1 The Barnett shale play continues to show strength in Texas as Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, scheduled its #1 Danciger Trust within a mile of the Tarrant and Ellis county lines in southwestern Dallas County (RRC 5) on the eastern flank of the Fort Worth Basin. The radical play-extension wildcat is planned to 9,000 ft. in J.G. Garrett Survey, A-496. The closest planned Barnett shale wells in Dallas County are more than 10 miles northeast. The only previous recovery in Dallas County is in the far northwest, where two-well Sanford Dvorin Field produced a cumulative 159.4 million cu. ft. of gas from the Barnett between 1997 and early 2002. Two miles south of #1 Danciger Trust, Barnett drilling has started in Ellis County; another three miles west in Johnson County, Newark East Field produces from Barnett.



2 Clayton Williams Energy Inc., Midland, Texas, will drill a 20,000-ft. wildcat in northeastern Leon County, Texas (RRC 5). The company plans its 31 Big Bill Simpson Unit in John Cibiry Survey, A-189, about 10 miles south of Oakwood and three miles northeast of the nearest production in Buffalo East Field. In that field, #1 Hamill Gas Unit #1 tested for 1.73 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Travis Peak perforations between 11,362 and 12,141 ft. The well recovered a cumulative 95.13 million cu. ft. of gas, 62 bbl. of condensate and 37,133 bbl. of water between 1979 and 1991. No production in the area comes from zones below 15,000 ft., IHS Inc. reports.



3 A wildcat recovered 7.5 million cu. ft. of gas and 38 bbl. of water a day from the Bossier formation between 16,455 and 16,558 ft. in eastern Robertson County, Texas (RRC 5). EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Calgary, drilled its #1 McLean-Caywood in Pedro Jose Pereire Survey, A-32, and tested it on a 16/64-in. choke with 5,015 psi of flowing casing pressure. The well is more than 1.5 miles from the nearest Bossier production in Savell Field. The #1 T-Bar-X Harris Gas Unit in that field tested for 15.08 million cu. ft. of gas a day in 2005 and has produced 1.43 billion cu. ft. of gas, three bbl. of condensate and 17,069 bbl. of water since that time.



4 Texakota Inc., Houston, brought in a wildcat flowing 250 bbl. of oil, 73,000 cu. ft. of gas and nine bbl. of water a day at a wildcat six miles northwest of Mauriceville in southeastern Jasper County, Texas (RRC 3). The well tested on a 6/64-in. choke with 3,400 psi from Yegua perforations between 9,941-51 ft. in the 10,485-ft. #1 Mixson Land Co. The well is two miles south of Adams Ranch Field in David Cole Survey, A-105. That field produces mostly gas from Oligocene between 4,000 and 7,000 ft. The closest recovery from Yegua is in Gist Southeast Field another 4.5 miles east-southeast in Orange County.



5 Three miles southwest of China, Texas, Samson Lone Star LP, Tulsa, Okla., will drill #1 Dishman-Leger in northwestern Jefferson County, Texas, (RRC 3) in Section 30, T&NO RR Co. Survey, A-707, to 16,500 ft. It is 1.25 miles south of Yegua production in China Field, where #1 Jones Bower tested for 4.6 million cu. ft. of gas and 420 bbl. of condensate a day in 1996, according to IHS Inc.



6 A 2.66-million-cu.-ft.-per-day discovery rewarded Crawford Energy Operating Co., Houston, at a wildcat eight miles north of Angleton, Texas, in central Brazoria County, Texas (RRC 3). The well, in James E.B. Austin Survey, A-17, also tested for 21 bbl. of condensate a day from Textualaria mississippiensis perforations between 11,247 and 11,312 ft. The company tested its #1 Vieman through a 10/64-in. choke with 4,390 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The #1 McMillian, a Frio well producing from 10,672 to 10,780 ft., tested for 6.42 million cu. ft. of gas a day.



7 Leexus Oil & Gas LLP, Giddings, Texas, claimed a discovery at its #1 Graeco in the Buda formation for 425 bbl. of oil, 100,000 cu. ft. of gas and two bbl. of water a day in Teresa Highsmith Survey, A-194, in Bastrop County, Texas (RRC 1). Leexus tested the well on a 17/64-in. choke with 500 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The nearest Buda production is about a mile north-northeast, where #1 E.W. Jones in Paige Field in the same survey tested pumping 170 bbl. of oil a day in 1979.



8 Houston-based USA Superior Energy LLC plans a 4,200-ft. wildcat, #1 Rust, in Zavala County, Texas (RRC 1). The well is in Pedro Jose de Aguirre Survey, A-2, about five miles north of Crystal City and 1.25 miles south of Del Monte Field. In that field, #1-53 David Darter tested for 20 bbl. of oil and 20,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from Navarro perforations between 3,294-97 ft.



