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Celtic Provides Montney and Duvernay Operations Update
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Celtic Exploration Ltd., is pleased to provide an update on recent operations activity.
RESTHAVEN - Montney
At Jayar, Alberta, in the northern portion of Celtic's Resthaven land block, the Company has completed a horizontal well located at 4-22-61-3W6 (100% WI). The well was drilled with a horizontal lateral of 1,545 meters in the Montney formation and was completed with a 900 tonne, 18-stage nitrogen foam fracture. The well was flowed on clean-up for 194 hours and during the last 24 hours of the test the well was flowing at 11.7 MMCF per day of raw gas and 362 barrels per day of condensate with a flowing tubing pressure of 8,748 kPa (1,268 psi). After processing the gas with shallow-cut recoveries at the gas plant, the Company expects liquids production, including field condensate, to…
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