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/www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn23237.htm> article is whole. Here's an excerp: Originally, Ladyfern was a Shell Canada prospect. In November 1999, Apache Canada bought Shell Canada's Plains unit; the discovery well was drilled in December. Prior to the closing, Shell had sold interests in the prospect to Murphy Oil and Beau Canada Exploration, keeping a 37 % non-operated position for its own account. The Ladyfern prospect was originally generated by Shell Canada, says Rob Spitzer, formerly with Shell and now a vice president at Apache Canada. A sizeable piece of Ladyfern Field is operated by Canadian Natural Resources, notes Steve Laut, vice president. "Shell had a lot of experience in the Slave Point, and we spent a significant amount of time and effort looking for fields like Hamburg and Cranberry," says Rob Spitzer, a former Shell geologist and now vice president of exploration at Apache Canada. Shell had the Ladyfern lead for quite some time, and had shot a fair-sized 3- D seismic survey over it. The firm also shot a small 3-D project over the Hamburg discovery well, and matched that to the Ladyfern data. "When we compared the 3-Ds it was pretty obvious what we were looking at, although we didn't know Ladyfern would be as big as it is." Operator Murphy Oil spudded the a-97-H/94-H-1 wildcat to the southwest of Hamburg Field, on the British Columbia side. The a-97-H well hit 13 meters of highly porous and partly dolomitised Slave Point at a depth of about 2,800 meters. The discovery tested at a rate of 100 mm cfpd of gas, and was tied into a pipeline in April 2000, selling 47 mm cfpd. Still, it was not immediately apparent how massive the find actually was. The partners drilled three other tests that winter-a second British Columbia-side well was dry, and two wells drilled in Alberta were capable of making 9- and 2 mm cfpd. Good results, but not thrilling. Initially, Murphy owned 33 % of the prospect and Beau Canada, 30 %; late in 2000, Murphy purchased Beau Canada, upping its position to 63 %.