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Trinity Energy Services, LLC is a full service oil and gas industry land service firm. We offer complete professional land services to the energy and communication industries throughout the United States. Our experienced office and field personnel are available to handle any of your needs from initial lease checks to complicated due diligence for the acquisition of producing properties. We have worked extensively with private, public and governmental agencies on numerous projects. We coordinate with title attorneys on complicated curative matters and can tailor our reports, spreadsheets, mapping and data to your specifications.
Trinity Energy Services, LLC
10318 Lake Road, Building A, Suite 101
Houston, Texas 77070
Phone: (713)522-0644
Fax: (713)522-0699
Send resumes to resume@trinityenergyservices.com
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In the ever-changing energy markets with fluctuations of demand, prices and governmental regulations, quality of service remains at the forefront, in lieu of massive crews trying to dominate large areas. Trinity Energy Services has always positioned itself on the side of quality. Our main office is located near downtown Houston, Texas and our Louisiana office is located in Covington, Louisiana which has replaced New Orleans as the corporate center for oil and gas companies. Our roots extend back over thirty five years and our focus has been on being a client oriented services company. Expertise and knowledge are the primary demands of clients along with trust and integrity. Trinity Energy Services has successfully assembled a team of older, highly experienced landmen along with a determined and focused younger generation. To survive and flourish in the multitude of industry downturns, our reputation has provided stability. Company needs and demands have evolved over the past thirty five years and the scope of work has greatly increased to include all aspects of the exploration and development process. The managing member of Trinity Energy Services, Jack Moores, represents the fifth generation in this industry. We provide an appropriate balance of expertise as needed on a project basis. Our office staff is kept to a minimum as the work is generated in the field and courthouses. Trinity Energy Services is an independent service company providing expert consulting and land services, now and in the past, to many companies including but not limited to:
The Louisiana Land & Exploration Company
Mobil Exploration & Producing US, Inc. (The Superior Oil Company)
CSX Corporation (Texas Gas Exploration Company)
Exxon Company, U.S.A.
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.
Union Pacific Resources Company
Quadra Oil & Gas Company
Brechtel Energy Corporation
Petrohawk Energy Corporation
TXO Production Company
Cubic Energy Inc.
Shell Oil Company
The Hise Company
Penn Virginia Resource Partners, LP
Medco Energi US LLC
Colt Exploration Company
Gastar Exploration Ltd.
Mosbacher Energy Company
Jurasin Oil & Gas, Inc.
High Point Energy, LLC
B&L Exploration, LLC
EP Energy, LP
Company Background
Trinity Energy Services, LLC was formed in 2005 as a full service oil and gas industry Land Service firm. We offer complete professional land services to the energy and communication industries throughout the United States. Our experienced office and field personnel are available to handle any of your needs from initial lease checks to complicated due diligence for the acquisition of producing properties. We have worked extensively with private, public and governmental agencies on numerous projects. We coordinate with title attorneys on complicated curative matters and can tailor our reports, spreadsheets, mapping and data to your specifications. We maintain offices in Houston, Texas and Covington, Louisiana.
Professionals Services
* Lease Checks
* Lease Acquisition
* Pipeline Right-of-Way Acquisition
* Road Right-of-Way Acquisition
* Mineral & Royalty Acquisition
* Complete Runsheet (Abstract) Preparation
* GIS Mapping
* Title Curative
* Drill site and Surface Use Acquisition
* Complete Seismic Survey Management
* Seismic Permitting & Lease Option Acquisition
* Damage Settlements
* Regulatory Compliance
* Due Diligence
* Railroad Commission Research
* DNR (LA) Research
* Mississippi Oil & Gas Board Research
* MMS Research
* BIA Research
* Electric Line Right of Way
Trinity Energy Services, LLC is a full service oil and gas industry land service firm. We offer complete professional land services to the energy and communication industries throughout the United States. Our experienced office and field personnel are available to handle any of your needs from initial lease checks to complicated due diligence for the acquisition of producing properties. We have worked extensively with private, public and governmental agencies on numerous projects. We coordinate with title attorneys on complicated curative matters and can tailor our reports, spreadsheets, mapping and data to your specifications.
Services
* Lease Checks
* Lease Acquisition
* Title Research
* Abstracts and Run Sheets
* Title Curative
* Complete Seismic Survey Management
* Seismic Permitting & Lease Option Acquisition
* Damage Settlements
* Regulatory Compliance
* Pipeline and Road ROW Acquisition
* Due Diligence
* Railroad Commission Research
* DNR (LA) Research
* MMS Research
* BIA Research
This may not be the easiest and cheapest thing to do for most people; but, in a few steps, anyone who has the resources and the desire can do it and make a lot of money (and we all know that!). So here are a few steps needed to drill a well in order to extract oil or gas.
1. Find where the oil is
As we warned, this is easier said than done. It requires an experienced geologist – one who is well-acquainted with petrology, in particular – to know where the stash can be found. It is literally a treasure hunt, if you wish to see it that way. You cannot simply use a divining stick or some mystical process to discover the location. It requires high-tech tools and a lot of exploratory surveys and drillings before one can truly evaluate the nature of the deposit. And then, you will have to determine how much volume the deposit can produce in order to be commercially viable to extract.
2. Rent a drill rig
A drill rig can run up to about $100,000-Millions for each day of use. Nothing comes cheap in this big-time industry! But before you quit, you can consider looking for a partner who will be eager to cover the cost for you. Plus, there could be rig owners who might be interested to partner with and might be open to some concessions on the rental price or a cut in the business. For that, you can call on TEG for some investment consultancy help.
