NEWS RELEASE
RADIAL JET ENHANCEMENT
TECHNOLOGY TURNS AROUND DRY HOLE
The Woodlands, Texas,
January 16, 2007
Well Enhancement
Services (WES) announced today the first confirmed
ability of Radial Jet Enhancement (RJE) technology to
turn a newly drilled uneconomic well (essentially a dry
hole) into a profitable producing well.
RJE technology has
conventionally been used to enhance the production of
existing wells. This is accomplished by jetting
horizontal laterals in producing formations using high
pressure water jets. The resultant horizontal laterals
are usually 300 ft long with an average diameter of up
to 2 inches. Laterals are produced in a radial pattern
around the well bore and can be accomplished at multiple
depths.
The uneconomic well, the
Wilke #2, is a newly drilled well in the Salt Creek
field in Reno County, KS. The well was drilled in
October 2006 down to the Mississippi Chert to a depth of
about 3,600 ft and is located only about 600 ft away
from a known offset producing well. The hole originally
drill stem tested at only 20 MCFDG with bottom-hole
pressure of only 450 psi.
Shortly after drilling
and completion, four laterals were jet into the
formation over a two-day period by a WES crew in an
attempt to get back on structure toward the producing
offset well nearby. After jetting laterals, the
bottom-hole pressure immediately increased to 750 psi.
The well produced naturally for about a week flowing
about 50 MCFDG. Shortly after the New Year, the well was
put on pump to offload the water, and as of January 12,
2007, the well has been producing 100 MCFDG in addition
to 10 BOPD.
Bricks Corbin, the
President of WES, remarked about the success with the
Wilke #2, “Our ability to turn around a well that
otherwise would have been plugged as a dry hole further
indicates the value that Radial Jet Enhancement
technology brings to the marketplace. Instead of merely
focusing on revitalizing older, depleted wells, we have
demonstrated that this procedure is a valuable tool to
enhancing newly drilled wells that otherwise may have
been deemed economic failures.”
About Well Enhancement
Services:
Well Enhancement
Services (WES) is an oil and gas industry service
company providing services in the area of well
production enhancement. The company owns a license to
patented Radial Jet Enhancement (RJE) technology, a
highly cost effective procedure that can increase a
well’s production by a factor of 3 to 10 fold. WES owns
and operates coil tubing units in various regions in the
US and provides the service nation wide. The company is
located in The Woodlands, TX, which is about 27 miles
north of downtown Houston. Additional information on WES
can be found on its web site at
http://www.wellenhancement.com.
Contact:
Steve Bowen
Executive Vice President
– Marketing
Well Enhancement
Services, LLC
281-367-0386
steve@wellenhancement.com
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