WPX Plans To Drill 12 San Juan Basin Mancos Tests In San Juan County, N.M.

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NM
United States

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#720H, #722H, #724H, #756H, #757H, #758H WLU, #726H, #728H, #729H, #759H, #760H, #761H WLU
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Description

IHS Markit reported that WPX Energy Inc. has plans to drill 12 horizontal San Juan Basin-Gallup (Mancos) tests in San Juan County, N.M. Tulsa-based WPX has applied with the Bureau of Land Management for West Lybrook Unit, which would include two multiwell pads, roads, well-connect pipelines and range improvement ponds. The company will drill six wells (#720H; #722H; #724H; #756H; #757H and #758H WLU) from a common drillpad Section 23-23n-9w. The remaining six wells (#726H; #728H; #729H, #759H; #760H and #761H WLU) will be in Section 23-23n-9w. The 12-well project would be located on Navajo Indian Allotted lands as well as public lands within sections 23, 24, 25, and 26-23n-9w.