Only two more wells are needed to validate nearly all of Quicksilver Resources Inc.’s exploratory licenses in the Horn River basin of Northeast British Columbia and convert them to 10-year development leases.
Quicksilver completed its 2010-11 winter drilling program in the basin and has now drilled a total of eight horizontal wells into the Muskwa and Klua/Evie formations, of which four are on production. The company has also drilled its first horizontal well into the shallower Exshaw oil formation and expects to complete it this summer.
The in May completed the construction and compression related to its 20-mile, 20-in. gathering line that will serve as the spine of transportation from its Horn River acreage. Completion of this line allows the company to flow gas from its four completed gas wells at unrestricted rates of more than 30 MMcfd and minimize transportation costs.
About the Author
Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.