1 An Eagle Ford wildcat has been scheduled by Comstock Oil & Gas in eastern Atascosa County (RRC Dist. 1), Texas. On a 353.9-acre southwest Texas lease, #1H Lucas A is permitted to 16,500 ft. in Section 195, A. Octavius Survey, A-176. EOG Resources Inc. has been conducting an Eagle Ford program in the eastern Atascosa County portion of Eagleville Field. The nearest of these wells is #1H Jendrusch-Barnes Unit, which produced 303 bbl. of 37-degree-gravity crude and 163,000 cu. ft. of gas per day from a fracture-stimulated zone at 10,005-14,390 ft. Comstock is based in Frisco, Texas.

2 Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. announced details on three new Eagleville Field-Eagle Ford producers in Lavaca County (RRC Dist. 2), Texas. The #1H Kudu Hunter was drilled to 16,302 ft. with a 5,751-ft. horizontal lateral. Following 20-stage fracture stimulation, the initial daily potential was 1,590 bbl. of oil equivalent. Tested on a 22/64-in. choke, the flowing casing pressure was 2,200 psi. Magnum Hunter operates #1H Kudu with a 46.3% net working interest in Section 9, William Strode Survey, A-52. In the same section, #1H Oryx Hunter was tested flowing 1,840 bbl. of oil and 1.13 million cu. ft. of gas per day through fracture-treated perforations at 11,348-16,810 ft. Gauged on an 18/64-in. choke, the flowing casing pressure was 1,450 psi. The completion was horizontally drilled to 16,955 ft., 10,492 ft. true vertical. The #2H Furrh is in P. Priestly Survey, A-38, and was drilled to 15,876 ft. with a horizontal lateral length of 5,945 ft. The well flowed 1,270 bbl. of oil equivalent per day after a 20-stage fracture treatment. Tested on a 19/64-in. choke, the flowing casing pressure was 1,680 psi. Houston-based Magnum Hunter operates the well and owns a 42.1% net working interest.

3 A horizontal exploratory test has been staked by ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. in Houston County (RRC Dist. 6), Texas, where there previously has been no horizontal activity. Plans call for drilling #1H Abbey Road Gas Unit to 15,500 ft. to target Woodbine pay. The venture is on a 741.6-acre lease in Section 1004, Ed-ward Tyler Survey, A-1019, with a bottomhole location slated about a mile to the north. Nearby recovery is two miles southeast at a vertical test drilled in 1994. Mack Energy Co.’s #1 Sal-las was abandoned at 11,206 ft. and was tested in Woodbine at 8,746-48 ft. and 9,390-98 ft. and Glen Rose at 10,718-78 ft., with no recovery reported. Three miles to the east, #1 Bates Unit was drilled in 1987 to 9,387 ft. and produced 1.1 million cu. ft. of gas from Woodbine perforations at 8,563-8,628 ft. The well was apparently not brought online. XTO’s headquarters are in Houston.

4 According to IHS Inc., Justiss Oil Co. has permitted a horizontal exploratory test in a portion of southwestern Sabine Parish, La., where few wells have been successfully completed. The #1 Zap Minerals is planned for Section 23-4n-11w with a bottomhole in Section 14. The wildcat is scheduled to reach 14,000 ft., 9,000 ft. true vertical, and no target has been specified by the Jena, La.-based company. The venture would be the deepest well in this part of Sabine Parish. Offsetting the proposed #1 Zap Minerals to the northwest is #1 Pickering Lumber Co, which was drilled in 1946.

5 A horizontal Eagle Ford shale discovery was reported in Rapides Parish, La., by IHS Inc. Indigo II Louisiana Operating LLC’s #1 Bentley Lumber 34H flowed 543 bbl. of oil equivalent (80% oil) per day. The Houston-based company completed a 15-stage fracture stimulation of an undisclosed producing interval. The discovery is in Section 34-5n-5w and was drilled to 15,050 ft., 10,649 ft. true vertical. The lateral bottomed to the north beneath Section 27. According to Indigo, the well was successfully drilled without using an intermediate casing string through the shale. Oil is currently being trucked to sales and the gas is temporarily being flared. Indigo holds almost 260,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford play in Louisana.

