Permits Filed For Eight Bone Spring Tests In Eddy County, N.M.
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NM
United States
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ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. filed permits to drill eight horizontal Bone Spring tests from a common pad in Section 22-19s-30e in Eddy County, N.M. The ventures will be on the Carlsbad Shelf of the Permian Basin. The #001H Buttercup 27-34 Federal has a planned depth of 18,368 ft and the lateral will extend through Section 27 and about 2 miles to the southwest in Section 34. The proposed true vertical depth is 8,504 ft in Second Bone Spring. Three tests will also target Second Bone Spring with planned bottom-hole locations across Section 34 — #002H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,164 ft (8,527 ft true vertical); #003H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,031 ft (8,550 ft true vertical) and #004H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,378 ft (8,560 ft true vertical). The remaining four tests will target the shallower First Bone Spring — #005H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,796 ft (7,704 ft true vertical); #006H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,367 ft (7,719 ft true vertical); #007H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,216 ft (7,712 ft true vertical) and #008H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,474 ft (7,741 ft true vertical). All eight of the ventures are expected to be placed in Hackberry Northwest Field.
ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. filed permits to drill eight horizontal Bone Spring tests from a common pad in Section 22-19s-30e in Eddy County, N.M. The ventures will be on the Carlsbad Shelf of the Permian Basin. The #001H Buttercup 27-34 Federal has a planned depth of 18,368 ft and the lateral will extend through Section 27 and about 2 miles to the southwest in Section 34. The proposed true vertical depth is 8,504 ft in Second Bone Spring. Three tests will also target Second Bone Spring with planned bottom-hole locations across Section 34 — #002H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,164 ft (8,527 ft true vertical); #003H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,031 ft (8,550 ft true vertical) and #004H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,378 ft (8,560 ft true vertical). The remaining four tests will target the shallower First Bone Spring — #005H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,796 ft (7,704 ft true vertical); #006H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,367 ft (7,719 ft true vertical); #007H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,216 ft (7,712 ft true vertical) and #008H Buttercup 27-34 Federal will be drilled to 18,474 ft (7,741 ft true vertical). All eight of the ventures are expected to be placed in Hackberry Northwest Field.