Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Jan 29 - Feb 4

Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Sunday, January 29, 2017
Morning 37 Degrees, Wind WNW at 8 to 11 Mph, Humidity 71%, partly cloudy.
Afternoon 72 Degrees, Wind NW at 5 to 14 Mph, Humidity 17%, mostly sunny.

Frack water line on the way to the well pad

Someone was in to start the filling of the frack tanks. I have been failing to say that there is a crew that has been working is water transfer. Bringing in hose and pumps. Laying a water line from the pong to the well pad where the frack will be done.

Frack tank coming in to the well pad

Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Morning 40 Degrees, Wind variable, calm to 1 Mph, Humidity 48%, sunny.
Afternoon 83 Degrees, Wind SW at 5 to 13 Mph, Humidity 18%, sunny.

More Frack water tanks coming in today along with equipment to finish the water line for filling the tanks. Piping and welders continue their work.

The tanks are manifolded together using a flex tube from tank to tank
that's way they are parked close together

Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Morning 49 Degrees, Wind variable, calm to 1 Mph, Humidity 83%, sunny.
Afternoon 86 Degrees, Wind SW at 2 to 4 Mph, Humidity 20%, sunny.

Big spike up in vehicles today with wellhead equipment, water transport, sand handling trucks. Along with the other continuing pipe work and welders. Another well pad is also getting busy with work by another contractor. They are there to monitor the well during the fraking of another well pad.


Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Friday, February 3, 2017
Morning 47 Degrees, Wind ENE at 4 to 8 Mph, Humidity 58%, overcast.
Afternoon 56 Degrees, Wind ENE at 10 to 15 Mph, Humidity 72%, overcast, rain sprinkles.

More fracking pump trucks arriving and people to support the operation. Busy day with the ins and outs but it is slow after dark.

Frack pump truck

Busters Gate Catarina, TX - Saturday, February 4, 2017
Morning 48 Degrees, Wind N at 2 to 3 Mph, Humidity 73%, overcast.
Afternoon 56 Degrees, Wind E at 2 to 8 Mph, Humidity 82%, overcast.

Get ready day and pressure checks on the fracking equipment setup, tomorrow is the big day. Sand trucks pre-loading the holding containers. I was not expecting the pipe crew but some of them arrived to accept and place the separator modules that arrived today by truck. After that they were done for the day.