Portrush operator hires H&G Oilfield for Scanio well

2005-10-26 15:46 ET - News Release

Mr. Martin Cotter reports

PORTRUSH ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 15TH DRILL DATE AT MISSION RIVER

Portrush Petroleum Corp. has been advised that the operator, the McAlester Fuel Company, has signed a contract with H&G Oilfield Services to build the location for the Scanio/Shelton No. 6 well on the Mission River project in Texas. H&G Oilfield Services is based in Corpus Christi and it anticipates the work will get under way immediately and take less than a week to complete. The work will include preparing the location and resurfacing the road on the property.

The drilling contractor anticipates spudding the well on Nov. 15 and has allocated 30 days from spud date to rig release for the 10,000-foot test which will require setting intermediate casing just above 8,000 feet before the formation pressure starts to rise.