Forest Oil Corp. of Denver reported a significant gas discoveryat High Island 116 in the Gulf of Mexico. High Island 116 is 54.75%owned and operated by Forest and 45.25% owned by Louis DreyfusNatural Gas Corp. Initial production from the recently drilled B-2well is expected in November. Forest Oil is engaged in theacquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing ofgas and crude oil in North America. Forest’s principal reserves andproducing properties are in the United States in the Gulf ofMexico, Louisiana, Texas and Wyoming and in Canada in Alberta andthe Northwest Territories.
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Columbia Hits Whopper Deep Appalachian Find
Calling it the largest reserve discovery in the AppalachianBasin, Columbia Natural Resources (CNR), a Columbia Energy Groupsubsidiary, said it found reserves with estimated production of 50MMcf/d while drilling deep into a sub-basin in Roane County, WV.The exploratory test well was drilled to a depth of 10,300 feet inthe Trenton-Black River Formation on the Vineyard Ridge prospect.
June 21, 1999
Columbia Hits With Deep Appalachian Well
Calling it the largest reserve discovery in the AppalachianBasin, Columbia Natural Resources (CNR), a Columbia Energy Groupsubsidiary, said it found reserves with estimated production of 50MMcf/d while drilling deep into a sub-basin in Roane County, WV.The exploratory test well was drilled to a depth of 10,300 feet inthe Trenton-Black River Formation on the Vineyard Ridge prospect.
June 16, 1999
Amoco Has Cotton Valley Success
Amoco announced a gas discovery in the Cotton Valley Reef Trendnorth of Houston. The company said it expects to bring its No. 1 J.W. Vanderbeek on production this month. Amoco holds a strongposition in the Cotton Valley Reef Trend, with drilling rights inmore than 100,000 acres, primarily in Leon County. Amoco has acontract with Koch Midstream Services to use their pipelines in thearea to gather the gas for treatment and delivery to marketsthroughout the Texas Gulf Coast region.
July 15, 1998
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