1 A horizontal well inside the city limits of Midlothian in northwestern Ellis County, Texas, (RRC 5) is planned by Dallas-based Harding Co. According to IHS Inc., #2H Cann in Allen Reeves Survey, A-939, will drill to 10,000 ft. in the Barnett Shale with a bottomhole location a half-mile south-southeast in John Chamblee Survey, A-192. The company received a permit for another well from approximately the same surface location. The #1H Cann is also projected to 10,000 ft. with a horizontal leg bottoming more than a mile southeast under J.B. Littlepage Survey, A-643. But no activity has been reported on that well. The closest Barnett Shale production is about 4.5 miles southwest in northeastern Johnson County, where #1H Lowrance C Unit tested for 3.6 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,719 bbl. of water a day. That 12,555-ft. horizontal produced 100.7 million cu. ft. of gas in its first two months onstream.



2 EOG Resources Inc., Houston, will check the southeastern flank of the Fort Worth Basin for Barnett Shale pay as it drills #1 Tam to 9,500 ft. in William R. Baker Survey, A-108, about a half-mile northeast of Aquilla in southern Hill County, Texas (RRC 5). The well is more than 20 miles from the closest Barnett Shale production, north-northwest in Newark East Field, where #1H J.C. White horizontal well tested for 1.19 million cu. ft. of gas and 165 bbl. of water a day from fractured perforations between 7,700 and 9,701 ft.



3 The #1 Russell Davis wildcat in James Latham Survey, A-16, in west-central Rusk County, Texas, (RRC 6) will evaluate Cagle at 7,300 ft., Travis Peak at 7,700 ft. and Cotton Valley at 11,200 ft. for Ensight III Energy Management LLC, Shreveport, La. The well, about 6.5 miles south-southwest of Henderson, is scheduled to 11,400 ft. Cotton Valley produces 1.5 miles north in the same survey in Beckville Field. There, #3 Pone tested for 952,000 cu. ft. of gas, 13 bbl. of condensate and 192 bbl. of water when it was completed in March 2006.



4 Goodrich Petroleum Co., Houston, permitted an apparent Travis Peak wildcat in Angelina County, Texas, (RRC 6) just southeast of the Cherokee County boundary line. It will drill #1 Bob Sessions to 13,500 ft. in William Postley Survey, A-511. The well is more than a mile southwest of Sessions South Field and the closest Travis Peak production from #1 Stanley Crossman. That well reestablished production for Goodrich in the field as it flowed 190,000 cu. ft. of gas and 190 bbl. of water a day from fractured Travis Peak perforations between 11,675 and 13,030 ft. Goodrich tested that well on a 48/64-in. choke with 480 psi of flowing tubing pressure.



5 Sundown Energy LP, Dallas, tested a south-central Polk County, Texas, (RRC 3) discovery for 338,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from Miocene perforations between 2,276-79 ft. through a 10/64-in. choke with 890 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The #1 David C. Harrell is in John F. Carr Survey, A-176, about eight miles east of Livingston. The area supports deeper recovery from Woodbine below 13,000 ft. The nearest shallow production is nearly five miles west-southwest, where #1 Blackstone Unit tested for 460,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from Frio perforations between 1,988-92 ft.



6 Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP, now part of ConocoPhillips Inc., Houston, has a discovery in the Edwards Lime in Section 120, James Ingram Survey, A-261, about 2.75 miles southwest of the Karnes County boundary line and about 3.5 miles southeast of the Atascosa line in northern Live Oak County, Texas (RRC 2). The company's #1 Kunde tested for 515,000 cu. ft. of gas and 166 bbl. of condensate from perforations between 11,440 and 11,520 ft. The operation ran the tests on an 8/64-in. choke with 750 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The company took out a permit for another Edwards Lime wildcat 0.33-mile east-southeast. The nearest Edwards Lime production is more than seven miles northwest in Fashing Field. There, #13 Tartt has produced 134.5 million cu. ft. of gas and 5,612 bbl. of water from 2003 through July 2006.



7 San Antonio-based Republic Resources LLC completed #2 Rooke in the Jose Maria Aldrete Survey A-1, Refugio County, Texas (RRC 2). The well flowed from perforations between 7,290-91 ft. at a rate of 687,000 cu. ft. of gas and 126 bbl. of oil per day. The well was tested on a 7/64-in. choke with flowing tubing pressure of 2,000 psi. Additional drilling is planned.



8 The Woodlands, Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. plans a 13,200-ft. wildcat in Dimmit County, Texas, (RRC 1) about 6.7 miles west of the LaSalle County boundary line. The company's #1 Briscoe Cochina Ranch is in Block X, Jesus Cardensas Survey, A-2. The nearest production is about four miles south in Light Field, where #1-63 George E. Light tested for 1.78 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Olmos between 5,485-92 ft. The well produced 3.11 billion cu. ft. of gas, 35,131 bbl. of condensate and 392 bbl. of water between 1974 and 1987, according to IHS Inc.



