Petrohawk Energy Corporation Reports Haynesville Shale Result and Leasehold Update
Monday June 30, 7:56 am ET
HOUSTON, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petrohawk Energy Corporation ("Petrohawk" or the "Company") (NYSE: HK - News) today announced that it has completed its initial horizontal well in the Haynesville Shale. On June 27, 2008, the Elm Grove Plantation #63 (100% working interest) was placed on production. On June 29, 2008, the well produced at an average rate of approximately 16.8 million cubic feet of natural gas per day with 5,600 pounds flowing casing pressure on a 26/64" choke. The pilot hole drilled on the well encountered approximately 212 net feet of Haynesville Shale. The targeted interval in the reservoir was at 11,005 feet true vertical depth, and a lateral of 3,880 feet in length was drilled. The completion of the well included eleven stages of fracture stimulation. The Elm Grove Plantation #63 is located in Section 9 - Township 16 North - Range 11 West, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Yes this is HUGE as in bigger lease bonuses!!! This is what easyrider from Investorvillage said:
"16.8 mmcfe/day is five times what the really good Barnett wells IP (initial production) for. This confirms the 10 to 20 mmcfe/day numbers that have been floating around for these wells since March. CHK and HK will soar on this news!!!!!!! "
One excerpt: “Those (Chesapeake) wells are making a lot of gas, and one of the main things that separates this stuff from the Barnett is there’s no huge decline in production,” Sepulvado said. “After a big Barnett frac, they fall off quick, but these don’t fall back – they’re choked back and could be doing even better.
“The only question now is in the Barnett they’re getting about 20 percent recovery,” Sepulvado said, “and this is looking like more toward 30 percent.
“You have a much thicker interval than the Barnett, and some of the values are better, like porosity and TOC,” he noted. “It’s a lot deeper (in the range of 11,000 to 12,000 feet), thicker and better parameters than the Barnett.”
At current spot of $13.3, I calculate it out at $223,440 per day. Do I have that right?
Let's go farther and assume 6 wells per section (~107 acre spacing) and you get $1.34 million/day/section. That comes out to $335,160 for the landowner (assuming 25% royalties.)