1 Longbow LLC, Bakersfield, Calif., scheduled #1 Archer-Schock new-field wildcat to look for natural gas at an undisclosed formation and depth in Section 13-6n-4e in Sacramento County, Calif. The test is 5.1 miles southwest of Laguna and 2.3 miles south of Stone Lake Field, a Winters sand pool.



2 In Nevada, Eden Energy Corp., Vancouver, B.C., signed a farm-out agreement with an unidentified privately held Midland, Texas, company to explore the Noah prospect in White Pine County, according to IHS Inc. The wells will cost an estimated $4 million each.



3 Eagle Exploration Inc., Reno, Nev., received a permit for its second wildcat projected to 2,500 ft. in northeastern Nye County, Nev. The company will drill the latest wildcat, #3 Rio Blanco, in Section 18-9n-62e in White River Valley about 43 miles south-southwest of Ely and 25 miles east-northeast of the nearest production in Eagle Springs Field in Railroad Valley. The new well is in an undrilled township almost three miles south of Eagle's #2 Rio Blanco drillsite. The closest drilling from #2 Rio Blanco site was a 4,092-ft. dry hole a mile north-northwest. The well recovered only mud and water on drillstem tests.



4 The #21-1 Skull Valley-Federal wildcat will search for pay at a remote drillsite in Section 21-3s-9w in central Tooele County about 40 miles west of Salt Lake City and 21 miles north-northwest of Dugway, Utah. Geo­chem Exploration LLC will drill the well in the Skull Valley area less than two miles west-northwest of the only other well drilled within 20 miles. The previous well was a 6,392-ft. dry hole drilled in 1994. There was no show on a drillstem test.



5 Royale Energy Inc., San Diego, plans a couple of wildcat wells on the southeastern flank of Utah's Uinta Basin. The northern Grand County wells are 37 to 40 miles northeast of the town of Green River and both will test the Jurassic Entrada, IHS Inc. reports. The #2-1 Vernal Equinox is in Section 2-16s-21e and will drill to 11,300 ft. The other well, #22-1 Ten Mile Canyon, will be drilled to 11,500 ft. in Section 22-16s-21e. The first well is two miles northeast of Royale's #2 Moon Canyon discovery, in the Brushy Basin member of the Morrison. This well produced 159.9 million cu. ft. of gas between July 2005 and November 2006. The #22-1 Ten Mile Canyon is 1.5 miles south-southeast of the opener for Moon Ridge Field, which was completed in 1962 flowing 9 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Cedar Mountain between 10,188-240 ft. It was recompleted in Cedar Mountain in 1963 for 6.7 million cu. ft. of gas a day.



6 North Salt Lake City, Utah-based Flying J Oil & Gas Inc. found gas and condensate in a Duperow well it operates in Outlook Field in northeastern Montana. That formation doesn't produce gas and condensate anywhere in the Williston Basin in Montana or North Dakota. Flying J's #4-24H Ruegsegger in Section 24-36n-52e in northwestern Sheridan County tested Duperow B from 8,056-84 ft. It flowed 2.97 million cu. ft. of gas a day and pipe recovery found 463 ft. of slightly gas-cut, slightly condensate-cut water. Flowing pressure was 3,314 psi.

Flying J drilled the well as a dual-lateral test of Nisku. It is three miles west and slightly north of the Duperow discovery in Outlook Field. That well was the first Duperow producer in the Williston Basin and produced 1.85 million bbl. of oil, 614 million cu. ft. of gas and 14.1 million bbl. of water from between 8,064 and 8,215 ft. between 1957 and 1995.



7 Bill Barrett Corp., Denver, asked for a permit to drill a remote 12,000-ft. wildcat about 32 miles north-northeast of Bozeman, Mont., on the Overthrust Belt in southwestern Montana. Barrett calls #10-15 Draco in Section 15-4n-8e in northwest Park County its Circus prospect. It holds a half-interest in 248,000 net undeveloped acres in the play in Park and Gallatin counties. The company is drilling large four-closure areas with prospective pay in Cretaceous from 2,200 to 7,000 ft., Mississippian from 8,000 to 11,000 ft. and Devonian from 9,000 to 11,500 ft. Barrett is interpreting its second 3-D seismic survey on the property and plans two wildcat wells in the area. Several wells have shown live oil and gas in multiple horizons but there is no production on the Overthrust Belt in this area.



