Colorado: Sand Wash Niobrara program to start

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Fort Worth, said it expects to begin an exploratory drilling program of as many as seven vertical and horizontal wells later this month in the Sand Wash basin of northwestern Colorado.

Alan Petzet

May 8, 2012

The company, which holds 260,000 net acres across 936 sq miles in the basin, expects to drill the wells and install gathering facilities in 2012.

The company said it believes 210,000 net acres are situated in the oil window and are prospective to the Niobrara and Lower Mancos formations.

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.