ABSTRACT
This year, 1,016 wells were completed, of which 707 wells were successful and 309 dry; a percentage of 30.4 failures. Activity and results in the Clinton sand are favorably comparable with wells drilled to this horizon in past years.
Exploratory tests totaled 61, of which 23 were successful and 42 dry. Again highlighting the exploratory drilling is the testing of the deeper sediments. Two Cambro-Ordovician successes were recorded. A small oil producer in Violet Township, Fairfield County, and a gas producer in Canaan Township, Wayne County. A first successful offset to confirm a Cambro-Ordovidian gas pool has been completed. Many additional tests by both major and independent operators to continue exploration of these deeper sediments are anticipated in the coming year.
