The drill permit has been issued, while the company is preparing for drilling the site.
Torchlight and its partner Bayshore Operating have been selected to spud the Johnson #2H well as a horizontal Buda, based on the Buda discoveries.
The earlier Buda well drilled in the project was a vertical test that is currently producing.
The horizontal leg of the Johnson #2 well is slated to be 2400ft.
Upon completion of the well, the company will have Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk reserves behind pipe in the Johnson #2.
Torchlight Energy Resources president John Brda said the well will be the company’s first horizontal Buda test.
"By all indications, by going horizontally out 2400′, we should encounter many more natural fractures, than we would by drilling a vertical hole," Brda added.
"The more fractures we encounter, the more likely we are to have excellent results."
