Coalbed Natural Gas Methane in Arkansas

Oil & Natural Gas / Coalbed Methane / Exploration

The development of Arkansas's coalbed natural gas resources began in 2001 and has yielded an approximate cumulative production of 10 Bcf. Estimated 2007 annual production of CBM is approximately 3 Bcf. CDX Gas LLC, a Texas based energy company, is currently the only producer of this resource and has drilled approximately 37 Z-pinnate horizontal wells and 15 vertical wells in Sebastian County, Arkansas. The wells are completed in the Pennsylvanian Lower Hartshorne coal and approximately 564,238 feet of horizontal pinnate lateral has been drilled in Arkansas. On average, approximately 15,000 feet of horizontal lateral is drilled for each of CDX's Z-pinnate wells in the Lower Hartshorne coal.

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