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Update on Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status and Case Histories

Update on Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status and Case Histories. Tim Carr Paul Gerlach. History of Horizontal Drilling. First Horizontal Well 1929 Economic Viability in 1980’s Rospo Mare Field (1982) Prudhoe Bay (1984) Bima & Arjuna Fields (1986-1987) Austin Chalk (1985-1987)

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Update on Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status and Case Histories

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  1. Update on Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status and Case Histories Tim Carr Paul Gerlach

  2. History of Horizontal Drilling • First Horizontal Well 1929 • Economic Viability in 1980’s • Rospo Mare Field (1982) • Prudhoe Bay (1984) • Bima & Arjuna Fields (1986-1987) • Austin Chalk (1985-1987) • Through 2000 (Stark, in press) • 23,385 Horizontal Wells from 69 Countries • United States 10,066 • Canada 9,655

  3. Horizontal Wells - World Phillip Stark - IHS Energy Group

  4. Horizontal Wells - United States Phillip Stark - IHS Energy Group

  5. Horizontal Wells - United States Phillip Stark - IHS Energy Group

  6. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status (Through December 2000) • 89 Approved “Intent to Drill” Applications • 53 Horizontal Wells Confirmed • 1999 - 15 Wells • 2000 - 14 Wells • 3 Deviated Wells Confirmed • many more but unreported • 2 Slant (high angle) Wells Confirmed

  7. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status (December 2000)

  8. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas - 1 Activity During 2000 (Intents) • McCoy Petroleum • CAROTHERS 1-1H, Harper Co. • Petroleum Inc • BUCHOLTZ GAS UNIT 2-15H, Cheyenne Co. • ZWEYGARDT GAS UNIT 2-26H, Cheyenne Co. • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation • CITY OF LIBERAL C1, Seward Co. • HUNGATE A7, Haskell Co. • Ensign Operating Co. • HUCK 1-17H, Comanche Co.

  9. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas - 2 Activity During 2000 (Intents) • Mull Drilling Company, Inc. • UMMEL 4-H, Ness Co. • KLM Exploration Company, Inc. • BANKERS LIFE 4-H1, Leavenworth Co. • BANKERS LIFE 4-H2, Leavenworth Co. • BANKERS LIFE 4-H3, Leavenworth Co. • BANKERS LIFE 4-H4, Leavenworth Co. • Pan Gas Storage Co • BARTEL 1-5, Meade Co. • NICHOLS 3-2, Meade Co. • Anderson Energy, Inc. • COLBORN 1-26H, Barber Co.

  10. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas General Characteristics of the Horizontal Wells • 1st Horizontal Well in Kansas • Mar-1988, Phillips Petroleum, Trego Co. • 196 ft. Lateral in Marmaton Frmn. • Build Rate & Radius Ranges • Shortest: 2.7o/ft. / 33 ft. • Longest: 1.4o/100 ft. / 1087 ft. • Measured Depth / True Vertical Depth • Shallowest: 250 ft. / 200 ft. • Deepest: 7969 ft. / 6190 ft. • Horizontal Lateral Length • Shortest: 40 ft. • Longest: 1877 ft. • Most Frequently Drilled Formation • Mississippian - Osage (9), St Louis (5), Spergen-Warsaw (3)

  11. 2000 Activity Cret. 2 4 2 Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Spatial Distribution and Formation Chse Peru Marm Bevier McClth Miss Arbk Gas Stg

  12. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status Mississippian, et al

  13. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Current Status

  14. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - McClouth Formation Toe Up

  15. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - McClouth Formation PIF: 5.5

  16. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - McClouth Formation

  17. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Osage Formation

  18. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Osage Formation PIF: 5.3

  19. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Osage Formation

  20. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Spergen-Warsaw Formation

  21. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Spergen-Warsaw Formation PIF: 2.2

  22. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - Spergen-Warsaw Formation

  23. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - St. Louis Formation

  24. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - St. Louis Formation PIF: 3.1

  25. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories - St. Louis Formation

  26. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories City of Liberal C1 Comp. 8/20/2000

  27. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Case Histories

  28. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Conclusions

  29. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Conclusions

  30. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Conclusions • Currently a Mixed Bag of Successes and Failures • Most Horizontal Candidates not Properly Screened and Completed • Many Good Candidates not yet Tested • Thin Beds in Lansing-Kansas City • EOR in Multiple Reservoirs • SAG-D Thermal in Cherokee Sands of SE Kansas • Still not Far Up the Learning Curve

  31. Horizontal Drilling in Kansas Acknowledgements Kansas Corporation Commission Conservation Division Dave Williams Donna Dill

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