Far East Energy Spuds 14th Well
Far East Energy Corporation has spudded another well in its Shouyang coal bed methane block in Shanxi Province, China, taking the number of wells spudded in 2013 to 14.
The company also said that appraisal well SYS03 has reached total depth and preliminary gas content has been determined for the SYE06 appraisal well.
The SYS03, which is located in the east to southeast portion of the Shouyang Block, completed drilling to a total depth of 1,471 meters (or 4,826 feet) and penetrated the #15 coal seam revealing a total coal seam thickness of 3.77 meters (or approximately 12.4 feet
Meanwhile, results from the testing of core samples from the SYE06 appraisal well indicate an initial gas content of 592 standard cubic feet per ton (scf/t) or 16.76 cubic meters per ton (m3/t) in the #15 coal seam and 383 scf/t or 10.84 m3/t in the #9 coal seam, the company said.
CEO Michael McElwrath said, “Our drilling contractors are in the process of mobilizing up to twenty-five rigs dedicated to the Shouyang Block and we are in final preparations for the kickoff of the frac program, with 10 wells now awaiting fracing.”