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Tucumcari and use it-lose it

04/04/2011
Alan PetzetChief Editor-ExplorationA protracted exploration effort in the Tucumcari basin of northeastern New Mexico for more than a decade may move off high center soon.The news comes as OGJ publishes its annual worldwide Exploration & Development Frontiers report (see p. 48).Shale plays with horizontal drilling and multistage fracturing dominate these days, but the Tucumcari play involves vertical wells and probably tight gas sands with one big difference: the presence of helium.New Mexico, which produces hydrocarbons in four northwestern counties, four southeastern counties, and the Raton basin, is hosting the first gas production from a Tucumcari basin play that likely will add se...
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