further research from saf
not sure on the answers estseon, as tcei is a partner with conoco on those wells, and tcei would view the entire play they have leased as a major project, i think most investors only have the narrow view on the 23,000 acres we are jvp in and not understand that the tcei/conoco operations are part and parcel of the big picture. anything TCEI learns will be utilised in the development of our acraeges.
saf again has been researching well, this is well worth looking into..
Safiande - 9 Feb'09 - 12:08 - 50327 of 50347
More encouraging noises on Eagleford, this time from Anadarko (APC)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript Feb 3 , 2009
“John [Wagazino] - Wachovia
Same thing on the Eagleford, I’m curious if you’d just give a little bit more color on expected IP, well costs, that kind of thing.
Robert P. Daniels
On Eagleford, the Maverick [pason] we’re in a deal with TXEO right now where they’re operating the wells. It’s a drilled earn type of thing and they’re in Phase 2 of that program. We like what we’re seeing down there but we’re really early in that one. It’s got a lot of work to do both on what the costs are going to ultimately get down to and what the rates are going to be. We haven’t gotten off a full frac yet on any of our horizontals that we think would be like a production stage frac but we do see very good encouragement in gas and actually liquid rates coming out of there and we’re going to be spending more money in the maverick to try to learn what we need to learn to see how economic it’s going to be but so far so good down there.”
“Raymond Deacon - Pritchard Capital
I guess just curious as far as your deepwater needs, you talked about needing price concessions. Is there... I guess how many rigs do you see yourself looking into? My impression was you had a lot of long term contracts and so there wouldn’t be much ability to cut your costs in ’09.
Karl F. Kurz
Right now we’re excited about our program. As we mentioned during the call, everything we are doing in ’09 we think is value accretive. We’ve looked at everything. We’re moving some stuff around to make sure we drill the core areas on our portfolio both onshore and offshore is very competitive. We have new projects like the Marcellus and Haynesville and Maverick. They’re competing aggressively for capital. Very excited. Our desire is to widen our margins and make these projects even more competitive and more value accretive by getting costs down. I don’t want to leave you under the impression that we have to get our costs down to make our projects work. As Jim mentioned in our big projects work at current cost with $30 oil. So we’re working the cost side just to create more value but not to make our projects economical”
http://seekingalpha.com/article/118...8-earnings-call-transcript?source=bnet&page=7
http://library.corporate-ir.net/lib...01F0-4B70-8DEB-46DBCE52BB01_APC_2.3.09_v2.pdf
APC partner is TXCO. From their web site:-
http://www.txco.com/operationscube.html
Safiande - 9 Feb'09 - 14:10 - 50329 of 50347
Interesting comment about ConocoPhilips moving into Eagle Ford & the associated number of rigs from Meridian in their conference call transcript on cost cutting measures released as a 8k SEC filing to AMEX today on their site i.e. COP originally planned a 10 rig Eagle Ford programme (Cote Dór)in 2009 which indicates the prospectivity of the formation, but which now might be reduced to 6 rigs because of the economic crisis etc. COP ´s CAPEX for 2009 is due to be issued on 11 Mar 2009.
"Gary Dohner - Financial Management International - Analyst
Okay. You also made mention in that same announcement about relevant acreage positions in South Central that is on the trend with the new Eagle Ford shale discoveries. What is the size, the potential of the field, drilling depths and cost, and how important is this play and when do you plan to begin exploration and development? And if partners are not found to defray the cost, is it possible to fund the initial exploration well ourselves given the new budget?
Also, what is the status with the Archtop play and possible partners as I believe the lease is coming up for renewal and the cost of
drilling, as well as the technical expertise required, are rather substantial in both
Paul Ching - Meridian Resource - Chairman & interim CEO
On the Eagle Ford shale, we are in a position that we have -- what is it 12,000 --? (multiple speakers) 30,000-some acres if I remember right, 30,000 acres on trend with the Petrohawk well. Petrohawk has made a well in Eagle Ford. They came on. I don't remember the numbers -- and what we're doing is we're watching. We are not going to go out and drill the well. We're going to see what they do. We're going to see whether they start to develop the area around there if they drill some more wells, and we are also going to see what the production curve of that particular well or any other wells they drill is to see what the type curve is. So if it comes in real high rate, 12 months later what is this, we can get an idea what the type curve is so we can get an idea what we might have on our lease.
Gary Dohner - Financial Management International - Analyst
So you are going to let them do the experimentation and the exploration and then learn from that to conserve the capital in the interim and not necessarily look for partners to defray the cost and jump in at this time?
Paul Ching - Meridian Resource - Chairman & interim CEO
We are looking for partners. We're looking for partners out there with this acreage, and most of the partners have somewhat of the same idea. They are kind of waiting to see what happens with the Petrohawk discovery and what Petrohawk does.
Also, remind me guys, Conoco Philips? Conoco Philips has acreage, and Conoco Philips had said they were going to move in, and they were going to have a 10 rig program is what we heard, and now we are hearing that it is a six rig program, and that may even be optimistic. So there is plenty of activity going on around us, and what I want to do is learn."
http://b2i.api.edgar-online.com/EFX...ConvPDF1?SessionID=LuDIWSxXa9tANR9&ID=6389031
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/secxml.asp?f=1&BzID=1440&to=sc&Nav=0&LangID=1&s=0