Anadarko has been working to safely produce natural gas and oil from tight sands since the early 1980s by applying hydraulic fracturing. As in all areas where we apply hydraulic fracturing, we provide the ingredients used in these operations to any member of the public at any time, through the website fracfocus.org. We also continuously strive to improve drilling efficiencies and performance, as well as completion techniques to minimize the amount of surface space needed to produce these essential resources while increasing well productivity.
View Anadarko's quarterly operations report and investor presentations for our most recent activity in the Rocky Mountains and U.S. southern region.
Wattenberg
The Wattenberg field, located in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in northeast Colorado, is a liquids-rich tight sands field where Anadarko has an average working interest of approximately 96 percent. In 2011, we announced a new opportunity in the field called the Wattenberg HZ. By drilling horizontally into the Niobrara and Codell formations, we identified between 500 million and 1.5 billion BOE of net resources. The Wattenberg HZ provides some of the best economics in the company's portfolio due to the high liquids content, access to infrastructure, mineral ownership and low development costs.
Wattenberg HZ Facts:
- 500 Million to 1.5 Billion BOE of Net Resources
- 350,000 Net Acres in the Core Wattenberg Field
- 1,200 to 2,700 Identified Horizontal Drilling Locations
- 300,000 to 600,000 BOE Estimated Ultimate Recoveries per Well
Greater Green River Area (Pinedale, Wamsutter, Moxa Arch)
Key Field Facts:
- Net acreage: 460,000
- Fee acreage in region: 7.8 million
- 5,000+ identified drill sites in inventory
Greater Natural Buttes
The Greater Natural Buttes area in the Uinta Basin of eastern Utah is one of the company's major tight sands assets, where Anadarko is focusing on liquids-rich areas. Anadarko operates more than 2,200 wells and utilizes refrigeration and cryogenic processing facilities to extract natural gas liquids from the product stream.
Key Field Facts:
- 189,000 Net Acres
- 8,000+ Lower-Risk Drill Sites