Formentera Partners’ Pearsall Wildcat IP’s 1,499 bbl in Frio County

Pearsall Shale Delivers Surprise Gusher in Frio County

A long-overlooked shale play in South Texas might finally be showing signs of promise, thanks to a surprising result from Formentera Partners in Frio County. After more than a decade of dashed hopes and uneconomic wells, a new horizontal test in the Pearsall Shale has delivered what may be the most encouraging result in years—and it’s turning heads. Austin-based Formentera Partners has filed initial production (IP) data with the Texas Railroad C…

Formentera Partners’ Pearsall Wildcat IP’s 1,499 bbl in Frio County

Formentera Partners’ 1.5-mile Hurrikain Cat I-STX #S731H’s lateral was made in Pearsall at about 10,000 ft, updip of where past Pearsall tests results were mostly gassy.