![]() He holds an MBA from Western Kentucky University and has a graduate certificate in reserves and valuation from the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. Stengell previously served as the well operator for a successful horizontal Woodbine oil discovery in Texas. “We have just closed a major acquisition, which has given us access to drill off-set to the better producing wells in the play.” “We have been reviewing the Berea for the last several years and just in the last year we started making plans, deals and acquisitions in planning the horizontal well project,” Stengell explains. ![]() The Kentucky Geological Survey has referred to the area as the best shallow oil play in the state and the Kentucky Oil and Gas Association has referred to the Berea as a “game changer.” In June, the company announced its well permit approval and began moving equipment on-site in the first week of July to begin drilling the Encore Adkins Bud #H1 horizontal Berea oil well, in Johnson County. The company’s next several locations are positioned to the north in Lawrence County and offset to some of the best production in the Berea play. Founder, President and CEO Steve Stengell says the Encore Adkins Bud #H1 well discovered a productive reservoir in an area where high volumes of gas have created a longer flowback period, post frac. began drilling its first non-conventional horizontal well this summer using state-of-the-industry technology in eastern Kentucky’s Berea Oil Sandstone and the company has now plans for eight additional horizontal Berea wells. Encore Energy begins drilling the first of many horizontal wells in the Berea Oil Sandstone in Kentucky.Įncore Energy Inc.
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