The big Creston fall ATV Poker Run will be Saturday September 27 with signups ending at noon. It should be a fun run with something for all the family, water mud, scenic & historic sites, beautiful vistas, etc. The morning will start with biscuits & gravy. Tow straps, winches, tire kits always come in handy.
The Ergon Oil Purchasing catfish fry is September 18th from 11 A. M. To 1 P. M. At the Shrine facility in Marietta. Call 1-800-278-3364 and ask for Clay, Kat, Sue or Remy for reservations.
There was a big crowd the other Saturday at the Ruble church situate on the hill at the head of Burning Springs Run. The ceremony honored those who had worked to restore the historic log building and there was music.
A nice crowd was on hand Saturday at the Creston Community Building for the Grim reunion. Likely Vance Grim was the oldest one there. Also there were also some “honorary” Grim family members present. There was lots of good food and fellowship.
Lafawn Laughlin & Donald Poe Gunn were married at Shade Tree. Seems the favorite local eatery & the Creston Community Building are popular sites for nuptials. Denise had some cinnamon rolls that were spectacular over the week end.
Speaking of nuptials, Charlie Kirk who was killed by an assassin last week encouraged folks to get married, have children and join & participate in a Bible believing church. He also encouraged people of all ages to get involved politically to save the nation from Marxism and influence from other hostile nations. Because he was so successful the left had him taken out. Numerous local folks knew those he had influenced for the good. His widow, the former Miss Arizona, indicated that she was going to make sure that what her husband had started would only grow in influence and strength.
The Wirt road crew mowed the byways around Creston which was a good thing.
Tony Arthur noted that he finally got his tractor fixed.
W. Va. State Senate President Randy Smith was the speaker at the monthly (Sen. Donna) Boley breakfast at Cheryl’s Country Diner on W. Va. 47. He discussed that under his guidance regular rules were followed in the senate instead of just doing what some wanted done not following lawful procedures. He noted that a certain large “educational” facility that runs a big health care business wants him gone and that the taxpayer funded facility pays another senator $150,000/year as an “honorarium”.
Alan Walker was the speaker at the SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) meeting down at the Mouth of the Elk. The West Point graduate spoke about fixing the 5 bcf [billion cubic feet] gas leak from a storage well in the Aliso Canyon field near Los Angeles in 2015. It took 111 days to stop the leak which was done by drilling a well to intersect the well below the damaged casing. Boots & Coots did most of the work. He noted that congressman Sherman said to “never waste a crisis”. He listed those who helped and those who tried to impede the resolution of the problem. He spoke of the “engineer” who showed up in a three piece suit and wingtips when everyone else was wearing fire resistant clothing and rain coats to deal with the droplets of crude that were falling from the sky. He noted that if you had such a problem get to know the local lawmen and let them deal with those who were trying to cause problems. He noted that the EPA man who had almost fallen in a hole by the well while “showing his badge” was removed and told not to ever come back. The cost to the company was almost $1 billion to fix matters. He also noted that in other states mineral owners are paid royalties from storage fields as more gas [and liquids] are removed that are injected. In W. Va. The Rockefeller family companies made sure local folks were not treated fairly. “Either you sign or we take it away from you.”
The speaker when talking about the burst ratings of casing [and other pipes] is based on the Barton’s Burst test that was developed by the U. S. Army to rate the capacity of cannons.
W. Va. Gov. Morrisey said he wanted the amount of electricity generated in West Virginia to go from the present 16 MW to 50 by 2050 with the motto 50 by 50.
Gov. Shapiro, the head honcho up in Pennsylvania, wants gas used to fuel power plants to be subject to a “carbon tax” to “fight global warming”.
At the AI Horizons meeting in Pittsburgh EQT CEO Toby Z. Rice noted that Marcellus gas is the key to an AI future in the United States.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude increased to $61.69/bbl. With condensate fetching just $43.69/bbl. And Marcellus & Utica light bringing $50.69/bbl. The Henry Hub price of natural gas fell to $2.93. Natural gas produced from Owl Hill yielded just over $1/mcf to the producer and royalty owners.
