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Permalink Reply by obed w odom on August 16, 2014 at 11:08

Thanks, North LA. Very interesting. I know that the North Claiborne Parish area, including the East Haynesville Field and Lick Creek Field, has had numerous successful wells in multiple zones of the Cotton Valley over the years. Two zones that come to mind are the Taylor Sand, at about 8900' depth, and the Tucker Sand, at about 8600' depth. AIX in East Haynesville has recently been recompleting some of its Haynesville and Smackover wells in the Cotton Valley. Maybe the permeability and porosity of the Cotton Valley in this area argue against horizontal development, but I'd like to see someone give horizontals a try.

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Permalink Reply by North LA on August 16, 2014 at 14:43

Here are a few more interesting presentations:

This one is talks above my head. The author seems to put down the hunt well in section 24 reporting that the zone isn't good for a horizontal but just this last week wildhorse spud a horizontal into this section. Perhaps the well they spud this week is into another zone?

http://www.easttexas.spe.org/images/document/modeland-2013.pdf

 

Look on page 4 in presentation below

http://www.petroquest.com/documents/August_000.pdf

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Permalink Reply by North LA on August 17, 2014 at 9:34

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Permalink Reply by obed w odom on August 17, 2014 at 13:07

Thanks again, North LA. It looks like my property is included in the northeast part of that Cotton Valley prospective area, but pretty close to the edge. Also, I was encouraged by the Vanguard statement in another thread of this discussion that they saw some prospects for Cotton Valley horizontals in the East Haynesville acreage that they acquired from Hunt.

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Permalink Reply by North LA on August 17, 2014 at 13:15

I don't think that map includes all the productive areas of the CV. I think it's just a rough approximation of the prospective area. BTW I know you have land in Claiborne Parish, Wildhorse has drilled several vertical cv wells there. That's how they started out in the Terryville, Ruston, and Hico fields. I hope they're successful there and in Choudrant and then keep stepping out.

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Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on August 17, 2014 at 11:44

Hey North LA. I don't mean anything by it, but this is not shale related. Try to move it to the Lincoln Parish Group or more specifically to the Terryville and Hico-Knowles Field Group. Great info. thanks for posting. there is a lot more completions coming in this area soon. And really big ones..

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Permalink Reply by North LA on August 17, 2014 at 12:06

Thanks for the suggestion BD. I'll keep the Memorial info in the Lincoln parish group. I think the Petroquest map would interest all members. It looks like the CV is productive in A LOT of places throughout the formation. Will be interesting to follow. 

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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on August 17, 2014 at 14:20

North I am with you on posting on the main page at least these posts are up for a few days where the group posts can go down and out of site within a short time if someone decides to join 6 groups back to back. If someone like me, being a member of most groups and having limited time to spend on the internet, I don't want to have to delete a pile of notifications of posts and people joining groups every day. I think a good idea for gohaynesvilleshale would be to stop the website from pushing down the group section every time someone joins the group. I don't really care who just joined the group but want to see who posted to the group.

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Garrison Payne on August 17, 2014 at 23:56

Looks like it skips Webster Parish

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 19, 2014 at 2:14

Cynthia, the Cotton Valley sands are not the Haynesville Shale.  By that I mean it is not continuously productive over wide areas because it is a conventional reservoir.  The Haynesville Shale is an unconventional reservoir.  In some areas the Cotton Valley has such low permeability that horizontal wells are economic. Before the Haynesville Shale Play emerged, horizontal CV drilling was the next innovation on the horizon.  Of course that was in a much different price environment for natural gas.  Now the bulk of horizontal Cotton Valley wells being drilled are in areas where the gas is "wet" meaning the wells produce condensate and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) which make them more profitable.  Don't look for the areas of horizontal CV production to be relatively large however there is no reason why another productive area may not exist in parts of Webster, or other north Louisiana parishes.

http://www.gohaynesvilleshale.com/UNCONVENTIONAL-VS-CONVENTIONAL-RE...

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Permalink Reply by Elaine C - 1 on August 19, 2014 at 8:27

Skip, I have some very minimal Wildhorse production in Cotton Valley in Webster. Would love to hear some positive news. Thank you for any info you have.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on August 19, 2014 at 9:06

Wildhorse is currently stepping out from what has been a relatively small footprint for their CV/LCV development.  Hopefully they will find an area to their liking in Webster.

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