Second Deep Pool Test Spud by Blackhorn USA in Hopkins County, Ky.
Drilling Activity Details
Locations
Hopkins
KY
United States
Operators
Post Date
Shore Type
Well Name
#1 Higgins Douglas K & Higgins Sherry B
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Drilling Activity Summary
Description
IHS Markit announced that Blackhorn USA LLC is preparing to spud the company’s second deeper pool test in Kentucky’s Hanson Consolidated Field. The Hopkins County venture, #1 Higgins Douglas K & Higgins Sherry B, will be in Section 16-L-25e with a planned depth of 4,400 ft. It is targeting oil pays in Lower Devonian. Nearby Illinois Basin drilling is about 1 mile to the southeast in Section 17 at Blackhorn’s #1 David Bryan Sisk & Theda Johnson Trust. The deeper pool test was also targeting Lower Devonian at an estimated depth of 4,200 ft. Hanson Consolidated Field was opened in 1962 and wells in the reservoir yield crude from Mississippian pays above 3,100 ft. Blackhorn is based in Edwardsville, Ill.
Description
IHS Markit announced that Blackhorn USA LLC is preparing to spud the company’s second deeper pool test in Kentucky’s Hanson Consolidated Field. The Hopkins County venture, #1 Higgins Douglas K & Higgins Sherry B, will be in Section 16-L-25e with a planned depth of 4,400 ft. It is targeting oil pays in Lower Devonian. Nearby Illinois Basin drilling is about 1 mile to the southeast in Section 17 at Blackhorn’s #1 David Bryan Sisk & Theda Johnson Trust. The deeper pool test was also targeting Lower Devonian at an estimated depth of 4,200 ft. Hanson Consolidated Field was opened in 1962 and wells in the reservoir yield crude from Mississippian pays above 3,100 ft. Blackhorn is based in Edwardsville, Ill.