Austin Chalk

Little Easy,

You have to remember that even though Point Coupee is considered in the high resistivity area, the TMS is located at 16,000-17,000 feet when you get south of the Edwards Shelf. They are having a hard enough time drilling the wells at 11,000 feet at this point. I would venture to guess that at those depths you would be looking at a $20M well if nothing goes wrong, and you would more than likely be in the gas window of the TMS at that depth which is obviously not of interest at this time.

Depth is the major impediment as far as I'm concerned.  The highest resistivities seem to be in this area and may be a prime target in time.  The Major well was up dip of the Tusc sands but down dip of the shelf.  This area and points North of the Major well would be in the highest resistivity zone.  As far as the AC in the Major well, was the well vertical or horizontal.  If vertical, they probably just missed the fractures.

The Major well was vertical for The Tuscaloosa Trend.  That was a no go, and they backed up and milled a port and went for Austin Chalk.  That also was a no go.   Little more than a mile to the West there was a gas well on the back of Sugar Land Plantation (Joe Baud's Place).  I think the well was a success but stop producing.  Both of those wells were drilled years ago.  Joe Beaud also had a well drilled back in the 1950s and it too was a dry hole,  The Wilbert well was about another mile from Joe Beaud's well, it sanded over and was not reworked.  It produced about two years before it quit.  Today EOG has Joe Beaudand to the west are all leased..

The land owners banded together in the leased as one entity.

Chip 

On that petroquest presentation it shows a second lacour well. I was under the mpression they never drilled that second well. I saw it staked out when I visited way back then but thought that was as far as it went. What do you know about it?

Any word on the sharp drop off in production from EOG's Eagles Ranch well in Avoyelles? Production reported on SONRIS for the month of October is down 50% from September's production.

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Highly variable early production as well as steep production decline is to be expected for "unconventional" reservoirs like the AC. The drop off here could tied to multiple issues or a combination of issues:

• Natural decline in production
• Well initially flowing and losing pressure and production rate before being shifted to some sort of artificial lift
• If artificial lift is already installed, problems with that system
• Problems with gathering system / take away capacity

It is best not to get too concerned with how a well is producing month to month early on - it is the long term trend that is more important.

EOG is looking closely at this too (and obviously knows all the details). Odds are they won't be drilling and completing another well until they get a better idea of the AC production trend and EUR projections from this well

Craig, Littleasy is correct, there was a proposed second well to be drilled and it fell through since LaCour #43 turned out poorly.  But there was an existing well with a short lateral at the same location.  I think they have both been abandoned.  I think that was an Anadarko well and it was poorly drilled and set up.  I think the long lateral was not cased and it probably collapsed or something similar.  Could have been a poor frack job, I do know they went back in and did an acid job on it.  We were disappointed as our place is about seven miles as the crow flies from that well.  Any the current lease on our place is held by EOG, in past we had Chesapeake (glad they are out of the picture) and Santa Fe (which eventually turned into Anadarko).  We hope EOG has better technology and can figure out how to get the crude out of the ground.  I would get excited if they did a 3D seismic study in our area but as yet I have not heard anything like that.  I would consider that a necessary precursor to any drilling activity.

Any lease details being published for any of the parishes in this group ? 

Anybody heard any news on Eagle Ranch well?  GASLIFT???

Haven't heard anything on the EOG well - you mention gas lift. Where did you hear that?

I would expect EOG would be considering gas lift as an option for artificial lift in this well - although I would have thought that they would consider installing a downhole ESP instead of a gas lift system.

Check my earlier comments on this blog about reasons for decrease in well performance. A well like this will not flow on its own at optimum rates - it will need some help in unloading all the fluid in the wellbore / lateral and producing. This is where artificial lift technology comes into play. A simple rod pump will not move enough fluid to unload this wellbore sufficiently. And setting up either downhole ESP's or gas lift takes time and effort to get things set up correctly. This all impacts rate until things are running smoothly

EOG has permitted a SWD well in the North Bayou Jack Field.

SWD I like that! Looks like plans for further action in the area.

Agree with Craig on the EOG SWD permit - positive move. And a lot less expensive for EOG in the long run versus trucking out produced water.

Wonder if there will be any opposition to SWD permit?

Kirk Barrell has a new article on  tuscaloosatrendblogspot today

Another big player (MRO) who has good experience and results in the AC Hz Frac play. Things should start getting busy now!

Well permitted in West Feliciana and also Rapides Parish on Friday Sept. 28, 2018

David, do you have any more information on that permit in Rapides Parish?

Yes the rapides parish well was permitted sept 28, 2018 by south wind oil and gas at a depth of 16005 feet in masters creek field. Section 30, 1 south , 1 west. The name of the well is      Crowell LM 30

Crowell 30/1S/1W — rig is on site

Thanks for the heads up.

There are a couple of new posts on tuscaloosatrendblogspot if you are interested. Mostly stuff that we already know. 

Thanks for the heads-up, Crockett. Good stuff, i.e., a condensed refresher per a big-picture analysis.

Hope this opens.

/http://tuscaloosatrend.blogspot.com/

When I tried to open this, I got a danger warning from my lap top protection software. So I did not proceed. 

Just a warning. 

Rockman maybe try getting there through ameliaresources.com and go to the bottom of the page where it says blog. Hopefully there will be no problems with that website. 

