Canada’s Front Range Resources Ltd. increased its full working interest operated land holdings at Pepper, Alberta, to 44 sections (28,160 acres) at the Jan. 25 Alberta Crown land sale, a press release said Jan. 26.
The 11-section contiguous land block of Montney P&NG rights includes lands offsetting Front Range’s Basal Montney horizontal development well located at 6-28-52-22 W5, currently drilling at East Pepper.
The company said nine of the 11 sections acquired are prospective for Basal Montney.
The 6-28 well is being drilled from the existing 102/3-21-52-22W5 vertical Montney well to utilize the existing upper section of the wellbore for cost savings.
The 6-28 well is currently drilling horizontally in the Basal Montney interval. Completion and testing operations of the 6-28 well are scheduled for late February, with flow test results to follow in March.
Front Range also said it continues making progress on the equipping and tie-in of the West Pepper Upper Montney discovery well at 3-26-52-23 W5.
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