Texas: Melbourne firm to spud first Eagle Ford well
Austin Exploration Ltd., Melbourne, will soon spud its first Eagle Ford shale well on a 93.5% owned, 5,000-acre prospect in Burleson County, Tex.
Krueger-1 will be the first of an initial three-well vertical well program to collect data to be used later to horizontally develop the company’s Birch prospect in the Giddings field area. An independent technical report indicates the potential for as many as 31 wells on the prospect.
With severe drought throughout Texas, Austin drilled and completed a water well flowing 60 gal/min to provide ample water for drilling and frac fluid for the three initial wells.
Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
