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Torchlight Preps to Drill Marcelina Creek Well
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Torchlight Energy Resources Inc. has reported the executed contract for the AFE on the Johnson #2 well in the Marcelina Creek project in Wilson County, TX.
The permit has been issued, and the drill site is being prepared.
The previous Buda well drilled in the project was a vertical test and that well is currently producing. However, based upon the recent successes of companies like Dan Hughes, Sage, Crimson, Goodrich, and others, who have successfully completed and announced excellent horizontal Buda discoveries, as well as the excellent Buda shows we have in our logs, Torchlight and its partner Bayshore Operating have elected to drill this well, the Johnson #2H, as a horizontal Buda. The horizontal leg of the Johnson #2 is slated to be 2400'.
Upon completion, Torchlight will also…
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