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Permalink Reply by Les Bamburg on March 3, 2009 at 9:30

SG, so the Placid well would be about 5 miles due west of Shell's Olympia Mills 26 #1?

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Permalink Reply by Glenn on March 3, 2009 at 15:37

Jay, I teach high school earth science and I am trying to take some of the things I am learning on this site into the classroom. I have seen various reports and maps showing the Hico lagoon andthe supposed appearance of the coastline at the time of shale formation. A couple of questions please.
1. The drawings I have seen seem to show a coastal area somewhat like Mobile Bay or Galveston Bay. Is this a good comparison?
2. How deep was this lagoon during the time of shale formation?
3. I know Jurrasic time. About 150 mya?

Most of the material I have found is about the Cotton Valley and the shale is just side material.
Thank you for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 3, 2009 at 10:18

Everytime I click the link it locks up my comp?

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 3, 2009 at 10:55

I dunno, my comp hates PDF files for some reason.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 3, 2009 at 11:19

I would like to see it if you could

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 3, 2009 at 11:48

Jay. As the Sharp and Hall wells in north Caddo have reminded us, thickness of pay ain't everything. Goodrich made a point of suggesting that porosity and permeability were more significant than thickness. I would be interested to hear your opinion in general and as it pertains to the opposite ends of the fairway, north and south.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 4, 2009 at 3:16

The Hall well hasn't even been completed and they got a bad frac on the Sharp well, so I wouldn't say that just yet. Many horizontal wells in the so called fairway have come in at the 5-8MCFD range, such as the Venus 19H. I think the frac job has everything to do with these wells. Just look at a few of these.
237942 16N 15W 6700MCFD
237943 15N 16W 5974MCFD

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on March 4, 2009 at 3:35

The Hall 9H-1 has been complete for some time. I had not seen it announced officially until the March 1 Goodrich Earnings Call. An excerpt from the transcript follows. As to the Sharp well, I have heard the rumors of a bad frac also. Unfortunately neither CHK or Goodrich have admitted to any mechanical problems and, as you will see below, Goodrich seems to be placing the blame on the reservoir. It's not just the thickness of the shale but porosity, permeability and total organic content (TOC) that makes for superior wells. And yes, Checkmateking, the frac plays a part. One bad frac job in an area is one thing. Two is another. There are a number of additional horizontal HA wells in northwest Caddo yet to be completed so the jury may still be considered out. The next completions need to be significantly better.

"Moving further to the north in Caddo Parish, we have now drilled two non-operated wells in the Longwood field where we have tested the initial well our Percy Sharp 7H-1 and anticipate completing the second the Bohnert 28H-1 early next month. While it is early in the well’s production performance and the initial potential on this Sharp 7H-1 was less than we have seen in Bethany Longstreet, we are pleased and encouraged by the well’s early performance and based upon the well’s performance to date, we currently project the well’s estimated ultimate recovery or EUR will be at the low end of our previously estimated range of 4.5 to 8.5 Bcf per horizontal Haynesville well. This is just one data point, it does confirm our belief that there will be variability across the play and suggest that porosity and permeability are more significant drivers than thickness as the Sharp area has slightly lower porosity and perm yet approximately 283 to Shale thickness, and will likely perform differently over time versus higher perm and porosity areas.

Yet further to the north and Caddo Parish in the Caddo Pine Island area we have participated in three additional non-operated Haynesville horizontals. These wells are currently waiting on completion of the pipeline and two of the three wells are expected to be fraced and completed during the second quarter. However our initial well the Hall 9H-1 has been completed and thus far exhibited disappointing flow back performance with an initial potential of approximately 2.5 million cubic feet of gas per day. While it is still early in the well’s flow back it is worth noting that our Caddo Pine Island acreage represents approximately 2900 net acres or approximately 4.5% of our total 63,000 net acres perspective for the Haynesville Shale."

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 4, 2009 at 3:47

Well I didn't know which Hall well you were talking about since you didn't specify, but that flow rate is somewhat dissappointing. But if they want to blame it on reservoir you could take the two wells I referenced and say that 15N 16N is not any good either, althought we know that isn't the truth.

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Permalink Reply by Spring Branch,mineral owner on March 4, 2009 at 4:06

No Jay, he is referring to the Matador Hall well in 19/15 Section 9. The Camterra Hall well in 15/14 Section 9 is in the process of being fraced now. They should be on about the 4th stage of the frac this AM.

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Permalink Reply by Checkmateking on March 4, 2009 at 3:58

I do like that they got 1million on their vertical well (Goldco) that is pretty consistent with the entire play. Yes I was referring to the Matador Hall.

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Permalink Reply by Ian on March 4, 2009 at 5:19

Jay,
What are your thoughts of producing from the Haynesville formation in Sabine and Natchitoches? I have heard the shale is too deep or the temp is too hot and its burning up the motors? Any thoughts

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