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Bad Shot… Really Good Results

Posted on August 1st, 2011 · Posted in GeoFocus

Anybody who has been on a golf course more than once has had the experience of hitting a really bad shot and getting a really, really good result. Think 40 yards off the green with a bunker between you and the pin, you skull the wedge, it hits the lip.. read more

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Drillinginfo and the Future of Upstream E&P

Posted on May 5th, 2011 · Posted in Announcements, GeoFocus

Upstream oil and gas has a huge, looming demographic problem.  Simply put, the median age for upstream professionals is near 50 years old, with over half the workers in the industry being 40 years old or more.  With worldwide demand inexorably increasing, and too few graduates over the past decade.. read more

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NY’s Black River-Local but Good

Posted on October 29th, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

Nearly 80% of New York’s Black river wells have made 50,000 BOE or better, and nearly half have done 200K BOE or better.Ten percent are credited with over 1 MMBOE. The majority of the better producers are concentrated in NW Chemung and SE Steuben counties, but if we see strength.. read more

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Geneva County, Alabama??

Posted on July 27th, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

Hats off to XTO for permitting a 3300′ test in Geneva Co, AL (far SE Alabama) on trend with, ahem, not much that we can see. Could be an eastern extension of shaley facies in the Conecuh embayment, but there’s so little well control and only 3 reasonably close by.. read more

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Ohio Shale Permits Join in Marcellus Play

Posted on July 14th, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

We’ve mapped Ohio permits since 1/1/2009, using %shale as a filter in the formation name and filtering out any multiple target formation objectives. Results include permit target formations named Marcellus, Devonian,and Ohio shale. The permits along the southern shore of Lake Erie are Ohio shale permits at shallow depths <3500′… read more

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Idaho Shallow Gas?

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

Although Governor Butch Otter of Idaho was quoted as saying “We hit a hell of a big natural gas well”, operator Bridge Resources (JV partner Paramex Resources Ltd.–both out of Calgary) was a bit more restrained by saying “We have had some encouragement in Idaho…” According to wire service reports.. read more

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Idaho Drilling Program Yielding Results

Posted on June 3rd, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

The recent announcements by Bridge Resources Corp  and Paramex Resources Ltd. (Calgary) that their Boise Basin, Idaho drilling program was yielding results are worth noting and following. Based on news releases the M.L. Investments (Willow Project) well tested at 4.5 MMCFD with 54 BCPD (61.5 deg) with no water, and.. read more

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Up, Up, And Away!!

Posted on May 25th, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

While plowing through our database we decided to see what was going on in Arizona (more out of a sense of duty than a belief that we’d see much of interest). Goes to show…Potash Green LLC out of Moab last Thursday filed two widely spaced permits in eastern Arizona (Apache.. read more

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Eagleford = False Buda??

Posted on May 17th, 2010 · Posted in GeoFocus

We’ve heard from several knowledgeable commentators who claim that the reservoir being completed so successfully in the Dist 1 Eagleford play may in fact be the False Buda, which is a limestone bench beneath the Eagleford and which marks a downhole sequence change into a more open platform environment.  This.. read more

Early Production Results–Early Conjecture

Posted on March 13th, 2009 · Posted in GeoFocus

Some early production results from the LA Haynesville are beginning to deliver some information regarding deliverability and variability of this reservoir. The graph below shows that there appear to be two trends to the production—one good, one not so good. Take a look at the map: Looks like there’s a.. read more