Texas: Abraxas pursues Strawn horizontal play

Aug. 9, 2011
Abraxas Petroleum Corp., San Antonio, has completed a second horizontal Strawn oil and gas well on its Spires Ranch acreage in Nolan County, West Central Texas.

Abraxas Petroleum Corp., San Antonio, has completed a second horizontal Strawn oil and gas well on its Spires Ranch acreage in Nolan County, West Central Texas.

The Spires 126 2H went to 9,000 ft measured total depth including a 2,000-ft lateral and is completed in unstimulated open hole.

It averaged 47 b/d of oil, 46 b/d of natural gas liquids, and 210 Mcfd of gas its first 20 days on production. Abraxas owns a 100% working interest in the well.