Encore Energy, Inc. is the lease owner, well operator, and developer of multiple horizontal well projects targeting the productive Berea Sandstone of Lawrence County, which is the #1 oil producing county in Kentucky. There have been over 100 horizontal wells permitted, drilled and/or produced in Lawrence County. The horizontal Berea play is the most active and prolific oil and gas field operations in Kentucky that is being driven by the most advanced horizontal well technologies including but not limited to plug and perf multi-stage Frack completions and MWD drilling with the potential to sustain hundreds of highly skilled, highly paid jobs to East Kentucky along with much needed tax revenue for the state. This smaller tight oil play along with other prospective plays in deep Appalachia represent a near billion-dollar secret industry that has the potential to possibly grow exponentially in the future.
Today's oil and gas industry is cleaner and more environmentally friendly than ever before primarily because of the improvements in horizontal well technology and multi-stage Fracking along with the regulatory compliance and business practices of the oil and gas industry.
Encore will be drilling and producing in five (5) areas of Lawrence County by 2026.
Encore Energy, Inc. has previously turned three (3) horizontal Berea well projects into early production and completed a nearly seven (7) mile gas transmission system that is now also in production. Encore has recently drilled a new oil discovery well in the northern field of Lawrence County and the East Field while preparing to drill three (3) additional horizontal wells in the eastern field of Lawrence County. The Company is currently shipping oil from multiple wells and selling gas via a gathering system (i.e. pipeline) in Lawrence County. The primary product is crude oil that represents ~90% of each project.
"We are scheduled to begin drilling and Fracking in two (2) areas with our primary target as the East Field of Lawrence County", said Steve Stengell, Encore's President and CEO. "Oil prices are anticipated to be strong in the short and long-term while advancements in horizontal well technology increase the productivity of each well drilled", added Stengell.
"We are also very pleased with our results from horizontal drilling in the northern field and are excited about moving forward with oil production operations in the East Field that reports some of the highest production volumes on record," said Steve Stengell. "As a good faith measure to obtain permits and prepare for horizontal well operations, Encore is currently plugging and abandoning multiple orphan wells at no cost to US or state taxpayers", Stengell further explains. "Soon Encore will be drilling and producing in five (5) areas of Lawrence County", added Stengell.
Oil and gas investments involve a high degree of risk, uncertainty, and are only suitable for qualified SEC defined accredited investors who can afford the loss of his or her investment and understand the volatility of oil and gas drilling and production along with the challenging terrain in which the Company operators. No assurances can be made as it relates to production, reserves, profitability, income, timelines, commodity prices, and other estimates that are beyond the control of management. Horizontal drilling, multi-stage Frac treatments, well completion, and production operations are capital intensive, complex and extremely challenging in the mountainous terrain of East Kentucky.