Blackridge Operating Schedules 3,800-ft Exploratory In Cumberland County, Ill.
Drilling Activity Details
Cumberland
IL
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
A 3,850-ft exploratory test in Cumberland County, Ill., has been scheduled by Blackridge Illinois Operating. The #1 Auger is targeting oil pays in Grand Tower (Middle Devonian) and will be in irregular Section 4-10n-9e. Blackridge staked a horizontal wildcat in the area in 2015, within one-quarter mile to the southwest in Section 5 at #1 HOR C—the well had a planned true vertical depth of 3,830 ft and was targeting Geneva Dolomite, but the location was later abandoned by the company. Production in this part of Illinois is about 8 miles east of the Mt. Carmel, Ill.-based operator’s new location in Siggins Field, which opened in the 1900s and produces from Pennsylvanian and Trenton. Oil production in Mattoon Field is 10 miles to the northwest. Opened in the 1930s, wells in the field produce from multiple Mississippian pays and the Devonian.
A 3,850-ft exploratory test in Cumberland County, Ill., has been scheduled by Blackridge Illinois Operating. The #1 Auger is targeting oil pays in Grand Tower (Middle Devonian) and will be in irregular Section 4-10n-9e. Blackridge staked a horizontal wildcat in the area in 2015, within one-quarter mile to the southwest in Section 5 at #1 HOR C—the well had a planned true vertical depth of 3,830 ft and was targeting Geneva Dolomite, but the location was later abandoned by the company. Production in this part of Illinois is about 8 miles east of the Mt. Carmel, Ill.-based operator’s new location in Siggins Field, which opened in the 1900s and produces from Pennsylvanian and Trenton. Oil production in Mattoon Field is 10 miles to the northwest. Opened in the 1930s, wells in the field produce from multiple Mississippian pays and the Devonian.