DRILLING

Sundance spuds first 2006 Ashland well

SUNDANCE Energy has started its 2006 Ashland Prospect drilling program in Oklahoma, USA with the ...

Wilson B 12-14 is Sundance’s second horizontal well in its Ashland Prospect, Oklahoma, and its first to be drilled in a new, highly prospective area of the Ashland Prospect, in which two US-based companies have completed productive wells.

It is also the first of the company’s American wells to be operated by new joint venture partner, Continental Resources. Sundance and Continental - one of that country's largest private petroleum firms - joined forces last month to exchange principal oil and gas leases.

Wilson B 12-14 will primarily target the Woodford Shale, by drilling to the top of the formation, which will then be cored.

Continental will then analyse the core for details about the Woodford’s reservoir characteristics and mineralogy, before running a full suite of logs, including a formation-imaging log. This analysis will help set the technical predicate for future operations in the Prospect area, Sundance said.

After coring, the well will be plugged back and a horizontal bore drilled through the Woodford Shale for a depth of about 610 metres, following which the well will be fracture stimulated and completed for production, Sundance said.

TOPICS:

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the energy sector, brought to you by the Energy News Bulletin Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the energy sector, brought to you by the Energy News Bulletin Intelligence team.

editions

ENB CCS Report 2024

ENB’s CCS Report 2024 finds that CCS could be the much-needed magic bullet for Australia’s decarbonisation drive

editions

ENB Cost Report 2023

ENB’s latest Cost Report findings provide optimism as investments in oil and gas, as well as new energy rise.

editions

ENB Future of Energy Report 2023

ENB’s inaugural Future of Energy Report details the industry outlook on the medium-to-long-term future for the sector in the Asia Pacific region.

editions

ENB Cost Report 2021

This industry-wide report aims to understand current cost levels across the energy industry