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Permalink Reply by Missy Boardman on January 17, 2012 at 6:56pm

Utica Shale - Thats good news.  I see they have a target depth of 13,329 which is 4,429 feet deeper than the 8H.  They're also listing the Point Pleasant as the target formation.  They must know whats down there as they're listing the Well Class as a "POOL" over a Wildcat.  I dont think any of the wells drilled as of yet had this designation.  

 

Do you know what defines a Pool?  Is it just the mere fact its there or is there a size or volume criteria it needs to meet before they call it a pool?

 

Your insightful thoughts on all this are appreciated.

Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on January 19, 2012 at 10:49pm

The Point Pleasant is below the Utica and it has been the formation of choice for permitting. The difference in depth isn't actually depth but the length of the lateral. PTD is measured by the total distance traveled by the drill bit.

Permalink Reply by Missy Boardman on January 20, 2012 at 1:28pm

Marcus,

Okay I think I got it.  So if the lateral is13,329' and not the depth. I went to the ODNR mapping website and measured from the well head to the end of the lateral and that was about 6,019'   So using the geometric equation A= sqrt of (c²- b²) I can figure out the depth.

With the hypotenuse being c=13,329’ and one of the triangle legs being b=6,019’. The equation equals 11,892’ down.  I did the same for the 8H and its depth would be 6,556' The difference from 3H to 8H is that 3H is 5,336" deeper.  Deeper than what I thought.  Is this right? 

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on January 20, 2012 at 1:48pm

Missy,

 A difference of 5,336' sounds more like the difference between Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale.

 The Utica is only 250' - 300' thick (approx) and Point Pleasant is just below Utica.

 

 Also, regarding Wildcat vs. Pool ...

 Could the Vertical Well and the 1st horizontal be considered the "Wildcat" (uproven).

 And any following horizontals (#2 - #8) be considered "POOL" since now two Wells are being  "Pooled" into one Production Unit ?

 

 I believe the first horizontal well is producing.

 I think, there are 4 wells producing of 11 wells completed.

 

Permalink Reply by Missy Boardman on January 20, 2012 at 6:46pm

Out of 153 wells permitted to Chesapeake since 1/1/11 until today only 3 of them have the POOL designation.  The other 2 are the Harvey 10H and 6H.  The others are EDPW or STRT which I'm pretty sure is a stratigraphic test.  I just found the POOL designation  odd as its not like the others and thought it might be worthy of discussion. 

WELL CLASSIFICATION CODES

Code	Definition
EDPW	Deeper Pool Wildcat
ENPW	New Pool Wildcat
EOUT	Outpost
ERP	Enhanced Recovery Project
ESPW	Shallow Pool Wildcat
EW	Wildcat
IO	Idle & Orphan
O	Other
POOL	Pool
S	Service
SMP	Solution Mining Project
STOR	Storage
SWIW	Salt Water Injection Well

Permalink Reply by hunter4440 on January 21, 2012 at 11:16am

Missy Boardman... can you please give me the location of the Harvey well.

Permalink Reply by Missy Boardman on January 21, 2012 at 7:25pm

Yep, here's the exact location........

 

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/oil/MRMImages/17/1/220523.pdf

Permalink Reply by hunter4440 on January 22, 2012 at 9:24am

Thank you very much for the unit map. Would you please tell me how you found it on the state site. I have tried without success to do the same. Possibly I do not have the proper software. 

Also, I noticed that the unit size is 171 acres. I have been told by Chesapeake that the minimum size units must be 640 to 1000 acres. What am I missing?

Permalink Reply by Missy Boardman on January 22, 2012 at 3:11pm

Follow this link http://www2.dnr.state.oh.us/mineral/OHRbdmsOnline/WebReportAccordio...

Then click on the word MENU

Click the + sign next to the word REPORTS

Double click the green square next to COMPLETIONS

In the drop ,  second one over , click CARROLL (you can narrow your search by clicking the Township  also) 

Now click the word REPORT (upper left )

You should now see a bunch of info about the first well in the series.  You can scroll through the this info by clicking the arrow (triangle looking thing) in the areas that shows 1 of 100 or 4 of 6, etc, etc.  Once you find the well you’re looking for scroll to the bottom and some of them have links to PDF files such as what I previously attached.  Some don’t. 

Also, your second question about the drilling unit acreage.  When they file for the permit my understanding is this is just  the minimum requirements the applicant needs to show.  Its more for showing the surface distances, setbacks, etc, (there is a recent post abut just this question here.  ( and  most are in this 150, 160 range.  Anyway once they declare the pooling unit for royalty purposes,  they’ll file a plat along with a declaration with the County Recorders Office.  Here’s the link to that;  http://www.landaccess.com/sites/oh/carroll/shared/tract/tract_name.php    

If you need any clarification let me know. 

Permalink Reply by Utica Shale on January 23, 2012 at 8:21am

Joe,

 The "Drilling Acres" ODNR setback boundaries that you see drawn on that plat map are the minimum acres for a Production Unit. This issue was discussed on the main page of Go Marcellus.

Permalink Reply by hunter4440 on January 23, 2012 at 7:55am

Thank you once again...

Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on January 21, 2012 at 11:46pm

The lateral is not 13,329'. That's the end of the lateral which is most likely 5,000' +\-

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