•Marathon Oil Corporation has officially turned the Austin Chalk formation into one of its highest return operations.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on April 7, 2015 at 1:47

I was encouraged until I read that the wells were in South Texas.  Marathon hasn't drilled a LA well since 2007.

Permalink Reply by Bob Zimmerman on March 2, 2018 at 7:48

The technique for fracturing horizontal laterals was developed and perfected in Texas from all accounts. The powers that be think the same thing will work on the Austin Chalk formation in Louisiana. They are probably right. The more acreage you own in Louisiana, the more right they are...

Permalink Reply by Bob Zimmerman on March 2, 2018 at 11:34

Well, for all the hopes and dreams for a good well, the answer is blowin' in the wind. 

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 2, 2018 at 11:40

Guys, this is a 2015 discussion thread.  Come on over the new ones.

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