Reef rats:Junior E&Ps pushing boundaries of Nisku play

摘要

ACLUTCH OF JUNIOR EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION companies are extending the Nisku patch reef play,first identified in the Pembina area around Drayton Valley,in a large arcing fairway that extends northeast to High vale and Manola,then northwest through the Virginia Hills to Sturgeon and Gold Creek.In a late-August research note,FirstEnergy Capital Corp.says that Real Resources Inc.recently announced a Nisku discovery at Virginia Hills that looks suspiciously like patch reef wells drilled near Drayton Valley over the past two years.