Prairie Operating Co.已在科罗拉多州韦尔德县的 Rusch Pad 启动了一项 11 口井的开发计划，扩大了其在丹佛-朱尔斯堡盆地的业务。第一口井于 4 月 1 日开钻。

Prairie 计划钻探 11 口两英里长的水平井，交替钻探 Niobrara A、B 和 C 白垩层和 Codell 砂岩。钻探预计将于 6 月初完成，随后不久将开始水力压裂。预计 8 月初将开始投产。

Prairie 将使用 Precision Drilling 的 E-rig 461 进行工作，该设备由带有电池备用装置的天然气发电机提供动力。

Prairie 首席执行官 Edward Kovalik 表示：“Rusch Pad 开发项目是 Prairie 在完成 Bayswater 收购之后持续增长战略的重要一步。”

3 月底，Prairie 以 6.0275 亿美元完成了对Bayswater Exploration and Production公司位于 DJ 盆地资产的收购，该公司的业务集中于该盆地。

Prairie Operating Co. has begun an 11-well development program at the Rusch Pad in Weld County, Colorado, expanding its presence in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. The first well was spud on April 1.

Prairie plans to drill 11 two-mile lateral wells, alternating among the Niobrara A, B and C chalks and the Codell Sandstone. Drilling is expected to be completed by early June, with hydraulic fracturing commencing shortly after. Initial production is anticipated in early August.

Prairie will use Precision Drilling's E-rig 461, powered by natural gas generators with battery backup, for the work.

"The Rusch Pad development is an important step in Prairie's ongoing growth strategy following the closing of the Bayswater acquisition," Prairie CEO Edward Kovalik said.

In late March, Prairie closed the $602.75 million acquisition of Bayswater Exploration and Production’s assets in the D-J Basin, where its operations are concentrated.