Exploration & Production | Quarterly / Earnings Reports | Second Quarter (2Q) Update
Stone Spuds First Utica Test Well; Adds Nine in the Marcellus

Stone Energy Corp. has reported a second quarter 2014 update on its Marcellus and Utica shale operations.
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Utica ShaleStone spudded a Utica shale test well late in the second quarter of 2014 on its existing acreage in the Mary field in West Virginia. Stone plans to drill, log and take sidewall cores in a vertical well drilled through the Utica formation (11,000 feet true vertical depth).
Following evaluation of the vertical hole, Stone plans to plug back and drill a 3,750 foot horizontal lateral through the Point Pleasant member of the Utica shale. Intermediate casing has been set at 8,450 feet in preparation to drill the vertical section through the Utica formation. The well is scheduled to be completed during the third quarter of 2014 with the production test…
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