Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Haynesville Shale Test Results (just south of Benton)
**This well is about a mile southeast of Benton High School. Looks like that the shale goes into section 21N after all!**
Press Release Source: Southern Star Energy Inc.
Southern Star Energy Announces Haynesville Well Discovery; Vertical Well Projected to Add to the Company's Reserve Base; Production Projected Before Year-End 2008
Friday October 17, 9:00 am ET
HOUSTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southern Star Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SSEY, the "Company"), a fast-growing E&P company with reserves and production from leases located in northern Louisiana, today announced that it has successfully drilled and logged the targeted Haynesville interval in its Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well with positive results. The well reached a total depth of 11,300 feet on October 14, 2008. This well is strategically located in the center section of the Company's Sentell Field in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 is the second well in the Company's 2008 development program and the first of two Haynesville Shale vertical test wells in the Sentell Field planned for 2008.
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Wireline logging and mud log shows indicate the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well encountered 205 feet of highly laminated, silty, and naturally fractured shale zone with cross plot porosities ranging from nine to 12 percent. Mud logs indicated abundant gas shows throughout the interval, ranging from 400 to 600 units with trip gas as high as 3,000 units. This interval exhibits the characteristics of the Lower Bossier Shale. Immediately below this laminated section, the well encountered approximately 185 feet of quality dark black organic rich shale. In this zone, gas shows ranged between 1,100 and 3,000 units. This lower interval exhibits all of the characteristics that the industry classifies as the Haynesville Shale. The wellbore is suspended with 7-inch intermediate casing through the Cotton Valley Formation at 9,500 feet in order to preserve the Company's options to complete the well as a vertical producer, or to re-enter the wellbore for horizontal drilling pending the development of completion techniques.
As a member of the Core Laboratories ("Core Lab") Integrated Reservoir Solution's regional Haynesville Shale Study, the Company's data are being incorporated into the Core Lab database for use in designing optimum completion techniques for horizontal drilling in the Haynesville play.
The Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 is the Company's seventh consecutive successful Cotton Valley well in the Sentell Field, and the first well to positively evaluate the Haynesville Shale. Each of the Company's seven Cotton Valley wells has similar log characteristics. Five of these wells are flowing into sales lines. The Company's sixth successful Cotton Valley well, the Cash Pointe 30-1, is scheduled to flow into sales lines in fourth quarter 2008.
David Gibbs, Southern Star President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "The preliminary results from the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well represent significant news in the history of Southern Star Energy. We believed that we might be sitting on top of a significant Haynesville position, and I could not be more pleased now that we have evidence that the Sentell Field is right in the middle of the Haynesville play. We have extensive petrophysical analysis work ahead of us, and another vertical Haynesville test well to drill this year, but the initial results are positive. We believe Southern Star Energy remains a high-quality investment in these challenging times, and we are working tirelessly to develop our acreage on behalf of current and future shareholders."
Gibbs continued: "As we pause to consider the best way forward given these positive results, we are moving our rig southwest to the A S Burt 20-1 location. This next location is designed as a combination Cotton Valley development well and our second Haynesville evaluation well. We expect positive results in this location given the results from the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 well. Importantly, this new well discovery should be additive to our reserve base and strengthen our total financial position. While we have adequate capital to carry out our 10-well drilling program, we believe our valuation and growth plans will support additional financing."
Press Release Source: Southern Star Energy Inc.
Southern Star Energy Announces Haynesville Well Discovery; Vertical Well Projected to Add to the Company's Reserve Base; Production Projected Before Year-End 2008
Friday October 17, 9:00 am ET
HOUSTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southern Star Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SSEY, the "Company"), a fast-growing E&P company with reserves and production from leases located in northern Louisiana, today announced that it has successfully drilled and logged the targeted Haynesville interval in its Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well with positive results. The well reached a total depth of 11,300 feet on October 14, 2008. This well is strategically located in the center section of the Company's Sentell Field in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 is the second well in the Company's 2008 development program and the first of two Haynesville Shale vertical test wells in the Sentell Field planned for 2008.
