New Natural Gas Well Proposed in Eastern Washington

Washington State Department of Natural Resources ^ | Sept. 16, 2004 | Washington State DNR

[TWhiteBear]

Oil and Gas Permit #510 The above Oil and Gas Lease is linked to several SEPA documents about that proposal for your review:

* SEPA Cover Memo (Comment Period) * Threshold Determination * Environmental Checklist * Associated Maps

[TWhiteBear]

It looks like drilling for natural gas in Eastern Washington is going to pick up. Considering the acreage held by EnCana, I would expect three or four more wells to be drilled within the next year.

[Fishman1]

Halleluja!

[fat city]

"Threshold Determination"- one page

"Environmental Checklist"- twenty-one pages

Maybe they'd consent to a windmill farm.

[taxesareforever]

Wouldn't happen in California. At least in Washington there is a little sense. Not a whole lot, but a little.

[Robert357]

natural gas bump

[capitan_refugio]

My guess is this might be related to coal degassification.

[capitan_refugio]

I take that back. This is a planned 14,000 ft well. This is a real, deep, thermogenic gas play. Interesting.

[TWhiteBear]

You are on track. One of the main issues will be the depth of the basalt. The last deep gas well drilled in Washington showed we had no good idea from seismic studies of the depth of the basalt, one company figured the basalt went down to 9,000 ft. and the other company figured that it only went down to 5,000 ft. The latter company drilled, and came out at 7,000 ft., so everyone was off 2,000 ft. and the company that drilled, had to abandon the hole because they started too small and had to keep reducing.
That was in the late '80s. With 3-D seismic, and all the tech improvements that have been developed, this company has a better chance.
The bulk of opinion is that the gas comes from deep coal beds overlain by the basalts.