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Permalink Reply by dbob on June 19, 2012 at 16:55

Ouch

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 20, 2012 at 1:38

Yeah, XTO is beginning to define the end of the Shale in Natchitoches Parish.

Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on June 20, 2012 at 3:05

I agee Skip, but the well Encana drilled in 10/10, Section 6 (Surface location in Section 7, appears to be a good well though it seems Encana pulled it too hard in the early months instead of putting it on a restricted choke. Is it possible to tell if these wells in Natchitoches Parish are Haynesvilles or Bossiers?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on June 20, 2012 at 3:31

SB, IMO Section 7 is in the shale, both.  And so is the majority of the lands immediately south for another mile then things get iffy.  In the section row 13 - 18 you have a good HA well in Section 17 and now an abbreviated lateral with low production in Section 15.  There is nothing to indicate mechanical problems with the Powell 15H in the SONRIS Lite well file.  I think it likely that the short lateral is owing to heavy faulting in that area.  One mile further south everything about the Birdwell 22H would seem to indicate that it is a good HA horizontal well likely to perform along the lines of the Faye Binning #2 in Section 17.  I think HA horizontals drilled in close vicinity to heavily faulted areas can make very good wells owing to greater natural fracturing in the formation.  They can be good wells as long as they are not drilled through the throw of the actual fault.  I know that heavy faulting occurs in this area because of data in the well file for the Steadman 28.  Although converted to a James Lime completion ( and a quite good one at 14.092 MMcfd) the well did test depths below the Haynesville.  Here's a quote from a letter from an XTO drilling engineer to the Office of Conservation and contained in the Steadman 28 well file at the District 6 office.

"The following formation tops were encountered while drilling the Steadman's 28 #1 (Pilot) well.  Hosston:  7479' MD (-7283' SS), Base Cotton Valley "B" Lime: 12023' MD (-11826' SS), Bossier Shale: 12397' (-12200' SS), Salt: 14660' SS).  The Haynesville Shale, Cotton Valley Lime and Smackover Lime were most likely faulted out and not encountered during drilling."

Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on June 20, 2012 at 4:03

Very impressive, Skip!

Permalink Reply by George Willey on January 9, 2018 at 7:45

I saw last weekend that one of these two wells had a workover rig on site?  Do you know what they are doing to the well?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 9, 2018 at 8:06

George, this is an attempt by XTO to establish production in a different formation up hole.   XTO is attempting to get sufficient production to hold their dearly bought leases from production at 3400-3410' in the Birdwell 22H.

Permalink Reply by George Willey on January 15, 2020 at 3:26

I saw on Sonris that Indigo recently permitted two wells in Section 15.  Since XTO has a producing well in this section, would XTO have had to release this section to Indigo to drill these two new wells?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 15, 2020 at 3:32

No.  The Louisiana Office of Conservation cancelled its one operator per drilling unit rule last year.  Since then there have been numerous instances of companies drilling new multi-section, long lateral wells that include a unit operated by another company.  Of course the other company must agree to this and the request usually includes that the company that drilled the original unit well continues to operate and report it while the other company operates and reports the new wells.

Permalink Reply by Pine Knot on January 30, 2020 at 13:39

Skip the location is in the southeast corner of XTO's section 15. They plan to drill section 14, 22 and 23 from that location. And maybe like 500 into other sections to hold leases.

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on January 30, 2020 at 13:48

Pine Knot, I think these are the two wells you interested in.  I hope they are good wells.

	252181	HALL 14&23-10-10 H	001	01			17069204750000	60005	4894	09-JAN-20	015-10N-10W	35	GO TO LUW INFO	23000
	252182	HALL 22&27-10-10 H	001	01			17069204760000	60005	7870	10-JAN-20	015-10N-10W	35	GO TO LUW INFO	23000

Permalink Reply by Pine Knot on January 30, 2020 at 14:13

Thanks Skip the last letter I got showed 3 different wells. Looks like they made a change now.

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