Buda formation drillers: 'Mother Nature already fracked it for us'

Crude oil is trading at six-year lows but San Antonio-based Primera Energy is hoping that a geological formation found just below the Eagle Ford Shale layer will be their “sweet spot.”

Primera is currently drilling on 380 acres of land off County Road 415 near Flatonia in Gonzales County, which is in the eastern end of the Eagle Ford Shale.

The company is drilling two wells on their site: one nicknamed the “Screaming Eagle B” will target the actual Eagle Ford shale formation itself while…