Tanking crude oil in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle...

canadianredneck · Aug 24, 2014

Rockdoctor said: ↑

Last year I started a thread about "The Texas shales and beyond". In that thread I created an outline of why the great USA is now in the middle of the largest energy boom in DECADES and why you should look to move from OTR to the energy sector! Did you know a couple of weeks ago the USA produced an amount of oil domestically and then ONLY imported that same amount plus 200,000 barrels? That is correct, we almost produced 50% of what we consumed domestically, something which had not happened since 1997! Technology created right here in the USA (perfected in the Barnett Shale just West of Ft Worth) combined horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to release oil and gas from beds of shale which in the past would not produce on a long term basis. This is truly a "gold rush" for our generation and should not be ignored.

At the time I started "The Texas shales and beyond" I was working in the Eagle Ford Shale, which is located in South East Texas. While that shale continues to be a huge producer, I have spent the last half year in Oklahoma working in several parts of the state. Currently I am hauling crude oil out of the Anadarko Basin (see photo attachment below) which runs across most of Oklahoma and into the Texas panhandle. One company has projected it will drill 1500 new wells in the Anadarko Basin and there are many companies working this play. Texas recently had 839 drilling rigs operating which is nearly 50% of all rigs in the USA and 22.7% of all rigs worldwide, according to the FEB 15th Baker Hughes Rig Count. While no boom is guaranteed to last this one has strong legs to stand on!

So where should you look for work in Oklahoma?...As I mentioned before I have been all over Oklahoma tanking crude but currently I am running out of state into the Texas Panhandle which is not that far considering the physical shape of the two states. In the Western part of Oklahoma the town of Sayre, OK and its rail yard seem to be a ground zero for crude oil moving out of the Texas panhandle into Oklahoma. If you look at the map of the Granite Wash Play and the location of its producing wells (see photo attachment below) you will realize why the Sayre, OK rail yard is so busy. I've seen a lot of crude being hauled around the Alva, OK area. Also I have been to Woodward, OK to pick up crude oil which had to be separated from water and contaminates, and that town seems to have a large oil field services industry base. I've hauled a lot out of an area between Geary, OK and Watonga, OK but did not see too many yards in that area. And as you know, Cushing, OK is a small town located between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK which currently houses 45 million barrels of crude oil in tanks just waiting to get piped somewhere. So there are lots of areas of opportunity in the state and I am sorry if I overlooked one but I have only been here a short time and would love to hear from others about areas I have missed.
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disagree, the rail has closed multiple times.I have been in Sayre for over 5 years. I have had to diversify and buy car haulers and water haulers as the rail will not and does not last. been there and done that, Arnett just up the road is pipeline thats Chesapeake which is the biggest player in the area and rose rock midstream own, Sunoco is also very stable. Plains is growing. . I know of 5 times in 4 years Sayre, Shattuck (just up the road has been closed down.

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