Waseca Formation Wells (Kerrobert, SK)

In June 2023, Sonoro announced it had signed a farm-in agreement with partner Superb Operating Company in pursuit of an exciting opportunity in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, where a proven heavy oil resource fairway and well productivity are well-defined.

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First oil at Sonoro’s 14-29 well

Sample of first oil—specifically, CHOPs (Cold Heavy Oil Production with sand)—from our 14-29 multilateral horizontal well near Kerrobert, SK, in January 2024.

After securing a drilling rig and services, and obtaining the necessary license from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Sonoro drilled a multilateral horizontal well on the property near Kerrobert, SK in mid-December 2023, with 4 horizontal legs for a total lateral length of approximately 1,600 metres.

Preliminary strip log and sample reports indicate that the Waseca sands encountered in the lateral sections of the 14-29 well were very good, with intergranular porosity sandstone exhibiting strong petroliferous odor and abundant oil staining, along with heavily concentrated oil cut drilling fluid recovered at surface.

Production commenced in January 2024 via a Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) process typical of the area, and as of February, we made our first oil sales from the 14-29 well.

The innovative multilateral horizontal well technology utilized in this well was developed in collaboration with Modern Wellbore Solutions—a strategic advancement that’s now been proven to enable the installation of slotted liners at multiple junction points within a single well, allowing for unparalleled access to multiple reservoir sections from one vertical well bore. This technologically advanced drilling technique is expected to boost production rates and maximize reserves.

Says Sonoro CEO Richard Wadsworth: “We are enthusiastic to have this well placed on production (and) see an expected higher well productivity resulting from this reservoir, multilateral well strategy and technology.”

Image gallery: Sonoro 14-29 well (Kerrobert, SK)

Setup and facilities at Sonoro’s 14-29 mulilateral horizontal well in Saskatchewan, circa February 2024.

Sonoro enjoys exclusive priority access to an innovative multilateral horizontal well technology, developed in collaboration with Modern Wellbore Solutions, successfully applied on our 14-29 well.

The site of Sonoro Energy’s second well near Kerrobert, SK, a multilateral horizontal well with 4 horizontal legs for a total lateral length of about 1,600 metres.

Sonoro drilled our 14-29 multilateral horizontal well on the property near Kerrobert, SK in mid-December 2023.

Since commencement of production, the well has exhibited CHOPs, Cold Heavy Oil Production with sand, producing foamy oil with greater than 10% sand cuts and high initial gas pressures.

The density of the oil extracted from our 14-29 well was tested as 10.33 API and viscosity at 30° Celsius of 12,596, which further confirms a positive window for oil sand production and wormhole creation from the slotted liners.

Sonoro will continue to evaluate this well as oil is produced and make design changes to the next multilateral well to further optimize the drilling and completion of that next well.

Sonoro’s 14-29 multilateral horizontal originally produced at an equivalent rate of 178 bbl/d of fluid in January 2024.

Sonoro will continue to evaluate our 14-29 well as oil is produced, and make design changes to the next multilateral well to further optimize the drilling and completion of our next well.

Site of the 14-29 well, a multilateral well located approximately 1.5 km away from our vertical well, drilled in November 2023.

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**The site of Sonoro’s first well near Kerrobert, SK, drilled in mid-November 2023.**

Sonoro also drilled a vertical development well in November 2023, about 1.5 km away from the 14-29 well.

This well, with a planned total depth of about 900 metres, targets the same Waseca channel sand in which Baytex’s operating Kerrobert field is located—a field currently producing more than 1,800 barrels of heavy oil per day.