FormCap Completes Geotechnical Report: Cowley County, Kansas
16 Ottobre 2013 - 12:05PM
FormCap Corp. ("FormCap") (OTCQB:FRMC) today announced that a
Geotechnical Report (the Geotechnical Report) with respect to the
acquisition of up to 1500 acres of petroleum and natural gas lands
has been completed. The lands are located in Sections 4 and 5
Township 30 Range 6; and in the S1/2 of Section 13 in Township 31S
Range 6. The Geotechnical Report provided an evaluation for
potential early oil exploration on the Lands, focused on the
Mississippian Formation. The summary of the Geotechnical Report
including method; discussion; and conclusion is provided below in
its entirety.
EVALUATION OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN LIME SECTION, COWLEY
COUNTY, KANSAS AS AN OIL RESOURCE OBJECTIVE:
Cowley County, Kansas has over 1,200 vertical wells drilled into
the Mississippian over the last 100 years with varying degrees of
economic success. The oil production from these wells is rapidly
declining. Since 2009 the Mississippian Lime has been a
primary exploration and production target in NW Oklahoma and
Kansas. The potential of the Mississippian Lime as an oil
resource objective is demonstrated from the performance of one of
the independent oil companies involved in the play. Sandridge,
primarily focused in counties to the W/NW of Cowley County, Kansas,
is currently producing an estimated 40,000 BOE per day of
Mississippian Oil after starting from "0" in 2009.
Topics to be considered for Cowley County
are: Mississippian production to date, the Mississippian Lime
as a reservoir (is it similar to adjacent Counties where the play
is further developed), and is there adequate infrastructure
(electricity, roads, oil marketing) for oil exploration and
production.
METHOD: In Cowley County,
Kansas, 1095 individual well scout tickets (location, drilling, and
completion information) along with production records –
Mississippian completions, since 1924 – were evaluated. These
records, from public information sources, were accessed through IHS
ENERGY and evaluated using POWERTOOLS (copyright IHS
ENERGY). In addition, selected openhole electric logs of wells
that penetrated the full Mississippian Section were accessed
through LogNet and were reviewed. Background information
sources include the Kansas Geological Survey Public Information
Circular 33 "The Mississippian Limestone Play in Kansas: Oil and
Gas in a Complex Geological Setting" and the Oklahoma Geological
Society: The Mississippian and Arbuckle Workshop "The
Unconventional Mississippian Play Early Producing and Completion
Statistics (& Observations).
DISCUSSION: Published data and selected
Cowley County well logs were reviewed to determine the similarity
of the Cowley County Mississippian with other, further developed,
Play areas. The Cowley County Mississippian is 238' to 363' in
total thickness, occurring at 2,800' to 3,455' in depth. Of
varying thickness (up to 80' thick), the Upper Mississippian or
"Chat" has been the primary oil reserve developed to date, having
porosities of up to 25% to 50%. Wells would frequently total
depth in the "Chat" and not drill any further into the underlying
Mississippian Lime (also called the "Solid" or "Massive"). Unlike
the oil productive "Chat", the underlying Lime's porosity and
permeability is often associated with fractures. Net porosity
(greater than 5%) averages 30' to 50'. The Cowley County
Mississippian compares favorably to that of the adjacent counties
where the Play is further developed.
Well data from historical records indicates that 63
Mississippian completions had initial production rates in excess of
100 barrels of oil per day. This initial production rate indicates
excellent porosity and permeability. 199 leases (an oil lease can
have multiple wells) had produced in excess of 40,000 barrels of
oil; 97 of those leases produced in excess of 100,000 barrels of
oil with 43 leases having produced over 200,000 barrels of oil from
vertical wells. This information indicates that the Cowley County
Mississippian production to date can be extremely economic,
especially with oil at current price levels.
Randomly selected decline curves (logarithmic rates vs. time
plots) from single vertical well Mississippian Leases demonstrate a
distinctive decline pattern. The relatively rapid rate if initial
decline – oil production from the immediate area of the borehole in
a limited but porous and permeable reservoir – is replaced by a
distinctive, less significant decline. This reduction in rate
of decline can be the result of oil migrating to the borehole from
outside of the original near borehole productive area. Assuming an
effective depletion of a given "Chat" reservoir, this oil migration
is from porous but a significantly less permeable reservoir. In an
upper Mississippian "Chat" completion, it appears that this
migration is from underlying Mississippian Lime section.
The Woodford Shale directly underlying the Mississippian Lime is
a "world class" source rock. The oil generated by the Woodford
has saturated the Upper Mississippian (or "Chat") resulting in the
prolific historical production. This has been the focus in Cowley
County to date. Obviously, the oil would be moving through and
accumulating in the Mississippian Lime as it charges the overlying
"Chat" reservoir. These oil reserves are the focus of the
developing resource play.
There has been oil and gas production in Cowley County, Kansas
since the 1920's. It is rural, but is considered to have adequate
infrastructure for oil drilling and production activities.
CONCLUSION: The Mississippian Lime in
Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas has become a major oil
resource play since 2009. The Mississippian Lime had historically
been recognized as having potential, but was basically disregarded
as being tight (low permeability). Industry's major focus was on
the drilling and development of the Upper Mississippian ("Chat")
having better reservoir characteristics.
However, with the application of recently improved fracturing
designs and techniques, the Mississippian Lime is rapidly becoming
one of the major oil resource plays in North America. This
section typically has poor permeability connecting its multiple and
large oil saturated pores. Aggressive fracturing will increase
by several orders of magnitude the interconnection of the oil
saturated pores with the completed well – leading to increased
daily production rates and ultimate oil reserve recoveries.
Cowley County, Kansas has all the same necessary reservoir
parameters as in offset Counties within the developing Play. The
significant oil recoveries observed to date in vertical wells
penetrating the "Chat" and the reserves remaining in the
Mississippian Lime – in part suggest by decline curve patterns –
argues that the application of modern fracturing techniques will
establish a Mississippian Lime oil play in Cowley County, Kansas
with excellent economics.
T.A. MARKHAM Petroleum Geologist, MS.
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(OTCQB:FRMC)
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