1 Allied Energy Group, Bowling Green, Ky., and Fortune Operating Co., Willis, Texas, tested 188 bbl. of oil and 216,000 cubic feet of gas on a 24-hr. flow test from the Fortune/Allied #1H, in Joaquin Field, Shelby County, Texas (RRC 6). The multiple-zone, dual-lateral horizontal well tested approximately 43.5 ft. of gross pay in the Fredricksburg "A" and "B" Limestone. The well is in the C. Ashton Survey, A-16, about 4.5 miles southeast of Logansport. 2 Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp. plans a 14,000-ft. wildcat in central Polk County, Texas (RRC 3). The company's #1 Pure Minerals "A-434" is in D.B. Macomb Survey, A-434, about two miles north-northwest of the only producing well in Anne Parsons Field. There, the #1 West Bay Carter Gas Unit produced 330 million cu. ft. of gas, 6,163 bbl. of condensate and 1,154 bbl. of water from Woodbine perforations between 13,968 and 14,024 ft. during the two years it was onstream. 3 EOG Resources Inc., Houston, tested natural gas at a rate of 1.05 million cu. ft. of gas a day with no liquids from its #1 Hankamer-Elm exploratory well in southern Newton County, Texas (RRC 3). The well, in Driskill L. Haynie Survey, A-145, produced from perforations between 4,840-44 ft. with 1,850 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The well, about 12 miles northwest of Buna, Texas, and two miles west of the Louisiana border, was directionally drilled to 5,434 ft. (true vertical depth 5,325 ft.) and reached the top of Frio at 4,750 ft. The nearest Tertiary production from a similar depth is in abandoned Sabine Tram West Field, about 6.5 miles northwest. There, the #1 B.E. Quinn Sr. et al produced a cumulative 1,692 bbl. of oil, 12.95 million cu. ft. of casinghead gas and 17,118 bbl. of water during its 1.5 years of production. It was later recompleted as a Frio gas producer from perforations between 4,597-99 ft. and produced another 3.02 million cu. ft. of gas during two months online. 4 Tanglewood Oil & Gas Co., La Vernia, Texas, obtained a permit to drill the #6 Camp Swift wildcat in David Holderman Survey, A-192. The test is about three miles north of Camp Swift, Texas, in northern Bastrop County (RRC 1). The nearest drilling is a few feet north, but that well, the #1 Camp Swift, was abandoned with no reported recoveries from the Serpentine formation target. Also in the same survey, Tanglewood drilled the #3 and #5 Camp Swift wells and abandoned both. The closest production comes from Austin Chalk at the #1 Elgin Bank well in Sayersville Field. That well produced 110 bbl. of oil and 3,000 cu. ft. of casinghead gas during six months online. 5 ChevronTexaco tested the deepest well yet drilled in Hostetter Field in McMullen County, Texas (RRC 1), for 17.54 million cu. ft. of gas and 124 bbl. of water a day. The company fracture-stimulated its #4 Yeager Gas Unit and tested the well through 22/64-in. choke with 7,723 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The well is in Section 44, BS&F (formerly Yeager V) Survey, A-1230, some two miles west of Clegg Ranch. It produced from perforations between 15,098 and 15,434 ft. Chevron's well is just south of a former Hostetter Field producer, the #1 C. Yeager, That well was completed and recompleted in three Wilcox intervals from 8,372 to 10,266 ft. for cumulative production of 14.97 billion cu. ft. of gas, 174,291 bbl. of condensate and 370,762 bbl. of water, according to IHS Energy. 6 A Middle Wilcox discovery flowed 330,000 cu. ft. of gas with 10 bbl. of condensate and 18 bbl. of water a day for Chaparral Natural Resources Inc., Austin, Texas. The company's #1 Peirce Unit is about 15 miles southeast of Halletsville in southeastern Lavaca County, Texas (RRC 2). The company tested the well in John J. May Survey, A-309, on a 17/64-in. choke with 790 psi of flowing tubing pressure from perforations between 10,265 and 10,320 ft. The nearest comparable production is 1.5 miles east-southeast in the two-well Givn Take Field, where the #3 Sartwelle has produced 2.11 billion cu. ft. of gas, 11,450 bbl. of condensate and 35,818 bbl. of water, said IHS Energy. 7 Barrett Brothers Oil & Gas Inc., San Antonio, Texas, plans a 7,550-ft. exploratory well about 2.5 miles northwest of Coy City in southwestern Karnes County, Texas (RRC 2). The company's #1 Robert May, in Bartlett Hickman #136 Survey, A-35, is a northwest offset to a wildcat abandoned in 1953 after reaching 4,366 ft. Hysaw Field and the #1 Ryan well are about 0.75-mile east-southeast. That 4,650-ft. well has produced 54,002 bbl. of oil and 27,001 bbl. of water since 1998. 