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Blackbird Energy Announces Successful Completion of Bigstone Well with Initial Flow Test Results up to 1,011 Boe/Day
(via Thenewswire.ca) October 20, 2011 - Vancouver, British Columbia (TSX-V: BBI) Blackbird En...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nBlackbird Energy Announces Successful Completion of Bigstone Well with Initial Flow Test Results up to 1,011 Boe/Day\n\n(via Thenewswire.ca)\n\n \nOctober 20, 2011 - Vancouver, British Columbia (TSX-V: BBI) Blackbird Energy Inc. (\"Blackbird\" or the \"Company\"), is pleased to announce that it has been informed by the operator, Donnybrook Energy Inc. (\"Donnybrook\") of Calgary, that the Bigstone, Montney Formation horizontal well, Donnybrook HZ Bigstone 14-29-60-22W5 (the \"Bigstone Well\"), has been successfully completed and flow tested. On October 12, 2011, a 240 ton, 12 stage continuous fracture treatment along the 1,254 meter lateral leg of the Bigstone Well (horizontal portion) was carried out over a 6 hour period. Immediately after, the Bigstone Well was flowed for cleanup and subsequently flow tested for approximately 4 days and is currently shut-in for build up. After clean-up, the Bigstone Well produced gas and condensate over the last 24 hours of the test at approximately 4.3 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/day) and 295 barrels per day (bbls/day) of condensate (1,011 barrels of oil equivalent per day, boe/day).\n\n\n \nThe Bigstone Well has tested at comparable or better rates to a well located approximately 5 miles to the south which was drilled and completed in a similar manner (1,200 meter lateral with 12 stage frac) and tested rates of 3.5 mmcf/day and 225 bbls/day of condensates; 808 boe/d. The operator of that well has offset the initial test with 2 longer horizontal wells with 2,000 and 2,538 meter laterals at locations about 4 miles south of ( 1 mile closer to) the Bigstone Well. The 2,000 meter lateral section tested at rates of 13.1 mmcf/day and 655 bbls/day of condensate (2,840 boe/day). The 2,538 meter lateral section tested at 15mmcf/day and 600-900 bbls of condensates. (3,100-3,400 boe/d).\n\n\n \nThe Bigstone Well confirms the Montney formation at Bigstone is at least comparable or possibly better in reservoir quality to the Montney that has been drilled at Fir 4 miles to the south. Accordingly, longer 2000-2600 meter lateral sections at Bigstone should produce a similar increase in results with test rates anticipated to be 3 to 4 times higher than the Bigstone Well has achieved.\n\n\n \nGarth Braun, Blackbird CEO, stated: \"We are very pleased with these results which confirm our expectations of t...