American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (AAPH) Commences Drilling of First Horizontal Well Targeting the Mississippi Formation at North Oklahoma Project
American Petro-Hunter, the aggressive, domestic oil and gas developer with substantial acreage in Oklahoma, California and Kansas, reported today the latest development on the Company’s 2k-acre North Oklahoma Project with commencement of drilling operations on the NOM1H, the site’s first horizontal well. This will be the first of an entire series of planned horizontal wells targeting the massive Mississippi Formation, the roughly 100-foot thick pay zone that has tipped off a major upswing in drilling and exploration in Oklahoma. Indeed, major operators like Sandridge and Calyx have planned, implemented and/or executed hundreds of wells in recent months in the area.…