High Pressure Hydro-Fracking. Can a 600' Dry Well be forced to produce water?

[@davidepperson2376]

Hope we get a follow up!

[@jg6142]

Let us know if they tell you how it doing.

[@MrJim5280]

We rely on a well for our water. I didn’t know the first thing about water wells. I’ve been watching your channel for a few weeks now and I have learned so much. Thank you for sharing these videos with us!!

[@peterwilliams8175]

Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers. I live in rural Queensland Australia and your videos have allowed me to pull and replace my bore pump.. Many thanks and cheers for your celebrations.. Pete

[@braddofner]

Frakking awesome! I agree with other commenter's in that an update on this would be well received!

[@watomb]

Follow up video for the guy with 3 wells and this one would be nice

[@charmio]

There's a pinned comment on the video of the guy with three deep wells. TLDR, it worked.

[@pepperroni4016]

Best channel on KZbin!

[@scottfoster2487]

I have helped do exsplosives in dry well ,man the geyser we got was massive ,the well ended up being the best producer in the area.

[@Wheel_Horse]

Not advisable, but we used to fire a .45 straight down the well to 'shock' the pores open. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. This was of course a hazard to the well casing, and possible source of lead contamination. So... just don't do it! 😉

[@throttlebottle5906]

that's they way they were all done long ago. in goes blasting cap, boom and that's usually all they needed.

[@allangibson8494]

Oil wells usually use a coarse sand slurry (propant) to prop the cracks open…

[@JJ-gd7gf]

A visual drawing of what you think is happening underground would be worth a thousand words

[@h2omechanic]

@JJ-gd7gf noted! I'll pull out the white board on my next Vid! Which will be a crazy topic@

[@markbernier8434]

@@h2omechanic While you have the white board out, think about how to show how large a volume of earth is affected when you power a thousand gallons down a hole and speak to why you think there is water down there to flow after fracking.

[@davidzimmerman9841]

I requested information from you about pump size and such two different times and I've never received a response any suggestions

[@rodgersrcaviation2785]

Just a tidbit. I’m a 25 yr mechanic and I couldn’t help but notice the fan shroud is of ill design. On the frack motor. You want the shroud to stop where the fan blade is half in half out. Makes it much much much much more efficient and will help it run a thermostat temps.

[@DS-ss396]

Yes

[@pepperroni4016]

Hello from Boston. Get your Frack On!

[@Crabby_Abbi]

I so wish I was closer to your area to have this done to my 300ft well.. we need it badly! Great Video!

[@charleswelch249]

Hopefully, this fixed his problem. You can't live without water.

[@murkywaters7185]

Congratulations on reaching 100,000😊!

[@jasonharper2601]

YOUR CHANNEL IS THE BEST!! I have learned about wells and systems and applied what I learned to our well and systems. I am getting a new well drilled because I have a steel casing. can not even imagine that humidity. I live near death valley ca. out humidity is 7 % and it is 119 here today

[@1010tesla]

it would be interesting to see some electronic instruments on your equipment. a logging pressure gauge so you could see a plot of the pressure ramp up and drop along with a logging flow meter to see how many gallons are flowing.

[@w.j.davelaar1082]

Congratulations on reaching 100k subscriptions, wish you the best of luck. greetings from the Netherlands..

[@DaveStotz]

Love the videos! Keep doing what youre doing!!

[@thebbgrouplimited210]

Love to get a follow up o n this one. BTW..... CONGRATS ON 100K!!!!!!

[@rjright7373]

Lemme see, pump water in, get owner to pump it back out, excellent gig... (Joking...)

[@WrenchHead]

The humidity lately has been brutal.

[@waxore1142]

CONGRATZ ON 100K!

[@barrylitchfield8357]

Here in South Texas. Son has a well that's been providing good water for 6 years. His well went dry during this draught. Do you have any well drilling friends in the Texas Hill Country between Austin and San Antonio? We need a frigging fracker!!!

