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West Cote Blanche Bay Overview

Prolific History.  Our West Cote Blanche Bay field is located in the shallow waters of St. Mary Parish, approximately 45 miles south of Lafayette, LA.  Since 1998, Gulfport has conducted its development activities in this flagship field on floating barge rigs, service vessels and our raised production facilities.  Highlighted facts regarding West Cote Blanche Bay include:

  • Located approximately five miles off the coast of Louisiana in a shallow water bay with water depths averaging eight to ten feet
  • Field's discovery well was drilled in 1940 based on a seismic and gravitational anomaly
  • 3-D seismic and directional drilling techniques drive the field's development today
  • Significant salt intrusive feature, elliptical in shape, created traps in the Pliocene through the middle Miocene in a series of complex, steeply dipping fault blocks
  • Intense faulting near and immediately above the salt stock leading to numerous compartmentalized reservoirs; less intense faulting further away leading to larger, more continuous reservoirs 

Strong Production and Valuable Reserves.  The West Cote Blanche Bay reservoirs are characterized by high porosity and permeability.  Each well path contains stacked pay zones and is designed to exploit an average of five to six pay zones per well bore.      

  • Substantial cumulative gross production for the field is estimated to be approximately 192.6 MMBOE and 236.6 Bcf 
  • There are over 100 different formations that have produced within the field 
  • Within the over 994 wellbores drilled as of 2011, over 4,000 potential zones have been penetrated 
  • In 2011, 21 wells were drilled and 68 wells were recompleted   
  • Deep prospective gas opportunities at WCBB

 

 

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West Cote Blanche Bay Type Log
 

West Cote Blanche Bay Recent Activity and Results

Low Risk Developmental Growth.  Gulfport saw yet another rewarding year at West Cote Blanche Bay in 2011.  The following are our recent operational highlights:  

  • Since Gulfport acquired West Cote in 1997 through December 31, 2011, 183 new wells have been drilled with a 91% success rate
  • In 2011, Gulfport drilled 21 wells and recompleted 68 wells 
  • Production during the fourth quarter of 2011 at West Cote averaged approximately 3,946 BOEPD
  • Production mix at West Cote during the fourth quarter of 2011 consisted of approximately 96% oil and 4% gas.  

  • In the fourth quarter of 2011, West Cote contributed to approximately 55% of Gulfport's total production

  • Currently plan to drill approximately 22 - 24 wells at West Cote during 2012