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Results from Coalbed Methane Drilling in Winn Parish, Louisiana

Open-File Report 2007-1061
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071061

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Abstract

A coalbed methane (CBM) well in Winn Parish, Louisiana, named CZ Fee A No. 114, was drilled by Vintage Petroleum, Inc., in January 2004. The CZ Fee A No. 114 CBM well was drilled to a total depth of 3,114 ft and perforated at 2,730-2,734 ft in a Wilcox Group (Paleocene-Eocene) coal bed. Analytical data from the drilling project have been released by Vintage Petroleum, Inc., and by the current well operator, Hilcorp Energy Corporation (see Appendix) to the Louisiana Geological Survey (LGS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for publication. General information about the CZ Fee A No. 114 CBM well is compiled in Table 1, and analytical data from the well are included in following sections. The CZ Fee A No. 114 well is located in eastern Winn Parish, approximately 30 mi east of where Wilcox Group strata crop out on the Sabine Uplift (fig. 1). In the CZ Fee A No. 114 well, lower Wilcox Paleocene coal beds targeted for CBM production occur at depths of 2,600-3,000 ft (fig. 2). Average monthly gas production for the reporting period August 1, 2004, through May 1, 2005, was 450 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) (Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, 2005).

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Hackley, P.C., Warwick, P.D., Breland, F.C., Richard, T.E., Ross, K., 2007, Results from Coalbed Methane Drilling in Winn Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1061, iv, 45 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071061.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Results from Coalbed Methane Drilling in Winn Parish, Louisiana
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2007-1061
DOI 10.3133/ofr20071061
Year Published 2007
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) U.S. Geological Survey
Description iv, 45 p.
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