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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on May 31, 2010 at 11:32

XTO completed drilling well SMK C well in Section 11 about 3 weeks ago. We have 2 others staked in that unit and 1 in adjacent unit in sec. 12 on land I own. I say we as I will be WI partner in each of these wells, including one for which we are awaiting frac crew. Should do frac this week as we are now filling frac tanks.

I have not checked permits for the three you mentioned being permitted. XTO is strongly considering a horizontal in Smk. They had originally permitted Murphy well in sec 1 or 2 for horizontal but changed to drill it vertical I am anxious to see hor in SMK

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 31, 2010 at 11:52

Aubrey, the unit application is scheduled for the Commissioner's Hearing on June 15. Good Luck.

Permalink Reply by Steve Stewart on June 1, 2010 at 3:43

Aubrey this sound like good news for our area. Please give me a call I would like to speak with you.

Thanks,

Steve Stewart
RB&J Materials
(580)571-2793
(318)326-4188

Permalink Reply by EIB on June 10, 2010 at 9:49

Heard yesterday Haynesville Mercantile group recieved letter about new discovery. Person I talked to described it as the Brown zone. Company was trying to get in touch with owners before moving forward. I believe the area is north of Baker road in Shongaloo. Is there a Brown zone? What is it?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 10, 2010 at 10:27

They are referring to a portion of the Smackover formation called the "Brown Dense".

Permalink Reply by L Davis on June 30, 2010 at 13:59

Skip peel is correct about the bottom of the Smackover that is called the 'Brown Dense'. For a more detail discussion, go to the Arkansas Shale Group and follow the discussion on 'Chesapeake Interest near Crosset, AR'. The area being referred to in this discussion is not far south of the permitted well in sw Columbia County, AR. The 'Brown Dense' is creating a lot of interest in S AR. Please keep us Ar people informed about this area.

Permalink Reply by L Davis on July 1, 2010 at 2:33

Electro what you say about the depth of the brown dense is not totally true for AR. The closer you get to Smackover, AR (where the smackover formation was first discovered) the smk becomes less deep. I am not sure of the brown dense depth around Smackover, AR but out of 4 wells permitted in AR, 3 have been around 9000 feet and one in Lafyette County was over 11,000 feet. The Union Parish area of N LA is closer to Smackover, AR that the Lafyette well is. Two of the wells in AR have been drilled and P&A. The other two have permits and drilling should begin soon.

Permalink Reply by L Davis on July 4, 2010 at 6:15

I concur with what you have written about the depth and thickness of the Smk formation. Smackover, AR is near the northern edge of the Smk formation. Going south from Smackover, Ar the formation gradually gets deeper. Previous oil production from the Smk has come from humps, traps, etc at the top of the Smk. Going below that, very large volumes of salt water is found. In Union and Columbia Counties, AR, there is a chemical industry that produces the salt water and extracts bromine and a few other minerals. The brown dense is below the salt water zone with what is known as the Norphlet formation below that and then the formations that you referred to. Does anyone know what type geological pattern the oil companies are looking at within the brown dense (humps, thickness, faults, etc.)?

Permalink Reply by jeff boler on October 30, 2010 at 18:41

If they can produce this formation to its entirety (and aren't after humps, fractures, etc) this would be huge. Given the extent of the Smackover, there might be more resources stored in this formation than in all of Saudi Arabia...