located on the Frye farm. The new pipeline is in red and refers to the elevation profile below the map. I also marked all current bottom holes on Witt Farm (Adrian 1-25), Purse Funeral Home (State Adrian & Purse 2-25), Statton's Landscaping (State Adrian & Stratton 1-24), and Heritage Park (Adrian Raisin 2-30)). Please note that many of these wells exploit several locations by drilling horizontally. Old pipeline from Heritage to Witt in blue

I check out if I could see anything of the two bottom holes in the southwestern corner of Frye Farm and was thrilled that I could get a peak just west of the Kiwanis trail that was not marked as private property and was not fenced in. Please note that I did not step on the open grassland, which is obviously private property...

Unfortunately, there was nothing to be seen. Frye 1-26 may not been drilled yet ??? and Frye 2-26 is in the forest and not visible (or is also not drilled yet???).

 The forest opening in the middle of the picture leads to Frye 2-26 but it goes way into the forest

The Frye farmhouse with a excavator and already assembled pipes for the pipeline.

 Shortly after the above pictures, Kiwanis trail crosses Beaver Creek. The bottom hole Frye 2-26 (Carson 4) is 30 ft. right above the creek. Frye 1-26 (Carson 3) is a little further away but also just 40 ft. above the creek bed. It is very easy for contaminated ground water or surface water to reach the creek.

Frye 2-26 (Carson 4) is 30 ft. right above the creek (see profile above), Frye 1-26 (Carson 3) is 40 ft above the creek bed.

Oils residue above mud in a ditch next to Kiwanis trail close to Frye 1-26

Beaver Creek towards NW as seen from the Kiwanis trail bridge

Track of the New Pipeline Becomes Clearer

The pipeline progressed much further than I thought. It is well hidden behind one row of corn plants. After a few pictures from Wizz Computer opposite of Witt Farm you follow me South on M52 towards Adrian. The pictures were actually made after returning North bound out of the city to have a better view - but I present them here as if you are going South from Witt Farm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here the pipeline will cross M52

 

Seemingly running towards this house (see the blue flagging stake). Adding up to something like this. Probably achieved by horizontal drilling from the corn field to the drill site of Carson?

 

There is also substantial work going on at the Carson Highway end of the pipeline. As in the case of Savoy's 1st pipeline from Heritage Park to Witt Farm, again it looks like there are 5 parallel pipes to avoid getting a permit for one larger pipeline for going under Beaver Creek. This will again involve horizontal drilling. Whether they will drill horizontally all the way from Carson to the corn field across M52 - or just under M52, then have the pipes buried 4 feet under going through the property on the west side of M52 shown above, and again drilling horizontally under Beaver Creek and then again standard 4 feet under ground to the Carson site is not clear yet - and it will be difficult to follow as it will go almost entirely through private land...

 

Again, Savoy's pipelines pass through very close to nationally recognized wetlands and cuts under Beaver Creek and through - or under one of the largest forested areas within or close to city limits.

Breaking News: New Pipeline SW of Witt Farm Under Construction

Pipes for a new pipeline leading more oil wells to Witt Farm are being assembled right now. As I did not see any stakes indicating the direction of the pipeline track, I suspect this to connect to horizontal drilling from the Carson Highway site.

This would bring the oil of three additional wells to the central processing facility (tank farm) on Witt Farm - and by that increase the already large flare emitting toxic and cancerous BTEXs and other compounds, most probably even hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid).

New Drilling Sites in Adrian

First the North East. There are two permitted well on Sutton's Landscaping, two new permitted wells with horizontal drilling on two farms off Valley Rd (60770 and 60771). Nobody saw the drilling rigs - they were probably not visible from the road - or are permitted (already a month ago) but not yet drilled. Both locations are very close to the Cook Drain that flows into the South Branch of  the River Raisin.

There is also a re-entry permit on Stratton's Landscaping (60775) - with a rig visible since a few weeks.

The rig that was off Carson and  Williamsburg Drive drilled twice horizontally (60757 and 60784). On the same old farm (Frye), there are two more bottom holes, each with a permitted horizontal drill (60785 and 60786), which also nobody saw. Again the rig must have been hidden behind trees - or the permit is not yet fulfilled - probably the latter as the well permits are not published yet on DEQ Weekly Oil & Gas Permit List. Interesting is that permit 60786 ends under Lake Drive next to Lake Adrian, one of the city's major drinking water sources.

 

In the Southeast, there is a new re-entry permit on a producing oil well (60774), and two new permits (60756 and 60758) NE of Ogden Station.

There is also movement in the West (where the other half of Adrian's drinking water comes from). It is concentrated around M34 with many older wells, most of them dry and some producing since a long time. There is one new permit for a horizontal well at the end of Douglas Drive close to two ponds and the Porter Drain (60764).

Carson Highway - Williamsburg Drive Update

Horizontal drilling continues off of Carson Highway and Williamsburg Drive right behind a residential area.
The amount of pre-drilling site preparation and pipe laying indicates that Savoy expects to tap into some major deposits...

Purse Funeral Home Drill Site Done - Drilling Rig Moved to Carson Highway Site

I was gone a few days - and was proven wrong about only pipeline digging activities off Carson Highway. Savoy cuts drilling costs by operating just one horizontal drilling rig - and shifting them from one site to the next. The rig that was first at Stratton's Landscaping was moved to Purse, and is now situated off Carson, where it will continuously drill 24/7 for probably another 10 to 14 days. Neighbors complained to me about extreme 24/7 noise and odor pollution. Unfortunately, it is not just bad smell but there are a lot of poisonous and cancerous substances in those fumes - and this well looks really close to some residences - less than the 300 feet they suppose to stay away...

Drilling Rig off Carson at about 9:00 pm (6/17/2013)