re: Ann: Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 Drillin... These guys have...

re: Ann: Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 Drillin... These guys have obviously not heard of "drilling with casing", they have pretty much resolved all these issues in the Niobrara

In the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, where we have acquired approximately 134,000 net acres, we continue to make progress in de-risking and delineating the play. The drilling issues associated with this play and, therefore, higher well cost experienced today have primarily been associated with wellbore stability issues or a well-defined, highly, naturally fractured geologic interval of approximately 10 feet within the TMS has had a tendency to slough or cave in to the lateral wellbore, especially when this wellbore is traversed at a high angle. There are a number of potential remedies, including: one, traversing the interval at a lower or a more vertical angle; two, drilling through the naturally fractured zone and setting intermediate casing over the interval; or three, landing the horizontal lateral above the fractured interval.

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