At the Amber gas field in Oklahoma, Samson says its Hightower 2-23 well is currently selling 1.12 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of gas at 1800psi.

These initial flow rates and pressures are similar to those seen in the earlier Hightower 1-23 well, said the Perth-based company, which holds a 32.5% interest in the Amber field.

Hightower 1-23, which was drilled and completed last October, has so far produced 233MMcf of gas, and is currently flowing at 785,000cf/d.

Meanwhile in Wyoming, the London Flats 1-29H well at the Hawks Springs Project will be plugged and abandoned after none of the three zones – in the Niobrara A and B Formations and the Pierre Shale – were deemed commercial following flow-testing operations, Samson said.

“Whilst the initial results of this well are disappointing, the area will be pursued as the secondary target in this well, the Codell, when penetrated in the vertical indicated that it was gas saturated and therefore represents a legitimate target in the area,” Samson managing director Terry Barr said.

“The existing seismic data in the area will be examined with the view to pursuing the Codell and to understand the regional structuring such that areas of natural fracturing within the Niobara might be identified.”

Elsewhere in Wyoming, at the Look Out Wash field, Samson says a rig has moved to the Lookout Wash Unit-50-8 well to begin completion operations.

The well was cased after it finished drilling in March but completion operations were suspended due to environmental provisions restricting well activity. These provisions were enforced was as a result of raptor nesting adjacent to the well site.

Fracture stimulation has now started and flow testing is expected to run during the rest of this week.

“Based on the shows recorded during drilling, it is anticipated that the LWU-50-8 will be an excellent well,” Barr said.