1 A 4,800-ft. Hugoton Embayment wildcat has been staked by Denver, Colo. independent FIML Natural Resources LLC in Scott County, Kan., about eight miles southeast of Scott City. The #7B-18-1931 Dearden is in Section 18-19s-31w and will target oil in the Lansing-Kansas City, Marmaton, Johnson zone and Mississippian rocks. The #1 B.S. Yeager, a northwest offset, was drilled and abandoned in 1974 in Hugoton Northeast Field. It flowed 436,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from Krider and was shut-in without ever producing. Closest production is 1.5 to 2.5 miles northeast in Grigston Southwest Field, which has produced a cumulative 138,000 bbl. of oil since 1992, according to IHS Inc.

2 A 5,700-ft. wildcat will target Mississippian gas reserves some five miles southwest of Ashland, Kan. Westmont, Ill.-based Midco Exploration Inc. has slated #1-19 Knight to be drilled in Section 19-33s-23w, Clark County, about one mile southeast of Red Cliff Field. Discovered in 1987, this field produced 158,000 bbl. of oil from four Viola wells. Keiger Creek Field produces 2.5 miles southwest. Since 1982, this field has produced 1.54 billion cu. ft. of gas with 27,600 bbl. of oil from Lansing-Kansas City, Marmaton and Mississippian. The company has completed 27 producing wells in Clark County since 1981.

3 Fort Smith, Ark.-based Hanna Oil & Gas Co. will drill an as yet unnamed wildcat in Arkansas’ Arkoma Basin in southern Logan County, some three miles southeast of Booneville. The proposed 7,500-ft. test to Borum is in Section 15-5n-27w. The site is more than a mile east of #1 Hasen, a Fletcher Creek Field extension, which initially flowed 5.1 million cu. ft. of gas during tests of the Nichols A and D sands. Flowing casing pressure was gauged at 320 psi on a 48/64-in. choke. The well produced 72.7 million cu. ft. of gas during its first eight months on line. Fletcher Creek Field, discovered in 1966, has yielded 3.74 billion cu. ft. of gas from Pennsylvanian between about 2,000 and 5,500 ft.

4 A remote horizontal wildcat has been staked within the western city limits of Eufaula, Okla. Williams Production Mid-Continent Co., Tulsa, will target Viola with its #1-33H Etna in Section 33-10n-16e in McIntosh County. Objectives include Hartshorne, Gilcrease, Spiro, Wapanucka, Union Valley, Cromwell, Jefferson and Mississippian in the vertical portion of the wellbore and Hunton in the curved section. Atoka and Mississippian production comes from Raiford Southeast Field about 3.5 miles west. The nearest Viola production is 15 miles southeast in Brooken Field.

5 A workover of a 26-year-old dry hole was completed as a Cherokee discovery by GHK Co. LLC about 12 miles northwest of Cheyenne, Okla., in Roger Mills County. The #1-19 Big Four is in Section 19-15n-24w and tested 1.1 million cu. ft. of gas and two bbl. of water a day with a flowing tubing pressure of 1,100 psi on a 12/64-in. choke, according to IHS Inc. Hamburg North Field is 2 miles northwest of the venture. GHK is based in Oklahoma City.

6 Midland, Texas-based Rubicon Oil & Gas LLC completed #1 Lakewood 32 in Section 32-19s-26e, northeastern Eddy County, about two miles west of Brantley Lake, N.M. The well tested at 5.2 million cu. ft. of gas with 57 bbl. of condensate and 11 bbl. of water a day. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 2,700 psi on a 24/64-in. choke. This well is the first Morrow producer in Lakewood Field. Rubicon plans to drill the 9,950-ft. #1 Lakewood 33 more than 0.25 mile northeast. It also completed a Morrow well in Four Mile Draw Field about 1.67 miles north-northeast. There, #1 Lakewood 21 flowed 4.2 million cu. ft. of gas a day with no liquids. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 2,600 psi on a 14/64-in. choke. Four Mile Draw Field produces oil and gas from Wolfcamp, Atoka and Morrow with a cumulative yield of 4.53 billion cu. ft. of gas, 10,810 bbl. of oil and 33,798 bbl. of water.

