1 A Rodessa discovery tested for 2.14 million cu. ft. of gas and 18 bbl. of condensate a day for Maximus Operating Ltd., Longview, Texas. The company's #1 Powdrill produced from perforations between 5,099 and 5,105 ft. through an 8/64-in. choke with 1,950 psi of flowing tubing pressure from a site in Lucy Maragle Survey, A-459, about two miles south of the Panola County boundary line in northern Shelby County, Texas (RRC 6). The closest production from a similar depth is three miles northwest in Paxton Field, where #2 D.D. Blazer has produced a cumulative 338 million cu. ft. of gas, 661 bbl. of condensate and 63,453 bbl. of water from Hill since 1974.



2 Shreveport, La.-based Palmer Petroleum Inc. registered a discovery at its #2 Schultz wildcat in S.C. Collison Survey, A-167, in Anderson County, Texas (RRC 6). It completed the well, about a mile north-northwest of the Houston County line, from perforations between 5,958-63 ft. in Sub-Clarksville. The well showed an initial potential of 24 bbl. of oil, 10,000 cu. ft. of casinghead gas and 38 bbl. of water a day. The company drilled to 6,300 ft. and plugged back to 6,250 ft. The closest Sub-Clarksville production lies 1.25 miles southeast in Salmon Field. Palmer also has permitted #1 Schultz in the same survey about a half-mile west.



3 Calgary-based EnCana Corp. subsidiary EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Denver, will drill an apparent Cotton Valley Lime wildcat in the H.A. Law Survey, A-488, in western Leon County, Texas (RRC 5). The company plans #1 F.E. Black about 5.75 miles east-southeast of Marquez with a target depth of 19,300 ft. The new well is 5.25 miles east of Cotton Valley Lime production in single-well Dinkins Field. There, a 1998 well tested for 3.58 million cu. ft. of gas and 40 bbl. of water a day through perforations between 17,010 and 18,550 ft., but it never came online.



4 Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, permitted a wildcat, apparently to Woodbine, to 16,000 ft. in William Dickson Survey, A-209, about 2.5 miles west-southwest of the Tyler County boundary line in eastern Polk County, Texas (RRC 3). The wildcat is 1.67 miles east of the two-well Dominion Kimball Field, a Woodbine pool. There, #3 Depi BSMC tested for 235,000 cu. ft. of gas, one bbl. of condensate and 811 bbl. of water a day from perforations between 14,818-48 ft.



5 Sue-Ann Operating LC, Victoria, Texas, released details on a discovery completed in April about 3.5 miles southwest of Kendleton in Wharton County, Texas (RRC 3). The #1 Hawes, in Isham Phillips Survey, A-52, tested at an initial potential of 713,000 cu. ft. of gas per day through a 9/64-in. choke with 1,925 psi of flowing tubing pressure from Frio perforations between 5,274-80 ft. The well is 1.75 miles east-southeast of the nearest production, #1 Hudgins Unit, which has produced 95 million cu. ft. of gas from the shallower of two Frio zones and 72 million cu. ft. of gas from the deeper interval in Hungerford North Field.



6 An apparent Wilcox wildcat is on the drawing board for LGDC Corp., Shreveport, La., about 6.5 miles southeast of Halletsville in Arthur Sherrill Survey, A-399, in Lavaca County, Texas (RRC 2). The company plans to drill its #1 Foster to 8,600 ft. about 1.5 miles east-southeast of the nearest Wilcox production. That production comes from #1 Schulte in Hallettsville South Field, which had an initial production rate of 162 bbl. of oil and 889,000 cu. ft. of casinghead gas a day, according to IHS Inc.



7 Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc., Dallas, brought in an Edwards discovery for 1.76 million cu. ft. of gas and 338 bbl. of water a day in southwestern DeWitt County, Texas, (RRC 2). The #1 Menn Gas Unit is about 2.5 miles northwest of Yorktown in John A. King Survey, A-288. Pioneer tested the well through perforations between 13,817-70 ft. on an 18/64-in. choke with 2,300 psi of flowing tubing pressure after drilling to 14,661 ft.



