Stone Energy reports successful Utica gas well in West Virginia

Stone Energy reports successful Utica gas well in West Virginia

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana -- Stone Energy's Pribble 6HU well in Wetzel County, West Virginia, has produced approximately 30 Mmcfd of gas from a 3,605-ft lateral.

This test flow calculates to a rate of approximately 8 Mmcfd per thousand feet of lateral length, based on the total effective lateral length of 3,605 ft for the test well. The gas well performed for the last 24 hours of a 5-day test period on a final choke size of 28/64 in. with 6500 psi of flowing casing pressure.  

Stone Energy owns a 90% working interest in the well.

"The results from the Pribble 6HU well confirm the high potential of the Utica shale underlying our current liquids-rich Marcellus acreage position," said David H. Welch, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, adding that the well represents one of the highest Utica tests announced in the area.

"We have contracted a new dual-purpose Utica/Marcellus drilling rig with delivery expected in late 2015, and our Appalachian team will be establishing a development program for this exciting new play.  Our Utica acreage position of almost 30,000 acres in the Mary field should allow for a multi-year development program."   

The Pribble 6HU well was completed in the Point Pleasant formation with 17 fracture stages, with approximately 210 ft of spacing between each stage and approximately 375,000 lb. of proppant per stage.  The Pribble 6HU was drilled to a true vertical depth of 11,350 ft.