1 A remote wildcat, the #2 San Ambrosia, drilled by Lewis Petroleum Properties Inc. in Webb County, Texas, has been completed producing 59,000 cu. ft. of gas, two bbl. of condensate and three bbl. of water per day from San Miguel. IHS Energy Group reports the discovery is in I&GN Co. Survey, A-458. The company tested on a 10/64-in. choke through perforations at 4,106-30 ft. at the well, about five miles south of the nearest production in Dimmit County's Hugh Fitzsimmons Field. 2 Texas' Matagorda County claims two new discoveries, both completed by Houston-based companies-Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. and Whitmar Exploration Co. Carrizo reports its discovery, the #1 Pitchfork Ranch in its Matagorda Project Area, was tested at a gross daily rate of 10.499 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,530 bbl. of condensate, or 19.679 million cu. ft. of gas equivalent, on a 12/64-in. choke from Discorbis Sand. The Zag Prospect well, in Andrew Smalley Survey, A-90, was drilled to an approximate total depth of 11,700 ft. Carrizo, as operator, owns a 56.2% working interest in the well. Whitmar's discovery is the #1 Baer Ranch in Charles Dale Survey, A-148. Perforated between 15,084-15,212 ft., the well yielded a flow of 4.4 million cu. ft. of gas and 22 bbl. of condensate on a 9/64-in. choke. IHS Energy Group reports the top of Textularia mississippiensis was logged at 15,084 ft. 3 Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s horizontal Upper Cretaceous Georgetown drilling program in Washington County, Texas, has yielded a Navasota River Field well that was completed flowing 51 million cu. ft. of gas per day. The #2 Fife Unit, Luke Lessassier Survey, A-78, reached a total vertical depth of 14,080 ft., then was drilled laterally for almost 5,000 ft. Houston-based Anadarko has a 100% working interest in the well. 4 The #1 Forgason Deep Unit is a discovery completed by Dynamic Production Inc., Fort Worth, in the Spanish Camp South Field area of Wharton County, Texas. The 16,018-ft. well flowed 11.19 million cu. ft. of gas, 75 bbl. of condensate and 65 bbl. of water per day on a 16/64-in. choke through perforations between 15,149-15,507 ft. The deepest log top reported is that of Eocene Wilcox at 12,005 ft. The discovery is in Robert Kuykendall Survey, A-40, reports IHS Energy Group. 5 Ballard Exploration Co. Inc., Houston, tested a flow of 4.444 million cu. ft. of gas, 58 bbl. of condensate and six bbl. of water per day on a 10/64-in. choke at an Eocene Yegua discovery it completed in Harris County, Texas. Ballard's #1 (ST) Houston Ship Channel Unit, Richard & Robert Vince Survey, A-76, is producing through perforations between 11,134-12,062 ft. 6 Houston independent EnerVest Energy LP says the first well it drilled in North Broussard Field, Lafayette Parish, La., was highly successful. The #9 Baldwin Lumber Co. was completed flowing 2,200 bbl. of oil and 1.8 million cu. ft. of gas per day from Bol Mex 4 Sand. The well was drilled to a true vertical depth of 14,012 ft. and encountered three separate Bol Mex intervals with more than 40 ft. of total net pay. EnerVest notes it has a 75% working interest in the new producer. 7 The North Lake Pelto Field opener in Terrebonne Parish, La., was tested by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. flowing 2.629 million cu. ft. of gas and 53 bbl. of condensate per day on a 14/64-in. choke from Miocene "L" Sand. Houston-based Cabot says the well is the 16,343-ft. #1 State Lease 16705 in Section 32-22s-18e. The company notes the "L" Sand is the deepest of 14 individual pay sands found in the well. Cabot, as operator, has a 75% working interest (59% net revenue interest) in the discovery, with Palace Exploration Co. holding the remaining 25%. 