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Eagle Ford viewed among top US shale gas plays

05/04/2009
Formation characteristics from two of its first five wells indicate that the Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale in LaSalle and McMullen counties of South Texas “is one of the highest quality shale reservoirs discovered in the US,” said Petrohawk Energy Corp., Houston.Petrohawk raised its internally estimated ultimate recovery assumption for wells in the play to a midpoint of 5.5 bcfe/well, with a range of 4-7 bcfe/well, based on gas in place data derived from the core analysis from the two wells and performance of wells completed to date.Petrohawk cited encouraging parameters from the two wells 30 miles apart: the Dora Martin-1H in LaSalle County and the Donnell-1H in McMullen County...
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