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1 US

EOG Resources Inc. has received permits for six stacked-lateral horizontal ventures in Johnson County, Wyo. The Powder River Basin tests will be drilled from a pad in Section 29-48n-79w. The #2932-01H Sloper will have a lateral that will bottom almost 2 miles to the south in Section 32-48n-79w with a proposed true vertical depth of 9,565 ft in Sussex. The other five tests from the pad (#2932-02H Sloper; 2932-03H Sloper; #2932-04H Sloper; #2932-05H Sloper and #2932-06H Sloper) will respectively target Shannon (9,766 ft true vertical); Mowry (12,768 ft true vertical), Niobrara (11,021 ft true vertical), Frontier (11,639 ft true vertical) and Muddy (13,057 ft true vertical). Houston-based EOG holds permits for several pads generally east of the Sloper tests, and multiple operators have also scheduled horizontal drilling in the area. Offsetting one of EOG's planned pads is #31-28 Big Cat in Section 28. The 9,344-ft vertical Sussex discovery was completed in 1997 pumping 60 bbl/d of 40°API oil from acid- and fracture-treated perforations at 9,209 ft to 9,234 ft.

2 Bahamas

Bahamas Petroleum has encountered hydrocarbons at #1-Perseverance in the Cooper Block offshore Bahamas. The well was drilled to approximately 3,900 m. It will be permanently plugged and abandoned. The exploration well had a planned depth of 4,800 m and was testing multiple potential reservoir horizons continuously through the Albian and Aptian aged formations, targeting P50 prospective oil resources of 770 Mbbl, with an upside of 1.44 Bbbl. 

3 Pakistan

A gas condensate discovery was reported by Islamabad-based Oil and Gas Development Co. at #1-Sial in Hyderabad District in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The well was drilled to 2,442 m. It initially flowed 1.146 MMcf of gas and 680 bbl of condensate per day from Lower Goru during testing on a 32/64-inch choke. The wellhead flowing pressure was 460 psi. Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd. is the operator (95%) with partner Government Holdings Ltd. (5%).

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