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Wolfcamp B wells in Martin County;
650,000-800,000 boe for Wolfcamp D
wells in Midland, Martin and Andrew
counties; and 575,000-1 million boe for
Lower Spraberry Shale wells in Andrews,
Glasscock, Martin and Midland counties.
Lots Of Variety
Apache Corporation is one of the
largest operators in the Permian Basin,
controlling more than 3.3 million gross
acres in numerous plays. It has more
than 13,500 producing wells in 155 fields,
including 47 waterfloods and seven CO2
floods.
"Record-setting performance by our
Permian region continues to drive strong
results for the company," Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and President G. Steven
Farris announced in Apache's second-quarter 2014 earnings report.
Second-quarter production in the Permian Basin averaged a record 155,244
boe/d (77 percent liquids), which was up
4 percent over the previous quarter and up
26 percent over second quarter 2013, the
report details.
Apache averaged 37 operated drilling
rigs (24 horizontal and 13 vertical) in the
second quarter in the Permian Basin,
drilling 74 horizontal and 90 vertical operated wells.
Apache drilled 37 wells in the Wolfcamp Shale in Irion, Reagan and Upton
counties in the southern Midland Basin in
the second quarter, according to its earnings report. The Barnhart area of Irion
County is one of the company's most active areas with seven rigs operating.
Apache drilled 12 Upper Wolfcamp and
seven Middle Wolfcamp wells, four of
which were drilled to 2.0-mile lateral
lengths. The remaining 15 wells were
drilled to 1.5-mile lateral lengths.
Apache says it also drilled four wells
during the quarter at the Scottish Rites
Hospital (SRH) Field in neighboring Reagan County. "We had strong Wolfcamp
Shale results in Reagan County," Farris
says. "For example, our SRH 1335HU
well had a 24-hour rate of 1,184 boe/d."
Apache's SHR 1336HM well produced at a 24-hour IP rate of 812 boe/d,
the earnings report adds.

wood core provides excellent Wolfwood
results by combining Strawn and Wolfcamp potential. It adds that the Midland
vertical program in the Permian Basin continues to provide Apache with strong
rates of return with select wells exhibiting
30-day average production rates in excess
of 300 boe/d.
Apache also drilled nine Lower Cline
horizontal wells in the Deadwood Field,
and is testing several new Cline Shale areas, including eastern Ector County in the
Augusta Barrow Field. The Augusta Barrow 1418H well generated a peak 24-hour
IP rate of 1,268 boe/d.

On the Central Basin Platform,
Apache's second quarter horizontal activity was focused in the Super Bar area in
Andrews County, where it drilled five horizontal wells targeting the Upper Wichita Albany formation, the earnings report
outlines. Additional activity is centered on
the North Monahans horizontal development in Winkler County, and Apache
tested Grayburg potential in Crane County by drilling five horizontal wells in the
previous quarter.
Apache says it is running two rigs in the
Yeso play on the Northwest Shelf in New
Mexico, as well. It spudded four horizon-

Impressive Results
The Deadwood Field in Glasscock
County in the Midland Basin continues to
be another active area for both vertical and
horizontal drilling for Apache. The company says in its second-quarter earnings
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