Empire Petroleum Evaluates 21,006-Foot Texas Well


   
Maria Eugenia Garcia
DTN Energy Editor

   HOUSTON, TX (DTN) -- Empire Petroleum Corporation, announced the 21,006-foot 
re-entry and subsurface evaluation of the Wakefield-Harrison GU B #1 well in 
the Fort Trinidad field in Madison County, Texas.

   The well, developed to nearly 10,000 feet, showed gas and liquids, methane 
and butane, according to a company statement.

   Empire established this subsurface control at a cost of roughly $4.4 million 
by re-entering and enlarging an existing wellbore rather than drilling a new 
ultra-deep well. By comparison, other operators across the Western Haynesville 
are reportedly investing approximately $30 million to $45 million per new well 
for drilling and completion.

   "This is the deepest modern subsurface evaluation in the emerging Western 
Haynesville play to be completed with a full open-hole log and sidewall cores. 
At 20,949 feet true vertical depth, the Wakefield-Harrison B #1 is 
approximately 1,713 feet deeper than Comstock Resources' publicly reported 
McCullough GLR #3 well and approximately 2,398 feet deeper than Expand Energy's 
Bobby Yancey #1 pilot well," the company stated

   The well was evaluated in an area where operators including Comstock 
Resources, Expand Energy, Mitsui E&P USA, Hilcorp Energy, Caturus Energy, and 
Adamas Energy, are actively pursuing deep Cotton Valley, Bossier, and 
Haynesville objectives.




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