In the southern part of Eddy County, about 20 miles south-southwest of Loving, #1 Blast BLA Federal will be drilled to a total depth of 13,350 ft. Yates Petroleum Corp. has scheduled the apparent Mississippian wildcat for Section 17-26s-27e. A 1956 discovery, #1-X Welch Unit, tested 13.8 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Pennsylvanian as part of Welch Field. It was drilled about two-thirds of a mile southeast of the location. Yates is based in Artesia, N.M.

7 Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, has staked #3A State of Texas, a deep directional wildcat, in northern Roberts County (RRC 10), Section 11, Block H, J.A. Morrison Survey, A-1200, about 19 miles northwest of Miami, Texas. Stated objectives for the venture include Atoka, Upper, Middle and Lower Morrow sands, Mississippian and Hunton. The 12,000-ft. directional test is offset southeast by #1222 Payne Trust. This 2006 discovery was tested flowing 6.11 million cu. ft. of gas, 309 bbl. of 61-gravity condensate and 12 bbl. of water a day with a flowing tubing pressure gauged at 1,438 psi on 48/64-in. choke. The 9,500-ft. well produced 1.44 billion cu. ft. of gas and 41,700 bbl. of condensate through September 2007.

8 A deep exploratory test is scheduled for the Gordonville West Field area in northwestern Grayson County (RRC 9), A.T. Gayle Survey, A-445, more than 10 miles north of Whitesboro, Texas. Dallas-based Heape Exploration Inc. will drill its #2 Rich A to total depth of 20,500 ft. about two miles from the Cooke County line. The operator’s #1 Rich A was completed in mid-2004 about 0.25 mile east. The 16,648-ft. well flowed 513 bbl. of oil and 1.05 million cu. ft. of gas a day from Viola. Overall, the Viola reservoir in Gordonville West Field has yielded 141,229 bbl. of crude and condensate, 957.4 million cu. ft. of gas and 45,050 bbl. of water since 1978.

9 The #1 Cox Heirs is slated for western Gaines County (RRC 8A), Section 21 A, Block AX, Lizzie Hickman Survey, A-1079, more than six miles east of the Texas-New Mexico state line. Texland Petroleum LP, Fort Worth, plans to drill the well to total depth of 8,000 ft. Palma Field produces from the Upper Clear Fork one mile north-northeast, which has yielded 48,501 bbl. of oil and 700,061 bbl. of water since the mid-1990s.

10 Breckenridge, Texas-based McClymond Ltd. has scheduled #1 W.R. Blackburn 30 Unit in southern Stephens County (RRC 7B), Section 30, Block 7, SP RR Co. Survey, A-946, about 12 miles south of its headquarters. The Bend Arch test is permitted to a total depth of 4,500 ft. and will possibly target multiple Pennsylvanian zones below 3,400 ft. A 1983 Bend Conglomerate well, #1 Trammell, was completed within 0.25 mile west-southwest. This Johnny Field well produced 8.59 million cu. ft. of gas and 144 bbl. of condensate during nearly a year online. IHS Inc. reports that the well was reentered in 1985 and produced 4.4 million cu. ft. of gas, 870 bbl. of condensate and 11,660 bbl. of water through 1986.

11 In the southwestern portion of Fisher County (RRC 7B), Texas, Denver-based GMT Exploration Co. LLC has permitted two Eastern Shelf wildcats. The #130A Davenport is staked in Section 130, Block 3, H&TC RR Co. Survey, A-659, and #177A Davenport A is 2.5 miles southeast in Section 177, A-246, in the same block and survey. Proposed total depths are 7,000 ft. and 7,300 ft., respectively. Marginal production has been recovered from Strawn and Ellenburger in the immediate area.