Shale Play Revives San Juan Basin

摘要

The use of preliminary test wells and seismic data have helped lead the way to drilling in an area of the San Juan Basin where many energy companies had given up, says an exploration executive from WPX Energy in Denver. AAPG member Steven Natali, senior vice president of exploration for WPX, a new spinoff of the Williams Companies, says the Mancos Shale Formation in New Mexico's San Juan Basin now appears accessible to drillers.