According to the company, the Cana No 1-15H discovery well was drilled to a true vertical depth of 13,177ft and horizontally for 4,090ft, for a total measured well depth of 17,267ft.
The well flowed at an initial rate of 5.2 million cubic feet of gas per day. Marathon is the well operator and holds approximately 57% interest in the Cana No 1-15H well. Other interest owners include Questar and Cimarex Energy.
Marathon holds approximately 30,000 net acres in the expanding Woodford Shale resource play with approximately 10,000 of those net acres in the immediate Brickyard prospect area. The company has said that it is currently drilling two additional company-operated wells and is participating in two non-operated wells in the Brickyard prospect.
The company also has plans to participate in 15 gross wells to 25 gross wells in this area through 2010 with an anticipated 50% overall working interest.
Marathon Oil is an integrated international energy company engaged in exploration and production; oil sands mining; integrated gas; and refining, marketing and transportation operations. The company has principal operations in the United States, Angola, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Norway and the United Kingdom.