[@thebriangroves]

I've frac'd many oil wells up to 15,000psi 😅😅😅, as that pressure starts dropping start grabbing gears 😅😅😅😅😅

[@JOHNDANIEL1]

I was a driller/plumber for over 3 decades, before politics and regulations crushed the industry in 2008. The biggest problem with todays well drilling is they stick to 4 to 6" casings and do not consider every cubic inch of bore wall matters. A 10" bore/casing is the difference of over 230% in actual lateral flow ratios in water wells. Be that guy who can brag you have a 10" Incher and be able to prove it!

[@justaseagull8406]

Love your video's please let us know it it worked.

[@theinfernalcraftsman]

I guess I should be happy with my 100' 4" diameter irrigation only well producing 12GPM at the end of a very dry summer. I do have a question though. Since Poly pipe is illegal in most all states now what are you using for pump drops now? I wish we had cool weather like you do.... Far nicer there than here in TX...

[@keithb2696]

Where I am a lot of the wells are steel well casings that are driven in instead of drilled. Are there pros and cons for each method? I know PVC won't rust like mine. I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@charlesnadeau6260]

Hello from Maine….

[@Lawless-Texas]

Hello from Texas

[@tincanboat]

Yes. I've seen it done. You throw a stick of dynamite down the well and the water starts running again.

[@4mikesutube]

Very cool channel, Philip. I really enjoy all the content and experience that you have shared on wells. I have learned a lot. I do have a question regarding pressure tanks on a well system. Friend bought older home on 10 acres with 12gal/minute well. He wants to add water to a workshop building that is 30 feet from well. The Main house is 500 ft away , which is supplied by well. Could a tee be added at well and plumbed to workshop? Does a pressure tank and check valve need to be installed? He wants to add a shower and sink to it in the future. Is this something doable?

[@SolarIntegrations]

Hi, thanks for the awesome videos they are very interesting. Unfortunately we don't seem to have anyone doing Borehole fracking in South Africa, I have seen video's cleaning out old boreholes using Dry Ice. Have you ever tried that before and if so is it affective?

[@Maxsell96]

Philip. Does hydro-fracturing work on granite wells?

[@kevinblevins2612]

Need follow up on some of these videos please

[@ivanhorban340]

Your engine he needs a tune up. The burble at idle indicates incorrect mixture, choke settings or plugs. I have a home well and have learned a lot from your informative videos, Thanks.

[@ReadTheShrill]

I wonder if you could run the incoming frack water over the engine's radiator? Then your engine would never overheat. You could mount the radiator in a tub, then just run the water through the tub on its way out to the well, so your water isn't mixing with the coolant. The only danger would be if your radiator developed a leak while running - but you could mitigate that by running bright fluorescent dye in the coolant so you'd notice it right away.

[@heyitsjel]

Always enjoy your videos mate; as someone on the other side of the drilling industry (O&G), it's interesting to see how similar applications are applied, even if they're on a smaller scale. I guess one question I have, is what is the well casing made of (upvc/pvc-u?), and what's the pressure rating typically of the pipes you're typically pressuring up against? I'm assuming there's some sort fill on the backside (annulus) like gravel and/or bentonite? It may be beneficial to run your packer to immediately above your perforated/production interval (ie. slotted liner or screen sections), to avoid pressuring up the casing above the target zone/s un-necessarily - which could lead to burst casing sections or parted connections - through either purely applying too much pressure (ie. exceed the burst rating of the casing or connections); ballooning of the casing in unsupported areas (which can part casing joints due to high tensile forces) etc. Keep up the good work, interested to see what rate this well produces at! PS. deepest ESP install I've been involved with was at 21,000ft (6.4km, deviated well); pump was over 500hp! Edit: The flowback you're seeing is typically a result of what we call "supercharging" in the O&G industry. Basically, because of all the fluid leak-off (ie. water being injected, along with other silt and the like being forced into the fractures/pores) into the formation/s , the near-wellbore pressure increases temporarily. If you were to leave the well shut-in, it would naturally bleed-off back into the formation/s over time, but as you're deflating the packer immediately it's flowing back up-hole preferentially.

