1. Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co. completed a horizontal Delaware Basin producer in Culberson County (RRC Dist. 8), Texas. The #1H Super Saver 30 State was tested flowing 3.06 million cu. ft. of gas, 59 bbl. of 63.7-degree condensate and 258 bbl. of water per day. On a 36/64-in. choke, the flowing and shut-in tubing pressures were respectively gauged at 615 psi and 1,640 psi. According to IHS Inc., the fracture-treated Wolfcamp interval is at 9,053-12,521 ft. The producer is in Section 30, Block 60, T2S, T&P RR Co Survey, A-5118, and the lateral reached a depth of 12,600 ft., 8,728 ft. true vertical.
2. Cimarex Energy Co. completed a Wolfcamp wildcat in Delaware Basin. The Culberson County (RRC Dist. 8), Texas, well, #1H Dust Commander 26 State, flowed 1.38 million cu. ft. of gas, 36 bbl. of 59.2-degree condensate and 330 bbl. of water per day from fracture-stimulated Wolfcamp perforations at 9,396-12,899 ft. The well was drilled to 12,976 ft., 9,237 ft. true vertical, in Section 26, Block 60, T2S, T&P RR Co Survey, A-5111.
3. Artesia, N.M., independent Yates Petroleum Corp. has a Delaware Basin discovery in Section 22-22s-33e of Lea County, N.M. The #1 Bargain BQA Federal was tested pumping oil at a daily rate of 290 bbl. with 1.16 million cu. ft. of gas and 614 bbl. of water. Acid- and fracture-treated perforations are at 9,949-14,940 ft. in Bone Spring. Flowing tubing pressure was 800 psi on a 24/64-in. choke. The lateral was drilled to a total depth of 15,010 ft. and the true vertical depth was 9,517 ft. The operator has requested that the well be placed in the new Brinninstool North Field.
4. An Anadarko Basin horizontal by Mewbourne Oil Co. flowed 610 bbl. of 43-gravity oil, 2.17 million cu. ft. of gas and 78 bbl. of water per day. The #1362H Bernice is in Section 136, Block 4-T, T&NO Survey, A-925 in Ochiltree County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas. The completion produces from a fracture-stimulated, openhole Cleveland lateral at 6,821-10,695 ft. extending northward in the section. Gauged on an open choke, the flowing tubing pressure was 220 psi. The true vertical depth is 6,414 ft. Only a few horizontal wells—all Cleveland producers—have been completed in this area of the southwestern Cleveland-producing trend.
5. Tulsa-based Unit Petroleum Co. has an initial pump rate of 641 bbl. of 43-gravity oil, 3,000 cu. ft. of gas and 963 bbl. of water per day at a horizontal well in Beaver County, Okla. The #1H Patzkowsky B is in Section 35-3n-22ecm and production is from a fracture-stimulated openhole Marmaton lateral at 6,546-10,683 ft. The well was drilled southward to a true vertical depth of 6,341 ft. at a bottom hole in the same section. The lateral passes east of an abandoned Morrow producer that was incorporated into Union Star Southwest Field, a pool later incorporated into the Union Star District.
6. A development test by Holmes Exploration LLC flowed 559 bbl. of 37-gravity oil with 1.6 million cu. ft. of gas and 182 bbl. of water daily. Tulsa-based Holmes' #1HM Frosty 912 is in Section 912, Block 43, H&TC survey, A-902 of Ochiltree County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas. Gauged on a 28/64-in. choke, the well produces from a fracture-stimulated, openhole horizontal Marmaton interval at 7,819-11,771 ft. with a flowing tubing pressure of 540 psi. According to IHS Inc., the Kiowa Creek Field venture was drilled across the section to a true vertical depth of 7,491 ft. Holmes Exploration is based in Houston.
7. In Hemphill County, (RRC Dist. 10), Texas, Latigo Petroleum Inc. completed an Anadarko Basin producer. The #5H Hanson 29 flowed 17.4 million cu. ft. of gas, 586 bbl. of 54-gravity condensate and 1,270 bbl. of water per day. The Houston-based company's well is in Section 29, Block 41, H&TC Survey, A-172. Production comes from a horizontal Des Moines Granite Wash interval between 12,282 and 16,171 ft. that was acidized and fracture-stimulated in 10 stages. Gauged on a 64/64-in. choke, the shut-in casing pressure was 5,095 psi and the flowing casing pressure was 2,744 psi. The MEG Field prospect was drilled to 16,288 ft., 11,432 ft. true vertical.
