NEW DRILLING AT RADIO HILL,
ACROSS FROM 7 DEVILS TURN OFF.
Jan 2006. A distant shot on Radio Hill, during a heavy rain. They are testing holes drilled here and tomorrow, Haliburton will shoot holes thru the 4000 foot level to rerlease methane. This same process will be repeated on 4 holes at the Beaver Hill location, 2 miles to the North

MAIN DRILL SITE AT BEAVER HILL
A beautiful aerial shot showing the entire set- up. Note the brand new Gib's tralers in the forfeground for living quarters. To right of rig, see Haliburton trucks and pumps for squeeze jobs when Methane Gas is encountered. Sept 18, 2,005

METHNE ENERGY WILL DRILL
5 TEST WELLS AT OLD COAL MINE
The drill set up and drilling. Notice all the guy wires running from the vertical tower.

GAS IS METERED AND OFTEN
FLARED WHEN ENCOUNTERED.
Flare of Methane Gas from drilling into the sub- terranean Coal Beds.Geo Gebhardt bought 5,000 shares of Torrent Energy on Sept 19 at $1.71 (penny stock) On Sept 27 it hit $2.31. A gain of $3,000. WOW.

DRILL TO COAL BEDS, THEN
DIRECTIONAL DRILL TO
FOLLOW THE COAL BEDS.
Drilling the Mouse Hole to get perfect alignment with the drill rig. Sept 2,005.

Setting casing for one of 5 holes to be drilled on the Beaver Hill location 

INITIAL DRILL SITE, LAST FALL
PRIOR TO THE MAJOR DRILL TEST
A clean shot of full site of Beaaver Hill Methane Coal drill project Sept 2,005. All aerial shots were made from Menasha's helicopter.

Beaver Hill Siter 3, a distant shot set up in the middle of the Coos County Forest. Notice replant of Douglas Firs on both top and bottom 

ELECTRIC LOGS BY HALIBURTON
SHOW SHALE, GAS & WATER SANDS
Haliburtom taKes the electric log on the right. The first part shows shale or rock. The lower part shows gas or water sands. The composite log on the left shows formations and coal. The coal beds are mapped and followed by directional drilling. Natural gas is found in the coal seams. At 4,500 feet the bottom hole pressure is around 2000 lbs./sq. Water that is present is under great pressure and holds the gas in the coal deposit. When you release the water pressure, natural gas will flow from the well. BRAVO. 60 years ago, George Gebhardt worked as a reservoir engineer for Humble Oil;, now Exxon. in

LOCATION OF METHANE ENERGY
DRILL SITE, ON WINCHESTER CREEK
5 Directional holes will be drilled from this one location. Depths, 4,500 feet plus. This area is 10.2 miles South of Coos Bay, Or. on Hwy 101. Thence, right 1.4 miles on a good gravel road. Torrent Energy Corp started in early Sept and will finish aboutt the end of Sept 2,005

State of the art, computors assist the Geologists in making crucial decisions. How drilling has changed in the last 40 years.  

Another great shot of the drill rig with puffy storm clouds above. Light rain last night but warm and sunny today. 

RIG IS HOISTED VERTICLE. FOUR
FLAGS FLYING, U.S.,CANADA & CO.
Note the flags flying, The U.S.flag is highest and most prominent, followed by Canadian and Company flags.

The Geologist, Russell J. Ralls showed me the composite log of the different ages, coal and other formations. Also Electric Logs that show the shale, and permeable sands encountered.  

HALIBURTON MAPS ELECTRIC LOGS,
PERFORATES CASING & SQUEEZE
JOBS OF CEMENT IN GAS ZONES.
Halliburton out of Houston, TX, takes Electric Logs to map the formations, cements in the casings & has a powerful cement truck for squeeze jobs or other emergencies.

NEW TRAILERS FROM GIBS IN
COOS BAY, GIVE LIVING QUARTERS
A pretty shot of the derrick, and living quarters for the crew in new trailers. A beautiful day, but note the puffy clouds from yhesterdays rain.

GEORGE E. GEBHARDT, FORMER
PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST, 1947/
That cage near the top of the Derrick, we used to call the monkey board, where the pipe is connected or stored when coming out of the hole. The nomenclature is different today than when I worked on a drill rig in 1947.

GEORGE GEBHARDT GRADUATED
FROM COLORADO SCHOOL OF
MINES IN 1940. LIVES IN COOS BAY
George Gebhardt goes to Beaver Hill Methane Drill site.. Note the hard hat. This is a good sized drill rig that specializes in directional drilling.

I believe this is a self contained generator and welding truck, being off loaded.  

Four large steel Control Rooms are skidded on rollers off the backs of the large trucks. Every thing is done professionally and quickly.  

Heavy duty logging equipment ios used to load the empty trailers for their trip back to Canada. 

Positoning the Blow-out preventer over the well head. Thousands of these were used in Iraq during Desert Storm to control burning "wild" oil wells.  

THE BLOW OUT PREVENTER IS
A LIFE SAVER, WHEN HIGH GAS
PRESSURES ARE ENCOUNTERED.
The "blow-out " preventer mounted on a truck.

THIS DRILLING OPERATION USES
A LOT OF LOCAL LABOR & EQUIPMENT
Heavy duty equipment used for the drill setup.

Unloading more drill pipe. The main rig should be setup and in operation by mid August 05. Everyone here are very upbeat for a new industry for Coos County. Major Methane production.