1 A Comanche County, Kan., Ordovician Viola well that made oil at the rate of 250 bbl. per day-the Oil Producers Inc. #3 Rich "C"-extended a Viola pool 0.5-mile southeast. IHS Energy Group says the Wichita firm drilled to a total depth of 5,895 ft. at the well in Section 22-32s-19w. Log top of Viola was picked at 5,756 ft. 2 A remote exploratory drilling program originally slated only for nonproducing Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas has been expanded into neighboring Brown County to the west by the operator, Forest City LLC, The Woodlands, Texas. Projected depths range from 1,775-1,910 ft. at three Brown County tests-the #1-33 Merkel in Section 33-2s-18e, the #1-3 Kopp in Section 3-3s-18e and #1-2 Oltjen in Section 2-3s-18e. They are scheduled to test the gas potential in Mississippian. Earlier, Forest City staked nine other remote wildcats targeting Mississippian and/or Siluro-Devonian Hunton in Doniphan County. The company's first wildcat staked in the county is the #1-14 Buffalo Wallow located in Section 14-2s-20e. A scheduled Hunton test, it has a target depth of 2,236 ft. 3 Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp., Oklahoma City, tested a flow of 396 bbl. of oil, 1.17 million cu. ft. of gas and 127 bbl. of water per day on a 20/64-in. choke at the #1-22 Turnpike-Federal in Section 22-10n-5w, Canadian County, Okla. The well is producing from Pennsylvanian Prue Sand at 8,317-98 ft., Skinner Sand at 8,496-8,508 and Mississippian at 8,794-8,840 ft. IHS Energy Group notes it's 0.5-mile east-northeast of Tuttle East Field. 4 Denver independent St. Mary Operating Co. gauged a flow of 4.59 million cu. ft. of gas and 27 bbl. of water per day from Pennsylvanian Lower Morrow at a well 0.5-mile east of Mayfield Northeast Field in Beckham County, Okla. St. Mary's well is the #2-21 Ross in Section 21-11n-25w. Tested on a 13/64-in. choke, it flowed through perforations at 18,026-38 ft. 5 A deeper-pool discovery completed by Crawley Petroleum Corp. in Oklahoma's Kay County yielded 106 bbl. of oil, 141,000 cu. ft. of gas and 432 bbl. of water per day on pump from Mississippi Lime at 3,868-88 ft. Crawley, of Oklahoma City, drilled the #1-2 Hercyk in Section 2-26n-1e, 0.25-mile west of inactive Pennsylvanian Burbank (Red Fork) wells in Garrett Northwest Field. 6 A half-mile north extension of Oklahoma's Falkner Southeast Field has been initialed by Chaparral Energy Inc. flowing 1.2 million cu. ft. of gas and 15 bbl. of water per day on a 30/64-in. choke from Pennsylvanian Oswego. According to IHS Energy Group, Oklahoma City-based Chaparral's #1-16 Phillips is in Section 16-28n-16w, Woods County. It gave up the flow on a 30/64-in. choke through perforations at 5,200-04 and 5,255-61 ft. Chaparral has tested Mississippian at two other exploratory tests in the area. Half a mile north of the #1-16 Phillips, Chaparral ran pipe to 5,478 ft. at the #1-9 Phillips in Section 9-28n-16w and 0.75-mile northeast of the #1-16 Phillips, pipe is set at 5,329 ft. at the #1-10 Phillips, drilled in Section 10-28n-16w. 7 United Oil Corp., a subsidiary of the Denver firm Credo Petroleum Corp., is selling 3 million cu. ft. of gas per day at the #1-5 Glendena, 0.5-mile northeast of an abandoned well in Oklahoma's Mocane-Laverne Field. The 7,650-ft. well, in Section 5-24n-23w, Ellis County, is also producing six bbl. of condensate per day. IHS Energy Group says the well is producing through a 14/64-in. choke from one of two Pennsylvanian Morrow sands encountered. The new producer is on United's 1,280-acre Sand Creek prospect. 