8 A dual-horizontal-lateral discovery in Divide County, N.D., tested 103 bbl. of oil, 87,000 cu. ft. of gas and 93 bbl. of water a day for Samson Resources Co., Tulsa, Okla. The #16-21-163-98H Haugland wildcat produced from two openhole horizontal laterals in Bakken in Section 16-163n-98w, about three miles east-southeast of Ambrose. The first lateral reaches southwest to 14,388 ft. to a bottomhole location in Section 21, while the second extends northwest to 13,554 ft. The company plans two more horizontal wells nearby.



9 Petro-Hunt LLC, Dallas, completed its #10B-2-1H Rice horizontal wildcat as a discovery, flowing 193 bbl. of oil, 163,000 cu. ft. of gas and 140 bbl. of water a day. The well is on the Nesson Anticline in northwestern Mountrail County in northwestern North Dakota. In Section 10-158n-94w, it is eight miles west-southwest of the town of Powers Lake and produced from three fractured openhole horizontal Bakken laterals extending southeast, southward and east. Petro-Hunt measured the test on a 16/64-in. choke with 490 psi of flowing tubing pressure.



10 Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP, now part of ConocoPhillips, Houston, drilled a Bakken well 1.5 miles west of Stanley, N.D., and Prima Exploration Inc., Denver, tested it for 443 bbl. of oil, 300,000 cu. ft. of gas and 187 bbl. of load water a day. The #11-19H Nelson Farms is in Section 19-156n-91w in central Mountrail County, N.D., and was tested on a 28/64-in. choke from two fractured Bakken zones, according to IHS.



11 Gas Ventures LLC, Thermopolis, Wyo., wants a drilling permit to test Fort Union gas intervals to 9,000 ft. at its #1-18 Knapp wildcat on the northern flank of the Wind River Basin. The northeastern Fremont County well is about 21 miles east of Shoshoni in Section 18-38n-90w. The closest production is about 0.75-mile west-southwest of an abandoned Fort Union producer on the southwestern flank of Madden Field. There, #12-18 Lysite produced 1,673 bbl. of oil and 9,491 bbl. of water from a Fort Union interval between 4,784-98 ft. between January 1983 and August 1984.



12 A 3,500-ft. remote wildcat on the northwestern flank of the Denver-Julesburg Basin in northern Goshen County, Wyo., could open a currently nonproducing area. The Thunder Hill Exploration LLC well is 25 miles north-northwest of Torrington in Section 9-28n-63w. The Parker, Colo., company's well is 28 miles north-northwest of Torrington Field, a J-sand producer in the eastern part of the county.



13 Davis Petroleum Corp., Denver, brought in a discovery flowing nearly 1.9 million cu. ft. of gas, 40 bbl. of condensate and 20 bbl. of water a day at its #1-024 Area 4-Federal wildcat in southwestern Sweetwater County, Wyo. The well is 15 miles southeast of Lyman in Section 24-15n-112w and produced through fractured Frontier between 13,506-40 ft. through an 18/64-in. choke. It's on the company's Puma (Deep) Unit.



14 Kaler Oil Co., Gaines­ville, Texas, plans a wildcat to test Lansing-Kansas City about eight miles east-northeast of Benkelman in southeastern Dundy County, Neb. The #2-4 VBR B in Section 4-1n-36w is projected to 4,400 ft. a couple of miles from two Lansing-Kansas City fields-Millennium Field southeast and Little Bear Field west. Kaler discovered Little Bear five years ago. It is a two-well field that has produced 8,300 bbl. of oil and 3,200 bbl. of water, and the one remaining producer put out five bbl. of oil and two bbl. of water in January.



15 A 9,350-ft. wildcat will evaluate Cretaceous Mesaverde, Mancos, Dakota and Entrada about 12 miles north-northeast of Paonia in western Colorado for Denver-based Gunnison Energy Corp. The #12-13 Allen 1291 is in Section 12-12s-91w in northeastern Delta County. The well is a northwest offset to one the company completed in the Mesaverde Cameo coal for 410,000 cu. ft. of gas and 2,516 bbl. of water a day.



16 Lexam Explorations (USA) Inc., Lakewood, Colo., subsidiary of Lexam Explorations Inc., Toronto, received permits for two 14,000-ft. Dakota wildcats in southeastern Saguache County, Colo. The #5 Baca in Section 28-43n-11e and #6 Baca in Section 33 of the same township are in a nonproducing area of the San Luis Basin about 35 miles north-northeast of Alamosa. Lexam owns 75% of the Baca Grant project and ConocoPhillips holds the balance. The prospect is a 14,570-acre closed anticline. The wells are 23 miles east of the closest previous production.