VTX Energy 南特拉华盆地石油产量迅速攀升至 42,000 桶/天

VTX Energy 的创始人曾是相邻的南特拉华州运营商 Brigham Resources 的建设和出售方,交易价格为 26 亿美元。

维多支持的VTX Energy已将其位于特拉华州南部的盆地石油和凝析油产量从 2022 年底的 500 桶/天迅速提高到德克萨斯州莫纳汉斯南部的 42,000 桶/天。

根据德克萨斯州铁路委员会 (RRC) 的数据,自 2023 年积累并接管横跨佩科斯县和里夫斯县约 46,000 净英亩土地的运营以来,截至 4 月,总部位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀的 E&P 公司已完成了 33 口新井。

RRC 将把较新的完井数据以保密状态保存六个月。

VTX 在 2022 年成立后的首笔交易中,于 2023 年春季从 Stellus Capital Management 支持的 Delaware Basin Resources 收购了 35,000 英亩净土地,并于 2023 年 9 月从 Patriot Resources 的 PRI Operating 收购了另外约 12,000 英亩净土地。

VTX 创始人兼首席执行官 Gene Shepherd 于 9 月 23 日告诉 Hart Energy,该油田产量好转是 VTX 团队借鉴了其在特拉华州和其他油田先前工作中积累的钻井和完井 (D&C) 实践的结果。

“我们能够更高效地使用钻头,并更快地钻井。这对产量增长有很大贡献,”他说。

此外,他说,“我们(在新房产中)受益于过去已验证的 D&C 公式。”

此前,Shepherd 曾联合建设并出售了特拉华州南部的运营商Brigham Resources,  Diamondback Energy于 2017 年以 26 亿美元收购了该公司。

他还曾参与 Powder River Basin 运营商 ATX Energy Partners 和早期 Bakken 勘探公司Brigham Exploration 的业务,后者于 2011 年以 44 亿美元的价格卖给了Equinor 。

隔壁的瓦哈

Shepherd 表示,VTX 的首批 33 口新井中,许多都是其在该资产中作为 DUC 获得的。

Shepherd 表示,尽管 RRC 文件中显示 5 月和 6 月产量大幅下降,但 VTX 并未削减产量。相反,他表示向 RRC 提交生产报告有所延迟,但这些数据应该会在未来的州文件中得到更新。

VTX 的油井位于德克萨斯州科亚诺萨以西几英里处,位于瓦哈天然气枢纽及其周边。

不过,谢泼德表示,靠近瓦哈并不会带来任何天然气价格优势。有时,就像其他二叠纪盆地运营商一样,它的天然气价格也会为负值。

但他补充道,截至今年年底,VTX 对其天然气的对冲比例约为 80%,到 2025 年,对冲比例将超过 90%。

该公司的油井横跨里夫斯县和佩科斯县边界,位于 Diamondback、Continental Resources埃克森美孚在美国陆上的勘探与生产部门XTO Energy及其周边地区。

邻近的 Diamondback 部分资产是从 Brigham Resources 购得的。

VTX 资产也位于Permian Resources最近从Occidental Petroleum收购的Barilla Draw 资产区域内。

里夫斯县竣工

根据 RRC 的数据,VTX 正在 Wolfbone-Trend Area 油田和 Sandbar-Bone Spring 油田进行横向钻井。

在里夫斯县,4 月份完工的四口 Redfish Unit 12B 井中,24 小时 IP 测试显示浮出水面的石油量在 819 桶至 1,320 桶之间。

Redfish 12B #33H 在 Sandbar-Bone Spring 10,000 英尺处建造,水平段长 10,308 英尺,测试了 1,082 桶石油、100 万立方英尺套管头气和 100 万立方英尺天然气。

#24H 在 Wolfbone 11,000 英尺处有一个 10,320 英尺的水平井,测试了 819 桶油当量、180 万立方英尺套管头气和 8.35 亿立方英尺天然气。

15H 号和 14H 号也着陆在 11,000 英尺深的 Wolfbone。15H 号在首次 24 小时测试中从 10,065 英尺水平井产出 1,287 桶油当量、150 万立方英尺套管头气和 100 万立方英尺天然气。

#14H 从 10,329 英尺的水平井中测试了 1,320 桶、140 万立方英尺套管头气和 110 万立方英尺天然气。

RRC 尚未将自完工以来的生产数据从机密状态中释放出来。

佩科斯县竣工

与此同时,根据 RRC 的数据,在佩科斯县,五口 Roosterfish Unit 油井在第一季度的测试产量在 428 桶至 1,299 桶之间。

Roosterfish #622H 着陆于 10,000 英尺深的 Sandbar-Bone Spring,从 7,678 英尺的水平井产出 906 桶石油、508 百万立方英尺天然气和 150 百万立方英尺套管头气。

同样是在 Sandbar-Bone Spring,#611H 从 7,684 英尺的水平面钻出了 557 桶油、3.34 亿立方英尺的天然气和 1.55 亿立方英尺的套管头气。

在 Wolfbone-Trend 区域 12,000 英尺处,#211H 从 7,674 英尺的水平井中产出了 428 桶天然气、4.79 亿立方英尺天然气和 2.4 亿立方英尺套管头气。

但是在 Wolfbone 的 11,000 英尺深处,#122H 从 7,680 英尺的水平井产出了 1,299 桶原油、200 万立方英尺天然气和 3.39 亿立方英尺套管头气。

与此同时,同样在 Wolfbone 的 11,000 英尺处,#222H 从 7,631 英尺的水平测试中测试出了 754 桶、160 万立方英尺的天然气和 2.14 亿立方英尺的套管头气。

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VTX Energy Quickly Ramps to 42,000 bbl/d in Southern Delaware Basin

VTX Energy’s founder was previously among the leadership that built and sold an adjacent southern Delaware operator, Brigham Resources, for $2.6 billion.

