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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 17, 2009 at 16:09

Un huh, trying to get a rise out of me. I really would like to have a comment from a real reservoir engineer on the subject. I can't imagine a professional extrapolating the vertical HA wells in north Caddo accurately and the division manager authorizing a $9M horizontal well for a 4 Mmcfd IP. I'd ask Mmarkkk but his avatar scares the hell out of me. LOL!

Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on September 17, 2009 at 18:19

But their accuracy is sufficient to keep funding more wells. Neither geology nor reservoir engineering is an exact science. When the failure rate gets too large we won't need landmen, geologists, reservor engineers, etc.,etc,etc,etc

Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on September 17, 2009 at 15:00

Electro,
In the Terryville Field in Lincoln Parish, they have drilled some very good Gray Sand (Smackover) wells, somewhere around 10 million a day. And then the zone does not exist in the adjoining unit. So it obviously would be a horrible failure to attempt a horizontal Smackover in this area.
Now, the question is, in some areas is the productive Smackover widespread and thick enough to warrent a horizontal? Seems to me that you would need plenty of down hole proof (existing well logs) to justify drilling a horizontal.
And yes, from the proof of the Terryville Field, you would be crazy to "extrapolate" the results of one vertical Smackover, and assume that you could stay in the zone for 4000 feet.

Permalink Reply by North LA on September 18, 2009 at 6:55

The Smackover is like any other formation group in that there is an A, B, C etc components that make up the area known collectively as the Smackover. So I'm curious if there are any tight formations that are wide spread that in the past have not allowed for development but do now. Terryville is part of the gray sand formation so it has been hit or miss unit to unit. My question is why? Was it due to porosity? Is the gas in the miss units but wasn't considered worth the trouble back in the 70s due to tight formations? All the research I've read on the Smackover speaks of a source rock from which all the gas and oil "leaked" from over thousands of years. Has the actual source rock ever been taped or are all the conventional Smackover plays(Bernice, Downsville, Terryville, Hico, Calhoun) just areas of faulting, low porosity, etc where drilling a vertical well was easy and cheap? I've seen where Greystone was drilling a couple of Smackover wells around. From what I understand, CHK has a majority investment in Greystone. Not sure what they were doing but it's interesting to follow.

Permalink Reply by BirdDawg, plain ole' idiot on September 26, 2009 at 9:19

Mr. Turk,
Excuse me but I did not not post anything that is not true "to the max". I agree about Electro's posts, and he and I have discussed this. Please inform me as to the reason you think you have the authority to tell me to "minimize my comments". And what makes you so sure that I am uninformed? Prove it please. I have not squelched anyones voice. And no, I will not be quiet unless I want to be. I think perhaps you should take your own advice. Please explain to me how you know "my knowledge is shallow and uninformed". I think it is because I am not so sure what you want to hear is what is going to happen. And please forgive me for offering any facts. Good grief.

I am all for the mineral owners of South Arkansas, or anywhere else for that matter.

Permalink Reply by Allen67 on September 26, 2009 at 14:34

Did I miss something here? Has there been some comments made that caused a problem? If so, where are those comments? I missed them. If they need to be erased, I will gladly do it. I dont see any negative comments, but Im looking for them!

Permalink Reply by Allen67 on September 24, 2009 at 14:42

If you all will look at the AOGC web site under hearing,applications received, and 652-2009-09 I believe you will find the newest report on the flaring of the well in Lafayette County!!!

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 24, 2009 at 14:47

Thanks, Allen. Can you post a link to the site?

Permalink Reply by Allen67 on September 26, 2009 at 8:18

I would if I knew how!!

Permalink Reply by Allen67 on September 27, 2009 at 14:33

Thank you! I havent gotten my children to show me how to post things like that yet!!

Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on September 27, 2009 at 4:38

I could not agree more! I always question the conventional wisdom. It has cost me at times, but it has also paid off. In my lifetime, which began 76 years ago this coming Tuesday, We have gone from steam engine drilling rigs to horizontal drilling and fracing. We have gone from 3+ months to drill a 12,000 ft. well to about 20 days.

I value and attribute this to improved technology. Tehnological advances are made somewhere on a daily basis. When tis is no longer true we may as well quit.

P.S. I am still hoping to hear from some landowners with land in the Horsehead Field in Columbia County. That is near old Lacy Wise store and the Fox Pen. If we let time pass us by without acting we will have possibly lost a great opportunity. At least that is what I believe. Thanks.

Aubrey Sanders

Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on September 27, 2009 at 14:11

Joe,

Thank you for the bdw and for being a friend. I never give up until the "fat woman sings", and I never give up until all options are explored. And, even thought I am an O&G operator in LA I am first and foremost an advocate of land owners rights. Having observed the many abuses I have seen by "shady operators" and having been raised by a good Christian Mother I want to always see a level playing ground.

I do not see a lot of potential for Haynesville Shale in extreme north LA and South Ark. but I believe other formations will pay off. Horizontal drilling will become commonplace in other formations I believe. I think we see the beginning of something big in Lafayette Co. Perhaps wishful thinking, although I have no interest there.

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