The companies will move forward with a multi-stage frac program targeting the lower 13 stages of an eventual 21 stage completion program. Costs for the 13 stage completion are estimated to be $1.9m.
Combined with drilling costs invested to date, the cost of the completed well will be approximately $5.4m. The pipeline for connecting the well to the main gathering system for production sales has been completed. The frac program is expected to take approximately 10 days to complete and place the well into production for immediate gas sales.
The zones being completed in this multi-stage approach will include the Mesaverde and Lower Lance formation from the depths 12,480ft to 14,758ft. The remaining eight stages in the Middle Lance, Upper Lance and Tertiary zones, ranging from 9,038ft to 11,698ft will be frac’d at a later date.
Stim-Tech has been retained as a third party completion/frac design engineer, because of its expertise and knowledge on the Pinedale Anticline area. Nextraction/Vantage has also contracted BJ Services, a completion specialist in the Pinedale Anticline, to complete the well.
Jonah Gas Gathering has completed an 800mt pipeline from the Noble #6-24 well to the existing market infrastructure. The well will be completed into the pipeline for sales of initial production flow rates. Thus gas sales are anticipated to be initiated in time for the increasing demand for natural gas in the upcoming fall and winter months.
In addition to the completion of the Noble #6-24 well, Nextraction has recently completed its first Chattanooga shale gas well in the Appalachian Basin and is currently undergoing production tests on the well.
