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re: Louisiana’s deepest oil & gas well is completed in St. Martin Parish
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:58 pm to ForeverLSU02
Posted on 4/1/26 at 12:58 pm to ForeverLSU02
Man that just doesn't seem correct.
Also, isn't the highlander stuff part of that ultra deep gas Freeport play? I think that well they are working on is a re-entry of one of the FMOG wells, super skinny down at the bottom toward td.
Whitebear you in truck nuts game to? Damn fella, we need to go smack some birds, one of us is bound to be able to write it off or charge it back.
Also, isn't the highlander stuff part of that ultra deep gas Freeport play? I think that well they are working on is a re-entry of one of the FMOG wells, super skinny down at the bottom toward td.
Whitebear you in truck nuts game to? Damn fella, we need to go smack some birds, one of us is bound to be able to write it off or charge it back.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:17 pm to Sun God
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I’ve been out awhile but powerdrive/orbit were not great hot hole tools and at 30K+ I imagine it was pretty damn hot down there. Might be something better now though.
Like redstick mentioned though sliding probably wasn’t very effective either
That Lacassine well was supposed to be all vertical. We ran AutoTrak to keep it vertical until like 23k. BH temps were already like 325°. We were burning up tools.
They were gonna finish the last 6-7'k with a pendulum BHA. Yeah ok..... So that didn't work for them and they P&A after spending like 6 months trying to drill that well. Total cluster F
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:29 pm to ForeverLSU02
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once completed it will be the deepest productive o&g well in the world per Highlander reps
I cant remember if it was Highlander or Magnolia, but one of those companies was formed solely for the acquisition of the Jeanerette Minerals #1 from Freeport McMoran and was the only well they were operating at the time, not sure what the ownership looks like today
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:30 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Also, isn't the highlander stuff part of that ultra deep gas Freeport play? I think that well they are working on is a re-entry of one of the FMOG wells, super skinny down at the bottom toward td.
Yes, pretty sure they were formed to acquire that asset from Freeport
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:36 pm to hubertcumberdale
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say what you want about Louisiana but we do have the best state oil and gas database, by a lot
I never knew about Sonris until getting into environmental work. There's a lot of other information on that site as well.
Buddy of mine has a water well and I looked up all the data about it and he was shocked that all that information was freely avalable.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:41 pm to GREENHEAD22
quote:maybe 5/16ths truck nuts
Whitebear you in truck nuts game to? Damn fella, we need to go smack some birds, one of us is bound to be able to write it off or charge it back.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:43 pm to ragincajun03
MacMoRan's Blackbeard well in South Tim 168 was deepened to 32997'
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:58 pm to Larry_Hotdogs
That is what I thought, I remember 32-33K tvd.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 2:11 pm to hubertcumberdale
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Jeanerette Minerals #1 from Freeport McMoran and was the only well they were operating at the time, not sure what the ownership looks like today
Did it ever produce economically?
Posted on 4/1/26 at 2:44 pm to ragincajun03
That's pretty cool!
Dad was a petroleum engineer with Columbia Gas when I was growing up. I have a core sample from what (in 1971) was the deepest natural gas well in West Virginia (Mingo County) at 19,600 ft. That ain't ennywheres near almost 31,000, but it was still pretty impressive, and that core sample is beautiful. I have it displayed on a plaque on the wall in my office.
I'd love to see one of the deep core samples from the one in St Martin Parish.
Dad was a petroleum engineer with Columbia Gas when I was growing up. I have a core sample from what (in 1971) was the deepest natural gas well in West Virginia (Mingo County) at 19,600 ft. That ain't ennywheres near almost 31,000, but it was still pretty impressive, and that core sample is beautiful. I have it displayed on a plaque on the wall in my office.
I'd love to see one of the deep core samples from the one in St Martin Parish.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 2:54 pm to b-rab2
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Did it ever produce economically?
not 100% sure as I am sure the economics were outrageous, i think as another poster said it did about 100 bcf so at around $1.50/mcf to $3/mcf that is $150mm - $300mm. Think I read somewhere it cost around the upper end of that number to D+C but I am not 100% sure, I am sure someone on here can answer that question better.
It failed early 2023 and has not been brought back on production and doubt they will ever be able to considering the depth and temperature.
After checking SONRIS, it has done 116.5 BCF in 104 months (Feb 2015 to Sept 2023)
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 4/1/26 at 2:56 pm to Larry_Hotdogs
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MacMoRan's Blackbeard well in South Tim 168 was deepened to 32997'
Was that MD or TVD? Those offshore wells are usually very directional since they are drilled from and tied back to platforms
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:28 pm to hubertcumberdale
Hell iirc FMOG spent 1B on just one or two of those wells.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:29 pm to ragincajun03
Shell was talking about drilling for that deep zone 30 yrs ago. The cost to do it then was just too much.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:38 pm to offshoretrash
There is a ton of gas on the shelf and DW that is just waiting on sustained higher gas prices.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:41 pm to hubertcumberdale
Was it flowing for 104 months? I thought they were only able to flow for a yr or so before they had the downhole issue.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:45 pm to hubertcumberdale
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Cant be much deeper than the one Freeport drilled around there in 2014
McMoRan. Yeah, they drilled some deep wells. Jim Bob just kept doubling down until the investors got fatigued. That was some hot and sour gas! And good Lord it was expensive to drill and produce. But there are oceans of it down there.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:45 pm to ragincajun03
Companies come in and suck out all the oil and gas. A few people get richer because of connections, and the company make millions. And the state? Poor as ever.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:52 pm to ragincajun03
In 1951 the deepest well in the world at that time was drilled in Silsby. They got a surprise they weren't expecting. Superman had to come and save the day.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:53 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Was it flowing for 104 months? I thought they were only able to flow for a yr or so before they had the downhole issue.
They had some downhole failure - not sure if it was a hole in the tubing or a casing leak. They went in with coil and ended up sticking the coil string at 22,000'. Well records show they left top of coil at 11,000' or so and weren't able to fish the rest out. Well cost was $358 MM USD per their filings and assuming it made 116 BCF at the prices of the day and that's tough economics.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 3:56 pm
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