Pipeline Connected to Well Head in Heritage Park, Pipes all Under Ground Until Floodplain

The pipeline is now connected to the well head.

And all buried 4 feet under ground.

The pipes lying ready to be buried down at the floodplain are now also welded to the pipes coming down from the wells. Ground water level is still very high. Do they need to wait until the ground water retreats to bury the pipeline into the flood plain?

The long diagonal until the forest line shows a stack of 15 pipes. The 10 lower level pipes are most probable the ones to continue through the woods to Beaver Creek, and go under the creek bed - maybe even up the bluff to connect to the end of the buried pipes on the uplevel fields.

 This picture reveals the purpose of the black PE pipe. This is a gas pipe to transport the flare gases and vapors to the Witt Farm flare that will at least double by this. A shame that Savoy still does not collect, store and market these gases - but instead burns them off producing poisonous and cancerous gases and vapors.

Pipeline Goes Underground in Heritage Park

The pipes that will be buried into the flood plain are still above ground. Note the almost 90° angle from the straight down direction from the drill site towards Beaver Creek. This shows that the originally staked track will be simplified by going diagonal through part of the disc golf lawn and then cut straight through to the already laid straight track on the farm sites above the floodplain.

The five metal pipes buried 4 ft crossing the field road to the disc golf area.  Please note the still high level of ground water under the pipes.

The connection to the flood plain pipes still needs to be made.

 Ground water level is still very high. The pipes would sit in water if lowered into the trench.

 Closeup to where the pipes cross the disc golf service road. You can clearly see the 5 metal pipes and a sixth plastic pipe (what for?)

 Strange attachments on pipes waiting to be buried. Are these floating devices - but what about the wires?

Asphalt gravel is distributed and is spread out over the road crossing using a caterpillar.

On the North side of the service road towards the Heritage drilling site, the pipes leave the 4 ft. trench and have to be carefully lifted into trench  step by step.

On the way back from our walk (40 minutes later), 5 metal pipes are inside of the trench facing the floodplain. A sixth metal pipe is still outside. In some areas the pipes look very zig-zaggy - not very trustworthy...

But still have to be laid underground one-by-one for another 50 yards towards the Heritage Park drilling site.

At the same pace the excavator progresses some 100 yards ahead towards the drill site.

Michigan Significant Pipeline Incidents Listing

http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/safety/IncDetSt_st_MI_flt_sig.html?nocache=2672#_all

Showing quite a high incident of material, welding, equipment failure (MAT'L/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE) - and these are leaks that were detected. Leaks in the small diameter pipes going 3 feet deep into the soil between Heritage Park and the Witt Farm (approx. 1 mile long!!) will not be easily detected. Standard checkups for some of the pipe segments will not be done before 6 years - and not for the entire length...