Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has agreed to pay $210-million for approximately 30,000 net acres in the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale oil window from an undisclosed seller. 17,000 net acres included in the transaction are directly adjacent to Cabot's Buckhorn operating area, which covers parts of Frio, La Salle and Atascosa Counties. The acquisition increases the company's total Buckhorn leasehold position to 60,000 net acres, and its total Eagle Ford position to 83,000 net acres.
Cabot is currently testing 300-foot downspacing across its existing Buckhorn position, which company officials say will add an additional 45 net locations on the acquired leasehold. As a result of this recent transaction, Cabot has added a fourth operated rig in the Eagle Ford to begin drilling on the newly acquired properties. In May, the company indicated it would expand its Eagle Ford drilling program in the third quarter of this year.
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“In addition to the number of new locations, this acreage will allow synergies in our operations on many fronts including infrastructure and facility utilization.”
According to Cabot officials. the assets are producing approximately 1,600 boe/d (92% liquids). Based on the company's current spacing configuration of 400 fteet between laterals, Cabot has identified 191 net locations on the additional Buckhorn area acreage with an average lateral length of over 6,500 feet.
The transaction is expected to close in October 2014.
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