Breitling-Big Tex #1 is a 9,000ft vertical well within the established Tex-Pac Field and is targeting Lower Clearfork Dolomite beneath 8,500ft.
Secondary objectives include the San Andres, Yates, Glorieta and Abo formations, the company said.
The Breitling-Big Tex #1 is the first of three Big Tex prospect wells to be drilled.
The company’s three-well Breitling-Big Tex Prospect was developed after a 75-square-mile 3D seismic shoot was reprocessed and interpreted last year.
Breitling Oil and Gas said it expects to recover reserves of 350,000-500,000 barrels of oil per well.
The company and its drilling partner Sandridge Energy plan to drill all three wells back-to-back using the same drilling rig.
