Shell today announced two new discovery wells in the Utica formation in Tioga County, Pa. The Gee well has been in production for nearly a year and had an initial flowback rate of 11.2 million cubic feet per day. The Neal well began production in February, with a peak flowback rate of 25.6 million cubic feet per day. Shell said the results were comparable to the best it has publicly announced in the Southeast Ohio Utica dry gas play thus far.
“This successful discovery is the result of solid technical work in our onshore business,” said Shell Upstream Americas Director Marvin Odum. “Last year, we refocused our resources plays strategy to select fewer plays with specific scale and economic characteristics to best suit our portfolio. The Appalachian basin is one of those areas, and these two high-pressure wells both exhibit exceptional reservoir quality.”
Shell is also waiting on results from four other Utica wells in Tioga County that are expected to produce later this year.
Shell announced last month it had agreed to acquire 155,000 net acres in the Marcellus and Utica plays in Pennsylvania from Ultra Petroleum.
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