?1 Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. has completed a Mississippian test that initially pumped 163 bbl. of oil and 337,000 cu. ft. of gas daily, with no water. Oxy’s new discovery lies four miles southeast of Sublette, in Haskell County, Kan. The #1 Rowland C is in Section 14-30s-32w and is producing from an unreported interval of St. Louis above 5,750 ft. No other information was reported on the Hugoton Embayment discovery, which has been designated the Lockport Township Field opener. In addition, Oxy has completed four delineation tests as producers, #41 Stevens C and #42 Stevens C in Section 13-30s-32w, and #41 Hawley A and #42 Rowland C in Section 14-30s-32w, but additional data has not been released. The new field is in the greater Hugoton Gas Area east-southeast of Morrow oil producers in Diaden Field, and east-northeast of a Mississippian oil well in the Haskell Township Field area.

2 IHS Inc. is reporting a horizontal discovery flowing 40-gravity oil at an initial rate of 313 bbl. per day, with 1.06 million cu. ft. of gas and 28 bbl. of water, by Tulsa-based Holmes Exploration LLC. The #4H Eric 130, (name changed from Ryker) is about 20 miles south of Perryton, Texas, in Ochiltree County (RRC Dist. 10) and is located in Section 130, Block 13, T&NO Survey, A-812. Tested on a 64/64-in. choke, the well is producing from an open-hole lateral in Cleveland at 7,582 to 10,070 ft. following fracture-stimulation at 7,751-9,979 ft. The prospect was drilled northward to a bottomhole location in the section’s northwest corner.

3 Duncan Oil Properties Inc. has completed Custer County’s first horizontal Cleveland test at a site southeast of Leedey, Okla. Duncan’s #2-5H Wiginton is in Section 5-15n-19w and was drilled to a measured depth of 12,991 ft. The well was tested in an open-hole interval below 10,136 ft. that was fractured through ports in the liner between 12,407 and 12,991 ft. Initial testing was conducted on a 13/64-in. choke, and 2.91 million cu. ft. of gas, 167 bbl. of 55-gravity condensate and 6 bbl. of water per day were reported. The shut-in pressure was 4,400 psi and the flowing casing pressure was 2,750 psi. The well has a northerly lateral terminating at true vertical depth of 9,827 ft. with a bottomhole in the northwest part of the section. Duncan’s headquarters are in Oklahoma City.

4 In the western Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma City-based GHK Co. LLC has completed a second horizontal Tonkawa well near Arnett, Okla. The #1-27HB J.G. flowed 161 bbl. of 40-gravity oil, 150,000 cu. ft. of gas and 18 bbl. of load water per day from a fractured lateral at 8,430-12,020 ft. The #1-27HB J.G is located in Section 27-17n-25w, Roger Mills County. Drilled to 12,063 ft. (8,034 ft., true vertical depth) toward the east-northeast part of the section, the well’s flowing tubing pressure was 220 psi on a 36/64-in. choke.

5 IHS Inc. reports that Fort Worth-based?XTO Energy Inc.. has completed a 7,010-ft. dual Hartford producer east-northeast of Mansfield, Ark., in Scott County. The Arkoma Basin well, #8-27 Glass C, is in Section 27-5n-30w and was perforated and fractured in the Middle Hartford “A” at 6,006-22 ft. and 6,038-44 ft. and Middle Hartford “B” at 6,102-18 ft., resulting in an initial flow of 5.63 million cu. ft. of gas per day. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 900 psi on a 32/64-in. choke.

6 Yale Oil Association Inc., of Oklahoma City, has completed a workover producer from the Middle Atoka in Arkansas’ Witcherville Field. The #1-9 Sicard is north of Midland in Section 9-5n-31w, western Sebastian County. Test results report flow of 2.31 million cu. ft. of gas per day through perforations at 4,840-4,914 ft. Yale originally completed the 7,100-ft. well in 1996 with an initial potential of 1.75 million cu. ft. of gas daily from two deeper Middle Atoka zones at 6,096-6,137 ft. and 6,202-35 ft. following acid and fracture treatments; additional details were not released.

7 United Oil Corp. and Denver-based parent Credo Petroleum completed a deeper-pool Hunton formation discovery in the Anadarko Basin near Seiling, Okla. According to Credo, #1-18 Ball, in Major County, Section 15-21n-15w, flowed 535 bbl. of oil and an estimated 1- to 2 million cu. ft. of gas per day during initial tests of an undisclosed Hunton interval above 9,473 ft. The shut-in tubing pressure was measured at 2,600 psi. The company also encountered more than 150 ft. of pay in the undifferentiated Mississippian and 35 ft. of pay in Chester, but plans to delay completion in those zones until a later date due to high oil flow and virgin pressure from Hunton. Credo owns a 50% working interest in the discovery well.

8 In the Anadarko Basin,?gas flowed at an initial rate of 1 million cu. ft. per day, with no oil or water, at a development well completed by Marlin Oil Corp. near Buffalo, in northern Harper County, Okla. The #1-19 Ant Ranch, in Section 19-28n-23w, was drilled to 6,750 ft. and was initially tested on a 24/64-in. choke producing from three treated Lower Chester intervals at 6,432-36 ft., 6,468-71 ft. and 6,480-88 ft. Shut-in tubing pressure was 1,875 psi, with 350-psi flowing tubing pressure. Marlin’s headquarters are in Oklahoma City.

9 Marathon Oil Corp. of Houston has completed its first operated producer in the Anadarko Basin Woodford horizontal drilling play near Geary, Okla., located in Section 15-13n-10w, Canadian County. The #1-15H Cana was drilled on Marathon’s Brickyard prospect to a true vertical depth of 13,177 ft. and completed using a new completion technology. This technology can remotely perforate, fracture-stimulate and complete each individual zone for production, including setting and removing isolation devices through the drill string. The #1-15H Cana tested flowing 5.2 million cu. ft. of gas per day; additional completion information is not currently available. Marathon owns the majority interest and other shareholders include Questar Corp. and Cimarex Energy Co. Marathon reports it plans to use the new technology in future activities in Woodford shale, and in operations in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

10 Initially flowing 9.38 million cu. ft. of gas, Newfield Exploration Co. of Houston has completed the first dual-lateral horizontal Woodford producer at a site in the western Arkoma Basin near Coalgate, Okla. The Houston-based operator’s #2H-31 Hedgecock is in Section 30-2n-11e of Coal County. It also produced 824 bbl. of water per day from two laterals drilled generally southward. Lateral #1 reached total depth at 15,300 ft. (9,848 ft. true vertical) at a bottomhole in Section 31-2n-11e and was fractured and acidized in nine stages between 10,545 and 15,075 ft. Lateral #2 was drilled to 15,307 ft. (9,825 ft. true vertical) in Section 31-2n-11e. This horizontal bore was fracture-stimulated and acidized in nine stages.

11 A western Arkoma Basin well by Enid, Okla.-based Continental Resources Inc. flowed 10.8 million cu. ft. of gas with 2,284 bbl. of water per day. During initial tests on a 60/64-in. choke, the shut-in pressure was 2,910 psi and the flowing tubing pressure was 1,450 psi. The horizontal Woodford well, #1-1H Blevins, is south of Lamar, Okla., in Section 1-6n-11e, Hughes County. The 10,640-ft. well was perforated, acidized and fractured in eight stages between 6,833 and 10,580 ft. in a north lateral drilled to a bottomhole location in the same section. True vertical depth is 6,103 ft. The initial flowing potential of #1-1H Blevins is the second highest reported to date in the Woodford horizontal play and only the third in excess of ?10 million cu. ft. of gas per day.

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