Horizontal gas-condensate find brightens Louisiana chalk outlook

Journal Article · Mon Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6749310

Petzet, G A

A ray of hope may have appeared in the Louisiana portion of the Cretaceous Austin chalk trend after several years of expensive disappointment. OXY USA Inc. plans to use dual leg horizontal wells to develop a fracture chalk reservoir named Masters Creek field in Rapides Parish. The state has approved four 1,920 acre spacing units, one of which contains OXY's A1 Monroe well. The A1 Monroe flowed 6.6 MMcfd of gas with 2,162 b/d of 48[degree] gravity condensate, not oil as previously reported, through a 26/64 in. choke with 6,196 psi flowing tubing pressure from a single southward 4,000 ft horizontal leg at 14,803 ft true vertical depth. Bottomhole pressure is 13,100 psi. OXY called A1 Monroe a significant discovery and said it has additional exploration acreage blocks along the trend. Louisiana exempts production from horizontal wells from state severance tax until all project costs are returned. The paper briefly discusses OXY's program.

• OSTI ID: 6749310
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 92:51; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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