Oil wells

[LILBIT1]

Wow we have oil things all over here. Is it the pumper type? Ours are yellow with an arm that goes up and down. They don't make house though. Now the oil rigs off the coast do ocassionally make loud noises

[Verbena]

Wow i can not believe they don't have to get permission to make that much noise all hours. That is nuts. I would invite the county seat the legislators and the senator to come in the evening and try to sleep

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

They have been given permission by the land owner to drill on that property...they have signed a contract that can last 2-4 years!. I have property in Colorado and we are negotiating with about 4 different companies that are wanting to drill. There is someplace you can go on line to find out what companies are drilling in specific areas....if you dont get any information from the land owner or the rig hands. The county should have the information on that rig, as permits have to be obtained, etc. The bright side is........if they hit oil or gas on that spot, they will probably be coming to YOU for permission to drill on YOUR property!

Omg! I'll have to move! I assumed the land owner gave permission. It says Redland on the signs. I went and looked. We don't have enough acreage for them to come to us lol. They would literally be in my back yard. They did come on our property looking for gas. Long story short, the only thing we got out of it was a cracked drive way. Most houses here own less than 10 acres. So the neighbors are pretty close to each other. It's very disturbing Also when I drove up there I can see clouds and clouds of dust pouring off of it. I'm telling you it is nuts!

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by LILBIT1

Wow we have oil things all over here. Is it the pumper type? Ours are yellow with an arm that goes up and down. They don't make house though. Now the oil rigs off the coast do ocassionally make loud noises

I honestly don't know. All I can see is the tall tower looking thing that has lights all over it.

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by Verbena

Wow i can not believe they don't have to get permission to make that much noise all hours. That is nuts. I would invite the county seat the legislators and the senator to come in the evening and try to sleep

That's a good idea!

[BabyGirl Rosie]

This is how close this stupid thing is to us! The red flag is my house. The blue flag is the oil well. You can see how close it is to houses!

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[Yorkiemom1]

After they get the well drilled, and they hit paydirt, the pounding will stop. They will cap it, move the rig, and put a pumper on it....all that loud noise will be over. Then it is just a muffled, rhythemic, hhhhhhhhhuuuuuummmmmmm....the sweet sound of money! Dont sell the house and move yet!!

[abbey46923]

Sorry you are having to deal with this, but i feel your pain on the noise and dust. I have the same situtation at my house only mine is from a new 4 lane highway going through. All summer long i could not let my dogs out because of the dust, if you walked in my yard you could see puffs of dust kicked up with every step you took and everything is covered in dust. Then we had dump trucks coming and going constantly. Thankfully things are getting wraped up and there is hard surface put down on 2 of the lanes but still very dusty. Unfortunatly there is not much can be done about this, they call it progress, many people lost their homes for this inter state to come through.
I agree contact your county commisoners and then go from there for help.
Good luck.

[Lil Sis]

I am sorry!

This is why I am so against drilling for oil. Of course in Florida it is off shore. An oil spill kills the marine life and the beaches are never the same ugh! And the tem clean coal is a joke, i wish we could use more energy such as wind power or solar...

But that doesn't help you. I would try to organize a neighborhood meeting. If y'all work together as a team you will get more done. It really is a shame that the greed for money by the company and the land owner and all if us really could be so disrespectful to the way of life and rights of others.

[LunasMomma]

Originally Posted by Lil Sis

I am sorry!

This is why I am so against drilling for oil. Of course in Florida it is off shore. An oil spill kills the marine life and the beaches are never the same ugh! And the tem clean coal is a joke, i wish we could use more energy such as wind power or solar...

But that doesn't help you. I would try to organize a neighborhood meeting. If y'all work together as a team you will get more done. It really is a shame that the greed for money by the company and the land owner and all if us really could be so disrespectful to the way of life and rights of others.

Good advice I'm sorry you are experiencing this, it just seems not right that you weren't notified of it, at least

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Well I got on the web and found everything. I know who the owner of the land is, the exact longitude and latitude, the company information (as I found the permit), they are drilling down 6000 ft, and that they are looking for gas. I also found the state ordinance that says the noise level has to be below 45 decibels during the night. I also researched that this "fracking" is causing earthquakes in my area. So I guess I better get earthquake insurance. I spent hours on this. I also found the number of my County Seat rep who will be hearing from me as well. And I may have a word or two for the person allowing all this. He no longer owns the land. He sold the land but kept the mineral rights. So this isn't bothering him. He is just going to the bank. I guess I wouldn't mind so much if it wasnt an area with close houses. If we each owned hundreds of acres it wouldn't be so bad. But this thing is pretty close to numerous houses! Anyway, I will be making calls tomorrow and at least complaining. We will see how that goes!

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

After they get the well drilled, and they hit paydirt, the pounding will stop. They will cap it, move the rig, and put a pumper on it....all that loud noise will be over. Then it is just a muffled, rhythemic, hhhhhhhhhuuuuuummmmmmm....the sweet sound of money! Dont sell the house and move yet!!

Well I hope it is soon! This is nuts! My girls need to rest their barkers! . So the noise I am hearing, are they "bombing" to get to the 6000 mark?

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by abbey46923

Sorry you are having to deal with this, but i feel your pain on the noise and dust. I have the same situtation at my house only mine is from a new 4 lane highway going through. All summer long i could not let my dogs out because of the dust, if you walked in my yard you could see puffs of dust kicked up with every step you took and everything is covered in dust. Then we had dump trucks coming and going constantly. Thankfully things are getting wraped up and there is hard surface put down on 2 of the lanes but still very dusty. Unfortunatly there is not much can be done about this, they call it progress, many people lost their homes for this inter state to come through.
I agree contact your county commisoners and then go from there for help.
Good luck.

This is our next battle. There is talking about taking the new interstate down this way. Right now there are 3 projected plans. One of them goes behind our property. If that happens I really am moving!

[abbey46923]

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie

This is our next battle. There is talking about taking the new interstate down this way. Right now there are 3 projected plans. One of them goes behind our property. If that happens I really am moving!

well i wish you good luck selling if they get that close to you, once people find out there is a major highway going through close to your property no one wants to buy. Your best bet would be that it comes close enough that the state makes you an offer on your property.

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by abbey46923

well i wish you good luck selling if they get that close to you, once people find out there is a major highway going through close to your property no one wants to buy. Your best bet would be that it comes close enough that the state makes you an offer on your property.

Are you still at the house? Do you hear a lot of noise? We moved to the country for quite and peace. . And look what we are ending up with. . I think if we are going to sell we need to do it now before they announce if its coming this way! The plan don't look like it will affect our home, just be too close for my preference.