Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Well Record in Louisiana Back to Blog
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.’s Encana Anderson 17-2 well has set a record in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, averaging the equivalent of 1,540 barrels of oil in a 24-hour period. Goodrich led its second-quarter earnings report, released Monday, with the results of wells in the Tuscaloosa, and the Anderson 17-2 led those results. According to Kirk Barrell, author of the Tuscaloosa Trend blog, the Anderson 17-2 in Amite County, Miss., near Crosby, is the latest well to meet four criteria for success. Those include a lateral longer than 5,000 feet; landing the well in the bottom 70 feet of the formation; using 400,000 to 600,000 pounds of proppant — the sand and chemicals that keep cracks in the formation open and allow oil to escape; and an oil-bearing section more than 75-feet thick.