1 McCoy Petroleum Corp., Wichita, Kan., plans a remote wildcat to evaluate Lansing-Kansas City members of the Mississippian to 4,800 ft. on the southern Cambridge Arch in southern Rawlins County, Kan. The #1-33 Draper A in Section 33-4s-34w is about 11 miles southwest of Atwood. There is little nearby production-the closest producers are eight miles northeast-but the closest previous production was almost three miles northeast in Sappa Creek Field, where the confirmation well for the discovery tested for 169 bbl. of oil a day from Marmaton between 4,428-36 ft. The well produced 55,500 bbl. of oil between 1959 and 1967.



2 A remote wildcat in a nonproducing Lane County, Kan., township will test Arbuckle to 5,000 ft. for Pioneer Resources, Phillipsburg, Kan. The company permitted #1 Dirks in Section 12-14s-32w about 18 miles south of Oakley. The wildcat is 5.5 miles south-southeast of the nearest production, the opener for Stratford Southwest Field. That well, completed in January 2006, tested pumping 70 bbl. of oil from the Johnson between 4,528-32 ft. following a light acid treatment. It produced 2,500 bbl. of oil through July and was pumping five bbl. of oil a day at that time, according to IHS Inc.



3 Seeco Inc., a unit of Southwestern Energy Co., Houston, is completing a pair of remote wildcats in White County in the Arkansas sector of the northeastern Arkoma Basin. It drilled #1-16-H Nicholson in Section 16-10n-6w and found 562 gross ft. of Fayetteville shale pay. It designed the well as a 7,000-ft. measured-depth wildcat with a northwest lateral. The well is 6.5 miles east of #1-16-H Johnson in Section 16-10n-7w, which encountered 486 gross ft. of Fayetteville pay in a horizontal lateral drilled southeast of the vertical wellbore. The townships previously hosted three dry holes.



4 Littleton, Colo.-based Potoco LLC permitted the third well in a program targeting Atoka in northern Scott County, Arkansas. The #1-14 Portman will reach for 6,500 ft. in Section 14-4n-30w, about six miles southeast of Mansfield. A previously staked well by the company, #2-15 Deltic Timber, is 0.25-mile northwest. The new well also is a north offset to a horizontal wildcat drilled to Hartshorne by the company and completed last April. It has not released details on that well. The nearest Atoka production is in Mansfield Field, some two miles north of the latest location.



5 ConocoPhillips, Houston, tested 631 bbl. of oil and 777,000 cu. ft. of gas a day with no water at its #1 Martin in southeastern Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The well, in Section 23-1n-17ecm, about five miles south of Hardesty, found pay in an untreated Atoka interval from 6,385 to 6,446 ft. The company conducted the tests on a 32/64-in. choke with 472 psi of flowing tubing pressure, according to IHS Inc. Although there is nearby production from shallower Permian zones in Guymon-Hugoton Field, the closest Atoka production is a new-pool discovery 1.5 miles northwest completed earlier by ConocoPhillips. That well, #6 Atkins A, tested for 2.05 million cu. ft. of gas and eight bbl. of condensate a day in mid-2006.



6 PetroQuest Energy Inc., Lafayette, La., chalked up a Woodford shale discovery as its #1-30 Mr. Bill showed an initial potential of 1.04 million cu. ft. of gas and 45 bbl. of load water a day. The 8,330-ft. well is in Section 30-7n-15e about five miles north of McAlester in Pittsburg County, Okla. It produced from fractured perforations between 8,132 and 8,202 ft. The nearest production from Woodford is 6.5 miles west-southwest in Reams Northwest and Pine Hollow South fields. PetroQuest is drilling additional wells in the area.



7 A deep western Arkoma Basin shelf discovery well in southern Pittsburg County, Okla., tested for 2.31 million cu. ft. of gas and 120 bbl. of water a day for Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City. The #1-5 RFR Gorilla, in Section 5-3n-14e, about three miles northeast of Kiowa, produced from seven fractured Simpson zones from 12,030 to 13,375 ft. The operator ran tests through a 40/64-in. choke with 315 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The company also hit gas between 12,637 and 12,850 ft., but the rate of recovery was not reported. Although adjacent Brewer South and Pittsburg fields produce from Hartshorne, the nearest production from Simpson is 1.5 miles north.



8 Wagner & Brown Ltd., Midland, Texas, will drill to Montoya at 7,000 ft. at a Chaves County, N.M., wildcat about 30 miles west of Elida. The #1 State 18 Com in Section 18-4s-27e is about 2.5 miles south-southeast of the De Baca County line. It will first seek gas in Pennsylvanian with Siluro-Devonian as its secondary target, according to IHS Inc. A Pennsylvanian workover offset south-southeast in the same section tested for 250,000 cu. ft. of gas, one bbl. of condensate and three bbl. of water a day when it was completed in 1975 but was not considered commercial.



