Brookside Energy Ltd (ASX:BRK) is moving closer to bringing the high-impact Rangers 36-25 SXH 1 Well, its second well in the SWISH Area of Interest (AOI) in Oklahoma’s world-class Anadarko Basin, to production with completion operations progressing.
The company and its US subsidiary Black Mesa Energy have completed rigging up of the coiled tubing unit as part of the clean-up operations before preparing to begin flow-back operations.
Clean-up operations
Isolation plugs used for each stimulation stage have been successfully milled out and drilling fluid is being circulated in the wellbore to clean-up and remove any remaining debris from the milling operations and the stimulation process.
In line with expectations, during operations to circulate the drilling fluid oil and gas were recovered to surface. These operations have been completed on schedule, safely and without incident.
Delivering on objectives
Brookside's executive general manager Commercial, Gracjan Lambert, said: “It is always extremely rewarding for me to see a strategy turn into operational success, to see a team work together and deliver what they said they would.
"As we get one step closer to bringing the Rangers Well on production and classifying the Rangers DSU as held-by-production, I’m very proud of the how the Brookside and Black Mesa team is operating and their ability to deliver on objectives.”
Planned activity
The company will complete the clean-up operations and then prepare to commence flow-back operations.
This final stage of the overall completion operations, to recover fluid used in the stimulation process and flow the well to the permanent production facilities on location, is expected to take approximately 14 days to complete.
About Rangers Well
Rangers Well is a Black Mesa Energy operated well being drilled by Kenai Drilling Company in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
The well was drilled as a mid-length horizontal well targeting the Sycamore Formation at an average depth of ~9,750 feet.
It was drilled to a total measured depth of ~17,460 feet, with ~7,500 feet of lateral section drilled in the Sycamore that was subsequently cased with production tubing to be perforated and treated to allow production of oil and rich gas.
“The team is very keen and excited to bring the Rangers Well online and to deliver another top result for our shareholders,” Lambert added.