Linda, remember NFX fouled the hole on the Jared well and never got into section 9 as permitted. They re-permitted and eventually drilled section 9&4 in the Springer with great results.
Iām wondering whose fault it was that they misjudged how close that fault was in 34. Is that common to miss it by that many feet?
I have spent thousands and thousands of hours working with well logs and seismic data over the last four decades and it is still really tough to pin a fault down perfectly. Wonāt bore you with all the technical details, but seismic is shot in ātimeā (how long does it take the sound waves to travel down and back up to the recorder), but the rocks are in depth (feet or meters). The conversion to depth from time is an evolving science-land conversions are much harder than under water for lots of reasons. Also a fault is rarely a knife edge paper thin plane in the ground. It is quite often a āzoneā with tiny little faults splaying off of it that are below seismic resolution. Also, faults may have a slant to them which also messes with the time to depth conversion. Miscalculations happen. You just try to get as close as you can.
Given all that, donāt give up hope on section 34. My very old map (probably from grandpaās files) has that fault running about north south on the far east side of the section. That is where they drilled that first well. There is plenty of room on the west side of the fault to drill about four more wells. Remember-very old map- so donāt know if it is correct, but be wishful thinking for more ādreamā wells.
It is amazing that they can drill as accurately as they can. Think of trying to drive a piece of turning spaghetti through a concrete block to get to a zone a pencil width thick with your eyes almost closed. Those drillers and geo-steering folks are really good at what they do given the constraints they are working under.
Most of the operators want to stay on the condensate/gas side zone since the economics are better. 3-1N-4W straddles that line and also may have its own E-W fault on the south edge. Maybe someday when prices get a bit higher, they will come back and do it.
Linda, NFX drilled the Virginia well on east side of sect 4&9, 2N4W. NFX has permitted a second Virginia well on the west side of 9. Both wells are in the Springer.
Thanks for that info. John. Is that some of yours? Iām just so glad to see them drilling down in 2n4w again whether itās on us or not. People around here need the work and also if they are still interested in that area maybe we still have a chance for a little more action.
Thanks Ms Barnes, you truly have been a great resource for those of us that havenāt been involved with E&P.
Do you find it odd that there has not been activity on the south side of the fault that goes through 36, 35, & 34 2N 4W. or much in 1N 4W at all. There are good producing wells just north of the fault but almost nothing from the south side. I was thinking if they could attack 34 from 3 1N 4W it would have a decent length lateral for 3 and 34. The problem the Sec 34 folks have in the Woodford is that 27 just north has been drilled out in the Woodford. Prices would have to be really high to justify drilling a short lateral to the fault. Sec 35 to the East is fortunate because they are drilling through 26 halfway through 35 until they hit the fault.
Thanks Mā¦for all you help, knowledge and encouragement!
John, Do you know if they are going into production on Section 9 on the original or just drilling another hole?
Our interest is in section 9&10 Linda.
Good for you Johnā¦hope you get a gusher!
Linda- I received an application from Newfield for 2 additional wells in sec. 18 02n 04w. So Stephens county scoop is still humming along. And CLR is still working on several others in sec. 6 and 7.
JDrig, Approved application was to increase density to maximize production in the Springer formation in section 9. Application states estimated reserve and what they estimate a single well will produce (less than half). There are already 6 wells in the Woodford formation.
Jen, I waiting for CLR to move into 8 and do some multi-units with 17.
Hutch- keeping my fingers crossed on 8 and 17 too! They ran into problems on 6 and 7. I actually went to OK city for hearing in late Nov. to try and understand what the issue was. ( that was an eye opening experience and I must say, the folks for CLR were extremely nice and bent over backwards to be sure I had all of the maps and well lay outs that were proposed⦠I was so impressed considering my earlier experience with CLR) They are moving forward so that was a relief. They are also drilling another well in Sec. 5. Sure hope they all come to fruition!
Just recvd another application for 2 new wells in 18 and 19 02n 04w from Newfield for two new wells, so 8 and 17 canāt be too far outā¦I hope!
Jen, as usual Newfield seems a little more aggressive than CLR.
Yes, Hutch, you are right. CLR had ours leased from us in 34 but Newfield is the one that ended up drilling on it first. Wish they hadnāt drilled before May so we could have gotten to lease it again to them or someone else but thatās water under the bridge.
My proof reader is on vacation AGAIN! lol
Newfield never has used the location they built on section 18 that was supposed to drill slanted into 19 for the McElroy #2 (I believe). Iām thinking they made some kind of mistake drilling it on 18 to start with when the rest of them were padded in 19 2n4w.