They're everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. Life in Plateau Valley comes with gas wells. They're as much a fact of daily life around here as are blue sky and low humidity.I took the following group of pictures at the well located about 800 feet east of our house. 25 or so years ago we followed the road up to this then new well and built (with permission) an additional 800 feet of drive across some BLM to access our property. Since then we've built a better road in from the other side, but our daily walks still take us out past the well location.Since many of the people whom I've been working with are not familiar with life in gas well country, I thought I'd use this series of pictures to help give you an idea of what's what around the well pad. Bottom line...they're no big deal, imho.

All 4 Pieces	Dehy, Tank, & Meter House
Meter = $ Various colored lines give data on amount of gas produced and how the well and dehydrator unit are working. Well technicians access sites regularly to keep everything running as designed.	Identification Sign Well's Location and Who to Call Info.
Da Well This is the well head. There's a half mile or more of pipe beneath the well head up which gas flows under its own pressure. NO PUMPS with gas wells. They just sit there.	Dehydrator If there's anything that actually does anything but just sit there at a well site, it's the dehydration unit, or dehy. The raw gas from the well head contains a certain amount of moisture and other things. The dehy uses gas from the well to heat raw gas and evaporate the moisture. Typically, you don't see, hear, or smell anything from the dehy. Occasionally, however, you'll hear some banging or clanging and perhaps catch a wiff of some odor.
Produced Water Tank The evaporated water and other stuff from the dehydration unit are condensed and then stored in this tank. A truck shows up once a month or so (varies from well to well) and hauls the contents of the tank to a site designed for dealing with it.	Scenery This picture and the other scenery picture were taken on the same walk as the gas well pictures. They are in the same immediate area as the gas well pictures. I included them here to show that unless you're looking right at them, gas wells don't really do all that much to detract from the views!
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