Texas-Gulf Coast

March 10, 2010
Clayton Williams Energy Inc., Midland, Tex., has drilled and is producing from a horizontal well to Cretaceous Eagle in Burleson County, Tex., on acreage underlying the company’s Austin chalk properties.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 10
– Clayton Williams Energy Inc., Midland, Tex., has drilled and is producing from a horizontal well to Cretaceous Eagle in Burleson County, Tex., on acreage underlying the company’s Austin chalk properties.

The company is evaluating the data to determine if an Eagle Ford shale drilling program is economic. Depending on the well’s results, the company may decide to drill more wells to further evaluate its Eagle Ford Shale potential.