Rare Wisconsin wildcat to target midcontinent rift Nonesuch shale

Journal Article · Mon Oct 21 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5651807

Petzet, G A

This paper reports on a Michigan operator which is to start drilling a remote Midcontinent rift wildcat in nonproducing Wisconsin early in 1992. Terra Energy Ltd., Traverse City, Mich., is attempting to obtain a state permit to drill a rank 6,000 ft wildcat to Middle Proterozoic Copper Harbor conglomerate. The wildcat will evaluate oil possibilities in Middle Proterozoic Nonesuch shale, just above Copper Harbor, in Bayfield County, Wis., about 10 miles west of Ashland. The company hopes to spud by yearend 1991 using a rig and services from Michigan, says Steve Savoie, Terra geologist. The proposed location is about 280 miles northwest of the nearest production, in the northwestern Michigan basin. The proposed location is about 70 miles west of the White Pine mine in northwestern Michigan, where copper has been mined and noncommercial volumes of oil have leaked from Lower Nonesuch.

• OSTI ID: 5651807
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 89:42; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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