Crockett County, TX - Wolfcamp Shale

By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com

EOG Resources (EOG) is currently drilling for oil in the Permian Basin, Midland Basin, and the Wolfcamp Shale.

In the West Texas Permian Basin, EOG increased drilling activity in the Wolfcamp formation during the second half of 2011 in preparation for a more active year in 2012. EOG reported success from the upper Wolfcamp zone. The University 9 #2803H in Reagan County, 25 miles west of its current middle Wolfcamp activity began production at 883 Bopd with 68 Bpd of NGLs and 388 Mcfd of natural gas. EOG has a 100 percent working interest in the well. In Irion County, the University 43 #0902H and 40A #0402H were completed in the middle Wolfcamp zone at initial oil rates of 1,088 and 1,076 Bopd, respectively. In addition to the strong oil production, the wells were turned to sales with 86 and 129 Bpd of NGLs and 489 and 736 Mcfd of natural gas, respectively. EOG has 90 and 85 percent working interest in the wells, respectively.

On the border between Irion and Crockett counties, the University 40 #1309H and 38 #0601H began production at 1,738 and 1,077 Bopd with 137 and 119 Bpd of NGLs and 779 and 678 Mcfd of natural gas, respectively. EOG has 88 percent working interest in these wells. EOG plans to operate a four-rig drilling program in the Wolfcamp during 2012.

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Reagan County, Texas: Permian Basin Shale Update

By Andrea: http://oilshalegas.com

El Paso Corp. (EP) recently won a 123,100 acre lease in the Wolfcamp which is part of the Permian Basin shale. The land covers Reagan County, Crockett County, Upton County and Irion County, all located in Texas:

El Paso Corporation (EP) announced that it was the winning bidder for leases covering approximately 123,100 acres in Reagan, Crockett, Upton and Irion counties in the September 22, 2010 University of Texas lease sale. The acquired leases target the Wolfcamp shale and add to approximately 12,000 net acres of existing leasehold in this play. El Paso now has a material position in a new oil shale program with significant resource and production potential.

"We are very excited to announce our entry into a promising new oil shale. Our acreage acquisition is the culmination of an extensive regional study by our technical team, and we expect it to become a new oil-focused core area," said Brent Smolik, president of El Paso Exploration & Production Company. "Today's announcement represents our second organic shale entry following our successful acquisition of more than 170,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford shale. The leasehold we have acquired has multiple pay opportunities and the combination of large contiguous blocks and a single royalty owner give us tremendous operational flexibility. We intend to leverage the successes we have had in our Haynesville and Eagle Ford shale programs, and we will update the market on our plans for the Wolfcamp shale during our third quarter earnings conference call on November 3, 2010."

El Paso remains committed to managing its E&P program for returns and having E&P live within its means. In addition, the company remains committed to generating free cash flow in 2012. To that end, the $180 million cost of the acquired acreage will be funded over time through portfolio rationalization, and future development capital will compete with other programs in the portfolio.

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