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Energen Reports Big Wolfcamp Well
Energen Corporation has tested four new Wolfcamp A wells in the Permian Basin during the third quarter of 2013.
All produced at attractive initial rates, and oil accounted for more than 50 percent of the product stream in each well. The Bodacious C7-19 #1H in eastern Reeves County produced at a peak 24-hour rate of 2,229 boepd, which is the highest initial production (IP) rate for a southern Delaware Wolfcamp well to have been publicly disclosed to date.
James McManus, Energen’s chairman and chief executive officer, commented: "We are very pleased with our latest Wolfcamp results and increasingly excited about the potential success of this play not only in the Midland Basin but in the southern Delaware Basin, as well. We are looking forward in 2014 to accelerating the pace of Wolfcamp…
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