Alaska

Linc Energy Ltd., Brisbane, set 7-in. casing after drilling to a TD of 6,323 ft to basement at the LEA-1 exploratory well in the Point Mackenzie block in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin.

Nov. 19, 2010

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 19 – Linc Energy Ltd., Brisbane, set 7-in. casing after drilling to a TD of 6,323 ft to basement at the LEA-1 exploratory well in the Point Mackenzie block in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin.

The well encountered several gas-bearing horizons and a number of coal seams. Coal is recognized as the source rock for the gas discovered and produced from the prolific Tyonek, Beluga, and Sterling formations in the basin, said GeoPetro Resources Co., San Francisco.

Linc Energy is preparing for phase two of its Alaskan gas drilling program in the Trading Bay Block leases on the northwest side of Cook Inlet 70 miles west of LEA-1.