8 San Antonio-based Hurd Enterprises Ltd. plans a 13,500-ft. exploratory well about 10 miles northwest of San Diego in northwestern Duval County, Texas (RRC 4). The company's #2 Dunn is in J Poitevent Survey, A-1593, about a half-mile west of the #1 Dunn well, which the company temporarily abandoned in April. That well reached Wilcox at 14,000 ft. and the company reportedly planned to sidetrack the well. The nearest production below 12,000 ft. is more than nine miles southwest of the planned well. There, the #1-A Garza-Cuellar in Los Reyes Field produced 225.71 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,737 bbl. of water in two years. It was later recompleted in Wilcox to produce another 16.57 million cu. ft. of gas and 47.4 bbl. of condensate in three months online. 9 Ventex Operating Corp., Dallas, will drill a directional wildcat in southeastern Hidalgo County, Texas, (RRC 4) about three miles north of the border with Mexico and three miles west of the Cameron County border. The #1 Hovda Unit is scheduled to 12,500 ft. true vertical depth in Lot 9, Block 75, Capisallo District Subdivision, Juan Jose Ynojosa de Balli Survey, A-54. It will bottom beneath the same survey. The well is some two miles south of the town of Mercedes. Although there is no nearby production from a similar depth, the #1 D. J. Schwarz, 1.5 miles northwest, opened two-well Progresso Field from Frio perforations between 8,542 and 8,554 ft. That well has produced 212.32 million cu. ft. of gas and 427 bbl. of condensate. 10 ChevronTexaco plans as many as five wells on its Whale Shark prospect in Alaminos Canyon 772 in the western Gulf of Mexico. Water depths at the drill sites range from 8,357 to 8,558 ft., said IHS Energy. The company recently took out a permit for its Silvertip prospect on adjacent Block 815 in 9,226 ft. of water. A plan of exploration for that site also anticipates up to five wells. Discoveries to the south include Tobago in Block 859 and Trident on Block 903. 11 ExxonMobil Corp. received a permit for its Hadrian wildcat prospect in Keathley Canyon 919. The water depth at the site is 7,316 ft. The company will drill up to two wells on the prospect. The nearest drilling effort was at the Sardinia East prospect about 50 miles west-northwest in Block 681, which turned out to be a dry hole. A plan of exploration also has been filed for the Sardinia West prospect on Keathley Canyon 634 and 678. 12 ChevronTexaco brought in a deepwater discovery at its Jack prospect in Walker Ridge 759. The #1 Jack was drilled in about 7,000 ft. of water and bottomed at 29,000 ft. total depth. On the way down, the wellbore pierced more than 350 ft. of net oil pay. The company plans further drilling on the prospect. 13 A new exploratory test has been scheduled in northeastern Sabine Parish in north Louisiana by Fran Oil Inc., Many, La. The #1 Swain is scheduled to go to 4,750 ft. in Section 8-9n-11w. The nearest test is less than a quarter-mile south, where the #1 Williams was abandoned at 4,700 ft. after finding some gas in the Mooringsport formation. The nearest production is about a third-mile southwest, where the #1 Lind Billeaud flowed up to 1.47 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Glen Rose between 4,657 and 6,461 ft. It was never brought online, according to IHS Energy. 14 PXP Gulf Coast Inc., Lafayette, La., tested 3.9 million cu. ft. of gas a day with five bbl. of water and no condensate from its #2 State Lease 17656 Miocene wildcat about 0.75-mile southeast of the New Orleans city limits in St. Bernard Parish, La. The well produced from perforations between 8,312-26 ft. through a 19/64-in. choke with 2,948 psi of flowing tubing pressure. About a mile east-southeast, the company's #1 State Lease 17656 is planned to go to 9,800 ft. 15 A 16,750-ft. wildcat is in the works for LLOG Exploration Co. LLC, Metairie, La. The company will drill its #1 Blackstone "27-13" in the southwestern section of Clarke County, Miss. The nearest activity to the well, in Section 27-1n-14e, is about a third-mile east-northeast in the same section where the #1 Masonite Unit "27-14" was abandoned in 1974. That well found Haynesville at 13,990 ft., Smackover at 15,092 ft. and Norphelt at 16,160 ft. The nearest production was the #1 Masonite "25-13" confirmation well for Fluffer Creek Field. That well flowed 275 bbl. of oil a day from Smackover between 15,249-63 ft. but was not brought into production. The Fluffer Creek opener and sole producer is the #1 Masonite "25-14," a well that recovered 207,809 bbl. of oil, 55.64 million cu. ft. of gas and 265,213 bbl. of water.

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