Showing posts with label august 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label august 2011. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Carroll County, Ohio (OH) Utica Shale

By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com

Rex Energy (REXX) has come out and updated investors on their Utica Shale Acreage located in Carroll County, Ohio. Mineral Rights land leasing has ramped up in Ohio due to the potential for a huge oil discovery in the region. Price Per acre is surging over $3,500 in the sweet spots.

http://oilshalegas.com/uticashale.html

Rex Energy has acquired the rights to lease approximately 11,000 net acres in Carroll County, Ohio (subject to title review) where the company intends to conduct exploratory operations for oil and natural gas within the Utica Shale. The company is continuing to lease acreage in this area and is planning its first well in 2012. The company expects to pay approximately $40 million or an average of $3,600 per acre.

For additional information on the Warrior Prospect, please visit the company's website at www.rexenergy.com and refer to the updated corporate presentation.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Chevron (CVX) Utica Shale - Oil & Gas Update

By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) recently updated investors on It's Utica Shale prospective acreage. Chevron (CVX) has a large position in the Utica Shale but has not started drilling yet.

Evan Calio - Morgan Stanley

Okay. And a second question for George and maybe more pointed than Paul's. I mean, clearly, excitement's been building on the Utica shale opportunity. And then something that's a bit of a focus this morning with Chesapeake's release and conference call. I know and I believe Chevron has 600,000 acres that you disclosed that has Utica oil shale exposure. But you didn't call that out in Slide 17. Maybe you could discuss how you're thinking about activity there and play potential into 2012?

George Kirkland

Okay. Well, let me first say we believe it's a little bit too soon to conclude on the potential of the Utica. We've got a good acreage position in the Utica from the Atlas acquisition. We're going to do what we do everywhere in the world. We're going to evaluate that. And the only the way we can evaluate it is we're going to have to drill some wells and test performance. So it's something for the future, but it's, like you say, too early at this point in time to, I think, hype it.

The Utica Shale holds both Oil & Natural Gas and extends down from Canada into the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Chesapeake Energy (CHK) recently announced a major oil discovery in the Utica Shale Field and is excited about the prospects in Ohio. Could Utica Shale be as big as the Eagle Ford Shale? Only time will tell!

http://oilshalegas.com/uticashale.html

Monday, August 1, 2011

Utica Shale - Ohio Oil Field

By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com

Utica Shale minerals rights are heating up after Chesapeake Energy (CHK) came out with news about estimates related to their acreage position. Drilling for oil in the Utica Shale Ohio area is set to ramp up towards the end of 2011 and into 2012.

Chesapeake Announces a Major New Liquids-Rich Discovery in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio

Having achieved successful results from recent drilling activities in eastern Ohio, Chesapeake is announcing the discovery of a major new liquids-rich play in the Utica Shale. Based on its proprietary geoscientific, petrophysical and engineering research during the past two years and the results of six horizontal and nine vertical wells it has drilled, Chesapeake believes that its industry-leading 1.25 million net leasehold acres in the Utica Shale play could be worth $15 - $20 billion in increased value to the company. Chesapeake’s dataset on the Utica Shale includes approximately 2,000 well logs, full-suite petrophysical data on approximately 200 wells, 3,200 feet of proprietary core samples from nine wells and production results from three wells. As a result of its analysis, the company believes the Utica Shale will be characterized by a western oil phase, a central wet gas phase and an eastern dry gas phase and is likely most analogous, but economically superior to, the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

Chesapeake is currently drilling in the Utica Shale with five operated rigs to further evaluate and develop its leasehold and anticipates increasing its rig count to eight by the end of 2011 and reaching at least a range of 16-20 rigs by year-end 2012. Also, the company believes that its leasehold position in the Utica Shale will support a drilling effort of at least 40 rigs by year-end 2014. Chesapeake is currently conducting a competitive process to monetize a portion of its Utica Shale leasehold position, which will be through an industry joint venture process or through a number of other monetization alternatives. The company anticipates completing a Utica Shale transaction in the 2011 fourth quarter.

See Also:

http://oilshalegas.com/uticashale.html

http://oilshalegas.com/eaglefordshale.html

http://oilshalegas.com/bakkenshale.html


Saturday, July 30, 2011

Big Tex Horizontal Well - Bissett 9701 - Producing 788 BOED

By Tim - http://oilshalegas.com

Whiting Petroleum (WLL) has released data on one if their Big Tex well today, Bissett 9701, which is located in the Permian Basin. Whiting Petroleum (WLL) is an oil driller that focuses on the Bakken Shale & Niobrara Shale but has recently tested the Big Tex.

Big Tex First Horizontal Well, Bissett 9701, Producing 788 BOE/D After Fracture Stimulation

Big Tex Prospect. Whiting fraced its first horizontal well at the Big Tex prospect the first week of July 2011. The Bissett 9701, located in the Delaware Basin in Pecos County, Texas, produced 788 BOE per day (92% oil) from the Wolfbone on July 25, 2011. The well is still cleaning up after frac. The well's 3,610-foot lateral was fracture stimulated in a total of 16 stages, all using sliding sleeves.

As of July 15, 2011, Whiting had accumulated 116,494 gross (88,062 net) acres in our Big Tex prospect area in Pecos, Reeves and Ward Counties, Texas in the Delaware Basin. Our average acreage cost to date is $540 per net acre, and we have an average working interest of 76% and an average net revenue interest of 57%.