9 Killam Oil Co. Ltd., Laredo, Texas, discovered Navarro pay as it drilled its #1 Killam & Hurd Fee 1501 about four miles northeast of Laredo in Webb County, Texas (RRC 4). The well, in Section 1501, HE & WT RR Co. Survey, A-1469, tested for 3.09 million cu. ft. of gas, 121 bbl. of condensate and one bbl. of water a day from perforations between 8,612-22 ft. Tests were run through a 14/64-in. choke with 4,662 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The nearest production from Navarro is nearly eight miles south-southwest in Valley Field.



10 An apparent Frio discovery rewarded Corpus Christi, Texas-based Suemaur Exploration & Production LLC as it drilled on the eastern flank of La Sal Veija Field in western Willacy County, Texas (RRC 4). The #1 Bondy Gas Unit et al. tested for 3.9 million cu. ft. of gas, 98 bbl. of condensate and 199 bbl. of water a day from perforations between 15,194 and 15,220 ft. in Jose Narciso Cabazos Survey, A-8, reports IHS Inc. The company recently completed a shallower Frio well about a mile west-southwest in Riggan Field. That well, #1 Ames Gas Unit, tested for 5.7 million cu. ft. of gas, 178 bbl. of condensate and 119 bbl. of water a day.



11 Contango Operators Inc., Houston, posted a discovery with its Dutch prospect, #1 OCS-G-23851, in the southern half of Eugene Island Block 10 in the Gulf of Mexico. Although production figures weren't released, the well, in 12 ft. of water, holds an estimated 25 billion cu. ft. of gas equivalent, net to Contango's 18.3% interest and its 43% interest in Republic Exploration LLC, which holds a 65% working interest. The partners will pay $2.7 million to bring the well to production.



12 A wildcat found more gas pay than expected as ENI U.S. Operating Co. Inc. reached total depth at 11,155 ft. on the Longhorn North prospect in Mississippi Canyon 502 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Italian company drilled its #1 OCS-G-24084 in 2,310 ft. of water and found gas sands with greater thickness and higher production quality than it anticipated. The company is evaluating production alternatives. The only previous drilling on the block is almost 1.25 miles east where the well was temporarily abandoned and assigned to Leo Field but never produced.



13 A discovery in Cotton Valley greeted Goldco Operating LLC, Shreveport, La., when it completed its #1 Goldsberry in Section 32-17n-14w in Caddo Parish in northern Louisiana. The discovery tested for 100,000 cu. ft. of gas, two bbl. of condensate and 350 bbl. of water a day from perforations between 9,090 and 9,160 ft. Goldco tested the well through a 20/64-in. choke with 50 psi of flowing tubing pressure. It drilled the well to 9,892 ft. and plugged back to 9,415 ft. The company also is waiting on completion tools at its #1 City of Shreveport a half-mile east of the Goldsberry well. The closest Cotton Valley production is approximately seven miles west in Greenwood-Waskom Field.



14 Southern Louisiana will host an apparent Miocene wildcat in southwestern Terrebonne Parish for Noble Energy Inc., Houston. The company's #2 State Lease 18477 is in Section 31-20s-15e and is scheduled to 18,000 ft. The new test is 4.5 miles northeast of Miocene production in Bay Junop Field. There, a 1964 well in Miocene tested for 1.7 million cu. ft. of gas and 72 bbl. of condensate a day. The well has produced a cumulative 228.72 million cu. ft. of gas, 2,741 bbl. of condensate and 236,674 bbl. of water between 1964 and 1971, according to IHS Inc.



15 GNK Inc., Shreveport, La., took out a permit for a wildcat to Eutaw in Section 23-1n-7e in Smith County, Mississippi. The #1 McCraw is scheduled to 7,800 ft. about three miles north of the town of Mize and 6.5 miles east of the Simpson County boundary line. The well is 2.25 miles west-northwest of the nearest production in a field that produces from Sligo. The new well is five miles southeast of the nearest Eutaw production in Raleigh Field. There, #1 Dominion 6-1 tested for 1.3 million cu. ft. of gas, 11 bbl. of condensate and six bbl. of water a day.



16 Wilcox Energy Co., Natchez, Miss., will drill its #1 McGehee et al. to the Minter Sand (Wilcox) in Section 40-4n-3w in northern Wilkinson County, Miss. The well, planned to 8,500 ft., is slightly more than a mile west-southwest of the nearest Wilcox producer in Coulson Bayou Field. That well, #29-16 Pettis, tested for 101 bbl. of oil a day from Wilcox perforations.