Houston Chronicle


Houston oil company Birch Resources is planning a big push in the Permian Basin’s prolific Spraberry field.

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Source: Houston Chronicle/Jon Shapley

The company is seeking permission from the Railroad Commission of Texas to develop 19 horizontal wells targeting the Spraberry at total depths ranging from 7,600 to 9,1000 feet. The project is located on the company’s Big Jay leases about 7 miles southeast of Lenorah i Martin County.

Birch has filed for 74 drilling permits so far this year. All of them have targeted the Spraberry field in either Howard or Martin counties. The company’s 162 leases produced 712,000 barrels of crude oil and nearly 2.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2018.

Birch mostly names its leases after college sports mascots or wrestling stars. Big Jay is a reference to the University of Kansas mascot while the company’s Mike the Tiger leases are a nod to Louisiana State University. Other leases names include Andre The Giant and Jake The Snake.

Permian Basin

After going nearly a year without filing a drilling permit, Midland oil company OGX Resources is getting back in the game with plans to develop saltwater disposal wells in Howard County. The company is seeking permission to drill five injection wells on its Quinn SWD leases about 10 miles southwest of Big Spring. The wells target the Spraberry formation to a depth of 13,000 feet.

Eagle Ford Shale

Houston oil company EOG Resources plans to drill six horizontal wells split between five leases in McMullen County and another in neighboring Karnes County. The wells target the Eagleville field of the Eagle Ford geological layer at totals depths up to 11,500 feet.

Haynesville Shale

Houston oil company Rockcliff Energy plans to develop nine horizontal wells seeking natural gas on seven leases in Panola County and another two in Harrison County. The wells target the natural gas-rich Carthage field of the Haynesville Shale.

Barnett Shale

Louisiana oil and gas company White Knight Production is planning to drill a horizontal well on its Jolliff lease in Jack County. Located about eight miles south of Jacksboro, the well targets the natural gas-rich KRS field of the Marble Falls geological layer down to a total depth of 5,500 feet.

Conventionals

Richardson oilfield water company Taurus Midstream filed its first ever drilling permit as part of a saltwater disposal well project in Martin County. The company plans to drill an injection well on its Lone Ranger SWD lease about four miles northeast of Tarzan. The vertical well targets the Spraberry field to a depth of 14,100 feet.

Top 10 Texas Drilling Permits

(October 9 through October 15)

Birch Resources 19

Rockcliff Energy 9

WPX Energy 9

Laredo Petroleum 8

Pioneer Natural Resources 8

Occidental Petroleum 7

Sanchez Energy 6

EOG Resources 6

OGX Operating 5

ConocoPhillips 5

Source: Railroad Commission of Texas

 

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