Oklahoma: Fracs set at East Tonkawa Mississippian wells

AusTex Oil Ltd., Sydney, said technical staff are designing hydraulic fracture stimulations for fractured horizontal Mississippian laterals at the 15-4 and 14-5 East Tonkawa Unit wells at its Snake River project in Kay and Noble counties, Okla.

Alan Petzet

Sept. 8, 2011

The company said the wells “constitute an important first step in the Snake River development program. Results from these two completions will prove up additional drilling locations within the East Tonkawa Unit and will also assist in shaping the development plan for the greater Snake River Project area.”

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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.