Western U.S.(discovery and exploration)

Publication: Oil and Gas Investor

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1 Ansbro Petroleum Co., Denver, picked a nonproducing area on the Utah Hingeline to drill its 12,807-ft. #33-23 Browns Peak-Federal. Located in southern Utah County, Utah, about 28 miles south of Provo, the directional well will be drilled from a surface location in Section 28-11s-4e north in the same section. The depth suggests Mesozoic sediments, including Nugget, are the targets, according to IHS Energy. The Ansbro well is in Manti-La Sal National Forest about 20 miles northwest of the nearest production from Clear Creek Field, a Ferron gas pool. The only current production on the Hingeline is 75 miles south-southeast in Covenant Field near Sigurd in Sevier County.

2 Continuing a campaign in the southern Uinta Basin of Utah, Bill Barrett Corp., Denver. plans three more wildcats aimed at Mesaverde and Mancos gas between 14 and 16 miles northeast of the town of Sunnyside in Carbon County. The #6-2-13-15 Prickly Pear Unit-State, in Section 2-13s-15e, will go to 9,725 ft. The #8-2-13-15 Prickly Pear Unit State in the same section is scheduled to 9,700 ft. The #8-36-12-15 Prickly Pear Unit-State in Section 36-12s-15e will drill to 7,150 ft. The new wells are approximated three miles west of a well in Peter's Point Field, a Barrett discovery that produced from Mesaverde at a rate of 857,000 cu. ft. of gas a day. Barrett has two more exploratory tests planned for the area.

3 J. Burns...

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