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Cimarex: Latest Wolfcamp IP 'Significantly Higher' Oil Producer
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Cimarex Energy Co. has reported that its first Wolfcamp A test in Culberson County, Texas, the Twenty Grand 26 Fee #1H, had an average 30-day peak production rate of 1,251 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day including 672 barrels of oil per day (54 percent).
The well was drilled using a 5,000-foot lateral and an upsized completion (20-stage frac). As anticipated, this well yielded a significantly higher percentage of oil than wells producing from the deeper Wolfcamp D horizon, which yielded 26 percent oil. Additional Wolfcamp A wells are planned in Culberson County in 2014.
The company also announced that the Marmot 55-14 Unit #1H in Reeves County, Texas, was completed to the Wolfcamp B/C and had an average 30-day peak production rate of 6.4 MMcfe per day including 465 barrels of…
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