see operator change before completion of 4 wells by Petrohawk in Noble JV in Hughes #1H and Harris, Mary #1H- with new Noble permits say ownership change?
42-419-31495 NOBLE ENERGY INC Shelby HUGHES 1H 9/15/2009
42-419-31467 NOBLE ENERGY INC Shelby HARRIS, MARY 1H 9/9/2009
42-419-31467 NOBLE ENERGY INC Shelby HARRIS, MARY 1H 5/15/2009
42-419-31507 PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY Shelby PEACE 1H 9/14/2009 20,000
42-419-31495 PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY Shelby HUGHES 1H 8/12/2009
42-419-31495 PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY Shelby HUGHES 1H 7/24/2009
42-419-31467 PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY Shelby HARRIS, MARY 1H 7/24/2009
42-419-31467 PETROHAWK OPERATING COMPANY Shelby HARRIS, MARY 1H 5/22/2009
Noble and Petrohawk have JV on acreage in this part of the county and they probably just decided that Noble would operate this well. I've seen this sort of thing happen in JV's. Fairly common. Or...to really get the speculation going... it could be that Petrohawk has opted out of participating in the acreage therefore leaving Noble no choice but to operate.
BTW RBH, I've not had time to look for the plugging report but what was the TD of the well?
Permalink Reply by RBH on October 16, 2009 at 3:24
Hughes #1H completion report filed--test 12.7MMCF/d 26/64" choke Center (Haynesville) --sorry--what was plugged was the vertical pilot hole deeper depths looked at for evaluation purposes
Noble Energy completed the Mary Harris Well No. 1H to 11,754 feet 2.7 miles west of Center in the Center Field. On a 26/64-inch choke the well potentialed 12.634 million cubic feet of gas in the Haynesville formation.
So both the Hughes #1 and Mary Harris 1-H have come in at over 12 mil. Looks like things are getting a bit more interesting in Shelby Co.