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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant yesterday

The Dzurik well in your section was P&A 9/15/16.  You are free to lease.  Contact Expand Energy.  I think 25% is doable.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish 5 hours ago

Section 6-13N-08W is in a heavily faulted area on the Eastern extents of the developed Haynesville play. Expand has a low-producing well in Sec 7-13N-08W and two producing wells that cross or drill into Sections 7&18-13N-08W. There are very few wells drilled in this area of the play, and the results have been underwhelming relative to the core of the play to the West. To my knowledge, there are no recent field order applications for additional wells to be drilled in this fault block. There are several orders in the fault block to the West in 13N-09W.

Expand is the most likely operator to lease in Sec 6-13N-08W, as they operate wells in the sections directly south of yours. I think you will have better luck getting an answer from Expand if you speak with a landman directly, as opposed to reaching out to their owner relations hotline.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant 5 hours ago

Ryan, I have not looked closely at the 13N-8W HA wells but I note that 7 of the 9 were drilled in 2009-2010 and were likely under stimulated for those early well designs.  The two HC wells are certainly less productive than the wells to the west but those are 2017 era well and completion designs.  It would be interesting to compare the early H wells to the later HC wells and to the prevailing current well and completion designs.  As Tier One rock is developed Haynesville operators seem to be exploring step out opportunities.  The eastern edge of the fairway appears to be getting recent lease interest.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Howrish 4 hours ago

Skip - you are correct, completion designs have evolved significantly over the past several years. The 2010-vintage wells in Sections 7 and 18 both had ~1250 lb/ft of proppant. Modern completions range from ~2000-3000 lb/ft, with a few wells in the 3500-4000 lb/ft range. From a fluid perspective, the well in Section 7 reports 60 bbl/ft, and the well in Section 18 is 34 bbl/ft, which is more representative of completions of that time. Most operators today pump somewhere between 70-90 bbl/ft, with some going higher. The 2017 wells were completed slightly differently from one another. The Mid-Bossier well was completed with 3200 lb/ft proppant and 64 bbl/ft of fluid. The Haynesville well was completed with 3500 lb/ft of proppant and 58 bbl/ft fluid.

The completion design is one aspect of well productivity. My opinion is that it has a greater impact on early-time production and less impact on the ultimate recovery from the well. There is also a significant cost to pumping more intense completions, which is why I think most operators have backed off from the 100+ bbl/ft fluid loading. You can't out-complete poor reservoir quality.

You are correct that there has been more interest in the Eastern extents of the play in recent years, but this particular area is heavily faulted. It may deter new operators from developing this area as the faulting introduces several risks to the drilling and completion operations and can impact well productivity in unpredictable ways.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant 4 hours ago

Thanks for the detail, Ryan.  I find it interesting that Expand completed one of those HC wells in the Bossier.  Does the "throw" of a fault play a significant part in the challenges in 13N-8W?  One of my fault maps shows what appears to be a major fault from the NE corner of the township down to the SW corner.  That fault appears to not impact the wells in the sections that have been drilled.

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