Devon Field Trip - April 2007
On April 12th and 13th, Devon Energy hosted our SPE student chapter for a field trip. About 25 students, along with three faculty members, went to Decatur, Texas to visit the Barnett Shale field. Devon is the largest operator in the field and their personnel are extremely busy. It was really nice of them to spare time for us and show us around. Friday the 13th looked ominous in the morning with thunderstorms and tornados predicted for the entire day. Fortunately, we did not encounter any significant rain while we were in the field. After a brief morning presentation about the Barnett Shale operations, we got to visit the gas processing plant, a drilling rig drilling a horizontal well, a frac job in a multi-stage fracturing of a horizontal well, a coil tubing unit which was drilling out the plugs in a horizontal well, and a compressor facility. Because of proximity of the locations, we were able to see a lot in one day. The students were really impressed and hopefully gained some knowledge about production from oil shale. Special thanks are extended to two TU alumni – Todd Moehlenbrock and Chuck Horsman. Another alumnus, Kim Biggs, could not join us on the trip but also was instrumental in organizing the trip.
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