West Bay Files For Permit To Expand Skeels Field In Gladwin County, Mich.
Drilling Activity Details
Gladwin
MI
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
According to IHS Markit, West Bay Exploration has filed a permit application to expand Michigan’s Skeels Field to the southeast. According to a filing with Michigan regulators, the Traverse City-based company plans to drill #1-5 Cuddie in Gladwin County with a true vertical depth of 4,150 ft. The venture will be directionally drilled in Section 8-19n-2w and is targeting oil in Dundee Lime and will bottom to the north in Section 5-19s-2w. West Bay has had a Dundee Lime development drilling program in Skeels field since 2016. The most recent drilling by the company is about 1 mile to the west at #1-7 Spinazzola in Section 7. The directional well was drilled to 3,846 ft (3,833 ft true vertical). It was completed in an unreported Dundee Lime zone and through March 2019, well recovery totals 26.125 Mbbl of crude.
According to IHS Markit, West Bay Exploration has filed a permit application to expand Michigan’s Skeels Field to the southeast. According to a filing with Michigan regulators, the Traverse City-based company plans to drill #1-5 Cuddie in Gladwin County with a true vertical depth of 4,150 ft. The venture will be directionally drilled in Section 8-19n-2w and is targeting oil in Dundee Lime and will bottom to the north in Section 5-19s-2w. West Bay has had a Dundee Lime development drilling program in Skeels field since 2016. The most recent drilling by the company is about 1 mile to the west at #1-7 Spinazzola in Section 7. The directional well was drilled to 3,846 ft (3,833 ft true vertical). It was completed in an unreported Dundee Lime zone and through March 2019, well recovery totals 26.125 Mbbl of crude.