West Lake Energy to drill on Frog Lake First Nation land
West Lake Energy Corp. will drill wells on Frog Lake First Nation (FLFN) lands 60 miles northwest of Lloydminster, Alta., in a new partnership with Frog Lake Energy Resources Corp.
The 50-50 partnership is the start of a multi-year, multi-well, and multi-zone commitment to develop petroleum from the large resource in a sustainable manner. An initial two well program will be drilled summer of 2022.
West Lake will use certain environmental practices and initiatives in the program, including a process of water recycling that eliminates the use of freshwater reserves. No fracturing techniques will be used for any of the wells, which will be drilled from a central pad site—incorporating long-reach multilateral horizontal well technology to minimize surface disturbance while maximizing reservoir production.
West Lake will pre-fund all abandonment and reclamation obligations into a trust through net operating income.
FLFN lands include 55,000 acres, 41,000 of which are undeveloped with 1.5 billion bbl remaining oil in place. The lands are 100% owned by FLFN.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
