Workover program yields results for GulfWest

Ray Tyson

A well remediation program initiated by GulfWest Energy earlier this year has produced solid results, particularly in Colorado’s D-J basin, where the Houston-based independent said workovers on 10 wells increased production 50 percent to 1.1 million cubic feet of gas per day.

In Colorado’s Zavala County, workovers thus far have increased production about 40 percent to 720,000 cubic feet per day, the company said Sept. 1.

The company said it also re-completed a gas well in Cameron Parish, La., where a 13,000-foot gas well was plugged back to a new zone in the Lacassine field. Daily production initially was increased from 500,000 cubic feet of gas and 40 barrels of oil to 1.5 million cubic feet and 100 barrels, the company said.

With the additional facility work completed in the Lacassine field, production has leveled out at 2.2 million cubic feet of gas and 120 barrels of oil per day, the company added. Workovers also are under way on the Texas Gulf Coast and at Grand Lake field in South Louisiana.

The $3.5 million workover program will be completed this year and additional development activities are currently being planned for 2005, the company said.