Operational Updates
Swift Energy Update Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Drilling Operations
South Texas Operations / Eagle Ford Shale
In the Company’s South Texas core area, twelve operated wells were completed during the third quarter. In McMullen County, six Eagle Ford wells and one Olmos well were completed.
Further, three additional wells drilled (but not completed) in LaSalle County during the third quarter were drilled to test 60 acre downspacing assumptions. These wells have now been completed with initial production rates of each above 1,000 Boe, producing approximately 60% crude oil and natural gas liquids. Further downspacing tests will increase the Company’s crude oil and liquids rich drilling inventory.
Southeast Louisiana
In the Lake Washington field in Plaquemines Parish, LA, the Company continued its ongoing recompletion and production optimization program…
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