9 A horizontal Wolfcamp test will look for production 17 miles south of Hope in Eddy County, N.M., for Nadel & Gussman Permian LLC, Midland, Texas. The #1 Buzzard Canyon 30 Federal in Section 30-20s-23e will drill to 9,600 ft. measured depth (5,000 ft. true vertical depth) to a bottomhole location 0.75-mile south. The operator permitted #2 Josey a mile southeast in late 2005 to look at Chester at 9,200 ft., but has not yet started work on that well. It has two nearby producers in Section 30, #1 and #3 Josey Federal. The #1 is an 8,920-ft. Atoka well in Strychnine Draw Field that produced 139.4 million cu. ft. of gas, 667 bbl. of condensate and 408 bbl. of water from mid-2004 to the end of 2005. Recompleted in Upper Pennsylvanian as part of Indian Loafer Draw Field, it produced another 14.3 million cu. ft. of gas, 254 bbl. of condensate and 197 bbl. of water.



10 Sunray, Texas-based Fortay Inc. permitted an 8,000-ft. wildcat, apparently to Permian, Cisco, Canyon, Strawn (Des Moines) and Morrow at its #1 Malcolm Bryant, about two miles southeast of Hartley, Texas. The Dalhart Basin well is in Section 17, Block 1, WM Co. Survey, A-265, in Hartley County (RRC 10). It's about 0.75-mile from a 3,303-ft. well that recovered a small amount of gas from a Permian interval in 1983, but the closest commercial production is two miles northwest in Dobervich Field where #1 Baker produced 9,600 bbl. of oil in seven years from Des Moines Granite Wash.



11 Two wildcats will test Tannehill for Alliance OGO LP, Dallas, in southeastern Dickens County, Texas (RRC 8A). The #2A Pitchfork is to reach 4,700 ft. in Section 13, Block AS, J.S. Calloway Survey, A-428, about 12 miles east-northeast of Spur. It is 1.3 miles southeast of the company's #1A Pitchfork, a 5,500-ft. well planned in Section 14, Block AS, J.S. Calloway Survey, A-434. The nearest production is the sole producer in Trinity Trace Field, where #1 Pitchfork Land & Cattle Co. L has produced 84,259 bbl. of oil, 85,000 cu. ft. of casinghead gas and 91,908 bbl. of water from Tannehill since 1987.



12 Partee Drilling Inc., Big Spring, Texas, permitted #1011 Griffin wildcat to a depth of 8,900 ft. in southeastern Howard County, Texas, (RRC 8A) on the eastern shelf of the Permian Basin about two miles north-northeast of Forsan. The well is in Section 101, Block 29, W&NW Survey, A-463. A well was drilled within a half-mile northeast but it was abandoned at 9,850 ft. in Mississippian with no recovery. Partee operates the nearest producing well, a Wolfcamp producer in Howard-Glasscock Field 2.5 miles east. That well, #9 Horace Garrett Estate A, tested for 53 bbl. of oil a day.



13 LTS Oil & Gas, Abilene, Texas, permitted two locations less than 15 miles southwest of Santa Anna in Coleman County, Texas (RRC 7B). The company's #1 Cuesta-Voss is scheduled to 3,200 ft. in Section 274, SP RR Co. Survey, A-1064, and #2 Cuesta-Voss is a quarter-mile west in Section 274, SP RR Co. Survey, A-1385, and will drill to the same depth. The closest producer to the wildcats is from Jennings in Fisk Field from 1,038-48 ft. That well, #1 Buck, tested for 854,000 cu. ft. of gas a day and produced a cumulative 23.68 million cu. ft. of gas, 57 bbl. of condensate and 1,005 bbl. of water in seven years online, according to IHS Inc.



14 Paint Rock Operating LLC, San Angelo, Texas, permitted #1 Turnbo more than 10 miles southeast of Christoval in southern Tom Green County, Texas (RRC 7C). The well is projected to 7,500 ft. in Section 50, Block 25, H&TC Survey, A-8308, about 0.75-mile northeast of the nearest production in Toe Nail North Field. The closest producer in that field tested for 90 bbl. of oil, 20,000 cu. ft. of gas and two bbl. of condensate a day from acidized and fractured Harkey between 4,747-52 ft. Other wells in the field produce from Strawn below 5,200 ft.



15 The Delaware Basin will host an 11,000-ft. wildcat permitted by Browning Oil Co. Inc., Giddings, Texas. The #1H Perry 264 is six miles south of Pecos in eastern Pecos County, Texas (RRC 8). The vertical well is in Section 264, Block 13, H&GN Survey, A-2420. The single-well Blount Field, 2.5 miles south-southwest, initially tested for 589 bbl. of oil from Bone Spring between 9,057-78 ft. after it was drilled to 18,898 ft., according to IHS Inc. Deeper zones were tested but not produced.



16 Scully Energy Corp., Salado, Texas, plans a 4,500-ft. remote test in lightly drilled western Bell County, Texas (RRC 1). Only four wells have produced in the area. Scully's #1 Cosper is in Willis West Survey, A-865. The closest well was drilled and abandoned about 2.25 miles northeast. The nearest production is 13 miles northwest in Lampasas County, where Scully opened Toga Field in April last year with #1 Gotcher. That 1,977-ft. well showed an initial potential of 193,000 cu. ft. of gas from Cisco perforations between 894 and 904 ft. The discovery well produced 580,000 cu. ft. of gas last May.

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