Vitol-backed VTX Energy has quickly ramped its southern Delaware Basin production from 500 gross bbl/d of oil and condensate in late 2022 to 42,000 gross bbl/d south of Monahans, Texas.

Since accumulating and taking over operations in a roughly 46,000-net acre position straddling Pecos and Reeves counties in 2023, the Austin, Texas-based E&P completed 33 new wells through April, according to Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) data.

The RRC keeps newer completions data in a confidential status for six months.

In its first deal after a 2022 founding, VTX acquired 35,000 net acres from Stellus Capital Management-backed Delaware Basin Resources in the spring of 2023 and another roughly 12,000 net from Patriot Resources’ PRI Operating in September 2023.

Gene Shepherd, VTX founder and CEO, told Hart Energy on Sept. 23 that the turnaround in output from the property was the result of VTX’s application of drilling and completion (D&C) practices from the team’s prior work in the Delaware and in other oil basins.

“We’ve been able to be more efficient with the drillbit and bringing the wells on sooner. That’s been a big contributor to the production growth,” he said.

Also, he said, “we’ve benefited [in the new property] from D&C formulas we’ve proven in the past.”

Shepherd previously co-built and sold southern Delaware operator Brigham Resources, which Diamondback Energy purchased in 2017 for $2.6 billion.

He was also part of Powder River Basin operator ATX Energy Partners and early Bakken wildcatter Brigham Exploration, which was sold in 2011 to Equinor for $4.4 billion.

Waha next door

Many of VTX’s first 33 new-well completions were ones it picked up in the property as DUCs, Shepherd said.

While its May and June production shows a sharp decline in output in RRC files, VTX hasn’t curtailed production, Shepherd said. Instead, he said there was a delay in getting production reports to the RRC but the data should be updated in state files going forward.

VTX’s wells are a few miles west of Coyanosa, Texas, and are in and around the Waha gas hub.

The proximity to Waha doesn’t result in any gas-pricing advantages, though, Shepherd said. At times, like other Permian Basin operators, it experiences negative prices for its gas.

But VTX is roughly 80% hedged on its gas through year-end and more than 90% hedged in 2025, he added.

Its wells straddle the Reeves-Pecos counties’ border in and around Diamondback, Continental Resources and Exxon Mobil’s onshore U.S. E&P unit XTO Energy.

Some of the neighboring Diamondback property was bought from Brigham Resources.

The VTX property is also in the area of Permian Resourcesrecent Barilla Draw asset acquisition from Occidental Petroleum.

Reeves County completions

VTX is landing laterals in the Wolfbone-Trend Area Field and Sandbar-Bone Spring Field, according to RRC data.

In Reeves County, in four Redfish Unit 12B wells completed in April, 24-hour IP tests surfaced between 819 bbl and 1,320 bbl.

Redfish 12B #33H was made in Sandbar-Bone Spring at 10,000 ft with a 10,308-ft lateral, testing 1,082 bbl of oil, 1 MMcf of casinghead gas and 1 MMcf of gas.

The #24H has a 10,320-ft lateral in Wolfbone at 11,000 ft, testing 819 bbl, 1.8 MMcf of casinghead gas and 835 Mcf of gas.

The #15H and #14H were also landed in Wolfbone at 11,000 ft. The #15H produced 1,287 bbl, 1.5 MMcf of casinghead gas and 1 MMcf of gas from a 10,065-ft lateral in its first 24-hr test.

The #14H tested 1,320 bbl, 1.4 MMcf of casinghead gas and 1.1 MMcf of gas from a 10,329-ft lateral.

Production data since completion is not yet released from confidential status by the RRC.

Pecos County completions

Meanwhile, in Pecos County, five Roosterfish Unit wells tested between 428 bbl and 1,299 bbl in the first quarter, according to RRC data.

Landed in Sandbar-Bone Spring at 10,000 ft, Roosterfish #622H produced 906 bbl, 508 Mcf of gas and 150 Mcf of casinghead gas from a 7,678-ft lateral.

Also in the Sandbar-Bone Spring, the #611H surfaced 557 bbl, 334 Mcf of gas and 155 Mcf of casinghead gas from a 7,684-ft horizontal.

At 12,000 ft in the Wolfbone-Trend Area, the #211H made 428 bbl, 479 Mcf of gas and 240 Mcf of casinghead gas from a 7,674-ft lateral.

But at 11,000 ft in Wolfbone, the #122H produced 1,299 bbl, 2 MMcf of gas and 339 Mcf of casinghead gas from a 7,680-ft lateral.

Meanwhile, also at 11,000 ft in Wolfbone, the #222H tested 754 bbl, 1.6 MMcf of gas and 214 Mcf of casinghead gas from a 7,631-ft horizontal.

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