By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 19 -- The Belin-1 well in the Hilltop area of the deep Bossier play has the potential to be Gastar Exploration Ltd.'s best well to date in terms of flow rate and reserves, the company said.

Logs indicated 150 net ft of pay in the middle and lower Bossier formations. TD is 18,800 ft.

The well's three Lower Bossier pay zones have the highest measured porosity, up to 25%, of any well drilled by Gastar in the play.

Belin-1 also encountered two middle Bossier sands, including the Lanier sand, in a downdip location in a new fault block with indicated pay based on log analysis. The well, to be on line within 30 days, is to be completed in the two deepest zones first.

The Lanier sand has been shown to be productive in a downthrown fault block from the Wildman Trust-3 well, where Lanier was recently recompleted at an initial 21 MMcfd.