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Delaware basin shales strain for economics
09/15/2008
The Mississippian Barnett shale has the potential to be a prolific gas producer in the Delaware basin, but it will take time, write geoscientists in the AAPG Bulletin.One well is reported to have an estimated ultimate recovery of 9 bcf, said Travis J. Kinley of Texas Christian University and fellow authors. Drilling and stimulation costs to as deep as 18,000 ft began at more than $18 million and have been reduced to about $8 million.Interval A at the top of the Lower Barnett typically has resistivities of 50-100 ohm-m and “is believed to be a significant zone of gas saturation within the Barnett,” they reported.For the most part, however, shale gas plays in the basin have resi...
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