Woodford Shale
United States
United States
| Location | southeastern Oklahoma |
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| Thickness | 50 - 300 feet | |
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| Formation Details | The Woodford Shale Natural Gas Field (Oklahoma Shale) play is mostly in the Arkoma Basin of southeast Oklahoma, but some drilling has extended the play west into the Anadarko Basin and south into the Ardmore Basin. To many oil and gas companies, the Woodford Shale field holds a promising source of Natural Gas. This Natural Gas is trapped in the shale rock thousands of feet below the ground. | |
| Production Activity | The first gas production was recorded in 1939, by late 2004, there were only 24 Woodford Shale gas wells. By early 2008, there were more than 750 Woodford gas wells. | |
| Notes | The Woodford Shale play is the result of what has happened in the Barnett Shale find for the past 20 years. The shale is found at depths from 7,500 to 8,500 feet. | |
Shale News
Projects and Work Interests
| BP Operations in Woodford Shale (Medium) | |
| BP acquired all of Chesapeake's interests in approximately 90,000 net acres of leasehold in the Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale, which located in Atoka, Coal, Hughes and Pittsburg counties, Oklahoma. | |
| Continental Operations in Woodford | |
| The project targets the Woodford play in Arkoma basin, that including Atoka, Coal, Hughes and Pittsburg Counties, Oklahoma. Continental participates in operated and non-operated wells with differen... |
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| Continental Operations in Woodford (Anadarko Basin) | |
| Continental targets the Woodford shale in Anadarko basin western Oklahoma the acreage includes Grady, Canadian, Blaine, Custer and Dewey Counties. Continental begins working in Arkoma Basin and then t... | |
| Marathon Oil Operations in Woodford Shale (Low) | |
| The Company holds approximately 160,000 net acres in Anadarko Woodford play, with 60% WI in its operated assets, which are mostly held by production. Marathon participates in the following wells with ... | |
| PetroQuest Operations in Woodford Shale (Low) | |
| PetroQuest targets Woodford shale, which is located in Arkoma Basin. PetroQuest estimates that its total JV Woodford acreage position is in excess of 60,000 acres. PetroQuest began the initial drilli... | |
| SM Energy Operations in Woodford Shale | |
| SM Energy drilled in Mid-Continent Region, Arkoma basins. SM Energy focused on horizontal woodford shale in Arkoma Basin. | |
| Vanguard Operations in Woodford Shale | |
| Vanguard Natural Resources had 66,000 net acres in the Woodford Shale play, which is located in eastern Oklahoma. | |
