2 EOG Resources Inc., Houston, reports production from a high-volume Hugoton Embayment discovery in southwestern Kansas. It completed #35-1 Jordan in Section 35-33s-39w, which produced an average of 10 million cu. ft. of gas and 75 bbl. of condensate a day from an unreported Morrow interval. Cumulative output during its six weeks online was 458 million cu. ft. of gas and 2,800 bbl. of condensate. All other information regarding the well was filed as confidential with the state. EOG completed the closest Morrow producer last year about a mile east-northeast. It staked a location for two other Morrow exploratory tests, between 0.75 and 1.75 miles northwest, reports IHS Inc.
3 Seeco Inc., Fayetteville, Ark., a unit of Houston-based Southwestern Energy, completed a directional Fayetteville Shale discovery in southeastern Arkansas' Van Buren County about three miles south of Fairfield Bay. The #1-8-H Linn is in Section 8-10n-12w and was tested flowing an undisclosed volume of gas through fracture-stimulated perforations at 3,397 to 5,831 ft. Nearest production is 4.67 miles southeast. There, the company's #2-34H Sneed was tested flowing gas through fracture-treated Fayetteville shale perforations at 4,259 to 6,361 ft. and has yet to be placed in a field or brought online.
4 Also, the Fayetteville, Ark.-based Seeco Inc. unit of Southwestern Energy, Houston, released information on another discovery three miles south of Subiaco, Ark. The #1-27 Bishop is in Section 27-7n-25w in Logan County. The 8,250-ft. wildcat was initially tested in the Middle Atoka flowing 560,000 cu. ft. of gas a day. Production was gauged on a 64/64-in. choke with 25-psi flowing tubing pressure. Tests of Middle Alma (Upper Atoka) at 3,198 to 3,212 ft. yielded a flow of 1.1 million cu. ft. of gas a day. The formation was gauged at 45 psi flowing pressure on 64/65-in. choke. The venture is centered between the company's Rich Mountain and Turkey Knob Fields.
5 Western Oil & Gas Development Corp., Oklahoma City, plans a 13,800-ft. wildcat in eastern Anadarko Basin, 4.5 miles northeast of Alex, Okla. It will drill #1-9 Taylor in Section 9-6n-5w in eastern Grady County to evaluate 10 formations between Hoxbar at about 7,700 ft. and Simpson at approximately 13,700 ft. Nearest production is in Tabler Southeast Field a mile south, opened in 1979.
6 Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc. completed a high-volume producer 3.5 miles east-southeast of Stuart, Okla. The #4H-22 Sherman Ellis is in Section 22-5n-12e in southwestern Pittsburg County and, according to state figures, produced 296.3 million cu. ft. of gas during an unreported number of days onstream with an average of at least 9.56 million cu. ft. daily. Newfield has not released any completion details.
7 Parallel Petroleum Corp., Midland, Texas, completed two horizontal wells in the southern portion of New Mexico's Chaves County. It tested #1H All Along 1525-17 Federal Com flowing 1.2 million cu. ft. of gas and 120 bbl. of water a day from perforations in the Wolfcamp at 5,390 to 9,062 ft. Flowing casing pressure was gauged at 250 psi on a 48/64-inch choke. The company also completed its #1 Swale State Com 1525-16 from a surface location a few feet east. This well was tested flowing 1.7 million cu. ft. of gas and 161 bbl. of water a day through treated perforations at 5,290 to 8,822 ft. Flowing casing pressure was gauged at 265 psi on a 48/64-in. choke. The wells could be placed in Walnut Creek field, a new Wolfcamp oil pool. Parallel operates five Wolfcamp producers in Lake Arthur Field, over six miles northeast. Those wells have had a combined yield of 129.3 million cu. ft. of gas and 6,866 bbl. of water since last September.
8 Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, plans a 13,200-ft. wildcat in southern Eddy County about 12 miles southwest of Loving, N.M. It will drill #1 Beggs 21 Stated Com in Section 21-25s-27e and expects to reach the Mississippian Lime. It recently completed a Wolfcamp discovery, #1 Hayhurst 16 State, and opened Hay Hollow West Field 0.25-mile north. That well tested flowing 1.5 million cu. ft. of gas and 8 bbl. of 61.7-gravity condensate a day with a flowing tubing pressure of 1,132 psi on a 23/64-in. choke. According to IHS Inc., almost two miles north-northwest of this discovery, #1 Padron BGM State Com was completed in mid-2005 as a Morrow producer and designated as the Hackberry Draw North Field opener.
