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Permalink Reply by dbob on April 22, 2012 at 15:31

Mike,

I got nothing on that - your comments from NAPE add considerably to the picture.  Anything from Drilling Info anyone?

Permalink Reply by Dry Hole on April 22, 2012 at 16:06

Thanks Mike,

 That's more info on that area than we have had in months ----- Rig Data shows that SM spud their well on Old Staley rd (Riverside- Oakhurst)) on 4/9/12 ---- rig is Scandrill "Production" ------ no depth given this past Friday ----- it is the ONLY rig showing up in Walker Co.  this past week

Permalink Reply by Mike on April 22, 2012 at 17:43

As to what product mix (oil, liquids rich gas) you might expect, here's something to look at:  The Apollo Gibbs Bros 1H is a Georgetown horizontal that is a virtual sidetrack of the Moran/Infiniti Gibbs B-1.  The immediate offset well to the NW is the Moran Gibbs C-1 (drilled 1977) which had "a Georgetown drilling break with green oil in the pits".  Directly to the south (5-6 miles) there are Austin Chalk wells that tested and/or produced oil (Galloway-Morgan Unit A-577 #1, Exxon-Hoke #1, Belco-Hoke #1, Buffco-Gibbs Bros 1H). To the SW in Grimes County, the Texas Independent Exploration-Tie-Westpark Powell #1H was also an Austin Chalk oil producer.  While none of these chalk wells were barn burners (for various reasons), they nevertheless tested/produced oil.  I think the most important thing you're seeing is the presence of liquids, which would indicate that those areas are not dry gas.  The oil is very real and had to come from somewhere. Would love to hear someone's thought on this, and, in particular, any correlation between the deeper Eagle Ford/Woodbine product mix and the Austin Chalk product mix. Isn't the Eagle Ford the source rock for the Austin Chalk?  

 

Permalink Reply by Mike on April 23, 2012 at 17:51

Attached is an excerpt from a recent ZaZa Energy presentation.  Note on the bottom right where it states that the Range Gibbs Bros 1H "Tested 400 BOE, tubing stuck fishing".  I had heard that Range could not get a sustained flow back due to severe restriction from the stuck tubing and other fish that clogged the well.  Apparently the lateral was severely corkscrewed, which can add hightened complications and technical challenges, not to mention unwanted havok, to completion operations.  You've got to hand it to Range, they stayed with the program for a long, long, time (2 months?) after the frac was done trying to recover all of the downhole fish and save the well.  A lesser company may have given up, if not gone broke during the process.  Putting forth that kind of effort and expense, you would think Range found something of significant interest.

Assuming the 400 BOE was produced under an abnormal, inconsistent flow regime (possibly oil to surface during fishing operations?), one can only imagine what the flow rate may have been under a steady, unrestricted 24-hour test.  We don't know at what point in the completion the fish got stuck in the well, much less what other items were stuck aside from the tubing. Did they get stuck while drilling out the frac plugs?  Did they get all of the frac plugs drilled out?  Questions, questions.

That's the latest I have.

 

     

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• ZaZa Presentation Excerpt.pdf, 354 KB

Permalink Reply by dbob on June 21, 2012 at 15:13

IP filed for the Apollo Gibbs Well - 2213 mcf gas, 1 bbl condensate 48 bbls/water.  G1, as filed, suggests problem with attempt at liner, and either it was completed open hole without stimulation, or they didn't list the details.  

Pressure on well is good, gas is probably at least a little wet. 

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• G1.pdf, 25 KB

Permalink Reply by Dry Hole on August 11, 2012 at 13:27

 Dbob/Mike,

  R Data shows ZaZA  MOVING ON TO "Stingray"   #A1H

   I never did hear a final outcome of the SM Well ?

  BTW --- still having trouble on some discussions making posts ------ CENSORED ??????????? lol