XTO has applied for three alternate unit wells for unit SMK RC SUK, S3 - 23N - 9W. This unit is just south of the state line from Arkansas Sections 9 & 10 - 20S - 21W.

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/cons/CONSEREN/hearings/2010/06JUN/10-710ap...

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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
Aubrey, the unit application is scheduled for the Commissioner's Hearing on June 15. Good Luck.
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
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?
They are referring to a portion of the Smackover formation called the "Brown Dense".
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.
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.
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.)?
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...

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