The life of Northeast British Columbia’s Beaver River field may be extended if initial flows from shale and siltstone formations prove out in the Liard basin field.Two Canadian independent operators reported an initial flow of 10 MMcfd of sweet, dry gas at 3,000 psi wellhead pressure on a 3-day test at the field’s A-5 well.The gas flow came from a brittle layer, rich in dolomite, at the top of a thick sequence of organic rich shale after a series of minifracs and high-pressure acid stimulations. The goal of the exercise was to identify prospective intervals for a future frac stimulation program.Pending regulatory approval, the well will go on production by the end of October, ...