I received an e-mail with this yesterday, labeled Tuscaloosa Trend.  It was not an attachment but maybe direct from Amelia.

I also just clicked on it at my own posting, had no problem opening.

John

Looks as if the E & W boundaries are being tested both above and below the reef, respectively? My guess is that on the Eastern end someone might test the downdip (Fairway D) portion of Kirk's LAMS Stack Play? Hope these operators bring their A teams. GEAUX TIGERS!!!

I see that Torrent has a permit to drill a well in Avoyelles Parish. Two south, 5 east, section 03. In bayou jack north. 15624 feet

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Sorry I’m not good at posting but seeking alpha has an article on the Austin chalk dated today

May be getting "ahead of my skis," Would like opinions about Chevron buying Anadarko.  Could this influence our prospects for the Austin Chalk in Avoyelles?  Also mentioned that they could possibly also buy  EOG.  Although it's primarily considered a shale purchase it seems the prospects of the Chalk compared to the Shale in this area are more lucrative.

John, I don't think there is one all encompassing answer.  As to the LA Austin Chalk, I don't think much will change as Chevron and Anadarko are not players.  The real question being batted about by the energy pundits is whether the Chevron acquisition will kick off a round of M&A with the other majors.  Even if one of the LA AC players were to be acquired, I wouldn't expect any major change in the exploration of the prospective area.

I have to agree with Skip on this, i.e. the La AC is not a major chip in the whole O&G world and it is only a very small piece of a deal like this. In addition to the "shale" impact in areas like the Permian Basin, Anadarko;s natural gas assets in Africa are HUGE for Chevron's LNG plans.

I see the LA AC at best being a "niche" play due to there being a lot of heterogeneity in the target section. But some good areas can still be "discovered" and exploited. Similar to so many ways to the Eagle Ford in Texas - originally thought to be a "blanket" play that has evolved in a patchwork quilt of very good to below average areas (due to subsurface conditions). Really no different from almost any of these "shale plays".

Thank you for your comments which I agree with.  My daddy, who was very wise, once teased me saying I was a dilettante!  He was right and this applies to my expertise on oil and gas.  Like the song said, "you've forgotten more than I'll ever know."  Rock Man and Skip LOL!

I have heard that EOG has been leasing in Mississippi in SE Wilkinson County and SW Amite County across the border from their and Conoco's positions in LA. Has  anyone heard anything about that?

Mike Johnson,

I can’t tell when you asked your question below about EOG leasing in Wilkinson County? Is this an old post or last Thursday? All I see is Thursday without a date. If this is recent news I can ask a large landowner in the area about this rumor. Thanks

Les,

Just posted...I am new to this forum. I heard that a month or so ago and it does kind of look to me that the interest seems to be shifting northward, especially if the rumor is true.

I know everyone is disappointed with the Conoco results but I personally am not terribly surprised. Of all of their locations, the only one that I might have drilled is the Erwin. I'll be interested to see if it is any better. 

It is my view that the bulk of the "chalk play" in Louisiana is not a true resource play, but rather a series of complex stratigraphic traps. As Mr. Barrell correctly pointed out, the play is for the fracture induced porosity and perm near the base of the section. That said, it naturally follows that commercial "accumulations" are only going to occur where an updip seal is present. 

Note that Conoco appears to have obtained some very high fluid flow rates, indicative of very good permeability, natural and/or induced. That is actually a good thing but they need to be higher in the reservoir. EOG's well should be better. Just my thoughts.

There was a new well permitted in Vernon parish today 12/16/2019

Any other news on aus ra suxx; indigo minerals redrill?  That is serial number 251564 in avoyelles parish

Nothing new on the Torrent well as per my sources. Perhaps someone on the ground has seen something of note (if so, please post here).

Thanks RM. will be interesting to find out

I see that on the crowell lm 30H Number 2 the cooler erupted at the well site during maintennce operations and discharged what appears to be less than 5 bbls of e&p waste (mist of crude oil and sw) to a wooded area behind the location.

so they had a verbal agreement to temporarily abandon the well set CIBP @ 14,800 feet dump 20-30' cmt on top run tubing hanger with 2 way check valve in wellbore close in manual and hydraulic 5 1/8" valves above wellhead  monitor well pressure

probably no big deal, but i don't know

By "cooler" I wonder if this was a surface unit to remove NGL's from gas stream via refrigeration approach (e.g. JT Unit). Having only 5 bbls (slightly over 200 gallons) of "spill" not a big deal based on my oilfield experiences. To temporarily abandon the wellbore because of this doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I may be missing something.

RPT DATE LUW CODE STORAGE FAC DOC USE WELL CNT OPENING STK OIL PROD(BBL) GAS PROD(MCF) DISPOSITION CLOSING STK PARISH
02/01/2020 052211 1 1530 28025 202968 27795 1760 RAPIDES
01/01/2020 052211 1 0 6011 47298 4481 1530 RAPIDES
CASING

just reviewed production numbers on Crowell #2 on Sonris.  are those real?

02/01/2020

oil 28025

gas 202968

Looks correct, hope it is at 1000 barrels a day for February ( a 28 day period).  If the reported volume is correct, it makes the recent work order on the LM 3H seem a little puzzling.

WORK PERMITS

I also saw on this well that they have posted an allowable and an estimated potential for July. Does that mean they have opened the well back up. There weren’t any allowable posted since March until the one for July.