Oil exploration in Kalkaska County

Following the growth of two growth taken gaps in winter a few several weeks year a few a few several weeks year duration of 2011, which exposed signs and signs and signs and signs of oil condensate and light raw oil, Encana Oil and Gas Inc. has continuous to execute out growth of oil growth in Kalkaska Nation.

The possibility of a authentic oil industry in Kalkaska Nation was first seen in Jan of 2010, when a growth well was drilled near M-66 in Missaukee Nation exposed producible gas in the Collingsworth/Utica growth, which is located at just over 9,000 feet below ground and has since become the focus of oil growth projects, said Dean Farrier, owner of Farrier Examining in Kalkaska.

“The Utica shale execute is progressively being verified, and for a lot of factors, Encana is the only one operating and displaying it here,” Farrier said.

The Missaukee Nation well is currently soothing non-active, looking forward to further growth to become element of a authentic path, Farrier said.

In addition to the two growth taken gaps drilled in primary Kalkaska Nation, two taken gaps were also drilled in Cheboygan Nation, which did not validate to be as encouraging as the Missaukee Nation well, Farrier said.

However, the growth taken gaps drilled in Kalkaska Nation both exposed a lot of natural gas, as well as a useful wide range of light raw oil and oil condensate, Farrier said. He said that a seven-mile path has since been developed, to which future taken gaps will run, and an oil rig has been moved in on the same pad as one of the growth taken gaps, and has been growth since This year.

The new rig is excellent and better out 50 feet from the growth well, Farrier said. He said the new well will eat well and better out 900 feet from the growth well and will run just like it.

While oil growth in the place is regularly on the improvement, Encana did not meet its formerly growth goals, Farrier said. He said the organization had formerly developed on having two applications set up this year and another three this fall, but due to a currently low need for natural gas, has had to reduce.

While Encana does not strategy on growth any more taken gaps on the globe this year, there are applications to schedule three or four evaluate taken gaps distribute all over the globe, Farrier said.

“If those three distribute evaluate taken gaps display producible gas and light oil, then we’ll be seeing another growth,” Farrier said. “I’m amazingly useful, and we’re kind of in a wait-and-see scenario.”