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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 16, 2010 at 13:32

The report seems problematic from the standpoint that first of all it shouldn't be an "accident" as the fault location would be known by the operator and secondly, that no reliable estimation of decline could be determined lacking some months of production data. Sounds like another unsubstantiated rumor until more is known. At the very least it gives some fodder for gossip in Gloster and Keachi.

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Permalink Reply by kittycatmama on September 16, 2010 at 14:10

The person I heard this from is not prone to gossip or exageration. Everything he has ever told me has proven truthful. Don't operators hit faults that are not expected. Also, If I find the exact location of this well, will it say Bossier or just show as a HA. This particular well has been in production for several months.
Checking on Sonris, I found a well near where this one is supposed to be that was drilled a yr. ago as a non Haynesville unit and tested at 20mcfd.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 16, 2010 at 14:18

No, operators don't drill $10MM dollar wells into faults they didn't know were there. No offense but it's just your opinion of the veracity and specific knowledge of this unnamed individual. The well would probably not "say Bossier" because none do. The Bossier is included in the depth definition of the Haynesville and the only way we know that a completion is Bossier Shale is if the operator announces it. Several months is not sufficient to make a determination of decline rate.

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