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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 13, 1997
Barrett Resources Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-13446 84-0832476
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
1515 Arapahoe Street, Tower 3, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80202
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (303) 572-3900
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Item 5. Other Events
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Press Release. The information set forth in a press release of the
Registrant dated February 13, 1997, which is filed as an exhibit hereto, is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Financial Statements And Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibit
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Press release dated February 13, 1997
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 13, 1997 BARRETT RESOURCES CORPORATION
By: /s/ John F. Keller
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John F. Keller
Executive Vice President
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EXHIBIT 99.1
On February 13, 1997, the Registrant issued the following press release:
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Donald H. Stevens
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Laura M. Burford
(303) 572-3900
BARRETT CAVE GULCH #16 DEEP TEST WELL
REACHES TOTAL DEPTH
DENVER, COLO., FEB. 13, 1997 -- Barrett Resources Corporation (NYSE: BRR)
announced that its Cave Gulch #16 Deep Test well in the Wind River Basin of
Wyoming has reached a total depth of 19,106 feet. Barrett has elected to run
production casing to a total depth of 19,106 feet, based on mud log shows of gas
and information obtained from wellbore surveys. Production testing will begin in
approximately four weeks after the drilling rig has been moved off of the
location. The Company will initially test the productive capabilities of the
Frontier, Muddy, Lakota, Morrison and Sundance Formations. Barrett has an
approximate 85 percent working interest in the well.
The well encountered these formations at least 1,100 feet structurally updip
(high) to the four offset gas wells, three of which have produced from the
Frontier Formation and the fourth of which has produced from the Muddy, Lakota,
Morrison and Sundance Formations. The Company stated that the information
received to date on its Cave Gulch #16 Deep Test well looks encouraging.
However, further testing will be required to test the well's productive
capabilities.
Barrett Resources is a Denver-based independent natural gas and oil exploration
and production company that is also involved in gas gathering, marketing and
trading activities. Barrett's properties are focused primarily in the Rocky
Mountain region of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, the Mid-Continent area of Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico region of offshore Texas
and Louisiana.
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