Venoco doubled the number of rigs it is running in the basin to six from three in the quarter.

The company"s program is focused mainly on infill drilling and recompletions, and it set casing on 30 of the 34 first quarter wells. More completion rigs are expected to be available the rest of the year.

The company has expanded its land position 164,000 net acres in the basin, where it operates about 250 gas wells.

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