9 J-Brex Co., Amarillo, Texas, plans a 7,600-ft. wildcat about seven miles northwest of Gruver in northwestern Hansford County (RRC 10), Texas. The #1203 Double D will target Upper Morrow and Chester in Section 203, Block 2, GH&H Survey, A-125. The western Anadarko Basin site is about a mile from Coldwater Creek East Field. There, #1 Tupin, a 7,050-ft. test completed in 1991, ultimately recovered 358 million cu. ft. of gas and 273 bbl. of condensate during 10 years onstream.
10 Bankers Petroleum (US) Inc., a subsidiary of Calgary-based Bankers Petroleum Ltd., released details on its two Palo Duro Basin wildcats in western Motley County, Texas (RRC 8A). The #1 Black 4 encountered a 280-ft. thick Bend Shale interval in addition to several potentially productive Granite Wash zones. The venture is in Section 4, I RR Co. Survey, A-1094, more than nine miles west-northwest of Matador. The only current producer is 2.75 miles northeast in Birnie Field. Another 2.5 miles north, the company's #1 Cogdell 64 was fracture-stimulated in the Granite Wash Sand. During a 10-day test, the zone flowed at an average rate of 325,000 cu. ft. of gas a day with no condensate and 24 bbl. of water a day during the last seven days. The well is in Section 64, Block T, Arnold & Barrett Survey, A-1157.
11 S.B. Street Operating Inc., Graham, Texas, plans an exploratory test for the western portion of Fisher County, Texas (RRC 9). It will drill #1 Helen Noles in Section 63, Block 2, H&TC RR Co. Survey, A-106. The 4,600-ft. well could reestablish Noodle Creek production in Heather Field, which is 1.67 miles north. Heather Field produced 106,224 bbl. of oil, 1.88 million cu. ft. of gas and 126,938 bbl. of water from Noodle Creek and Strawn between 1977 and 1993.
12 Cholla Petroleum Inc., Dallas, plans to drill a 6,999-ft. northern Nolan County wildcat in the city limits of Sweetwater, Texas. The #1 Borden Fee is in Section 42, Block 22, T&P RR Co. Survey, A-854 (RRC 7B). Its wildcat will target the Ellenburger below 6,400 ft. and extend to Amy-Michele Field. Shallower objectives include Cisco, Canyon and Caddo. Nearest production is in one-well Abb-Fan Field more than a mile northeast. There #1-A Suffel-Thomas, completed in 1993, yielded 11,436 bbl. of crude during a decade onstream. The only current producer in Amy-Michele Field is three miles south-southwest.
13 Dyad Petroleum Co., Midland, Texas, discovered Permian oil in West Texas' Upton County (RRC 7C), almost 10 miles west of Rankin. The #1 King Mountain was tested pumping 32 bbl. of crude with 85,000 cu. ft. of gas and 220 bbl. of water a day. The site is in Section 14, Block 1, MK&TE RR Co. Survey, A-884. It was drilled to a total depth of 9,913 ft. Nearest production is over 0.33-mile west in McCamey Northeast Field, which has only one Permian well and produces primarily from Atoka and Devonian. Dyad also completed a Strawn producer in Cordova Field about three miles southwest, which tested pumping 29 bbl. of oil, 51,000 cu. ft. of gas and 5 bbl. of water a day from acidized perforations at 7,068 to 7,108 ft., reports IHS Inc.
14 Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Operating Inc. completed a horizontal discovery in northwestern Ward County (RRC 8). The #1H Wright 22E is in Section 22, Block 1, W&NW Survey, A-852. The well initially flowed 43-gravity oil with a daily rate of 581 bbl. of oil, 412,000 cu. ft. of gas and 1,149 bbl. of water. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 2,800 psi on an 18/64-inch choke. The company is also conducting a deep drilling program in Loving County about 0.75-mile east-northeast in Section 24, Block 19, University Lands Survey.
15 Dan A. Hughes Co. LP, Beeville, Texas, staked a 15,000-ft. in the northeastern portion of Val Verde County (RRC 1). The site is over 30 miles south-southwest of Sonora in Section 56, Block B, GC & SF RR Co. Survey, A-3410. The primary objective for #1 Altizer is Ellenberger. The current site is 0.5-mile northwest of the company's abandoned #1 Altizer 55 that was drilled to 13,851 ft. About 1.75 miles north, Roble Solo Field produces from Canyon, which has produced 802.2 million cu. ft. of gas, 9 bbl. of condensate and 5,519 bbl. of water since 2001.
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