8 Meridian Resource Corp. has an indicated discovery at its #1 Hughes in the East Lake Arthur Field area of Jefferson Davis Parish, La., according to an announcement by the Houston-based company. The well, in Section 37-10s-3w, was drilled to a total depth of 19,079 ft. Meridian says it logged apparent pay in 240 gross ft. of deep Bol mex sands, or about 100 net ft. of pay, with no apparent water levels detected. The company holds a 90% working interest in the well and owns approximately 2,300 acres of leases in the prospect area. 9 Ocean Energy Inc., Houston, says it has entered into a Gulf of Mexico deepwater exploration agreement with Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee Corp. The agreement calls for the two companies to jointly explore and develop oil and gas prospects on 181 undeveloped deepwater blocks located within several proven trends. The exploration venture will encompass more than a million gross acres with Ocean holding an average working interest of approximately 43% in the blocks. Ocean will serve as operator for at least 25% of the first 15 exploratory tests in the multiyear drilling program. The first test under this agreement will be drilled on the Red Hawk Prospect on Garden Banks Block 877, with Kerr-McGee serving as operator. The two companies will each have a 50% interest in the prospect. 10 An exploratory well drilled by Cheniere Energy Inc. affiliate Gryphon Exploration Inc.-the #1 OCS-0508 on High Island Block 52-flowed at rates up to 10.3 million cu. ft. of gas and 240 bbl. of condensate per day. IHS Energy Group reports the well, in 45 ft. of water, was tested below 13,000 ft. 11 West Cameron Block 170 is the site of the #4 OCS-G-4085 exploratory test where Nexeb Petroleum USA Inc. has set casing at 17,200 ft. (measured depth), according to 42% working interest owner Remington Oil & Gas Corp. Nexen, operator of the well, logged 77 net ft. of apparent oil and gas pay in four sands in a previously untested fault block. The prospect lies in 45 ft. of water. Both companies are headquartered in Dallas. 12 Mariner Energy Inc., Houston, apparently was successful at the #1 OCS-G-19025, a remote wildcat drilled on East Breaks Block 590 in 3,450 ft. of water. The venture, known as Mariner's Falcon Prospect, encountered two hydrocarbon-bearing sands while being drilled to a total depth of 9,060 ft. A successful downdip sidetrack tested the extent of the reservoir. Falcon is owned 55% by Mariner and 45% by Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas. 13 Denver independent Westport Resources Corp. reports it made a discovery and then drilled a second test on OCS-G-21585, in 349 ft. of water on East Cameron Block 369. The #1 (ST) discovery reached a true vertical depth of 5,459 ft. and has pipe set at a total measured depth of 6,142 ft. Pipe is being set on bottom at 7,926 ft. at the #2 test. 14 Dominion Exploration & Production Inc. drilled a discovery at the #1 OCS-G-21829 on its Turnberry Prospect in 3,413 ft. of water on Atwater Valley Block 92, according to 40% interest owner Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Dominion, the operator and owner of the remaining 60% interest, found more than 100 ft. of pay while drilling the test to a total depth of 13,994 ft. A sidetrack is scheduled to be drilled to an updip location about 1,800 ft. to the north. 15 In Hinds County, Miss., Roundtree & Associates Inc., Jackson, Miss., reentered the wildcat #1 Parker 30-11 in Section 30-6n-4w and completed it flowing 2 million cu. ft. of gas per day, with a small amount of condensate, from Jurassic Cotton Valley. The Southeastern Oil Review reports Roundtree cleaned out to 17,000 ft. in the 18,000-ft. original hole, set pipe at 16,970 ft., perforated at 16,676-85 ft. and tested on an 8/64-in. choke to establish Smith Station Field. 16 Rebel Drilling Co. LP, Houston, is waiting on completion tools at a deep Jurassic wildcat in Wayne County, Miss. According to IHS Energy Group, Rebel drilled to a total depth of 19,600 ft. at the #1 USA 19-10 in Section 19-6n-7w. The prospect, which is plugged back to 17,260 ft., has pipe set at 17,568 ft. It's nearly 2.5 miles north-northeast of 17,172-ft. Cotton Valley gas/condensate production in Smithtown Field.
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