Pogo taps gas off Louisiana and in Texas

March 15, 2005
Pogo Producing Co. has reported gas discoveries off Louisiana and in South Texas.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Mar. 15 -- Pogo Producing Co. has reported gas discoveries off Louisiana and in South Texas.

Extensive sidewall coring and logging of its 948 Well 1 on Ewing Bank Block 948 in 725 ft of water confirmed 100 ft of net natural gas and condensate pay with average porosity calculated at more than 26% and permeability of roughly 500 md.

The Pleistocene Angulogenrina-B pay is in a laminated sand interval at 13,710-910 ft MD.

A sidetrack is being drilled. Pogo, which holds 100% of the block, plans a subsea completion tied back to a nearby platform.

In South Texas, Pogo flow-tested the No. 1 Hoffman 116 exploratory well on a 3,000-acre prospect in Duval County. It operates the prospect and holds a 47% interest.

The 15,300-ft well encountered a Wilcox sandstone horizon near 13,800 ft. After perforation and fracturing across a 100-ft interval, the well flowed gas on test at a rate of 3.7 MMcfd with flowing tubing pressure of 8,400 psi.

A 50-ft Wilcox interval below 13,400 ft also was perforated and fracced. It flowed at a rate of 5.5 MMcfd with flowing pressure of 9,400 psi.

Pogo expects commingled production, starting within 90 days, to approach 10 MMcfd of gas.

Pogo and its partners may spud a delineation well in the area during the second quarter. Pogo's partners include LMP Exploration Holdings LP, Corpus Christi, Tex., with a 34% working interest.