Third Day Drilling 4,900-ft Moccasin Springs Test In Clay County, Ill.
Drilling Activity Details
Clay
IL
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
A deeper pool wildcat has been spud by Oblong, Ill.-based Third Day Oil & Gas LLC in Kenner North Field. The Clay County, Ill., venture, #1 Garrett, has a planned depth of 4,900 ft and will be targeting Moccasin Springs from a site in Section 16-3n-6e. The drillsite is on the eastern edge of Kenner North Field. Opened in 1950, production from the field comes from numerous Mississippian pays, with the deepest wells producing from Salem Lime at 3,475 ft. The most recent oil completion in the field was made in 1998 at #1 Brunner in Section 17-3n-6e. It was tested pumping 60 bbl of crude per day from Ohara Lime at 2,902-06 ft. Additional Mississippian oil production in the county is about 2 miles to the southwest in Kenner Field.
A deeper pool wildcat has been spud by Oblong, Ill.-based Third Day Oil & Gas LLC in Kenner North Field. The Clay County, Ill., venture, #1 Garrett, has a planned depth of 4,900 ft and will be targeting Moccasin Springs from a site in Section 16-3n-6e. The drillsite is on the eastern edge of Kenner North Field. Opened in 1950, production from the field comes from numerous Mississippian pays, with the deepest wells producing from Salem Lime at 3,475 ft. The most recent oil completion in the field was made in 1998 at #1 Brunner in Section 17-3n-6e. It was tested pumping 60 bbl of crude per day from Ohara Lime at 2,902-06 ft. Additional Mississippian oil production in the county is about 2 miles to the southwest in Kenner Field.