1 Valence Operating Co., Humble, Texas, plans a 15,000-ft. wildcat in southwestern Smith County, Texas (RRC 6). The #3 Katherine Luscombe Gas Unit is in Thomas Quevedo Survey, A-18, about 3.5 miles east-southeast of the Henderson County line. The deepest recovery in the area comes from Noonday Field, approximately 1.75 miles south-southwest. Brought onstream in 1990, the field produced 3.12 billion cu. ft. of gas, 87,204 bbl. of condensate and 118,563 bbl. of water from Rodessa and Travis Peak.



2 Rising Star Petroleum LLC, Dallas, plans a 12,500-ft. East Texas wildcat in southwestern Henderson County (RRC 5). The #1 Trammell will target the Cotton Valley in Jose S. Cardova Survey, A-131, about a mile southeast of Travis Peak recovery from Turlington Field. Completed in 1984, #2 Turlington was tested flowing 275,000 cu. ft. of gas a day through perforations at 8,586 to 8,823 ft. The well produced 714 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,894 bbl. of condensate. According to IHS Inc., the nearest Cotton Valley recovery is two miles north-northeast in Tri-Cities Field, which was brought onstream in 1941, and has produced 397.9 billion cu. ft. of gas, 2.84 million bbl. of oil and condensate and 9.43 million bbl. of water from Bacon, Rodessa, Travis Peak and Cotton Valley.



3 Anderson Oil Ltd., Corpus Christi, Texas, plans an Eocene test in western San Jacinto County (RRC 3), about five miles northwest of Evergreen, Texas. The #1 TX-NM-99077 will reach a total depth of 3,000 ft. in Section 4, H&TC RR Co. Survey, A-414. Nearest recovery is approximately 1.33 miles southwest in one-well Golightly Field.



4 Samson Lone Star LP, Midland, Texas, completed a directional Yegua discovery in southern Hardin County (RRC 3), about three miles east of Grayburg, Texas. The #1 ST BP A-287 is in HT&B RR Co. Survey, A-287, and was tested flowing 2.69 million cu. ft. of gas, 585 bbl. of 51.2-gravity condensate and 2 bbl. of water a day through perforations at 11,350 to 11,420 ft. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 6,250 psi on an 18/64-in. choke. Nearest recovery is a mile southwest in three-well Nome Northeast Field, which has produced 11.78 billion cu. ft. of gas, 904,864 bbl. of oil and condensate and 288,973 bbl. of water from the Yegua since it was brought online in 1980.



5 Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, plans a wildcat in northern Victoria County (RRC 2). The #1 Milner, an 18,000-ft. exploratory test, is about 1.5 miles southeast of the DeWitt County line and four miles southwest of the Lavaca County line. It will be drilled on a 640-acre lease in the I RR Co. Survey, A-440. Possible objectives include the Wilcox at 8,096 ft. (Helen Gohlke Field) or 10,930 ft. (Marshall Field). Recovery in the immediate area comes from Helen Gohlke Field, which produces from the Miocene, Oligocene and Eocene primarily above 9,000 ft., and has been onstream since the 1950s. Deeper production comes from DeWitt County's Kaspar South Field, four miles west-northwest, which has produced 6.38 billion cu. ft. of gas, 27,353 bbl. of condensate and 283,794 bbl. of water from Wilcox since 1990.



6 T-C Oil Co., Refugio, Texas, completed a Frio discovery in southeastern Refugio County (RRC 2), more than 10 miles west-southwest of Austwell, Texas. The #1 Martin O'Connor G is in I&GN RR Co. Survey, A-186. It had an initial daily potential of 606,000 cu. ft. of gas and 16 bbl. of condensate from perforations at 8,660 to 8,712 ft. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 963 psi on a 12/64-in. choke. The discovery is three miles east-southeast of the company's #1 Twin Mott A, completed earlier this year to open TM Lake Field.



7 Dan A. Hughes Co. LP, Beeville, Texas, plans a 16,500-ft. wildcat in southwestern Aransas County (RRC 4), about 1.33 miles east-northeast of the San Patricio County, Texas, line. It will drill #1 Houston Endowment in the Burton H. Freeling Survey, A-167, to a projected 3,000 ft. Inactive Copano Bay Southwest and Mud Flats fields are about two miles northeast and northwest, which primarily produced gas from Frio above 10,000 ft. Deeper Frio recovery, from below 12,000 ft., is 5.5 miles south-southeast. There, McCampbell Field yielded 45.66 billion cu. ft. of gas, 2.42 million bbl. of oil and condensate and 1.4 million bbl. of water since coming onstream in the 1960s, reports IHS Inc.