9 T-C Oil Co., Refugio, Texas, plans a 10,000-ft. wildcat about 15 miles east of its home office in eastern Refugio County, Texas (RRC 2). It will drill #1 Salt Creek A in Sumpter Turner Survey, A-296, approximately two miles north of the Aransas County line. Frio is the apparent objective. The well is 2.5 miles northwest of the nearest production, the nearest of two producing wells in Salt Creek South Field. There, #1 V. Tatton tested for 1.9 million cu. ft. of gas a day in 1983 and has produced a cumulative 232.7 million cu. ft. of gas and 4,946 bbl. of condensate.



10 Anadarko Exploration & Production Co. LP, The Woodlands, Texas, will drill a 13,000-ft. wildcat in northwestern Webb County, Texas, (RRC 4) in an area with no production from a comparable depth. The #1 Briscoe Chupadera Ranch is scheduled for Section 18, Block 7, I&GN RR Co. Survey, A-94, about 3.5 miles south of the Dimmit County line and more than 50 miles northwest of Laredo. The nearest production comes from San Ambrosia Field.



11 A 21,000-ft. wildcat was staked about 10 miles southeast of Sarita in Kenedy County, Texas, (RRC 4) by Headington Oil Co. Ltd., Dallas. The #1 John G. Kenedy Jr. T well is in the Alvino & Domingo del la Garza Survey, A-37, about a mile northwest of the nearest recovery in El Paistle Deep Field. In that field, #38 John G. Kenedy Jr. J flowed 18.85 million cu. ft. of gas a day when Headington completed the well in 2004. It drilled that well to 18,250 ft. and produced it through Frio perforations between 16,700 and 17,924 ft. Cumulative production is 3.1 billion cu. ft. of gas and 39,215 bbl. of water.



12 Arena Offshore LLC, The Woodlands, Texas, completed a wildcat in West Delta Block 87 offshore Louisiana as a gas producer from perforations at an undisclosed depth. The surface location of #B-6 OCS G27182 is on adjacent Block 86 in the Gulf of Mexico. The company plans to bring the well online at anticipated flow rates of 7 million cu. ft. of gas and seven bbl. of condensate a day.

This is the first production from Block 87 in seven attempts at depths from 6,000 to 15,309 ft. Two wells on Platform B on Block 86, online from 1990 to 1998, produced 40.14 billion cu. ft. of gas, 46,136 bbl. of condensate and 154,756 bbl. of water from Pliocene and Upper Miocene zones.



13 A gas discovery resulted from a wildcat drilled on South Marsh Island Block 265 by Helis Oil & Gas Co. LLC. The producing formation and depth of perforations were not revealed for #1 OCS G26017. The New Orleans-based company drilled the well in 31 ft. of water as the only well proposed for the tract under its initial exploration. Previous production from the block came from the CA platform about 2.5 miles northeast. That platform was online for 11 years before it was removed in 2003. From 1981 until 2002, it produced 28.3 billion cu. ft. of gas, 51,036 bbl. of condensate and 6,831 bbl. of water in South Marsh Island Block 265 Field. Production came from Upper Miocene at 9,269-86 ft.



14 Chevron USA Inc. brought in a deepwater discovery on part of its Tahiti prospect in the southeastern corner of Green Canyon Block 596. It drilled #PN-2 OCS G16759 to an undisclosed depth in 4,023 ft. of water. It temporarily abandoned #PN-1 well at the same location last fall. Chevron also has received permits for #PN-3 through #PN-6 wells from the same surface location. More than 1.5 miles south-southeast, Chevron completed #1 (ST2/BP) OCS G20082 on the eastern half of Block 640, which also is part of the Tahiti prospect. It drilled that well to 31,000 ft. (30,217 ft. true vertical depth) and tested the well for 15,000 bbl. a day. It produced 33,009 bbl. of oil, 15.32 million cu. ft. of gas and 4,026 bbl. of water from Lower Miocene during one month online. The Tahiti spar will be stationed on Block 641 with the first six wells coming online by July next year.



15 Westview LLC, Monroe, La., apparently will target Yegua at 2,700 ft. with its #2 Harry Moore wildcat in Section 20-18n-7e, about 1.7 miles southeast of the Morehouse Parish line in northern Richland Parish, La. This is the company's second wildcat in the area. Less than a half-mile east, #1 Harry Moore workover went through production testing, but details weren't disclosed. Another two miles southeast, Rayville Field produces from Travis Peak. The #B1 Francis Dickens in that field tested for 7 million cu. ft. of gas a day through perforations from 2,574-79 ft.



16 The Creole South prospect in Cameron Parish, southern Louisiana, found approximately 35 ft. of pay, according to Unicorp Inc., Houston, and a participant in the well. The operator drilled the prospect to 11,300 ft. to evaluate Planulina A and estimated reserves of 2.5 billion cu. ft. of gas with associated condensate. Unicorp holds a 28.3% working interest in the well.