(Source: Larry Prado, Hart Energy)
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Editor's note: The full version of this article originally appeared in the February issue of E&P Plus.
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1. Wyoming
A Turner Sand completion in K-Bar Field was announced by EOG Resources Inc. The Campbell County, Wyo., producer well, #558-0820H Broadhead, was tested flowing 1,443 bbl of 43.7° API oil and 968,000 cf/d of gas. It was tested on a 128/128-inch choke with a flowing tubing pressure of 3,820 psi and a flowing casing pressure of 168 psi. The venture was drilled to 21,163 ft (10,630 ft true vertical depth). Production is from a perforated zone between 10,892 ft and 21,145 ft.
2. New Mexico
In New Mexico’s Lea County, Tap Rock Operating reported results from a Lea County, N.M., Bone Spring discovery in an unnamed field. Located in Section 33-24s-35e, #134h Gipple Federal Com was drilled to 22,465 ft (12,146 ft true vertical depth). It was tested flowing at a 24-hour rate of 2,127 bbl of oil and 1.897 MMcf of gas with no reported water. Gauged on a 36/64-inch choke, the flowing casing pressure was 2,300 psi. Production is from a perforated zone at 12,217 ft to 22,323 ft.
3. Texas
A horizontal Val Verde Basin-Woodford Shale well was completed in Vista Grande Field by Brahman Resource Partners LLC. Located in Pecos County (RRC Dist. 8), Texas, #1H King of the Hill 33 initially flowed 665,000 cf of gas and 129 bbl of 52°API condensate through perforations at 13,516 ft to 16,912 ft. Located in Section 33, Block 102, J.H. Gibson Survey, A-1902, it was drilled to 17,261 ft (13,711 ft true vertical depth), and the nearly 1-mile long lateral bottomed to the southwest in Terrell County (RRC Dist. 7C) in Section 37, Block 102, J.H. Gibson Survey, A-1671 with a plug-back depth of 16,976 ft. Gauged on a 13/64-inch choke, the flowing casing pressure was 2,275 psi, and the shut-in casing pressure was 4,300 psi.
4. North Dakota
Two high-volume Squaw Creek Field-Middle Bakken wells were reported by WPX Energy Inc. in McKenzie County, N.D. The wells were drilled from a pad in Section 25-149n-95w. The #24-13-12HD Omaha Woman produced 7,542 bbl of 42°API oil, 3.76 MMcf of gas and 4.032 bbl of water per day. It was drilled to 26,706 ft (11,106 ft true vertical depth). It was tested on a 64/64-inch choke with a flowing casing pressure of 2,400 psi. Production is from a Middle Bakken zone at 11,491 ft to 26,539 ft. The offsetting #24-13-12HC Omaha Woman was drilled to 26,825 ft (11,115 ft true vertical depth). It flowed 6,883 bbl of 42°API oil, 5.112 MMcf of gas and 3,240 bbl of water per day. Gauged on a 64/74-inch coke, the flowing casing pressure was 3,200 psi, and production is from perforations at 11,552 ft to 26,669 ft.
5. Gulf of Mexico
In Alaminos Canyon Block 857, Shell Oil Co. completed a Middle Miocene well. The #0GB007S0B OCS G17571 ST00BP00 was drilled to 23,300 ft, and it produced 3,513 bbl of 35.5°API oil and 2.12 MMcf of gas per day. Production is from a perforated zone between 19,813 ft and 20,967 ft. It was tested on a 57/64-inch choke with a flowing tubing pressure of 2,779 psi. Additional completion information is not currently available.
6. Ohio
Ascent Resources announced results from a Utica Shale discovery in Jefferson County, Ohio. The #3H Thompson initially flowed 29.01 MMcf of gas per day for perforations at 9,454 ft to 21,231 ft after 68-stage fracturing. The Jewett Consolidated Field venture is in Section 24-8n-3w and was drilled to 21,354 ft (9,082 ft true vertical depth).
7. West Virginia
HG Energy completed two Marcellus Shale discoveries in Harrison County, W. Va. The wells were drilled from a pad in Union Dist., Milford West 7.5 Quad and are in Jane Lew Weston Field. The #2H Stickel has a total depth of 20,309 ft (6,731 ft true vertical depth). It was tested producing 21.48 MMcf of gas per day from a perforated zone at 7,151 ft to 20,175 ft after 47 stages of fracturing. The #6H Stickel initially flowed 13.08 MMcf/d of gas. Drilled to 17,050 ft, the true vertical depth was 6,758 ft, and it was also fracture-stimulated in 47 stages with production from perforations at 7,490 ft to 16,911 ft.
8. Pennsylvania
A Wyoming County, Pa., Marcellus Shale discovery was tested flowing 44.752 MMcf/d of gas. Chesapeake Operating Inc.’s #4H Trowbridge was drilled in Section 9, Laceyville 7.5 Quad, Windham Township. The Mehoopany Field well was drilled to 12,639 ft (7,128 ft true vertical depth). It was tested after 24-stage fracturing, and production is from perforations at 6,830 ft to 12,624 ft.
For additional information on these projects and other U.S. developments, visit the drilling activity database at hartenergy.com/activity-highlights.
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