6 A horizontal Austin Chalk completion by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has re-established production in Lou isiana’s Lacour Field in Pointe Coupee Parish. The #1 Lacour 43 flowed 3,000 bbl. of oil, 2.5 million cu. ft. of gas and 600 bbl. of water per day from Austin Chalk perforations at 14,955-21,920 ft. Gauged on a 20/64-in. choke, the flowing and shut-in tubing pressures were 3,800 psi and 4,900 psi, respectively. The venture was drilled to 21,994 ft., 15,448 ft. true vertical, in irregular Section 43-3s-8e.

7 According to a re-submitted exploration plan, up to eight tests could be drilled from various surface locations by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Sigsbee Escarpment Block 39 (OCS G27779) and Block 40 (OCS G27780). The first exploration plan for Anadarko’s Phobos prospect was submitted in early 2010 and later canceled by Houston-based Anadarko in November 2011, with the company then filing a new plan which added several potential drillsites to the two-block drilling program. According to Anadarko, Phobos is a promising Pliocene prospect, but the venture also has objectives in Lower Tertiary.

8 McMoRan Oil & Gas received federal approval for a deepwater exploratory test in the operator’s Blackbeard area, offshore Louisiana. The #3 OCS G22712 is planned on Ship Shoal Block 188 and the venture will evaluate Miocene-age sands seen in the nearby Blackbeard East prospect above 25,000 ft. The test has a proposed total depth of 26,000 ft. Water in the area is 75 ft. deep. New Orleans-based Mc-MoRan’s Blackbeard West ultra-deep exploratory test is four miles west of the new location. According to IHS Inc., #1 (BP2) OCS G21669 on South Timbalier Block 168 was drilled in 2008 to 32,997 ft. Logs indicated four potential hydrocarbon-bearing zones that require further evaluation. McMoRan may drill deeper at Blackbeard West, drill an offset location, or complete the well to test the existing zones.

9 A Eutaw vertical discovery in Mississippi’s Mount Olive East Field flowed 1.6 million cu. ft. of gas per day. Roundtree & Associates Inc.’s #1 Flynt Heirs is in Section 18-9n-16w of Covington County, Miss., and production comes from perforations at 7,816-30 ft. Gauged on a 16/64-in. choke, the shut-in tubing pressure was 1,000 psi. In early 2011 Roundtree completed the first Eutaw producer in Mount Olive East Field, #1 Miller 19-2, with an initial daily potential of 1.2 million cu. ft. of gas and 16 bbl. of condensate per day from perforations at 7,806-16 ft. Roundtree & Associates is based in Ridgeland, Miss.

10 In Louisiana’s Breton Sound, Century Exploration New Orleans Inc. has tested two shallow-water wells. The #1 State Lease 19391 flowed 708 bbl. of 39-degreegravity crude and 4.07 million cu. ft. of gas per day through perforations in Bigenerina humblei (Miocene) at 14,722-82 ft. The well was drilled to 17,262 ft. (15,855 ft. true vertical) in the southeastern portion of Breton Sound Block 45. The #1 State Lease 19051 was tested at a daily rate of 6.57 million cu. ft. of gas and 350 bbl. of 49.8-degree condensate from a shallower zone in Uvigerina 3 at 10,970-11,030 ft. The #1 State Lease 19051 was drilled to 11,191 ft., 11,029 ft. true vertical. Century Exploration’s headquarters are in Metairie, La.

11 Houston-based Renaissance Petroleum Co. LLC has completed an apparent Rocky Mountain Field discovery in Jasper County, Miss. According to IHS Inc., #1 Renaissance Kiewit 18-9 flowed 360 bbl. of 41-degree-gravity oil and 120,000 cu. ft. of gas per day from Smackover perforations at 15,666-15,680 ft., 15,694-15,700 ft. and 15,704-15,730 ft. Tested on a 8/64-in. choke, the tubing pressure was 1,540 psi. The well was drilled to 15,991 ft. in Section 18-2n-12e.

All data in the Exploration Highlights section is based on sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The prudent investor intending to act upon any particular data is urged to verify it with all other available sources. In no way should the publication of these items be construed as an express or implied endorsement of a company or its activities.

Most land in the U.S. is divided into townships—rectangular tracts six miles square. The township, in turn, is divided into 36 numbered sections, each a one-mile square. The lines running north-south and dividing east from west are called range lines. The lines running east-west and dividing north from south are township lines.

A well in Section 15-Township 4 north-Range 3 east is abbreviated: 15-4n-3e.

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