Cunningham Energy plans new horizontal oil wells

Cunningham Energy LLC has announced plans for two new shallow horizontal oil wells to be drilled in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The horizontal programme will be drilled from the “Matterhorn” pad, comprising two initial wells surveyed with a specified measured depth ranging from 6100’ to 6800’ plus feet and vertical depths of 2150’ plus feet.

Both Matterhorn horizontal wells are targeting oil in the Weir Sand formation. Cunningham Energy is to use one of the company’s three Speedstar 185 top drive drilling rigs in conjunction with these new wells.

“Cunningham Energy is looking forward to developing this promising new shallow horizontal oil & gas play in West Virginia,” said Ryan Cunningham, of Cunningham Energy. “Prior in house drilling data has shown strong oil production potential and experts feel that the potential of these shallow horizons is in the infancy of the game. The Weir Sand has shown exciting vertical logs in this area and it holds tremendous potential horizontally. Economic conditions in our industry point to lower cost production being the new normal and the Weir Sand horizontal can possibly fit into that slot. The company sees possible lifting costs of this new play to be advantageously low during the first years of production.”

The company expects to spud the first Matterhorn well by Spring of 2016.

Edited from press release by Angharad Lock

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