Three Wildcats Targeting Lower Decorah Scheduled in Menard County, Ill.
Drilling Activity Details
Menard
IL
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
DAC Energy & Drilling has scheduled three wildcats in Illinois’ non-producing Menard County. According to IHS Markit, DAC’s new exploratory tests are each scheduled to be drilled to 1,400 ft and will be targeting oil pays in Spechts Ferry (Lower Decorah). The #3-1 Dart will be drilled in Section 10-19n-7w, and #6-1 Dart will be in nearby Section 10. The company’s #4-1 Dart will be drilled in Section 3. Only about 30 tests have been drilled in the county with the last activity in late 2017 to the east of DAC’s planned program — #1 Dart Oil in Section 3-19n-7w. It was permitted to 1,400 ft and the wildcat was junked and abandoned at 180 ft. About 2 miles southeast of DAC’s new locations is an 1,845-ft test drilled in 1959 at #1 C. Schmidt in Section 23-19n-7w. Production in this part of Illinois comes from Morgan County’s Prentice Field, about 20 miles to the southwest. Opened in 1953, reservoir recovery comes from Pennsylvanian. Within 7 miles to the southwest is shallow production in Jacksonville Field. DAC Energy is based in Alma, W.Va.
DAC Energy & Drilling has scheduled three wildcats in Illinois’ non-producing Menard County. According to IHS Markit, DAC’s new exploratory tests are each scheduled to be drilled to 1,400 ft and will be targeting oil pays in Spechts Ferry (Lower Decorah). The #3-1 Dart will be drilled in Section 10-19n-7w, and #6-1 Dart will be in nearby Section 10. The company’s #4-1 Dart will be drilled in Section 3. Only about 30 tests have been drilled in the county with the last activity in late 2017 to the east of DAC’s planned program — #1 Dart Oil in Section 3-19n-7w. It was permitted to 1,400 ft and the wildcat was junked and abandoned at 180 ft. About 2 miles southeast of DAC’s new locations is an 1,845-ft test drilled in 1959 at #1 C. Schmidt in Section 23-19n-7w. Production in this part of Illinois comes from Morgan County’s Prentice Field, about 20 miles to the southwest. Opened in 1953, reservoir recovery comes from Pennsylvanian. Within 7 miles to the southwest is shallow production in Jacksonville Field. DAC Energy is based in Alma, W.Va.