I am curious if the operators that have drilled in Sections 12, 14, and 24 Block 51 Township 8 South are producing from the Wolfcamp A, B, C, or D or all of the above? Is there potential for Wolfcamp stacked play here? I am a small mineral owner here. The total vertical depth of the first well drilled in Section 12 was 10,594’ with a TD of 14,888’. The lower Wolfcamp may contain lots of water I do not know. Any help here is appreciated.
It’s pretty much upper Wolfcamp producing there. At least in those sections, 10,200 to 10,700 feet of depth.
People use different nomenclature. I would call that Wolfcamp XY, A, B. I tend to lump anything within about 500 feet of the top of the Wolfcamp into the same bucket. These are in that bucket. For instance, in Section 11/14 the wells are staggered across the section. Upper wells 10,250ish, lower wells 10,500ish.
In the South end of Township 51 Range 7 South, Chevron drills some 2nd Bone Spring wells also, they seem okay. They have also drilled some deeper Wolfcamp zones (they call them C).
In short, yeah I think there is more than one bench in that area to drill. I would guess in the long run each mile wide unit should get 12+ wells in it. Might be a very long run. I am saying all of this just based on what seems to work around here, have looked at zero logs.
What is meant by Wolfcamp X/Y? I’ve long wondered. The US E.I.A. labelled four Wolfcamp benches A, B, C, D in their July 2019 paper “Permian Basin Wolfcamp and Bone Spring Shale Plays.” The industry later began referring to something called Wolfcamp X/Y. Coterra refers to Wolfcamp A & B as “Upper Wolfcamp.” I could never find a definition for Wolfcamp X/Y.
Wolf X/Y: Sandy zones at the very top of the Wolfcamp. I’m not a geologist. I have no time to look at infinite logs. I know where the Wolfcamp top is pretty much everywhere, but from there I just label things by how far they are below the top of WC, strat markers be darned. So I pretty much call anything right below the Wolfcamp top “Wolf XY”. Shrug.
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Basically, equivalent to the Dean SS section seen in the Midland Basin are to the east. Time equivalent depositional event.
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