Looks like Indigo is going after the Eagle Ford Formation in Rapides Parish.

 

HOUSTON, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Indigo II Louisiana Operating LLC ("Indigo") today announced a new horizontal well permit targeting the Louisiana Eagle Ford Shale ("LA Eagle Ford") formation.  Indigo's proposed Bentley Lumber 23H #1, Section 23, T5N-R5W, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, is permitted to a proposed total measured depth of 15,500' and is projected to include a 4,000' horizontal lateral section targeting the LA Eagle Ford zone at approximately 10,600' true vertical depth.  It is anticipated that the well will be completed through the horizontal segment with 15 fracture stimulation stages.  This new horizontal well will be located eight miles north of Indigo's recent vertical LA Eagle Ford "test" well, the Bentley Lumber 32 #1, T4N-R5W, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, drilled and completed earlier this year.  Full conventional cores were taken through the LA Eagle Ford section in the Bentley Lumber 32 #1, a suite of modern logs was run and the objective section was subsequently tested by two fracture stimulation stages in this wellbore.  The vertical well, which reached a total depth of 12,020', established LA Eagle Ford oil production (42.2 API gravity) in the center of Indigo's acreage position. 

Bill Pritchard, Indigo's Chairman and CEO stated:  "Indigo began its pursuit of this new oil shale play back in mid-2008 and has accumulated over 240,000 net acres of leasehold and mineral fee in central Louisiana that is prospective from the Louisiana Eagle Ford Shale formation. This horizontal oil shale play will involve considerable time and capital to fully develop, and it is Indigo's intent to eventually secure a joint venture partner in order to establish oil production over the entirety of its leasehold."

Indigo's new horizontal permit targeting the LA Eagle Ford follows a recent announcement by Devon Energy Inc. that it had accumulated approximately 250,000 net acres to target the same stratigraphic interval that Indigo is pursuing.  The high resistivity section at the base of the LA Eagle Ford is also known as the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale ("TMS").  Devon refers to the interval as follows:  "This [the TMS] is a Cretaceous age formation that is stratigraphically equivalent to the Eagle Ford Shale. It is approximately 200 to 400 feet thick, at depths of 11,000 to 14,000 feet across [Devon's] acreage position."

Devon plans two horizontal wells to test the target interval this year, the first of which is projected to include a 5,280' horizontal lateral section resulting in a total measured depth of over 20,000'.  The well is planned to ultimately involve up to 15 fracture stimulation stages according to statements made by Devon.  Another player in this new trend is Denbury Resources Inc. which recently announced that it has secured a joint venture partner and that the JV plans to horizontally drill for the same oil shale target.

 

 

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i'm going w/ him at 4p.

i might not reply until later this p.m.  he says it is set back quite a way, but i will try to get up close.

buddy and i got to  34-H No.1 via i49 and la8 (exactly 12 miles w off flatwood la8 exit) about 430p. 

we passed one vacumn truck on road.  the road to the well has large no trespassing sign and identifying signs as 34-h #1.  buddy did not want to drive up the road.    maybe i will drive up dumb soon?   we could see very little equipment.  we did see yellow fracking tanks, but nothing else was identifiable from the road.  the site is about 500yards on south side of 8.

but, buddy got very excited b/c they well had large flame.  lots of gas was being burned off.  we stayed and observed about 30 minutes.

fantastic sunset.   we are new at this scouting.  but, the gas burn would sometimes reach approximately 50feet high.

Went by the Bentley 34 site today.  Not much to add to BlackJack's comment, but not really sure what to look for.  They are flaring.  Noticed a sign at the entrance, with the name "KEY"; and also saw a pickup on the site with the name "Warrior Gas Compressors".  Anyone familar with these companies, or care to speculate what they do?

 

Also went by the Bently 23 site -- no activity whatsoever; except that the timber was removed a few months back - nothing since.  However I did observe that the timber company has prepared the clearcut area around this location for tree planting, but left location as is.  Perhaps there are stil plans to proceed?

i also went by 34h1 again.  i met two water trucks leaving.  they were going to empty the used water.

when i asked if i could drive in, the driver shrugged, which i took as affirmative.   i drive a grey buick (maw maw car) and went up to the office trailer.   i didn't get out, but talked to a guy that was about to leave the site.  i asked if they had hit oil yet, he answered that they were still looking for it.

the flame was about 2feet high.  i did not notice if there was a xmas tree on the end.  i did see about 16 yellow water tanks.   there were about 20 workers doing stuff. 

 

thanks for your update.  i guess it is ok to go to up to the office trailer and get info.

buddy went scouting again today.  he says there is definitely production happening 34h. 

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somehow these two groups need to merge.   ??  EXCITING NEWS!!!

Houston firm reports find in Tuscaloosa Marine Shale

by Jennifer Larino, Staff Writer

December 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Blog

Houston-based Indigo Minerals announced today that it has struck pay dirt in one of the newest stretches of shale oil and gas in Louisiana to start drawing industry attention.

In a statement through its Louisiana subsidiary, Indigo II Louisiana Operating, the company said its first horizontal well in the Louisiana Eagle Ford Shale, also known as the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, resulted in oil and liquid natural gas finds. The 2.7 million-acre play spans central and southeast Louisiana and a section of southwest Mississippi.

The Indigo well, in Rapides Parish, flowed at a rate of about 543 barrels of oil per day during recent testing. To put that into perspective, the BP oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico last April flowed at rate of 53,000 barrels per day before being capped in July, according to final estimates.

Even so, the Indigo discovery reinforces industry belief that newer hydraulic fracturing techniques, which pump water and chemicals deep into rocks to push out natural gas and oil, can reach central Louisiana shale oil and natural gas reserves once thought too costly to tap.

The find also shows the presence of valuable oil and liquid natural gas reserves. That could make the play more attractive than the Haynesville Shale to the north, which produces largely “dry” natural gas, or gas that contains no liquid hydrocarbons.

Indigo has assembled nearly 260,000 net acres in the Louisiana Eagle Ford. Canadian driller Encana Corp. and Devon Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City have also bought more than 200,000 acres each in the eastern parts of the play.

As shale drilling activity heats up in the central portion of the state, environmental groups are calling on the state to tighten regulations, including water use restrictions

Blackjack, we need to wait and see on this one. If we have close to the same production in 6 months we may have something. Comparing this well to a blow-out well in the gulf is BS. Apples to oranges. Indigo's leasehold is mainly Martin Timber property and if I remember correctly Martin owns a heffty share of Indigo.

two dogs,  i've been traveling for the holidays, so sorry for slow reply.

i agree to the wait and see, but, a study of wells in e. tex heading our way, they are finding condesates (wet gas) which could quadruple lease and royalties.  i'd like to meet unsigned landowners btw boyce and mcnutt for a consortium.

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