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Permalink Reply by kittycatmama on September 24, 2010 at 12:35

Springbranch can you post a map of the fault in north Desoto? What section did you avoid? Does that section already have an east west lateral? If so, think that is where I have reserved minerals. Operator has not come back to drill a second well, yet in sections just south of mine there are multiple wells being drilled in the sections

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on September 24, 2010 at 12:54

I wish I could, but I can't, KCM. I have a map of a small area of the play that has a large fault drawn on it. It is a wall sized map. I can, however, suggest you look at some of the past Petrohawk presentations. They have taken the time to draw the faults into several of their maps. If you enlarge the maps on your computer you can see the faults quite plainly. They appear as diagonal slashes of varying lengths and widths colored in grey. To answer your question about the Section I avoided because of a fault......it was Section 11 of T14N,R14W. IMHO if your Operator drilled a typical Horizontal well running north to south in your section, and the well was of a normal quality for a Haynesville, in all probability, the reason a second well hasn't been drilled is NOT related to a fault.

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Permalink Reply by kittycatmama on September 24, 2010 at 13:26

the operator drilled an east west lateral in Sec. 21 of 15/14, so I assume they were avoiding a fault. Thank goodness we only have a small amt. of reserved minerals in that area.
Someone on this site mentioned that you (I think it was you) were familar with the boundaries of the Bossier. If it is you, do you think the Bossier is in the Desoto 14/14

Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on September 24, 2010 at 21:42

KCM, I'm guessing that 14/14 is too far north to have real good chance for commercial development of the Bossier Shale.

Permalink Reply by Muddigger on March 21, 2010 at 12:40

The vertical well could possibly just be a test well to monitor pressure in that area. It would be quite an expense but I have seen companies monitor formation pressure on existing vertical wells near horizontal wells during the frac.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 21, 2010 at 12:49

That would certainly be one reasonable explanation however the only pressure monitoring wells depicted on HA plats that I have reviewed were located in the approximate middle of the section/drilling unit.

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on March 21, 2010 at 13:58

I wouldn't think a monitoring well would be in the SE corner of a section and which is a large well pad from which to drill other horizontal wells, with one currently drilling.

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 21, 2010 at 13:53

SB, please see the attached for the diagrams of the two wells.

There are various possibilities but I concur with Muddigger the most likely is EnCana is drilling a pressure monitoring well. This could be the area they plan to pilot their Gas Factory concept this year.

If it were related to faulting, EnCana could have simply moved the well or drilled the lateral in a different direction.

Once drilled I am interested in the casing size since this would allow the well to be coverted to a horizontal at a later date.

Haynesville Shale - Gas Factory

Attachments:

• Blackstone Ivory 5-1 Well.pdf, 202 KB
• Blackstone Ivory 8 H1 Well.pdf, 241 KB

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on March 21, 2010 at 17:52

Les, the well has been drilled and is awaiting completion. 10 3/4" surface to 1,800 or so ft. then 7 5/8" to 10,363', then 5" to 13,880' with 640 sx cement. Your thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 22, 2010 at 4:16

SB, if the 5" is a liner (ie not to surface) then I believe it could be pulled and a lateral drilled. If 5" casing to surface then I am going with the pressure monitoring idea.

Not being a drilling engineer I am shooting from the hip on my answer.

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on March 22, 2010 at 4:41

You have all been most helpful. Thanks Skip, Checkmateking, Muddigger, and of course Les B. I'm still waiting for that Encana employee that reads the site and actually knows what is going on to post a comment. Come on, I won't tell!

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 22, 2010 at 5:17

hah, don't know how much help I was, but glad to chime in nonetheless lol, I'm just glad when guys like Skip and Les come in to bail out an amateur

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