Exco Conference Call - Two Interesting Quotes (11/4/09)
I thought the following two comments were particularly interesting for different reasons.
"Eric Anderson - Hartford Financial
Similar, okay. And one question on if you guys had any comments on the news that (Devon) announced in terms of their record well in St. Augustine (County)?
Douglas H. Miller
Yeah. We did have some comments we wish we owned it (laughter).
Harold L. Hickey
We saw it. We know Crimson very well. Oak Tree is our largest shareholder and we were with them. We're not sure if it was a shale or a lime well. It's deeper, and I know Oak Tree is jumping for joy so we're rooting for them. We don't have any acreage down there, but we're rooting for them."
"Brian Singer – Goldman Sachs
And can you characterize what is available in terms of call it high quality DeSoto acreage versus maybe acreage moving to the north where there may be more questions or it may not necessarily be as core?
Douglas H. Miller
Most acreage is leased or held by production so what we're seeing is trades, we're seeing larger companies that might want to do a trade, and we're seeing small private companies that John knows or has known. We've been over there for 10 years so some of the private companies that might have 500 or 1,000 acres — I mean we've leased acreage 40 acres at a time in some of the units so every acre is valuable over there. It's ranged from 6,000 an acre to 15,000 an acre and the more we pay the more aggressive we're going to be as far as drilling. But I'd say John's got wide open in DeSoto Parish. Anything outside of DeSoto's Parish he has to come in and get Steve's permission."
"Eric Anderson - Hartford Financial
Similar, okay. And one question on if you guys had any comments on the news that (Devon) announced in terms of their record well in St. Augustine (County)?
Douglas H. Miller
Yeah. We did have some comments we wish we owned it (laughter).
Harold L. Hickey
We saw it. We know Crimson very well. Oak Tree is our largest shareholder and we were with them. We're not sure if it was a shale or a lime well. It's deeper, and I know Oak Tree is jumping for joy so we're rooting for them. We don't have any acreage down there, but we're rooting for them."
"Brian Singer – Goldman Sachs
And can you characterize what is available in terms of call it high quality DeSoto acreage versus maybe acreage moving to the north where there may be more questions or it may not necessarily be as core?
Douglas H. Miller
Most acreage is leased or held by production so what we're seeing is trades, we're seeing larger companies that might want to do a trade, and we're seeing small private companies that John knows or has known. We've been over there for 10 years so some of the private companies that might have 500 or 1,000 acres — I mean we've leased acreage 40 acres at a time in some of the units so every acre is valuable over there. It's ranged from 6,000 an acre to 15,000 an acre and the more we pay the more aggressive we're going to be as far as drilling. But I'd say John's got wide open in DeSoto Parish. Anything outside of DeSoto's Parish he has to come in and get Steve's permission."
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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on -
Even though I work for a great company now, I would love to work for Exco Resources.
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landownerPermalink Reply by Bobi Carr ("parker") on -
What do you think about the size of their interpretation of the Bossier?
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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on -
Parker, I think it is early days for Exco so they are still trying to define the "economic" outline for the Bossier Shale. The industry will definitely be gathering a lot more info in 2010 including more horizontal wells to better test the Bossier Shale. This may be like hitting the Daily Double for some regions.
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landownerPermalink Reply by Bobi Carr ("parker") on -
I would have thought that they would define it smaller as CHK has, so that they could lease property easier, but I'm not trying to sell stock.
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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on -
Parker, well basically it is similar in size on their rough map to the Haynesville Shale so probably not much bargain acreage to be had. A lot of the deals they are after are swaps or acquisitions from other smaller operators.
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landownerPermalink Reply by Bobi Carr ("parker") on -
It looked like the outer circle to me. I'll have to go back and look at it.
THANKS
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landownerPermalink Reply by Bobi Carr ("parker") on -
The outer circle was prospective for Bossier Sands.
Not the consistent nature of Shale. Hit and Miss like the Cotton Valley wells.
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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on -
Parker, absolutely correct!!!
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landownerPermalink Reply by w.r. frank on -
Hi Parker,
Welcome back!
Blobs are, in fact, just blobs.
We are in March 2008 time frame for the Mid-Bossier. See ECA's 18.5 mmcfd. potential Sonris filing on Colbert Lands #2. With Colbert, we have three published data points: CRK's 12 mmcfd BSMC 7#2 and CHK's 9.4 mmcfd Blackstone 26H.
On the whole, these three wells--18.5, 12 and 9.4 mmcfd. IP beat the hell out of the March 2008 early HA. wells. YEAH!!!
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Permalink Reply by SLW on
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Is the Colbert Lands #2 A Bossier shale well? With a depth 700' deeper than the #1 I would think #1 is Bossier and #2 is Haynesville.
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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Les Bamburg on -
WR, I do think the following is EnCana's Mid-Bossier Shale well.
EnCana, Colbert Lands 16 #H1 Well, Serial #238108, S16-T13N-R9W, Red River Parish, 4252 Mcfd, 11/64" Choke, 7200 psi Flowing Pressure
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landownerPermalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on -
Parker, virtually all the acreage that is Bossier prospective is already leased.
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