[@kat2641]

❤ ever had to go to 4th to fully crack one open?? That would be astronomical gallons per minute!!

[@FroggyTWrite]

do you shoot sand in with the water or just straight water?

[@Jdalio5]

What a gift from God for us to have readily availible drinking water (with some exceptions) right under our feet! Think about that for a second!!!

[@HARLEYMLM1966]

It must have been married for a long time!

[@CraftedChannel]

It seems like these pressures would simply crack PVC casing below the packer. Enjoy the channel.

[@h2omechanic]

@CraftedChannel our casing stops in bed rock. Roughly 60ft deep We inflate the packer at 80ft-130ft & it swells up into the rock wall of the well. Not in the casing. Wells that are Screened do have casing the full length of a well & cannot be fracked.

[@danieldiegelman2542]

I love your videos where are you located I believe my dry well needs hydro fractured

[@Mike_Gray68]

What is the highest pressure that you have had fracking a well?

[@h2omechanic]

@@Mike_Gray68 2400 psi.

[@Wheel_Horse]

Don't regulations dictate that unused wells should be plugged?

[@kat2641]

lol I was thinking the same thing at least I know it’s law in Michigan 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kevinblevins2612]

Why

[@Wheel_Horse]

@@kevinblevins2612 So that surface water, which could contain contaminants, can not flow down the well into the aquifers below. In this case, although unlikely because the well isn't producing anything, it's possible for "cross contamination" to occur between different underground aquifers. One last thing, if an animal falls into the well and decays, all that nasty stuff can leech into the aquifers. Lots of reasons!

[@kat2641]

@@kevinblevins2612 Because an open well or dry hole is a direct path for contamination to get into the underground water aquifer and water veins. Example: rat falls down dies an bacteria can contaminate the entire watervein. Like wise Chemical could be spilled slowly, saturate through the ground leach leach into the open hole. If ?? Is a 30~ 60 foot of casing you’re supposed to pump grout or concrete and fill the entire unused well casing.. ( Wheel Horse)😂 I started my reply stopped for supper came back an posted before I realized you answered while I was eating 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@throttlebottle5906]

they should at least be capped off, but if decommissioned permanently, they generally want them grouted solid.

[@c117ls7]

Install 2 electric fans with shroud on the engine and that'll keep it from overheating. You could even get fancy with a cheap temp switch and relay to power them so its automatic. Those mechanical fans have a hard time keeping up

[@w4gle1963]

Do you ever push into 4th Gear??

[@h2omechanic]

@@w4gle1963 over-drive spins the pump too fast. Clutch can't hang on under that load

[@AIM54A]

Does the formation always fracture in the water bearing zones? Or can you crack the rock in a dry area and just pump water into it?

[@heyitsjel]

Yes, you can. Depending on the UCS (uniaxial compressive strength) of the rock and exposed formations; the pressure applied etc., one or or more zones could start to break down and be injected into...

[@kevinj6874]

Question I have a well at 75 feet it was put in 27 years ago. Still has the original pump. I know I need a new pump due to water pressure getting low new pressure tank and switch. But the 6 inch galvanized pipe is questionable. When I have the pump put in should I have it lined and flushed due to all of the pipe flaking off inside pipe. It is full of the stuff.

[@ocsrc]

Pretty high pressure and free methane in your water pipes

[@vernonland5987]

Is that in the Potomac aquifer?

[@SavageNitemare]

Welcome to the normal July and August weather here in South Alabama. Heat index was 113F today with 98% humidity...

[@Guy-nn8ew]

Have you considered ?? using a small Cummins diesel as your pump engine . instead ofGas⛽️?

