1: OGX Resources of Midland, Texas, completed a Winkler County (RRC Dist. 8), Texas, horizontal well flowing 153 bbl. of 36-degree-gravity oil with 112,000 cu. ft. of gas and 200 bbl. of water per day. The #1H Springer 10-23 was tested through a fracture-treated interval in Pennsylvanian at 9,159-12,325 ft. The F.A. Hogg Field well was drilled to 12,345 ft., 8,151 ft. true vertical, and tested on a 24/64-in. choke with a flowing tubing pressure of 710 psi. The lateral was drilled in Section 23, Block B10, Public School Land Survey, A-1704. There has been no previous horizontal drilling in the vicinity.

2: Oklahoma City-based Sand Ridge Exploration & Production LLC tested a wildcat along the Ouachita Thrust Belt in Terrell County (RRC Dist. 7C), Texas, that flowed 472,000 cu. ft. of gas per day. The well produced from fracture-treated perforations at 6,405-6,635 ft. in Tesnus. The #1031A Owens A was tested on a 14/64-in. choke; the flowing tubing pressure was 200 psi and the shut-in tubing pressure was 1,650 psi. The discovery was drilled to 11,662 ft. in Section 103, Block 1, CCSD&RGNG RR Co Survey, A-136.

3: Corlena Oil Co. of Amarillo recovered gas flowing at an initial rate of 9.63 million cu. ft. per day, with 89 bbl. of 53-degree-gravity condensate daily and no water. The exploratory test, #1 Brainard 61, is in Section 61, Block 43, H&TC Survey, A-59, of Lipscomb County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas. The venture produces from a vertical zone in Lower Morrow at 11,134-50 ft. that was acidized and fracture stimulated. Gauged on a 26/64-in. choke, the flowing tubing pressure was 4,510 psi and the shut-in tubing pressure was 5,119 psi. Before the well was completed, Corlena production-tested two deeper Lower Morrow intervals at 11,212-24 ft. and 11,276-96 ft. with no reported recovery until Corlena isolated both zones below cast-iron bridge plugs.

4: A horizontal producer flowed 460 bbl. of 42-degree-gravity oil, 157,000 cu. ft. of gas and 310 bbl. of water per day at a completion by Mewbourne Oil Co. The #1H Loesch 1033 is in Section 1033, Block 43, H&TC Survey, A-391, in Lipscomb County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas. Gauged on an open choke, the flowing tubing pressure was 240 psi from an openhole Marmaton lateral at 7,815-11,989 ft. after fracture stimulation. The western Anadarko Basin prospect was drilled northward across the section to a true vertical depth of 7,468 ft. Mewbourne is based in Tyler, Texas.

5: Devon Energy Production LP completed a high-volume producer in the Anadarko Basin’s Buffalo Wallow Field 12. The company’s #5H Zybach 26 is in Section 26, Block M-1, H&GN Survey, A-1311, Hemphill County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas. The well initially flowed 25.2 million cu. ft. of gas, 315 bbl. of 55-degree-gravity condensate and 3,035 bbl. of water per day. Production comes from a fracture-stimulated horizontal interval of Des Moines Granite Wash at 11,600-15,938 ft. Gauged on a 48/64-in. choke, the respective shut-in and flowing tubing pressures were 2,420 psi and 1,352 psi. Drilled to 16,035 ft., the true vertical depth is 11,485 ft.

6: Enexco Inc. of Dallas reported that a Hardeman County (RRC Dist. 9), Texas, venture, #1 Turner, was tested pumping 42 bbl. of 41-degree-gravity oil per day, with 20,000 cu. ft. of gas and 15 bbl. of water. Production comes from acid- and fracture-treated perforations in Conglomerate at 7,100-12 ft. The well was drilled to 7,900 ft. and is on a 40-acre lease in Section 435, Block A, H&TC RR Co Survey, A-187. The new producer has apparently been placed in BBBB Field, a Conglomerate reservoir that yielded 513 bbl. of oil and 850,000 cu. ft. of gas from three wells in July 2011.

7: In Grant County, Okla., Sand Ridge Exploration & Production LLC reported an initial flow rate of 404 bbl. of 40-degree-gravity oil, 2.81 million cu. ft. of gas and 2,105 bbl. of water per day. The #1-16H CLO is in Section 16-27n-8w and went online producing from an acidized and fracture-stimulated horizontal interval of Mississippi Lime at 5,315-9,603 ft. Tested on a 48/64-in. choke, the flowing tubing pressure was 500 psi. SandRidge drilled the venture northward to 9,742 ft., 5,162 ft. true vertical at a bottomhole location in the same section.

