Additionally, as of July 10, the company initiated the process of drilling out the final plugs used during the completion process of the Whipkey #1H horizontal Marcellus well.
The Whipkey #1H is on the same pad site as the Whipkey #2H and was drilled with a horizontal lateral of over 3,000ft and was completed with a 12 stage frac.
The company’s first horizontal Marcellus well, the Hart #28H in Wetzel County, West Virginia, was, according to records required to be filed with the West Virginia Department of Oil and Gas. The Hart #28H was turned into a sales line on April 13, 2009.
John Corp, president of Trans Energy, said: “We have recently received a drilling permit for the Stout #2H horizontal Marcellus well in Marshall County, West Virginia and have finished clearing and preparing the drilling location and are scheduled to begin drilling in August.”
