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Pacific Energy: 'Outstanding' Niobrara Wells Flowing Oil, Gas
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Pacific Energy Development has reported well results from two of its wells targeting the Niobrara Shale play.
State 16-7-60 1H Well - Weld County, ColoradoThe company's fourth horizontal well, the State 16-7-60 1H well, located in Weld County, Colorado, has tested at an initial production rate of 480 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and 360 thousand cubic feet of gas per day (mcfgpd) (540 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd)), during a 4-hour test of the Niobrara "B" Bench target zone.
Following removal of a down hole sand screen which was restricting flow, the well reached a peak production rate of 972 bopd and 800 mcfgd (1,105 boepd), during a 4-hour test from the Niobrara "B" Bench target zone.
The State 16-7-60 1H well is the fourth well the Company has drilled on its 10,224 gross…
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