Magnolia Petroleum gains stake in new Oklahoma gas wells
LONDON (ShareCast) - (ShareCast News) - Magnolia Petroleum (LSE: MAGP.L - news) has announced it is working with Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR - news) to drill 10 new gas wells in Oklahoma. The AIM listed company announced on Friday the new wells will be drilled in the Woodford formation, from which it's estimated a total of 3.2bn barrels of conventional oil have been recovered from 60 reservoirs.
It (Other OTC: ITGL - news) will hold an average net working interest in each well of 0.525%, with the company's total cost for all 10 wells estimated at $0.59m. The total cost of each well ranges from $8.8m to $13.1m.
The first well will spud in October.