Brookside Energy has started stimulation work on two wells at its Suttles Pad in Oklahoma, with 64 stages planned before drill-out, flowback and production. The milestone brings the company’s approximately 70% working interest in the development closer to first sales, although no production date or volume guidance was provided.
- Completion operations begin on Sabres and Whalers wells
- 64 stimulation stages planned across two laterals
- Continuous zipper-frac program targets Sycamore and Woodford formations
- Brookside holds approximately 70% working interest
- Production facilities being prepared ahead of first sales
Brookside Energy Limited (ASX:BRK) has moved the Sabres and Whalers wells into their final major development phase, starting completion operations at the Suttles Pad in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin. The company says both wells have been drilled and cased, positioning them for stimulation before drill-out, clean-up, flowback and production.
64 Stimulation Stages Planned Across Two Wells
The completion campaign will cover 64 stages across the two laterals. Sabres targets the Sycamore Formation, while Whalers targets the Woodford Formation, with the wells to be treated through a continuous zipper-frac program that moves between them as stimulation progresses.
Brookside said the frac spread and associated equipment have been mobilised, water-handling and surface systems commissioned, and high-pressure frac lines tested. Production facilities are being readied in parallel, allowing the company to prepare for first sales while the subsurface work continues.
Flowback and First Sales Remain Ahead
Once stimulation is complete, the wells must still pass through drill-out and clean-up before flowback begins. The announcement does not set a firm first-production date, provide expected initial production rates, or disclose completion costs, so the next operational milestones will matter more than the headline transition into completions.
Brookside holds approximately 70% working interest in the Suttles development. Managing Director and CEO David Prentice said the immediate focus was on executing the program safely and efficiently, completing the planned stages and bringing the two operated wells online. That leaves the company exposed to the usual execution and commodity-price risks it identifies in its forward-looking statements, with the eventual production and cash-flow contribution still to be established.
Bottom Line?
The wells are close to production, but the investment case now turns on successful stimulation, flowback performance and the first disclosed production rates.
Questions in the middle?
- How many of the 64 planned stages will be completed as designed?
- When will Sabres and Whalers begin flowback and record first sales?
- What initial production rates and operating costs will the two wells deliver at Brookside’s approximately 70% interest?