Queen City Sand Play

Production Characteristics

In Jim Hogg County, Mestenahas made a niche by chasing the tite gas Queen City play. They have taken their production level to over 50 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFGPD). The depositional environment is identical to that of other fields across the Texas Gulf Coast, and many other areas show similar characteristics.

The average Queen City well in this down-dip area has produced 689,000 MCFG equivalent, while the median (Most Likely) well has produced 153,000 MCFG equivalent. Most of Mestena’s wells are new, but a look at their Initial Potentials (IPs, in MCFG per day) gives a clue to well performance. The following table summarizes Mestena’s results, compared to other operators, and the wells completed without fracs, prior to 1996. Fracing has more than doubled the IPs, and Mestena has taken the art to the highest level, with a three-fold increase in performance.

Comparison of Performance Results
 
Avg IP
Med IP
Pre 1996 Gas Trend:

863

510

Post 1996 Gas Trend:

2000

1570

Mestena Gas Trend:

3146

3365

No other operator comes close to Mestena's performance.

Frac Procedure:

  1. No Gas Assist.
  2. Fluid for Clay Inhibitor.
  3. Iron Sequestering.
  4. 200,000 lb. of sand.