3. Drill a well hole
Some wells will take two months to complete at a rough cost of $15 million, including the well casing. This should give you an idea as to what exactly you are entering into before you finally go for it. Until you see what is underneath, you cannot have a clear picture of what you will be getting. As in most business ventures, the risks are real; but the rewards can be high for such high stakes industries as oil and gas exploration and production.
4. Run casing and concrete-lining
This step involves protecting the well hole with a steel casing that is surrounded with poured concrete in order to provide stability, prevent contamination as well as avoid affecting freshwater aquifers nearby. The casing is often made up of decreasing series of pipes which are connected with couplings until you go down to the 4.5-inch production liner which is what extracts and conveys the raw oil and gas from their source underneath.
5. Run the completion
This final step involves completing the well at an estimated cost of another $15 million. This requires installing a hundred or more pieces of equipment into the production liner in order to implement the whole project and begin extracting and producing oil and gas.
Drilling oil and gas is both an expensive science and art and, in most cases, very much like a game of cards which requires a lot of luck to make a winning. But there are a few adventurers out there who would rather bet their money on the prospect of hitting oil instead of toppling casino operators at their game.
Just a reminder though for beginners: Drilling does not guarantee barrels of “black gold” flowing out of your production liners. With the increasing understanding of oil exploration processes and the available technology to support them, however, the success rate of hitting oil has greatly increased. A 50-50 chance is considered a good-enough measure for many to go ahead and drill. Many a gambler has risked body and soul on lesser odds. But as we said, lady luck plays a big role in this “high stakes game”. The best bet is to forget the odds entirely. Sensational and extraordinary things do come for those upon whom the unpredictable “lady of the well” smiles.
Exploring for oil and gas takes a lot of money and know how to pull off as it requires first a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of petroleum Geology. Oil and gas are, after all, essential petroleum resources that are found deep within the earth’s crust, although there are cases where they may be found on the surface as well, but not in abundant commercial quantities.
Liquid oil and liquid natural gas underneath are found in porous and permeable rocks (also called reservoirs) that have collected these precious materials for thousands of years. There are four essential types of geologic features that contain oil and gas deposits, namely:
* Oil and gas source rocks
* Reservoir rocks
* Seals
* Traps
The figure below shows how the four features can contain oil and gas in a configuration that allows explorers to tap each part separately.
Figure 1. Arrangement of oil and gas source rocks, a reservoir, a seal, and a trap in a way that has allowed the natural accumulation of oil and gas.
Oil and Gas Source Rocks
Oil and gas can be found in sedimentary source-rocks that were deposited in very quiet water, such as stagnant swamps, shallow calm marine bays, or in ancient deep underwater basins. Source rocks are made up of extremely minute mineral components. Within the spaces between these mineral fragments are contained the remains of organic substances, such as wood bits, algae, or pieces of soft plant materials. Once these tiny sediments are gradually overlain through continuous sedimentation, heat and pressure increase, turning these soft organic sediments into solid rock strata. With further accumulation of sediments and subsequent increase of temperatures above 120o C (250o F), the organic deposits start to be "cooked", producing oil and natural gas which are then removed from the source-rock strata.
It takes thousands of years for this process to take place before commercial volumes of what is called thermogenic (that is, produced by heat) oil and gas can accumulate. Organic materials mostly made up of wood fragments in source rocks will produce natural gas upon maturation while algae or the soft parts of plants on land will produce both oil and natural gas.
At temperatures above 150o C (300o F), organic remains would have generated most of the oil they can produce. The remaining oil in the source rock or any oil that has been trapped in adjacent reservoirs will be converted into natural gas.
Natural gas can also be produced in certain organic-rich sedimentary rocks through bacterial processes in shallow burial depth prior to thermal maturation temperatures are attained. This process called biogenic-gas (that is, produced by organisms) generation occurs at depths of less than 2,000 ft and produces less amounts of gas compared to thermogenic gas.
Oil and Gas Reservoir Rocks
Oil and gas reservoir rocks have high porosity and are also highly permeable, thus, allowing oil and gas that have been expelled from source rocks to enter or seep into adjacent reservoir rocks. Sandstones, limestones and dolomites comprise most oil and gas reservoir rocks.
Seals
Oil and gas that have occupied the air spaces within reservoir rocks freely move about to seek other spaces or less dense environments. Since most reservoir rocks are originally saturated with saline groundwater and since saline ground water is denser than oil and gas, the latter rises upward through the water-saturated pore spaces until they meet a barrier of impermeable rock or what is called a seal. Seals are usually very fine-grained rocks, such as shale, with no pore spaces or are impermeable to fluids.
Oil and Gas Traps
As oil and gas migrate up and within reservoir rocks, they eventually encounter barriers that block their way according to the configuration of the reservoir rock and the presence of one or more seals. This arrangement produces a trap. A trap can be either structural or stratigraphic. Structural traps are created when the reservoir rock and the seal caver have been deformed by folding or faulting of rock layers through geologic eras (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Folded strata that form a structural trap.
Stratigraphic traps are created when the reservoir rock is deposited as a discontinuous layer. Seals are deposited beside and on top of the reservoir. A typical case of this form of trap is a coastal barrier island. Impermeable shale seals are deposited both landward and seaward of the barrier island, which forms an elongate lens of sandstone. What forms is a porous sandstone reservoir within shale seals which may in turn be source rocks.
Figure 3. A discontinuous layer of sandstone that forms a stratigraphic trap.
The primary question now is where such oil and gas deposits can be found exactly in any given region and how to extract them at a commercially viable cost. This is the job for a company such as Trinity Energy Group. Trinity Energy Group has many years of experience in oil and gas exploration, drilling, production and management of operations in North America, Central America and all over the world. It can provide you with the next big step toward achieving your own investment goals.
