BNP Lemon prospect planning directional wildcat in Texas state waters
Drilling Activity Details
Locations
Kenedy
TX
United States
Operators
Post Date
Shore Type
Well Name
#1 State Tract 1008-S
Geo Coordinate
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
Another directional wildcat has been slated by Corpus Christi, Texas-based BNP Petroleum Corp. on its Lemon prospect in state waters offshore Kenedy County (RRC 4), Texas. The #1 State Tract 1008-S is in Nicholas Balli Survey, A-4. Projected to a total depth of 11,700 ft., it targets Heterostegina and will bottom beneath North Padre Island Block 1008. From the same surface location, the proposed 11,700-ft. #2 State Tract 1008-S was staked in October 2007. According to IHS Inc., #1 and #2 are slated to share a proposed bottomhole location, but will not produce concurrently. Nearest recovery is on Block 1009 in Murdock Pass East Field, more than 1.5 miles southeast.
Description
Another directional wildcat has been slated by Corpus Christi, Texas-based BNP Petroleum Corp. on its Lemon prospect in state waters offshore Kenedy County (RRC 4), Texas. The #1 State Tract 1008-S is in Nicholas Balli Survey, A-4. Projected to a total depth of 11,700 ft., it targets Heterostegina and will bottom beneath North Padre Island Block 1008. From the same surface location, the proposed 11,700-ft. #2 State Tract 1008-S was staked in October 2007. According to IHS Inc., #1 and #2 are slated to share a proposed bottomhole location, but will not produce concurrently. Nearest recovery is on Block 1009 in Murdock Pass East Field, more than 1.5 miles southeast.