8 Walter Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, completed a high-volume Lower Miocene discovery in Texas waters offshore Jefferson County (RRC 3). Its #1 State Tract 24L N/2 SW/4 was tested in southwestern High Island Block 24 through perforations in the Siphonina Davisi at 13,818 to 13,960 ft. Flowing 49.9 million cu. ft. of gas and 335 bbl. of condensate a day, the well was gauged at 9,752 psi on a 32/64-in. choke. Nearest production is 0.66-mile southeast. There, #1 State Tract 24L S/2 SW/4 was tested with an initial daily potential 46.2 million cu. ft. of gas and 329 bbl. of condensate through perforations in the Lenticulina Hanseni at 14,450-14,550 ft., but has yet to be brought online. Block 24 previously produced as part of High Island Block 24L field, which produced 429.78 billion cu. ft., with 5.71 million bbl. of oil and condensate and 21.44 million bbl. of water from the Miocene between the 1960s and 2003.



9 Mariner Energy Inc., Houston, plans a wildcat for the Black Bird prospect in eastern Green Canyon Block 177. It will drill #1 OCS G28056 in 1,590 ft. of water, the first of two planned wells. The only previous production on Block 177 is about two miles west in what was formerly known as Sangria Field. Completed in 2002, the field produced 2.15 billion cu. ft. of gas, 198,942 bbl. of condensate and 62,528 bbl. of water through 2004.



10 Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, plans a deepwater wildcat, #1 OCS G18701, in 6,284 ft. of water in its Green Bay prospect in Walker Ridge Block 371. Anadarko's Green Bay prospect is about eight miles southwest of the nearest activity on Block 285.



11 Union Oil Co., San Ramon, Calif., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., permitted a wildcat on Walker Ridge Block 677 in part of the two-tract St. Malo prospect. It will drill #1 OCS G18753 in 6,909 ft. of water. The original permit was scheduled for the summer of 2004 but was canceled. On adjacent Block 678, the company drilled a 26,797-ft. test that, according to an interest holder, encountered over 450 ft. of net oil pay over a gross interval of 1,400 ft.



12 Hunt Petroleum (AEC) Inc., Houston, permitted an offshore Louisiana wildcat in western Main Pass Block 114. It will drill #1 OCS G27201 in 198 ft. of water. The only previous recovery on the tract is 0.25-mile north. Completed in 1979, #1 OCS G03418 was tested through Miocene perforations at 6,895 to 6,915 ft. for an initial daily potential of 7.3 million cu. ft. of gas. The two-tract Block 115 Field was onstream from 1980 to 1990, yielding 10.67 billion cu. ft. of gas, 10,266 bbl. of condensate and 324,149 bbl. of water from Upper Miocene.



13 ENI U.S. Operating Co., Houston, a subsidiary of Italian firm ENI SpA, plans to drill a deepwater wildcat in its Longhorn Prospect in southern Mississippi Canyon Block 502. The #2 OCS G24084 will be drilled in 2,410 ft. of water. The company suspended its #1 OCS G24084, about a mile west-northwest, last fall after it found gas sands with thickness and quality greater than expected.



14 Big Joe Oil Co., Natchez, Miss., will drill two tests in eastern Avoyelles Parish, La. The #1 Blackstone 19 will reach a projected total depth of 8,100 ft., and will be drilled in Section 19-2n-7e. The nearest recovery is over a mile northwest in one-well Natchitoches Field. There, #F-1 Southwestern Imp Co., completed in 1968, was tested flowing 186 bbl. of crude a day through perforations in the Wilcox at 7,661-62 ft. It produced 4,110 bbl. of oil, 818,000 cu. ft. of gas and 36,990 bbl. of water through 1970. The second location is 1.67 miles southwest near Bayou des Lance Field. The #1 Blackstone 22 will reach a total depth of 6,400 ft. in Section 22-2n-6e. Nearest production is 1.25 miles west. Brought onstream in 1990, that reservoir yielded 949.85 million cu. ft. of gas from Sparta Sand (Wilcox), reports IHS Inc.



15 Gulf Production Co. Inc., Covington, La., scheduled a South Louisiana wildcat in a swamp/marsh area of eastern St. Bernard Parish. The #1 State Lease 19064 will target Cristellaria I at 6,000 ft. in Section 7-12s-18e. Nearest drilling is 1.5 miles southwest in Section 13-12s-17e, where #1 State Lease 18157 also targets the Cristellaria I, but was abandoned. Nearest production is six miles west in Bayou Biloxi Field, which yielded a cumulative 7.69 billion cu. ft. of gas, 582 bbl. of condensate and 122,078 bbl. of water.

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