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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 1, 2013 at 9:54

BLO, that explanation is plausible and could account for the production profile of the Exxon-Mobil #2 to date.  However if there are lenticular regions of higher porosity and permeability scattered across the area of the Brown Dense that will make for isolated and distinct economic areas.  That explanation might also give credence to the seismic shoots being planned now and discussed here in the Brown Dense Lower Smackover Group.

Permalink Reply by Bubba on May 1, 2013 at 7:13

Shale Player,

Thanks for the info. That was a new factoid for me. The J-W gas analysis on the Exxon Mobile #2 well had only 0.18% H2S. Also it was 1150+ Btu.

Permalink Reply by shale player on May 1, 2013 at 10:35

That is 180 ppm.  And, one whiff of that concentration of H2S will send you to heaven, or perhaps some other, less desirable place.  Most gas pipeline systems that sell into the intrastate system will not take more than 2-3 ppm - BTW that is parts per million, and the simple math is that 1% is 1000 ppm.

Just some basic information for those who don't live on my side of the business. 

Permalink Reply by obed w odom on May 1, 2013 at 11:34

Don't you mean that 0.1% is 1000 ppm, and that 0.18% is 1800 ppm?

Permalink Reply by dbob on May 1, 2013 at 12:13

That, and 1 breath of 1800 ppm H2S will send you on to the next life, but one breath of air with a small percentage of natural gas with that level of H2S will tend to knock you back.  

Was told the other day about a site, back in the day, that processed gas with 60% H2S for sulfur recovery...

Permalink Reply by Bubba on May 2, 2013 at 3:18

Correct 1800 PPM. I've been associated with several wells in the Permian with 4% to 5% H2S. One field I know of was 17%. Although these were oil wells with small amounts of associated gas.The WB well obviously has much higher gas rates. Death from H2S is extremely rare. The concentration is reduced by an order of magnitude every several inches from the point source. There are two schools in the industry - those that are afraid of it and those that work with it. Tip of the day - Stay Upwind

Permalink Reply by tony allen on May 1, 2013 at 11:48

Thanks Shale Player. I,like North La, wonder what is your opinion of the Brown Dense play? Do you think it will be an economic play?

Permalink Reply by shale player on May 1, 2013 at 12:32

It depends on how deep your pockets are.  There are tons of hydrocarbons in the ground.  Everybody knows that it is there.  The key is unlocking it and I don't know when it will happen.

It will happen, but we might have all sniffed too much H2S or smoked too much wacky weed to see it in our lifetimes.  How old are all of us?  

Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on May 1, 2013 at 14:17

Two Dogs is 62.

Permalink Reply by tony allen on May 1, 2013 at 15:25

That is what I'm worried about shale player, 52 and sniffed way too much H2S.

Permalink Reply by shale player on May 1, 2013 at 16:50

My advice is to stay away from the H2S, visit one of the states, like CO, where the wacky weed is legal, dream about the LSBD, lease your land to the next fool and go home happy, no matter what happens. 

Me

Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on May 6, 2013 at 4:22

I AM ONLY 79 YEARS OF AGE. SO I ANTICIPATE SEEING LSBD PRODUCTION ON MY LAND.

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