WPX Applies For Four Gallup Sand-Mancos Permits In San Juan County, N.M.
Drilling Activity Details
San Juan
NM
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
WPX Energy Inc. has applied for drilling permits for four horizontal tests targeting the Gallup Sand member of Mancos in a new San Juan Basin unit. The wells will be drilled from a common drillpad in Section 17-23n-9w in San Juan County, N.M. The ventures are #768H Kimbeto Wash Unit; #769H Kimbeto Wash Unit; #770H Kimbeto Wash Unit and #771H Kimbeto Wash Unit. WPX's proposal includes the construction of one multi-well drillpad for four horizontal wells, one access road and one-well connect pipeline. In late 2015, WPX asked the state Oil Conservation Division to approve a new unit, the Kimbeto Wash Unit, to create of a new pool for horizontal development within the unit area, and allow for 330-ft setbacks from the exterior of the proposed unit. The Kimbeto Wash Unit comprises approximately 5,279 acres of federal and allotted Indian lands in all or parts of sections 17-21 and 28-32 of township 23n-9w, San Juan County. The unitized interval for the new unit includes Mancos at a depth of 2,873 ft down to the stratigraphic equivalent of the top of Graneros at a depth of 4,680 ft as encountered in #1-E Federal in Section 17-22n-9w. The planned drillpad is one mile southwest of a 4,758-ft vertical Gallup producer in the South Bisti Field at #3 Luna. The 1996 completion initially pumped 31 bbl of oil with 20 Mcf of gas per day. It was tested following acidizing and fracturing from perforations between 4,555 and 4,653 ft. WPX is based in Tulsa.
WPX Energy Inc. has applied for drilling permits for four horizontal tests targeting the Gallup Sand member of Mancos in a new San Juan Basin unit. The wells will be drilled from a common drillpad in Section 17-23n-9w in San Juan County, N.M. The ventures are #768H Kimbeto Wash Unit; #769H Kimbeto Wash Unit; #770H Kimbeto Wash Unit and #771H Kimbeto Wash Unit. WPX's proposal includes the construction of one multi-well drillpad for four horizontal wells, one access road and one-well connect pipeline. In late 2015, WPX asked the state Oil Conservation Division to approve a new unit, the Kimbeto Wash Unit, to create of a new pool for horizontal development within the unit area, and allow for 330-ft setbacks from the exterior of the proposed unit. The Kimbeto Wash Unit comprises approximately 5,279 acres of federal and allotted Indian lands in all or parts of sections 17-21 and 28-32 of township 23n-9w, San Juan County. The unitized interval for the new unit includes Mancos at a depth of 2,873 ft down to the stratigraphic equivalent of the top of Graneros at a depth of 4,680 ft as encountered in #1-E Federal in Section 17-22n-9w. The planned drillpad is one mile southwest of a 4,758-ft vertical Gallup producer in the South Bisti Field at #3 Luna. The 1996 completion initially pumped 31 bbl of oil with 20 Mcf of gas per day. It was tested following acidizing and fracturing from perforations between 4,555 and 4,653 ft. WPX is based in Tulsa.