By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 17 -- The Black Warrior basin unit of Dominion Exploration & Production Co., Richmond, Va., staked three more exploratory tests to Floyd/Conasauga shale in north-central Alabama.
The company is operator of record on at least five locations, all in 13s-4e, in northern St. Clair County 15 miles southwest of Gadsden and 60 miles east of Black Warrior basin production.
The latest stakings, in sections 23, 27, and 35, are projected to 8,000 ft, reports the Southeastern Oil Review, Jackson, Miss., publication.
Dominion gauged a flow of 233 Mcfd of gas at a previous test in 34-13s-4e after frac on a 38/64-in. choke with 2 psi flowing tubing pressure from Floyd/Conasauga perforations at 5,206-5,592 ft (OGJ Online, Apr. 3, 2006).
Meanwhile, Edge Petroleum Corp., Houston, said it is adding to its undeveloped land position in the Floyd shale play on the Mississippi side of the basin, with current net acreage totaling 37,000 acres.
