Thursday, February 24, 2011

Greetings from Odessa, Texas!


Hi All
This will be a short note. I'm catching up from two weeks ago.
The first picture shows a typical oil well head. After the well is drilled, this type
of well head replaces the drilling rig and is used to pump the oil to the surface.
There are literally thousands of these well heads throughout West Texas. In fact in some
areas it's like a forest of well heads. About half operating and the rest shut down.
Under West Texas is a Lake of Oil called the Permian Basin and there are still
new wells being drilled all the time.
The second picture is case in point. This particular company is the Big Dog Drilling
Company.
The third and final picture shows typical West Texas grazing land. When you drive out of a town the locals tell you ”Make Sure your Gas Tank is Full !” The view you see here might follow you for a hundred miles. There's just nothing out there. It's owned mostly by ranchers who graze their cattle here.
As I write this I'm looking out over the Pacific Ocean. Yes that's right I've finally
made it to California! There should be another blog in a day or two.
Take care for now.

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