Dejour Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC, received US Bureau of Land Management approval to begin development at its Gibson Gulch gas-condensate project in the Piceance basin near Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Dejour Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC, received US Bureau of Land Management approval to begin development at its Gibson Gulch gas-condensate project in the Piceance basin near Glenwood Springs, Colo.
The permits allow construction of access roads and a pad and the drilling of the first four of eight proposed first-phase wells. Brownstone Energy Inc., Toronto, has a 28% interest in the federal leases.
The main producing formations in the Mamm Creek field eastern extension area are the Cretaceous Williams Fork and the Illes members of the Mesaverde formation at 4,500-8,100 ft.
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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.