8 Texas' Montague County is the site of a Mississippian Barnett Shale discovery completed by W.B. Osborn Oil & Gas Operations producing 280 bbl. of oil, 50,000 cu. ft. of gas and 45 bbl. of water daily on pump. The company perforated between 7,910-8,288 ft. at the #2 Fields #2 Barnettshale Unit in J.L. Conditt Survey, A-159. The San Antonio operator's discovery is a workover of a 9,600-ft. well originally completed in 1984 producing oil from Ordovician Ellenburger at 9,090-9,116 ft. Plugged-back depth is 8,650 ft. 9 An oil discovery, the #1 Hazelwood that was completed by Dallas-based Heape Exploration Inc. in Grayson County, Texas, was tested for a flow of 240 bbl. of oil and 150,000 cu. ft. of gas per day on a 14/64-in. choke. The well, in Section 11, Empson Thompson Survey, A-1227, in the Gordonville East Field area, is producing through perforations at 9,672-9,700 ft. Previously, production in the field had come from 9,344-9,543 ft. in Dornick Hills and 10,241-10,639 ft. in Viola. 10 Winkler County, Texas, claims a Devonian discovery finaled by Blue Star Operating Co., Midland, for a flow gauge of 1.093 million cu. ft. of gas, six bbl. of condensate and 86 bbl. of water per day. Blue Star used a 48/64-in. choke to obtain the gauge at the #2 Morton "11," in Section 11, Block B12, PSL Survey, A-1705. Perforations are at 10,710-10,842 ft. IHS Energy Group notes the deeper-pool discovery is on Blue Star's Winkler prospect, in an area of oil production from about 2,500-3,100 ft. in Halley Field. 11 TMBR/Sharp Drilling Inc., Midland, is active at an 18,000-ft. wildcat in Reeves County and has staked a 22,000-ft. wildcat in Loving County in West Texas. The company is drilling below 12,740 ft. at the #1 Red Horse "144" in Section 144, Block 1, H&TC Survey, A-4659. The new location is the #1 Leiman in Section 9, Block 75, PSL Survey, A-1352. 12 A permit has been issued to Riata Energy Inc., Amarillo, to work over a 24,075-ft. wildcat, the #1 Big Canyon Ranch in Terrell County, Texas. Located in Section 106, Block 3, CCSD&RGNG Survey, A-5569, the test was drilled and abandoned in 1993. When originally drilled, casing was run to 22,360 ft. and the venture perforated between 18,260-18,624 ft. in Pennsylvanian Caballos, with no recovery reported. 13 Texas' Gaines County gained a Permian Glorietta discovery when Marshall R. Young Oil Co., Midland, completed its #1 Golden pumping 215 bbl. of oil, with 45,000 cu. ft. of gas, per day. Perforations are at 6,654-94 ft. at the new producer, in Section 27, Block C30, PSL Survey, A-572. According to IHS Energy Group, the nearest Glorietta production is 2.5 miles south of the discovery in the operator's New Era Field. Also in Block C30, nearly a mile west-northwest of the #1 Golden, the company is set to drill a 7,200-ft. test at the #1 Birge Sec 28 in Section 28. 14 Shreveport independent Woods Operating Co. Inc. made an oil discovery at the #1 Williams in Dickens County, Texas, having pumped 75 bbl. per day at completion of the wildcat. Woods completed the discovery producing through perforations at 5,007-14 ft. The well is in Section 148, Block 1, H&GN Survey, A-671, some three miles northeast of the nearest production in Maben Field. 15 Henshaw Southwest Field was established in Eddy County, N.M., with the completion of the Chi Operating Inc. #1 Aspen Federal Com flowing 1.123 million cu. ft. of gas and 59 bbl. of condensate per day from Morrow. IHS Energy Group reports the Midland firm drilled the new-field opener in Section 31-16s-30e and perforated at 10,730-94 ft. Testing was carried out using a 16/64-in. choke. 16 Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, N.M., discovered gas in two deeper formations-Permian Wolfcamp and Upper Pennsylvanian Cisco-at a deeper-pool wildcat in Pecos Slope Field, Chaves County, N.M. The two formations gave up a flow of 866,000 cu. ft. of gas and three bbl. of water per day on a 15/64-in. choke at the #7 Binnion "TT" Federal in Section 24-7s-25e. Perforations were made between 4,690-4,816 ft. in Wolfcamp and at 4,884-90 ft. in Cisco. 17 A Mississippian wildcat in Lea County, N.M., has pipe set on bottom at 13,213 ft., the result of work carried out by David H. Arrington Oil & Gas Inc., Midland. It's the #1 Bill's Hopper in Section 18-15s-35e. A third-mile south-southeast, the operator is set to drill to 13,500 ft. at the #1 Lou's Hopper in Section 19.

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