[@gkeyman565]

Great frackin video ;) , this is a great channel, but if you ever wondered how they pumped water in the old days and now still checkout Okie Windmiller, Windmills that pump water slowly but continuously depending on the wind of course. How they work, how to repair, and install. I watch both channels, their both great channels. Have a great day

[@alexsystems2001]

So did it work?

[@h2omechanic]

@alexsystems2001 Too soon to know. Hopefully, the owner will comment & and I'll pin it.

[@melvinalbert6172]

When thay frac oil well thay use sand to pack the vains open do you guys use sand to put sand in vains to keep the vains ț

[@danm5076]

Probably not maybe for a few days 😮

[@danielsplayhouse3804]

So pretty much with the hydro facking what you're doing is washing out all the fishers correct?

[@ruobe1]

Just wondering do they have a high turnover with employees

[@bobshaw1966]

Cliff Hanger

[@paultickner4766]

Looks like you might have a bad valve in your power frame the way your gauge is bouncing

[@Weldoholic]

My gas vehicle reaches operating temp at 217 degrees lol

[@cheddarcheese]

< 20% humidity here .

[@tomstrum6259]

Can't wait to here 'bout the customer's water flow Results......"Ole Duke" hangin in there bettern than you guys & gets it done most times....Maybe another frak set-up usin a Big block with Overdrive trans to Blow open the real "Tight" ones !!

[@WillaHerrera]

This is Fracking ridiculous. Haven't you seen that movie "Promised Land"?

[@natejames289]

Oregon logger you look pretty good I don't see a drop of sweat on your head bud work with me it will drip from your head I'm hard core I'm sure if I was on your crew you could lose 3 guys for one lol

[@fascistpedant758]

It drives me crazy not knowing the results. It's like missing the last 15 minutes of a movie.

[@h2omechanic]

@fascistpedant758 that's a cost most customers don't pay to discover & basically a day for us wasted on testing for a number. I'm sure the customer will comment in a few days & I'll pin his response.

[@fascistpedant758]

@@h2omechanic Thanks.

[@natejames289]

Oregon logger I can save that well fast cheap from 1/2 gal a min to 15 gal a minute how I do that it's not with air bud.im not just a logger but a hard rock miner too so just guess what I do I'm up to help anyone but drillers don't like me they just wanna drill you a new well or try hydro ya OK no disrespect but I'm up for hire.

[@mattphillips4260]

you need a 4 bt cummins to put on the frack truck to replace the little chevy motor

[@johnthefactfddict3281]

hey well, FRACK YOUR STINGY WATER YIELD that is a wordplay joke to anyone who didn't realize it

[@pepperroni4016]

Why hydrofrack ? When you can use dynamite sticks

[@fascistpedant758]

The fractures in the bedrock cover a vast area. A stick of dynamite would only affect a small area around the borehole. It would be like trying to push your car by hitting the back of it with a sledge hammer.

[@kevinblevins2612]

Where you going to get dynamite?

[@Dryice420]

Can't what you experience after fracing be false??? Just the hundreds of gallons you forced in bleeding back in??

[@GregsStoneYard]

That is exactly what he said. He said the true test will not be until the homeowner puts a pump down the well.

[@MaxStax1]

Should those old wells be left open like that? Birds get caught in pipes like that and can't flap to get out, nobody wants dead birds and animals in their water supply.

[@Failure_Is_An_Option]

8:20 190 is operating temp. 170 causes excessive cylinder and piston ring wear. Too late now. You've been running it for years.

[@h2omechanic]

@Failure_Is_An_Option I limit it to the radiator cap letting off pressure. That happens when my temp gauge shows 195⁰

[@lancegouvan1653]

Can't hear your voice

[@ManMountainMetals]

It's the fake 🪨 rock. It's a well-known fact that wells topped with Easter Island heads🗿 almost never run dry. 😂

[@nickjudd5188]

Used to enjoy but becoming less interesting sorry

[@mechanictaft4848]

Hey you know what I'm getting tired of all your fracking bullshit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@georgenichols7408]

How do I contact you to ask a question. Your email address please