By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 11 -- Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, said it is producing more than 120 MMcfd of gas from 10 wells and plans a large 2005 drilling program in the Savell field area near the southwestern end of the East Texas Jurassic Bossier sand gas trend.
The company's net volume is 70 MMcfd in the field, in Robertson County 30 miles north of Bryan, where it has acquired more than 90,000 net acres.
Two Lower Bossier wells, Smith 1 and Cole 2, had initial flow rates of 31 MMcfd each. Burlington Resources said it is testing a geopressured concept in the area, where Marathon Oil Corp. and others drilled early wells in 1996-97 (see map, OGJ, Mar. 3, 1997, p. 23).
Wells have so far produced 5-30 MMcfd from Upper and Lower Bossier, with depths at the deepest wells flirting with 20,000 ft.
The company plans to add a fifth rig in June or July, as its 2005 plan is for 8 exploration and 13 development wells and a total investment of $120 million. The initial wells are on 640-acre units, and Burlington is evaluating infill potential.
The company completed a 16-in. pipeline and central processing unit in March.