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Donnycreek Completes Second Kakwa Montney Well
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Donnycreek Energy Inc. reports that its second horizontal Montney well at Kakwa, Alberta (the "14-30 Well") has been successfully drilled to a measured depth of 4,678 metres including a horizontal leg that remained within the target interval for the entire 1,230 metre length. The 14-30 Well (DCK: 50% working interest) was drilled to total depth ("TD") seven days ahead of schedule and under budget, having reached TD 17 days faster than the Company's initial Montney discovery well at 13-17-63-5 W6M (the "13-17 Well").
The 14-30 Well has been logged, cased and equipped with a packer-style completion system that will facilitate a fourteen stage nitrogen-based frac with an option to frac an additional prospective interval above the primary target, also within the Montney. Contact Exploration…
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