The Continental Resources Inc. Lyle 1-30H step-out and confirmation well in the Cana Woodford horizontal drilling play of Oklahoma flowed at rates of 7.1 MMcfd of natural gas and 325 b/d of oil during a 1-day test.
The Grady County well is 4 miles southeast of the Continental 1-11H well, which tested 5.4 MMcfd of gas and 160 b/d of oil in August and extended the Cana Woodford horizontal oil play 25 miles southeast (OGJ Online, Aug. 5, 2011).
Since late May, the 1-11H well has produced 825 MMcf of rich natural gas and 19,300 bbl of oil.
Continental is drilling an additional step-out 4 miles southeast of the Lyle 1-30H well.
About the Author
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.