Chesapeake Hits Mark with Hogshooter Discovery

Chesapeake Energy Corporation on Friday announced a significant new discovery in the Hogshooter play in the Anadarko Basin of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. Chesapeake owns approximately 30,000 net acres in the play, which are more than 90 percent held by production (HBP) from its legacy deeper Granite Wash production.

Chesapeake has completed two horizontal wells in the Hogshooter formation to date. The Thurman Horn 406H well was drilled to a vertical depth of approximately 10,000 feet with a lateral section of approximately 4,900 feet. This successful exploratory well was drilled more than five miles from established Hogshooter production, but in a section of land where three wells had already been drilled to other formations.

During its first eight days of stabilized production, the well averaged daily production of 5,400 barrels (Bbls) of oil, 1,200 bbls of natural gas liquids (NGL) and 4.6 Million cubic feet of natural gas (MMcf), or approximately 7,350 boepd. Total cumulative production, which includes five days of flowback testing, is 68,400 boe. Current daily production is approximately 7,000 boe.

The Meek 41 9H well, located approximately five miles from the Thurman Horn 406H, was drilled to a vertical depth of approximately 10,500 feet with a lateral section of approximately 4,800 feet. During its first 27 days of stabilized production, the well averaged daily production of 1,300 Bbls of oil, 365 Bbls of NGL and 1.4 MMcf, or approximately 1,900 boe/d. Total cumulative production, which includes five days of flowback testing, is 53,500 boe. Current daily production is approximately 1,400 boe.

In addition to the wells mentioned above, Chesapeake has drilled two Hogshooter wells that are waiting on completion, the Zybach 6010H and the Hamilton 39 10H. The company's average working interest in the four wells is approximately 88 percent. The company estimates its acreage position contains at least 65 more Chesapeake-operated Hogshooter locations to drill during the next few years.

The drilling and completion of these 65 wells will be a part of the company's already budgeted Anadarko Basin drilling program and should result in no increase to the company's budgeted capital expenditures. Chesapeake had none of the 65 potential future Hogshooter wells classified as proved reserves in the company's March 31, 2012 reserve report.

"We expect this new Hogshooter discovery to provide a significant boost to Chesapeake's focus on harvesting its existing assets for growth and value creation rather than on pursuing new leasehold," said Aubrey K. McClendon, Chesapeake's chief executive officer.

"In addition, this new Hogshooter development area should further enhance our growing liquids production, which we expect will have transformational effects on our company's operational and financial performance in the years ahead," said McClendon.

"Further, based on production results to date and our research of industry production records, we believe the Thurman Horn 406H well is one of the best oil wells drilled onshore in the Lower 48 in the past several decades. This discovery exemplifies the scale and quality of our world-class asset base and the skill and creativity of our technical teams. Their hard work and determination is continuing to create significant additional value for our shareholders and other stakeholders," McClendon said.



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pipewelder_guy  |  June 02, 2012
Yea, thats just the tip of the iceberg, there in TX & OK.

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