1 Deep Rock Exploration Inc., Goodland, Kan., tested 17 bbl. of oil an hour on a swab test of its #1 Lyndall wildcat in Section 14-14s-39w in Wallace County, Kan. The eastern Las Animas Arch well produced from Upper Morrow perforations between 5,070-72 ft. and Lower Morrow between 4,115-17 ft. The company's #2 Larson in Section 15 of the same township, completed in February 2002, apparently was a gas discovery in Upper Cretaceous Niobrara. 2 A coalbed-methane play is developing in eastern Kansas as Whiting Petroleum Corp., Denver, staked two wildcats to coalseams in the Marmaton and Cherokee formations in Greenwood County, Kan., according to IHS Energy. Whiting plans the #10-41 Huntington in Section 10-26s-9e and a second well, the #35-42 Schoenhalf, 10 miles south and slightly east in Section 35-27s-93. Whiting is drilling a series of coalbed wildcats in southern Lyon County some 30 to 40 miles north-northeast. 3 The Houston Exploration Co., Houston, completed a high-volume development well in the Arkoma Basin's Booneville Field. The Houston company tested the #3 Lowder, in Section 2-6n-28w, Logan County, Ark., for 13 million cu. ft. per day from three Nichols intervals between 5,220-74 ft. and five Turner zones from 5,388 ft. to 5,484 ft. A deeper Turner zone from 5,950 ft. to 6,211 ft. tested at 8.5 million cu. ft. of gas a day through a 24/64-in. choke. Fractures helped performance in all of the tested zones. 4 Houston-based Newfield Exploration Co. has scheduled a 13,400-ft. wildcat as part of a continuing exploration program in southern Ellis County, Okla. The #1 Shrewder Trust, in Section 36-18n-31w, will test Douglas, Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Cleveland, Big Lime, Cherokee, Atoka and Morrow, IHS Energy said. The nearby #1-31 Shrewder in Section 31-18n-31w tested at 1.7 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Morrow. 5 Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, found a 2.6-million-cu.-ft.-per-day discovery with its #1-32 Phariss in Section 32-6n-10w in southern Caddo County, Okla. The well also flowed 14 bbl. of water per day from perforations over 60 ft. in 11 Springer intervals. The well is in the Cement Field area and produces from depths between 18,412 ft. and 19,044 ft. Chesapeake tested the well through a 10/64-in. choke with flowing tubing pressure of 988 psi. The well is approximately five miles northwest of Cyril and 1.25 miles east-southeast of a 1980s discovery in Section 31-6n-10w. That well flowed 2 million cu. ft. of gas a day from the Goddard at 19,808-32 ft. and produced 358 million cu. ft. of gas during the 15 months it was online. 6 J-W Operating Co., Dallas, with its Cohort Energy Co. subsidiary, has staked three wildcat wells in eastern Kay County, Okla., between 11 and 18 miles northeast of Ponca City. The #1-15 Ona North, in Section 15-27n-4e, will test Arbuckle at 3,900 ft. More than three miles north, the company's #1-27 Midgley Dobson in Section 27-28n-4e, also will target Arbuckle at 3,900 ft. Another 4.5 miles northeast, the company will drill the #1-20 Kaw in Section 20-28n-5e. 7 A remote wildcat in Haskell County, Okla., tested at 1.2 million cu. ft. of gas a day for Glenn Supply Co. Inc. and gave the Tulsa independent added confidence for the remaining wells in a wildcat series. The #1-35 Exodus, in Section 35-11n-21e, produced through a 32/64-in. choke from Cromwell between 1,772-82 ft. with flowing tubing pressure of 250 psi. The company followed that success with five more wells within 1.25 miles, in sections 26-, 27-, and 34-11n-21e and 3-10n-21, all projected to Simpson at 2,500 ft. The nearest production from the #1-35 Exodus well is 9.5 miles south-southwest in Stigler Field. 8 Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, N.M., has drilled a Cisco discovery in Chaves County, N.M. The company's #2 Buder "ACN" Federal opened Bosque Field with a test of 1.4 million cu. ft. of gas and seven bbl. of condensate a day through acidized perforations from 5,310-22 ft. in Section 22-6s-26e, about 25 miles northeast of Roswell. The company drilled the #1 Buder "ACN" Federal a half-mile north-northwest in 1985. That well produced from the shallower Abo formation. 