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November Luncheon
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 11:30 AM
Petroleum Club of Houston, 1201 Louisiana St
Speaker: Kevin J. McMichael, President, Claymore Exploration LLC
Highlander – Confirmation of a Giant Gas Field in South Louisiana
On Feb. 16, 2026, Highlander Oil & Gas logged the confirmation well to a large gas discovery made 14 years earlier in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, beneath the Bayou Long Field. Significant Tuscaloosa gas pay was found and the well proved up a column height in excess of 2100 ft. This talk will summarize our current interpretation of the stratigraphy and structural evolution of this field as well as some of the diagenetic factors making this ultra-deep discovery possible. The well was drilled much more efficiently than the prior well due to lessons learned and effective coordination among the drilling and evaluation team, enhancing the economics of future full field development. Once completed, the well, which was drilled to 30,862 ft., will be among the deepest highest pressure gas wells in the world.
About the speaker: Kevin J. McMichael founded New Orleans Land and Exploration Company, LLC (NOLEX) in November of 2014 to generate South Louisiana drilling prospects and to provide the industry with technical evaluations of producing properties and project development. He founded Claymore Oil & Gas L. P. in April of 2004, as a dedicated exploration consulting company primarily focused on Deep Gulf Coast opportunities, and is also president of Claymore Exploration LLC, which generates opportunities and invests in Mississippi and north Louisiana drilling prospects. He was formerly senior vice president of exploration with El Paso Production Company, and before that senior vice president of exploration for Sonat and executive vice president for Meridian Resource Corporation. He began his career with Texaco in 1978, then joined Louisiana Land & Exploration Company in 1981, where he was promoted to vice president of Exploration in 1995. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and anthropology from Tulane University, is a certified petroleum geologist with AAPG, and is a licensed professional geologist in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

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