8. A Stiles Ranch horizontal completion by Apache Corp. flowed 4.23 million cu. ft. of gas, six bbl. of condensate and 1,283 bbl. of water per day from an acidized and fracture-stimulated Des Moines Granite Wash lateral at 13,348-17,617 ft. The #1404H Stiles 4 is in Wheeler County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas, in Section 4, Block A-3, H&GN Survey, A-431. The discovery was tested on a 21/64-in. choke with a shut-in tubing pressure of 1,963 psi, a flowing tubing pressure of 1,941 psi and a calculated absolute open flow of 122.3 million cu. ft. of gas daily.
9. A western Anadarko Basin development test completed by EOG Resources Inc. flowed 45-gravity oil at an initial rate of 1,020 bbl. per day, with 1.95 million cu. ft. of gas and 570 bbl. of water daily. The Houston-based company's #27#3H Max is in Section 27-19n-25w of Ellis County, Okla. It was tested on a 36/64-in. choke producing from a fracture-stimulated, openhole horizontal interval of Marmaton at 9,437-13,488 ft. with a flowing tubing pressure of 410 psi. The venture was drilled northward to a true vertical depth of 8,950 ft. at a bottom-hole in the same section.
10. Apache Corp.'s #4-23H Zoldoske flowed 525 bbl. of 45-gravity oil, 681,000 cu. ft. of gas and 117 bbl. of water daily during initial tests. The new producer is in Section 23-26n-24w of Harper County, Okla. The flowing tubing pressure was recorded at 280 psi after testing on an open choke. The 11,525-ft. well produces through perforations in a horizontal Cherokee section between 6,960 and 11,442 ft. that were acidized and fracture-stimulated in 10 stages. Apache is based in Houston.
11. A horizontal Barnett producer was completed by Fort Worth-based Braden Exploration LLC in Montague County (RRC Dist. 9), Texas. The #1H Winton B Unit was tested flowing 269 bbl. of 41.4-degree oil, 1.09 million cu. ft. of gas and 490 bbl. of water per day. Fracture-treated perforations are at 9,020-11,192 ft. Measured on a two-inch choke, the flowing and shut-in tubing pressures were 122 psi and 405 psi, respectively. The Newark East Field well was drilled to 11,245 ft. and the true vertical depth was 7,199 ft. The producer is in Lot 29, Titus County School Land Survey, A-730 and the lateral bottomed to the southeast beneath Lot 22.
12. An Arkoma Basin development well in Coal County, Okla., by Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. flowed 7.1 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,122 bbl. of water per day. The #1-13H Harlow Cunningham is in Section 23-3n-11e and produces from an acidized and fracture-stimulated Woodford lateral at 9,610-14,456 ft. that extends northward to a bottom-hole in the northwestern part of Section 13-3n-11e. The operator reported an initial shut-in pressure of 1,050 psi and flowing tubing pressure at 1,625 psi after testing on a 36/64-in. choke. The measured and true vertical depths reported by the Tulsa-based company are 14,636 ft. and 9,200 ft., respectively.
13. Two horizontal Woodford wells were completed by Newfield Exploration Inc. in Ashland Field in the Arkoma Basin. According to the Houston-based company, the wells were drilled from the same pad. The #3H-15E Hatridge is in Section 27-4n-12e of Pittsburg County: the 19,653-ft. well initially flowed 5.6 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,829 bbl. of water daily. The completion produced from a fracture-stimulated and acidized interval at 10,016-19,478 ft. during tests on a 128/64-in. choke. The #4H-15E Hatridge flowed at an initial rate of 3.46 million cu. ft., with 2,000 bbl. of water daily. The #4H-15E Hatridge was drilled about 30 ft. to the southeast on the same pad as #3H-15E Hatridge. This prospect has a parallel north lateral extending to 20,100 ft., 9,292 ft. true vertical at a bottom-hole in Section 15-4n-12e. Newfield reported initial tests in a treated zone at 9,765-19,955 ft. on a 128/64-in. choke.
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