Frac Job

This is a gas well just off Pea Ridge Road. I have been watching preparations for a frac job for a week or two. A frac job is the pumping of a sand/special fluid mix into a production formation at very high pressure. This procedure creates many deep cracks into the formation that increases the productivity of the well. The red trailers are filled with sand. There are three large mixing/pumping units on the well site. When I drove by yesterday two dozen men were getting their final marching orders for a frac job. I believe that I can remember the first frac job ever in the 1950s. It is standard practice now, especially in the tight gas formations in this area.

Isn't that interesting?