Foothills: Grizzly Bear wildcat in Eel River Basin

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

Humboldt
CA
United States

Post Date
Well Name
#GB 4
Geo Coordinate

Drilling Activity Summary

Description

Bakersfield, Calif.-based Foothills Resources Inc. is drilling its #GB 4 well to a projected depth of 9,300 ft. on the deep Grizzly Bear prospect underlying Grizzly Bluff Field in the Eel River Basin in Humboldt County, Calif. The upper section of the well is a twin to a well drilled in 1964 that flowed five million cu. ft. of gas a day from Lower Rio Dill. Objectives are deeper formations below and include thick Eel River, Pullen and Bear River sandstones that were encountered previously by a 1971 well. The lack of a gas market in the 1960s and '70s caused these wells to be abandoned. Armed with 3-D seismic and previous drilling success, the company expects the Grizzly Bear prospect to become a major project.