Valentine Well, Ritchie County, West Virginia

Located on 111.5 acres in Ritchie County, West Virginia, Alamo’s Valentine #1 Well lies within the established trend the “Burning Springs Anticline”. This structural feature trends North-South through Ritchie County and consists in the surface and subsurface of a 1,500 ft high arch of rocks, and associated faults 40 miles long and 6 miles wide.

The Valentine well was originally drilled to approx 5000 feet in 1981 targeting the Devonian Shale, the upper zones were never completed. These upper zones consisting of the Big Injun, Berea and Gordon formations contain approximately 140 ft of oil bearing sands from 1600 to 2500 feet.

The well was recompleted with a three stage, 5,500 barrel slick water fracture treatment using 50,000 lbs of 20/40 mesh sand for propping up the formation. With natural gas production lines, drips, separators, with sales meter are in place, production has commenced.

The well is operated by Allied Energy Inc.

Alamo's Valentine #1 Well. Click the photo to view more.