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Arrington Oil seeks permission to drill exploratory "skinny" well inside Odessa city limits; company proposes mitigation measures
Summary
Arrington Oil & Gas presented a proposal Sept. 9 to drill an exploratory, non-producing “skinny” well on 1.26 acres at Jefferson Avenue and East Second Street and described noise, lighting and traffic mitigations ahead of a formal permit request.
Representatives from Arrington Oil & Gas presented a proposal Sept. 9 to drill an exploratory “skinny” well (Skinnywell No. 1) on approximately 1.26 acres at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and East Second Street inside Odessa city limits. Presenters said the site is city-surface-owned property they have purchased and that the proposed well would be exploratory only: drilled for data collection, logged and then plugged without completion or production.
Arrington representative Chris Hall told council the well is planned to reach about 12,000 feet into the Woodford formation and would use a closed-loop system for drilling fluids and waste. He described mitigation measures to reduce neighborhood impacts: constructing a 24-foot sound wall around the site to minimize noise, using halo-style down-directed lights rather than broad flood lighting, routing rig access and heavy traffic to Third Street (a lower-traffic route) and working with police for traffic control during deliveries. He said the company intends to minimize truck traffic where possible, schedule intensive deliveries for lower-traffic times (weekends or early mornings) and that the drilling/measure-and-plug schedule would be about 28 days.
Council members asked about sanitary and environmental safeguards; Arrington said they would use closed-loop systems for waste control and that they do not anticipate hydrogen sulfide (H2S) but would take precautions. Council members also asked whether prior geophysical work provided sufficient subsurface data; the company said geophysics helps but cannot replace wellbore data for precise steering and reservoir characterization. Arrington and the city’s oil-and-gas counsel were present; staff indicated the matter will be placed on a future agenda for formal consideration and permitting.
No permit was issued at the workshop; the company was invited to a future workshop or meeting where council and staff will review the formal permit application and conditions.
