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Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Rock Man on September 9, 2020 at 4:29

Based on ENVERUS info embedded below, it appears that operator has moved in a spudder rig to drill the surface part of the hole. No way on knowing their future plans as to this well or others (unless you have a mole in their Drilling Superintendent's office).

Well Summary

API Number:	42-405-30724	State:	Texas	County:	San Augustine
Survey:	QUIRK, T A-35
Current Well Type:	Permitted Gas	Status:	drilling in progress
Current Lease Name:	BYRD - BLY

Operator (ph):	AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC	Well Number:	4H
Location:	SAN AUGUSTINE HWY 96 AND 21 ... TAKE HWY FOR 2.7 MILES. TURN RIGHT ON CR 217, GO 1.2 MILES, LEASE RD IS ON THE RIGHT, FOLLOW TO LOCATION
Drilling Contractor:	PINNERY DRILLING	Rig Number:	6
Company Man:	JASON NUGENT	Phone:	318-729-3673

Event Listing

Event	Date	Depth	Casing Size	Casing Depth	TOC	Liner Size	Liner Top	BTMTBG	Cementer	Comments
Surface	08/22/2020 18:00		10 3/4	2,700.0					BJ SERVICES	OH: 13 1/2 LEAD TYPE OF CEMENT: CLASS H LEAD NUMBER OF SACKS: 823 TAIL TYPE OF CEMENT: CLASS H TAIL NUMBER OF SACKS: 327 GAU PROTECTION DEPTH: 2600 SWR13 EXCEPTION: NO RE-ENTRY: NO

Event	Date	Depth	Casing Size	Casing Depth	TOC	Liner Size	Liner Top	BTMTBG
Spud	08/21/2020 00:00

landownerPermalink Reply by James Micheal Nations on September 9, 2020 at 5:28

Thanks so much for the info

Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Rock Man on September 9, 2020 at 4:32

"Pinnery Drilling" as noted in ENVERUS site is probably Pinnergy Drilling (link below). Drilling services site seems to confirm that this unit is a spudder rig.

http://www.pinnergy.com/operations/drilling-services

Oil & Gas ProPermalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on September 9, 2020 at 4:44

It is generally Aethon's MO to use "spudder rigs".