Bill Barrett Corp., Denver, (NYSE: BBG) reports the Koskie 13H-27 wellbore in the Paradox Basin in Colorado targeting the Gothic shale was put on production in the third quarter with a current rate of 2.4 million cubic feet of gas per day.

The well is part of Bill Barret’s Yellow Jacket shale gas discovery (55% working interest). The one-half lateral completion of the Neely 13H-18 well has produced for 12 days at an average rate of 2.3 million cubic feet of gas per day and is currently producing 2.1 million cubic feet of gas per day. Bill Barret will continue to monitor data from these wells before designing its 2010 capital program for the area.

The company currently has seven wells on production producing 5.7 million cubic feet of gas per day and approximately 312,000 gross and 141,000 net undeveloped acres in the prospect.

In the Pine Ridge/Salt Flank the company completed testing the first well in its Pine Ridge exploration prospect, a structural salt flank play. The well was drilled in 2008 to approximately 10,000 feet targeting the Cutler and Honaker Trail formations. The well did not produce commercial quantities of gas and was expensed as a dry hole during the third quarter. The company has several prospects in the salt flank play.

In the Gibson Gulch project in the Piceance Basin current net production is approximately 102 million cubic feet equivalent per day and the company anticipates a 2009 exit rate of approximately 107 million cubic feet equivalent per day. Year-to-date drilling times have averaged seven days spud-to-spud compared with 11 days one year ago. The company expects improved costs on a per well basis and now plans to drill a 115 to 120 well program in the area for 2009.

Bill Barrett has gas and oil operations in the U.S. Rockies.