BP CANADA EXPANDS DEEP B.C. GAS PLAY

BP Canada Inc. has reported good progress with its deep gas exploration program in British Columbia. The company has an aggressive exploration program in the Monkman area of northeastern British Columbia. BP has drilled four wells in the area since its 1989 success with the West Sukunka c-1-C well, in which BP has a 75% working interest and NIM Petroleum Corp. has 25% (OGJ, Oct. 30, 1989, p. 82).

April 22, 1991

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BP Canada Inc. has reported good progress with its deep gas exploration program in British Columbia.

The company has an aggressive exploration program in the Monkman area of northeastern British Columbia.

BP has drilled four wells in the area since its 1989 success with the West Sukunka c-1-C well, in which BP has a 75% working interest and NIM Petroleum Corp. has 25% (OGJ, Oct. 30, 1989, p. 82).

An exploratory well, West Bullmoose c-88-H, confirmed BP's structural interpretation of the area. The well flowed at the rate of 12.5 MMcfd of gas at 1,782 psi flowing wellhead pressure from a new Triassic reservoir.

It is shut-in to test bottomhole pressure in order to determine reserves.

BP and Ocelot Industries Ltd., Calgary, each have 50% working interest.

The second well in the program, West Sukunka c-78-J, is 2 1/4 miles southeast of the c-1-C well. It flowed 44 MMcfd of gas with 2,415 psi flowing wellhead pressure and has been completed as an Upper Triassic Baldonnel gas well.

Surface equipment capacity constrained the flow rate.

WELLS BEING COMPLETED

The c-78-J is shut-in awaiting tie-in to BP Canada's new West Sukunka dehydration facility scheduled for completion and start-up in May.

The third well in the program, Burnt River c-62-D, is being completed. It is 6 miles north of the c-1-C well, and BP and Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. each hold 50%.

A fourth well, West Bullmoose b-90-H, tested a new structure and has been cased. It will be completed after the Burnt River well.

The well is 1 mile west of the other West Bullmoose well, and BP and Ocelot each hold 50%.

West Bullmoose b-90-H set a drilling speed record in the British Columbia foothills. It reached total depth of 8,761 ft in 48 days, shaving 30 days from the previous mark in the area set at BP's c-78-J well.

Two more wells are under way in the Monkman area, and drilling could begin on three more wells during 1991.