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Wireline logging and mud log shows indicate the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well encountered 205 feet of highly laminated, silty, and naturally fractured shale zone with cross plot porosities ranging from nine to 12 percent. Mud logs indicated abundant gas shows throughout the interval, ranging from 400 to 600 units with trip gas as high as 3,000 units. This interval exhibits the characteristics of the Lower Bossier Shale. Immediately below this laminated section, the well encountered approximately 185 feet of quality dark black organic rich shale. In this zone, gas shows ranged between 1,100 and 3,000 units. This lower interval exhibits all of the characteristics that the industry classifies as the Haynesville Shale. The wellbore is suspended with 7-inch intermediate casing through the Cotton Valley Formation at 9,500 feet in order to preserve the Company's options to complete the well as a vertical producer, or to re-enter the wellbore for horizontal drilling pending the development of completion techniques.
As a member of the Core Laboratories ("Core Lab") Integrated Reservoir Solution's regional Haynesville Shale Study, the Company's data are being incorporated into the Core Lab database for use in designing optimum completion techniques for horizontal drilling in the Haynesville play.
The Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 is the Company's seventh consecutive successful Cotton Valley well in the Sentell Field, and the first well to positively evaluate the Haynesville Shale. Each of the Company's seven Cotton Valley wells has similar log characteristics. Five of these wells are flowing into sales lines. The Company's sixth successful Cotton Valley well, the Cash Pointe 30-1, is scheduled to flow into sales lines in fourth quarter 2008.
David Gibbs, Southern Star President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "The preliminary results from the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 Well represent significant news in the history of Southern Star Energy. We believed that we might be sitting on top of a significant Haynesville position, and I could not be more pleased now that we have evidence that the Sentell Field is right in the middle of the Haynesville play. We have extensive petrophysical analysis work ahead of us, and another vertical Haynesville test well to drill this year, but the initial results are positive. We believe Southern Star Energy remains a high-quality investment in these challenging times, and we are working tirelessly to develop our acreage on behalf of current and future shareholders."
Gibbs continued: "As we pause to consider the best way forward given these positive results, we are moving our rig southwest to the A S Burt 20-1 location. This next location is designed as a combination Cotton Valley development well and our second Haynesville evaluation well. We expect positive results in this location given the results from the Atkins-Lincoln 17-2 well. Importantly, this new well discovery should be additive to our reserve base and strengthen our total financial position. While we have adequate capital to carry out our 10-well drilling program, we believe our valuation and growth plans will support additional financing."
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Permalink Reply by Glenn on
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I had an invitation to visit this well during the coring operation. I met Mr. Gibbs and others associated with this company. These are good people. They are being very open with the results of this find compared to some other companies in the area. I just wish someone would want to drill two sections east where I live. So much for saying that the shale did not go this far north. Best of luck to them.
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Permalink Reply by Count of Monte Cristo on
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So do you think Southern Star is looking to sell their leasehold to someone else or to develop this field on their own?
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Permalink Reply by Glenn on
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I was told they do not have the money to drill horizontal wells or to lease any more land at the currnet rates. They have 5300 to 5700 acres and that's it. They are hoping to do one of three things. 1. Sell the whole company. 2. Sell individual wells. 3. Sub lease the deep rights. With things the way they are right now, who knows. With proven Haynesville shows they may get more investors to develop the play, But as we speak they are going to keep drilling Cotton Valley wells. The next one will also be a Haynesville test. They were in the process of breaking down the rig and moving it yesterday. The next well will be off Kingston Road behind Haymeadow subdivision.
They have a great presentation on their web site. Shows all their leaseholdings.
Oh yes, they told me the geologists told them this first well could produce as well as the Petrohawk wells in south Bossier. Petrohawk has leases just south of their leases. -
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Permalink Reply by Count of Monte Cristo on
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My guess is that they would sell the company once they prove the Haynesville Shale is there. Their leasehold looks like a rectangle north to south, so my guess is that they will drill Haynesville tests on the 4 corners of the triangle and then sell the company once those results come in positive.
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