Aruba Petroleum is the operator.
The window belongs to Tim and Christine Ruggiero. Aruba Petroleum is responsible for the rig.
You can follow their story. It starts HERE.
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Don't ya just love how the sunlight reflects so harshly off that hunk of iron? I wonder…do birds make nests in the cold steel like they would in the nearby tree? When the wind blows is there a soft rustling sound? Gee, I'm trying to get all soft and fuzzy for that thing, but I'm having a hard time getting there… wonder what the view was like before?
Before this view, a mother and daughter could look out at a pasture where their beloved horses lived. They worked very hard to get their 10 acres of paradise then BIG GAS moved in and stole 5 of their 10 acres. Now they are paying $1000/month to board their horses and they look out at trailers full of roughnecks with their BBQ grills outside the trailers.
The mineral owner sectioned off 50 acres for himself and he won't allow drilling on his pristine 50 acres.
What a shame. KNow the feeling well. All you can do is RUN. Get out of Texas.
This is going on everywhere. Not just here in Texas (although Texas is really bad). Things need to change all over the nation. It seems like there is no place left to run to. The gas industry wants to put their rigs in every nook and cranny and suck the life out of our country.
Anonymous: Are you telling us to leave our homes and our land? Who are you working for? Ain't running…funny how sometimes it SEEMS people are empathizing, when in reality…they're conniving and manipulating. Why should we leave? I'm thinking dirty-doers such as the oil and gas industry…are the ones that need to RUN.
It's just amazing what humans are capable of. To me, I think that the structure is kind of beautiful. I have a fatal attraction to giant metal architecture. It's only sad that such a cool looking hunk of metal hides such a dirty secret underneath.
Jovan: Yes, it hides a dirty secret underneath- but it also has little secrets above ground. The diesel generator that powers the pulley system blows massive clouds of diesel exhaust every 3-4 minutes, more at night for longer periods of duration. Don't quite believe me? well, for starters, that's my kitchen window. Stop by 415 Star Shell Rd in Decatur, TX anytime and see for yourself.
Tim — I don't actually think I've ever seen one up close. Hmmm. I'm sorry that you have to have that in front of your window. I'm not saying I want to have one in my view, I just think it's crazy that humans can create something so neat, and yet it destroys our way of life that it powers. That's why I commented that way I guess. (You could always go "accidentally" break the motor, hahaha!)
If they poison my daughter, broken motors will the least of their problems.
Jovan, we are bit frazzled and somewhat on edge. Sarcasm is hard to detect when you're exhausted and worn out from the fight. 😉
Anon: I'd love to pull up, sell my house and go somewhere nice and quiet and clean, but…who'd buy my home? Besides…how could I possibly with a good conscience sell to someone knowing what they'd be buying into? Unlike big oil and gas…I take responsibility, have compassion, and want to see clean water, air and soil for all, not just a few GREEN states.
Bravo Cheap Tricks!
Does anyone know for sure what the life cycle of the airborn pollution is from the drilling? Or how long it takes to be able to detect/prove groundwater contamination? I live in FW, and am considering moving to a more rural part of the city, my wife is pregnant, I sure don't want to put my family, especially a newborn, in unnecessary jeopardy from these pollutants. Also- Other than the county clerk's office, is there a source for mapping all the existing and/or planned wells in a specific geographic area?