By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 7 -- Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, plans to bring on production of more than 35 MMcfd of sales gas net to its interests in the northern Alberta Foothills during the next 14 months.
Talisman cited test results of six wells, which will be linked to nearby gas systems with new pipelines.
In the Narraway area, one well tested 19 MMcfd of gas, and three others tested at rates of 7-12 MMcfd each. Two wells in the Grande Cache area each tested at 15 MMcfd.
Talisman's working interests in these wells are 50-68%. The company plans to drill 10 more wells in the area by yearend 2006.
Talisman holds 56% working interest in 345,600 gross acres in the northern Alberta Foothills and recently acquired 73,100 gross (66,500 net) acres of prospective land along the trend.
The company considers the trend a new core exploration and development area between its structural plays in northeastern British Columbia and the central Alberta Foothills. It says the new play has "high deliverability, multizonal potential."
Talisman and partners have started building the Lynx Pipeline System, which will act as the main trunk system for the Grande Cache area. The system will extend from the Findley area east of Grande Cache northwest through the trend.
It will consist of 72 km of 12 in. pipeline and have initial raw gas capacity of 130 MMcfd. The $72 million project is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2006.
The Lynx system will deliver raw gas at Findley to various pipelines, including Talisman's Central Foothills Gas Gathering System.
Talisman also plans to build the $30 million Palliser Pipeline System, which will connect wells in the northernmost part of the Narraway trend to existing pipelines that carry gas to British Columbia. The Palliser system will have an initial raw gas capacity of 45 MMcfd. Start-up is also planned for the fourth quarter of 2006.