[PA Engineer]

Drilling operations commenced in August 2012 during which the company successfully recovered 535 feet of continuous core. Completion operations, including 17 frac stages, were completed in December.

I suspect that WPX will also be employing Octopus drilling operations. A lot of throttling back on these wells to get them to transmission pressures.

Excellent news if we can find a cure for LIV Zombieism.

[ckilmer]

here’s another company that calls niobara a big play

Noble Energy calls niobara top tier oil play.
http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/vol-110/issue-12b/general-interest/noble-energy-calls-niobrara-top-tier-oil-play.html

[ckilmer]

Looks like a formation in Okalahoma called scoop also has oil 500 feet deep.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/18/shale-usa-idUSL6N0I819G20131018