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Stone IPs Successful Utica Exploration Well; 17-Stage Frac

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Stone IPs Successful Utica Exploration Well; 17-Stage Frac

Stone Energy Corporation has provided an operational update on its Utica shale exploration well at its Pribble Pad in West Virginia. 

he Pribble 6HU well (90% working interest) in Wetzel County, West Virginia produced from a 3,605 foot lateral at an average gas sales rate of approximately 30 Mmcf per day for the last 24 hours of a 5-day test period on a final choke size of 28/64" with 6500 psi of flowing casing pressure.   

This test flow calculates to a rate of approximately 8 Mmcf per day per thousand feet of lateral length based on the total effective lateral length of 3,605 feet for the test well, one of the highest rates per thousand feet of lateral recorded for the Utica shale in the area.

David H. Welch, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are very…

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