8: An exploratory test was completed by Oklahoma City-based GLB Exploration Inc. as a commingled producer in Basal Pennsylvanian and Hunton. The Oklahoma County, Okla., well, #1 O’Neill, is in Section 35-12n-2w and pumped 127 bbl. of 35-degree-gravity oil, 165,000 cu. ft. of gas and 95 bbl. of load water per day. The venture was drilled to 6,682 ft. and was tested from acidized and fractured intervals of the Basal Pennsylvanian Unconformity sand at 6,352-60 ft. and Hunton at 6,368-6,410 ft.

9: Calyx Energy LLC of Tulsa revived production in an abandoned area of Lost Creek Field with the completion of a new horizontal well. According to IHS Inc., #17-1H Bostian in Section 17-18n-2e, southern Payne County, Okla., pumped 230 bbl. of 40-degree-gravity oil, 393,000 cu. ft. of gas and 1,245 bbl. of water per day. Drilled to 8,894 ft., 4,535 ft. true vertical, the venture produces from a fracture stimulated and acidized Mississippian lateral at 5,193-8,850 ft. It was drilled north-northwestward to a measured depth of 8,894 ft. The section contains five inactive wells on the southwestern flank of Lost Creek (formerly Ramsey East) Field that produced from pays in the Skinner, Red Fork, Bartlesville and Mississippian at depths ranging from 4,200-4,600 ft.

10: An Arkoma Basin horizontal test by Newfield Exploration Inc. flowed 3.7 million cu. ft. of gas, 116 bbl. of oil and 1,352 bbl. of water per day. The #3H-4W Norfleet is in Section 33-3n-9e of Coal County, Okla., and production comes from a commingled test in a horizontal leg extending from a bottomhole location in Section 9-2n-9e. The well produces Woodford at 7,544-13,610 ft.; Hunton, 13,804-14,106 ft.; Woodford, 14,251-15,461 ft.; Hunton, 15,606-15,759 ft.; Wood-ford 15,904-16,861 ft.; and Mississippian at 17,291-17,628 ft. Few additional details are currently available from the Lula Field East completion. Newfield Exploration’s headquarters are in Tulsa.

11: According to IHS Inc., Newfield Exploration Inc. completed four new horizontal Woodford wells in Pittsburg County, Okla. The Arkoma Basin producers were drilled from a common pad in Section 6-3n-12e and were all acidized and fracture stimulated prior to production. The #6H-31 Cunning-ham initially flowed 6.4 million cu. ft. of gas and 2,450 bbl. of water per day through perforations at 9,545-14,310 ft. It has a north lateral extending to a 14,470 ft., 8,606 ft. true vertical. The #7H-31 Cunningham was tested at 9,238-14,090 ft. and flowed 6.03 million cu. ft. of gas and 250 bbl. of water daily on an open choke. Respective measured and true vertical depths are 14,255 ft. and 8,590 ft. The #8H-31 Cunningham was drilled to 14,207 ft., 8,554 ft. true vertical, and flowed 7.36 million cu. ft. of gas and 454 bbl. of water per day from perforations between 9,215 and 14,043 ft. The #9H-31 Cunningham flowed 7.8 million cu. ft. of gas and 931 bbl. of water daily from a Woodford lateral at 9,208-14,008 ft. The total depth is 14,215 ft. and the true vertical depth is 8,606 ft.

12: Betsy Production Co., based in Magnolia, Ark., announced a Smackover Lime completion as part of Gum Creek Field in Ouachita County, Ark. The initial daily potential for #1 Bearden was 31 bbl. of 25-degree-gravity crude through acidized perforations at 5,742-48 ft. The venture is in Section 22-15s-18w and was vertically drilled to 5,861 ft. Nearby production is from a 1975 completion, #3 E.A. Bearden, that produced 200 bbl. of 22-degreegravity oil per day through Smackover perforations at 5,793-5,808 ft.

All data in the Exploration Highlights section is based on sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The prudent investor intending to act upon any particular data is urged to verify it with all other available sources. In no way should the publication of these items be construed as an express or implied endorsement of a company or its activities.

Most land in the U.S. is divided into townships—rectangular tracts six miles square. The township, in turn, is divided into 36 numbered sections, each a one-mile square. The lines running north-south and dividing east from west are called range lines. The lines running east-west and dividing north from south are township lines.

A well in Section 15-Township 4 north-Range 3 east is abbreviated: 15-4n-3e.