Frack Well Completion Activities are Complex
From an Article of Kallanish Energy, January 19, 2018
Denver-based Antero Resources intends to complete 140 to 150 wells in the Appalachian Basin in 2018.
That includes 120 to 125 wells in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and 20 to 25 wells in the Utica Shale in Ohio, the company said Wednesday.
It spud 117 operated wells and completed 135 operated wells in 2017, Kallanish Energy learns. It said its capital budget for 2018 will be $1.45 billion, including $1.3 billion for drilling and completion. The independent producer said 80% of that funding will spent in the Marcellus and 20% in the Utica.
Capital spending has been basically flat for three years and will remain that way through 2020, with slight increases planned in 2021 and 2022, the company said.
Antero said its 2018 net daily production is expected to average 2.7 billion cubic feet-equivalent per day (Bcfe/d), a 20% increase over 2017 levels.
Chairman and CEO Paul Rady said 2018 would be “a transformational year” for Antero as it moves toward free cash flow generation growth and additional efficiencies. The company said net daily liquids production in 2018 is projected to grow by 23% over 2017 levels to 130,000 barrels per day (BPD).
The company is also planning to extend the length of laterals being drilled. It said it’s increasing its five-year planned average lateral lengths by 2,500 feet, or 28%, to 11,400 feet.
At present, the company’s Marcellus laterals average about 9,300 feet, and its Utica laterals average roughly 11,600 feet. It said about 59% of its laterals exceed 10,000 feet and 44% are greater than 12,000 feet.
Antero said average net daily gas equivalent production in the fourth quarter of 2017 was 2.35 Bcfe/d, an 18% increase over Q4 2016.
That included 1.702 Bcf/d (72%) of natural gas, 101,226 BPD (26%) of natural gas liquids and 6,207 BPD (2%) oil. That included 31,425 BPD of ethane.
The company plans to have five drilling rigs and four completion crews in the Marcellus Shale and one drilling rig and one completion crew in the Utica Shale during 2018, the company said.
Utica Shale wells are deeper & expensive
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Marcellus Worker Killed in Tyler County, WV at Antero Well Pad
From an Article of the Marcellus Drilling News, January 17, 2017
We have sad news to report. A young man, just 19 years old, was killed when he was “struck by a truck, then pinned between the truck and a stationary object” at an Antero Resources well pad site in Tyler County, WV last Thursday. Hunter Osborn, of Lewis County, WV, worked for U.S. Well Services, the fracking company hired by Antero. The well pad is called the Hartley East Pad in Middlebourne. Mr. Osborn was pinned between a tractor trailer backing up to unload sand and a sand silo. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of this young man. Below are the details we could find about the accident…
The identity of a man fatally injured at a Tyler County oil-and-gas well site Thursday morning has been released.
Hunter D. Osborn, 19, of Lewis County, died at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown on Thursday from injuries he suffered after he was struck by a truck, then pinned between the truck and a stationary object, Tyler County Sheriff’s Lt. Shannon M. Huffman said in a press release.
“He was treated at the scene by emergency personnel and was airlifted to the hospital, where later on Thursday he succumbed to his injuries,” Huffman said.
Osborn, an equipment operator, was injured while acting as a spotter for a tractor-trailer carrying a load of sand, said Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Leni Fortson.
“The victim was pinned between a tractor-trailer and sand silo while the truck was backing to off-load the sand,” Forston said.
OSHA’s investigation is ongoing, and the agency will release its findings within six month, according to Fortson
Osborn was employed by U.S. Well Services of Jane Lew.
“U.S. Well Services is currently investigating a very unfortunate accident that occurred yesterday which resulted in the death of one of our employees,” Human Resources Director Dean Fullerton said Friday.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our co-workers, and our thoughts and prayers are with the employee’s family and friends during this difficult time. As the investigation is ongoing, we are not at liberty to say anything about the details of the incident at this time,” she said.
The incident happened at about 7 a.m. Thursday on the Hartley East Pad at 395 Ricky Run Road in Middlebourne, Huffman said.
In addition to the Tyler County Sheriff’s Department, emergency crews from Middlebourne EMS and members of the Alma, Shirley, Middlebourne and Pennsboro volunteer fire departments responded to the scene. (1)
And this:
A man, who was injured Thursday at a U.S. Well Service site in Tyler County, has died, according to the Tyler County Sheriff’s Department.
Prentice Cline, area director for OSHA, said Hunter D. Osborn, 19, of Jane Lew, W.Va., who sustained crushing injuries from the rear of a tractor trailer, was taken via medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital where he later died. Cline said the accident was reported at about 7:23 a.m. Thursday by workers at the well pad site located outside Middlebourne.
Employers are required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours. OSHA is investigating.
“We’re trying to figure out and see what caused the accident and if there was any violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act,” Cline said.
The sheriff’s department was assisted by Middlebourne EMS as well as Alma, Shirley, Middlebourne and Pennsboro volunteer fire departments. The sheriff’s department was notified Thursday by the state Medical Examiner’s office that Osborn had succumbed to his injuries.
The sheriff’s department said the incident remains under investigation.
Based out of Houston, Texas, U.S. Well Services operates in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, according to the company’s website. The company provides high-pressure, hydraulic fracturing services in unconventional oil and natural gas basins, according to the company’s website.
“U.S. Well Services is currently investigating a very unfortunate accident that occurred yesterday morning which resulted in the death of one of our employees,” said Dean Fullerton, human resources director for U.S. Well Service. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of one our co-workers, and our thoughts and prayers are with the employee’s family and friends during this most difficult time. As the investigation is on-going, we are not at liberty to say anything further details about the incident at this time.”
U.S. Well Service’s fleets operate on a 24-hour basis at many active shale and unconventional natural gas basins across the country, according to the company’s website. The company started in the Mountain State in Jane Lew before it expanded in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Several fleets of trucks remain based in Jane Lew. (2)
And this:
The Tyler County Sheriffs Office has confirmed that 19-year-old Hunter D. Osborn of Jane Lew died at Ruby Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident at a U.S. Well Service site in Tyler County.
According to a press release, Tyler County E-911 Center received a call at 7:23 Thursday morning, January 12, about an employee who had been struck by a truck and was pinned between the truck and a stationary object.
Osborn was treated at the scene by emergency personnel and flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital where he later died.
The Tyler County Sheriffs Office responded to the scene along with emergency crews from Middlebourne EMS, Alma Volunteer Fire Department, Shirley Volunteer Fire Department, Middlebourne Volunteer Fire Department and Pennsboro Volunteer Fire Department.
Osborn was employed by U.S. Well Services of Jane Lew, West Virginia.
The incident remains under investigation. (3)
The one detail left out of the above reports (and why you read MDN) is which company the well pad belongs to: Antero Resources. We located a copy of the original permit issued to Antero in May 2015 to construct and drill wells at the Hartley East pad site:
(1) Clarksburg (WV) The Exponent Telegram (Jan 13, 2017) – Identity released of victim in oil well pad workplace death on Thursday
(2) Sistersville (WV) Tyler Star News (Jan 13, 2017) – OSHA Investigating a Fatal Accident in Tyler County
(3) Weston (WV) WDTV Channel 5 (Jan 13, 2017) – Lewis County Worker killed in Tyler County well site accident
Source: https://marcellusdrilling.com/2017/01/marcellus-worker-killed-in-tyler-county-wv-at-antero-well-pad/