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Torchlight Touts Vertical Well Test in the Midland Wolfcamp
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Torchlight Energy Resources has successfully tested the Flying B Ranch #2 vertical well in the Lower Wolfcamp A and Upper Wolfcamp B sections.
The well is still in the flowback process and improving during clean-up of the 2000 barrels of frac load remaining. The well is currently testing at ~20 barrels of oil per day with associated gas which has yet to be measured. This test provides confirmation for the second horizontal bench in the Hazel Project. Results from the first two Flying B Ranch wells have established the Lower Dean/Upper Wolfcamp A and the Lower Wolfcamp A / Upper Wolfcamp B formations.
Next steps for the Flying B Ranch #2 well are to test the Leonard interval and frac it to prove up a third horizontal bench. Once the frac is completed and the Leonard zone tested, the…
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