8 Catarina Petroleum LC, Kendalia, Texas, plans to drill its #5 M. Browne wildcat to 3,250 ft. in northwestern Frio County, Texas, (RRC 1) about 1.5 miles east of the boundary line with Zavala County. The well, in James G. Wright Survey, A-654, is about two miles east-northeast of the closest production in Yoledigo Field. There, the only well in the field, #1 M. Brown, tested 760,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from Tyler perforations between 3,065-90 ft. The well has produced 842 million cu. ft. of gas since 1985.



9 Manti Operating Co. of Corpus Christi, Texas, completed #1 Baffin Bay State Tract 78 in Kleberg County, Texas, (RRC 4) for 9 million cu. ft. of gas and 785 bbl. of condensate daily. The well was completed in the Loyola Beach Lower Frio sands at 12,567 to 12,793 ft. Located 10 miles east of Rivera and sitting on the coastline of prime South Texas fishing waters, the well is due north of and on trend with Baffin Bay Field, which has produced 46 billion cu. ft. of gas to date.



10 Ballard Exploration Co. Inc., Houston, plans a wildcat two miles south of the Duval County boundary line in northwestern Brooks County, Texas (RRC 4). The company's #1 Hernandez will go to 13,100 ft. in Ysidora Guerra Survey, A-258. The nearest production is from #1 Mestina in TCP Rincon Field a mile west. That well tested for 13,000 cu. ft. of gas and 716 bbl. of water a day from Yegua perforations between 7,162-72 ft. Ballard is waiting on completion tools at its #2 Betsey Bennett in the same survey. That well bottomed at 6,200 ft. in Vicksburg.



11 A directional well will reach for 16,000 ft. for Capital Star Oil & Gas Inc., Victoria, Texas, in Section 48, Nicolas Zamora Survey, A-76, about a half-mile north-northeast of the Abram-Perezville town limits in southwestern Hidalgo County, Texas (RRC 4). The company's #1 Goodwin will drill northeast with a bottomhole location in the same section. The closest production from a similar depth is about two miles west-southwest of the planned wildcat, where #2 C.T. Wood Jr. Gas Unit in Tabasco Field tested for 2.14 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Vicksburg perforations between 11,307-91 ft.



12 Offshore Louisiana, W&T Offshore Inc., Houston, will drill the first of two wildcats in southeastern Ship Shoal Block 368. The #1 OCS-G-26082 is in 475 ft. of water. Nearly a mile north-northeast #1 OCS-G-05590, in 461 ft. of water, was abandoned in 1988. The nearest producer is 1.5 miles southeast in Ewing Bank 988.



13 Shell Offshore Inc., New Orleans, handed in an exploration plan for its Julia prospect in Walker Ridge 627. The company says it could drill as many as five wells from separate surface locations in 6,924 to 7,100 ft. of water. Chevron Corp.'s Jack appraisal is almost 10 miles south-southwest. That well production-tested flowing 6,000 bbl. of oil a day.



14 Houston-based Empresa Energy LP tested a wildcat discovery but hasn't released details at its #1 Pickett 3 in Section 3-15n-14w, DeSoto Parish, La., about three miles north-northeast of the Stonewall city limits. The company drilled the well to 10,900 ft., set casing and tested perforations from 9,812 to 10,798 ft. The closest production from a similar depth is about four miles west in the Caddo Parish segment of Caspiana Field, where a March Cotton Valley discovery tested for 621,000 cu. ft. of gas, 10 bbl. of condensate and 119 bbl. of water through perforations between 9,125 and 10,320 ft.



15 Ballard Exploration brought in a discovery in Section 34-13s-15w in Cameron Parish, La., about 0.66-mile southeast of the Orange County, Texas, boundary line. The company's #1 State Lease 18158 tested 608,000 cu. ft. of gas and 224 bbl. of condensate a day from Marginulina howei perforations between 10,100-03 ft. through a 7/64-in. choke with 5,350 psi of flowing tubing pressure.



16 A Wilcox wildcat in southwestern Adams County, Miss., will drill to 6,200 ft. for Natchez, Miss., independent Belle Exploration Inc. The #4 Hogue Estate GT is within two miles of the Louisiana border in Section 25-5n-4w. This will be the company's fifth test in the area. The closest test was #2 Hogue Estate GT, a northeast offset new well. That well was abandoned in 2004. The closest Eocene recovery is 1.25 miles east-southeast in Briars Chute South Field.

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