Monster Cline Shale Oil Well in Andrews County and beyond

Texas Mineral Rights Andrews County, TX
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From Seeking Alpha - http://m.seekingalpha.com/article/1839552-cline-shale-another-home-run-for-u-s-shale-oil

FYI

Ralpr

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You must be mistaken on "a monster Cline well in Andrews Co.". I work a large project in Andrews Co. and have not seen any mention of a Cline well being completed. Pioneer has only completed one well in 2013 in Andrews Co. and it is a Spraberry well and not a huge well. See: http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/CMPL/viewPdfReportFormAction.do?method=cmplW2FormPdf&packetSummaryId=77314

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http://investors.pxd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=90959&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1875863&highlight=

Hi Les, Good Morning. I absolutely could be mistaken - no questions about that. I just checked on Pioneers’ website and the above reference is what I found - so, it still looks like the info supplied by Pioneer is correct - until further notice that is.

Ralpr

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OK, I went to the Pioneer website. Their news release mentions their Wolfcamp horizontal completion which is higher stratigraphicly than the Cline. Different animal all together. See: http://www.utlands.utsystem.edu/Wells/WellInfo.aspx?API=4200345309

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Yes, the title says it all "Pioneer Natural Resources Continues to Deliver Record Horizontal Spraberry/Wolfcamp Drilling Results in the Midland Basin"

Ralpr said:

http://investors.pxd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=90959&p=irol-newsArtic...

Hi Les,
Good Morning. I absolutely could be mistaken - no questions about that. I just checked on Pioneers' website and the above reference is what I found - so, it still looks like the info supplied by Pioneer is correct - until further notice that is.

Ralpr
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From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

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G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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Permian is much younger, thus much shallower. It's what's called an unconformity.

G T said:

Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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I haven't been able to find anything that says that there is an unconformity between the Permian and Penn.



Les Thomas said:

Permian is much younger, thus much shallower. It's what's called an unconformity.

G T said:

Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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Here ya go: http://www.sepmstrata.org/CMS_Images/Permian%20Geology/image007SlossMega.jpg.

All of the squiggly lines are unconformities, and this section stops in the Wolfcamp. Here's the full paper:

http://www.sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=136



G T said:

I haven't been able to find anything that says that there is an unconformity between the Permian and Penn.



Les Thomas said:

Permian is much younger, thus much shallower. It's what's called an unconformity.

G T said:

Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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I'm sorry Les, I didnt see anything in either that showed an unconformity between the wolfcamp and strawn.

Les Thomas said:

Here ya go: http://www.sepmstrata.org/CMS_Images/Permian%20Geology/image007Slos....

All of the squiggly lines are unconformities, and this section stops in the Wolfcamp. Here's the full paper:

http://www.sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=136



G T said:

I haven't been able to find anything that says that there is an unconformity between the Permian and Penn.



Les Thomas said:

Permian is much younger, thus much shallower. It's what's called an unconformity.

G T said:

Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.

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The label at the bottom of the section shows a curvey line=unconformity

G T said:

I'm sorry Les, I didnt see anything in either that showed an unconformity between the wolfcamp and strawn.

Les Thomas said:

Here ya go: http://www.sepmstrata.org/CMS_Images/Permian%20Geology/image007Slos....

All of the squiggly lines are unconformities, and this section stops in the Wolfcamp. Here's the full paper:

http://www.sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=136



G T said:

I haven't been able to find anything that says that there is an unconformity between the Permian and Penn.



Les Thomas said:

Permian is much younger, thus much shallower. It's what's called an unconformity.

G T said:

Ok. How does the Pennsylvanian time period transition to the Permian time period?

Les Thomas said:



G T said:

From what I understand, where the Wolfcamp is, so is the Cline.

If the Cline is the D interval, doesn't that simply mean that its the oldest part of the Wolfcamp?

Or is the Cline a mixture of the oldest part of the Permian age and the newest part of the Pennsylvanian?

Isn't the Spraberry/Wolfcamp the same as the Spraberry Trend, meaning those formations from the Spraberry to the top of the Pennsylvanian Strawn?

There is no "mixture" of rocks of different age. The Wolfcamp is Wolfcampian in age; the Cline is Pennsylvanian in age. Wolfcamp is millions of years younger than the Cline, thus above the Cline in depth and stratigraphy.