Knox County, Ind., Exploratory Targets McClosky Lime
Drilling Activity Details
IN
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
Ivy Illinois Co. has scheduled a 2,500-ft exploratory test in Knox County, Ind. According to IHS Markit, #12 Bower will be drilled in irregular Section 2-2n-11w. The Tulsa-based operator’s wildcat is targeting oil pays in McClosky Lime. The company has permitted three McClosky Lime wells within 1 mile to the southeast. In Section 3, the offsetting #9 Bower and #10 Bower are each permitted to 2,500 ft. Also in Section 3 is the recently permitted #11 Bower, with a planned depth of 2,500 ft. The successful completions of the Bower wells by the Tulsa-based company would be placed in St. Francisville Consolidated Field. Nearby production is about 3 miles to the southwest of the company’s proposed #12 Bower at #7 Bower, which was tested pumping 15 bbl of crude and 30 bbl of water per day from McClosky Lime at 1,800-1,950 ft. The company’s #4-H Bower was vertically drilled to 1,838 ft, and production is from Benoist Sand and was tested pumping 25 bbl of crude and 80 bbl of water per day.
Ivy Illinois Co. has scheduled a 2,500-ft exploratory test in Knox County, Ind. According to IHS Markit, #12 Bower will be drilled in irregular Section 2-2n-11w. The Tulsa-based operator’s wildcat is targeting oil pays in McClosky Lime. The company has permitted three McClosky Lime wells within 1 mile to the southeast. In Section 3, the offsetting #9 Bower and #10 Bower are each permitted to 2,500 ft. Also in Section 3 is the recently permitted #11 Bower, with a planned depth of 2,500 ft. The successful completions of the Bower wells by the Tulsa-based company would be placed in St. Francisville Consolidated Field. Nearby production is about 3 miles to the southwest of the company’s proposed #12 Bower at #7 Bower, which was tested pumping 15 bbl of crude and 30 bbl of water per day from McClosky Lime at 1,800-1,950 ft. The company’s #4-H Bower was vertically drilled to 1,838 ft, and production is from Benoist Sand and was tested pumping 25 bbl of crude and 80 bbl of water per day.