Shell exploring Tucumcari Cuervo area after gas find

02/23/2009
Field reports indicate that Shell Western Exploration & Production LP, Houston, has been spearheading a play for gas in northeastern New Mexico’s nonproducing Tucumcari basin.The company tested gas from an indicated discovery well in Guadalupe County after it assumed operation from an independent. Shell has drilled two more wells to about 13,000 ft on its own, is preparing to spud a third, and has reportedly completed a 3D seismic survey of as much as 80 sq miles.Shell filed reports with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division in late 2008 on stimulation and testing of the discovery well (CB Webb No. 1), on a fee lease in 25-11n-23e, in the Cuervo subbasin 20 miles northeast of...

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