9 Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, hit a new pool discovery in western Lea County, N.M., with its #1 Ebenezer "BBZ" State in Anderson Ranch West Field. The well flowed 391,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from acidized and fractured Queen perforations between 3,361-63 ft. through a 24/64-in. choke with 80 psi of flowing tubing pressure. The 14,102-ft. workover is in Section 9-16s-32e. The well was originally completed as an oil producer in the Wolfcamp between 9,956-75 ft. It produced 7,886 bbl. of oil, 44.9 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,376 bbl. of water from discovery in 1987 to 1990. 10 Jones Energy Ltd., Austin, completed a horizontal discovery well on the western border of Gruver in Hansford County in the Texas Panhandle. The #2 City of Gruver, in Section 3, Block 3, PSL Survey, A-1112, tested at 1.4 million cu. ft. of gas a day with no liquids through a 32/64-in. choke from an untreated open-hole lateral between 2,931 ft. and 5,287 ft. measured depth (2,930 ft. and 3,153 ft. true vertical depth). The well produces from Permian Panhandle Lime and Krider, while most nearby production from the greater Hansford Field area comes from Upper and Lower Morrow. The company has an extensive exploratory program in the area. 11 Range Production Co., Fort Worth, drilled the #2-140 Courson Ranch in Section 140, Block C, G&M Survey, A-562, in Roberts County in the Texas Panhandle to record a discovery that tested at 653 bbl. of oil and 917,000 cu. ft. of gas a day. The well produces from untreated Upper Morrow between 8,311-57 ft. The nearest production is a quarter-mile southeast at Range's Courson Ranch Field discovery well, the #1-140 Courson Ranch. That well tested at 410 bbl. of oil and 375,000 cu. ft. of gas from Upper Morrow and produced 10,214 bbl. of oil and 6.5 million cu. ft. of gas in its first month onstream. 12 Medders Oil Co. Inc., Wichita Falls, Texas, came through with a Tannehill discovery immediately west of the King County boundary line in Dickens County, Texas. It tested the #1 Pitchfork "QQQ" pumping 167 bbl. of oil a day through perforations between 3,872-89 ft. after coming back up the hole from a total depth of 4,025 ft. The well is in Section 20, Block B, T.A. Thomson Survey, A-571, about 13 miles southwest of Guthrie, Texas. The well is a quarter-mile west-southwest of Medders' #1 Pitchfork "YYY," which tested at a similar 164 bbl. of oil a day. 13 Key Energy of Colorado Inc., Denver, chalked up a discovery at its #6 Hurst Unit wildcat in Hardeman County, Texas. The well, in Section 10, EL&RR (M. C. Gibson) Survey, A-1672, flowed 185 bbl. of oil a day through an openhole zone at 8,654-63 ft. Key has asked that the well be classified as the opener for Rockview Field. The nearest production is a third-mile northwest at Stepp Field. 14 A Nolan County, Texas, wildcat was completed by Clear Fork Inc., Abilene, flowing 1.2 million cu. ft. of gas and three bbl. of water a day. The #4 Patterson was tested through a 16/64-in. choke with 810 psi of flowing tubing pressure from Cisco perforations between 4,092-93 ft. The 4,200-ft. well is in Section 21, Block 1A, H&TC Survey, A-17. About 100 ft. east in the same section is the company's #1 Patterson, a 6,710-ft. Ellenberger well in Suggs Field. The nearest Cisco well is a quarter-mile north-northeast in Group Field. The 11 wells in that field produced 1,314 bbl. of condensate, 8.9 million cu. ft. of gas and 66,096 bbl. of water during December 2002, according to IHS Energy. 15 TMBR/Sharp Drilling Inc., Midland, tested its #1-R Leiman wildcat in eastern Loving County, Texas, at various rates, but recently flowed it between 4.9- and 5.1 million cu. ft. of gas a day through a 7/64-in. choke with flowing tubing pressure of 7,950 psi. The discovery produces from Atoka between 16,610-38 ft. in Section 9, Block 75 PSL Survey, A-1352. The nearest Atoka production is 1.25 miles west-southwest in Brunson Ranch Field. 16 Midland-based independent Michael D. Lillis discovered oil at its #1 Denis in southern Tom Green County, Texas, some 10 miles south of Vancourt and immediately west of the Concho County line. The well tested at 50 bbl. of oil and 32,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from acidized, fractured perforations in the Tillery formation between 3,804-08 ft. with 95 psi of flowing tubing pressure through a 20/64-in. choke. The well is in Section 20, I RR (W.DeRenne) Survey, A-7773. One-well Denis Field is about a mile west-northwest.