Forest Oil Announces Results of the Third and Fourth Operated Horizontal Texas Panhandle Granite Wash Wells Each with a Production Rate of 37 MMcfe/d Jan 14, 2010 8:00:00 AM Copyright Business Wire 2010 Email Story Discuss on ZenoBank
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE: FST) (Forest or the Company) today announced results from its third and fourth operated horizontal Texas Panhandle Granite Wash wells. In December of 2009, the third operated horizontal well produced at a 24-hour production rate of 15.1 MMcf/d, 1,200 Bbls/d of oil and condensate and 2,400 Bbls/d of natural gas liquids, for an equivalent rate of 37 MMcfe/d. In January of 2010, the fourth operated horizontal well produced at a 24-hour production rate of 16.0 MMcf/d, 1,300 Bbls/d of oil and condensate and 2,200 Bbls/d of natural gas liquids, for an equivalent rate of 37 MMcfe/d. These wells were drilled and completed with horizontal legs of approximately 4,200 feet and nine to ten stages of fracture stimulation for an average total well cost of approximately $6.8 million.
As is detailed in the table below, 24-hour production rates have improved in the most recent wells as Forest has been drilling longer laterals and adding fracture stages.
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