MIDCONTINENT & PERMIAN BASIN

1 Colorado Springs-based Global Energy Operating LLC has a producer in the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin. The wildcat is in northeastern Pecos County (RRC Dist. 8), Texas. The #1 Johnson “20” State is pumping 40 bbl. of 38.6-degree oil per day, with 2,000 cu. ft. of gas and 16 bbl. of water from acid- and fracture-treated perforations in Ellenburger at 5,160-71 ft., reports IHS Inc. Drilled to 5,600 ft. in 2008, log tops include Clear Fork at 3,030 ft., Wichita-Albany at 4,280 ft. and Ellenburger at 4,980 ft. The 320-acre lease is in Section 20, Block 140, T&STL RR Co Survey, A-8980.

2 Round Rock Resources Inc. of College Station, Texas, completed a high-volume horizontal producer in Scurry County (RRC Dist. 8A), Texas. The Permian Basin well, #1H Big Creek, flowed 533 bbl. of crude, 325,000 cu. ft. of gas and 300 bbl. of water per day from commingled acid- and fracture-stimulated perforations at 7,100-9,251 ft. in Strawn and Ellenburger. Flowing casing pressure was 1,200 psi on a 42/64-in. choke. The Earnest Field well was drilled to 9,391 ft., 6,921 ft. true vertical, in Section 32, Block 3, H&GN RR Co Survey, A-569. Log tops include Strawn at 6,910 ft. and Ellenburger at 7,400 ft.

3 In Wheeler County (RRC Dist. 10), Texas, Chesapeake Operating Inc. of Oklahoma City reported two horizontal Des Moines Granite Wash well completions in Stiles Ranch Field. The #11H Stiles Ranch 23, Section 23, Block A-3, H&GN Survey, A-206, was tested on a 12/64-in. choke and initially flowed 2.15 million cu. ft. of gas, 131 bbl. of 55-gravity condensate and 23 bbl. of water per day. Production from the 16,586-ft. well comes from fracture-stimulated perforations in Des Moines between 12,700 and 16,953 ft. in a north lateral drilled to 17,141 ft. Chesapeake reported respective shut-in and flowing casing pressures of 3,198 psi and 3,045 psi, and a calculated absolute open flow of 23.1 million cu. ft. of gas daily. A second well, #6H Reed 70, Section 70, Block A-7, H&GN Survey, A-8395 flowed 2.91 million cu. ft. of gas with 141 bbl. of 54-gravity condensate and 489 bbl. of water per day from a fractured horizontal interval at 12,913-16,400 ft. during initial testing. Using a 19/64-in. choke, respective shut-in and flowing casing pressures were 2,179 psi and 1,772 psi. The absolute open flow was calculated at 8.6 million cu. ft. of gas.

4 A Palomino Petroleum wildcat in Ness County, Kan., #1 Patricia, had an initial pumping potential of 53 bbl. of oil and 6 bbl. of water per day from a perforated and acidized Mississippian zone at 4,426-30 ft. Designated the Pat Field opener, the 4,755-ft. Hugoton Embayment discovery had log tops reported for the Lansing at 3,825 ft.; Marmaton, 6,416 ft.; Pawnee, 4,254 ft.; Fort Scott, 4,324 ft.; Cherokee, 4,348 ft.; and Mississippian at 4,415 ft. The well is in Section 28-17s-25w, about a mile southeast of the September 2008 Lazy 17 East Field discovery. Palomino’s headquarters are in Newton, Kan.

5 Chesapeake Operating Inc.’s #1-22H Almond in Section 22-28n-13w, northeastern Woods County, Okla., initially flowed 220 bbl. of oil, 414,000 cu. ft. of gas and 1,767 bbl. of water per day. Production comes from a fracture-stimulated and acidized Mississippian interval at 5,561-9,365 ft. in the same section. The measured and true vertical depths are 9,440 ft. and 5,106 ft., respectively. Chesapeake is based in Oklahoma City.

6 A GLB Exploration Inc. preliminary production test at #1-20 Carol Sue yielded 358 bbl. of oil, 1 million cu. ft. of gas and 333 bbl. of load water per day. GLB tested a horizontal Atoka leg in the Hardeman Basin that was projected to a depth of 12,054 ft. at a bottomhole to the northeast of the same section (20-1s-23w) in Jackson County, Okla. The Eldorado, Okla.-based company has received approval from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to flare 1 million cu. ft. of gas daily from the horizontal wildcat during a 30-day test period. To the southeast, GLB will resume testing at the basin’s first horizontal Atoka well, #1-32H Mitchell.

7 In the Anadarko Basin, Cimarex Energy Co. completed a Woodford well that flowed 3.81 million cu. ft. of gas, 288 bbl. of 55.5-degree-gravity condensate and 152 bbl. of water per day. The #2-25 Base is in Section 25-14n-11w, Blaine County, Okla. Production comes from a fracture-stimulated section at 13,050-17,506 ft. in a lateral drilled northward in the same section. Flowing tubing pressure was 1,363 psi on a 24/64-in. choke. The measured depth is 17,600 ft. and the true vertical depth is 12,804 ft. Cimarex is headquartered in Denver.

8 At a shallow reentry well in Section 4-3n-10w, Comanche County, Okla., Bison Exploration Drilling 1 LP pumped 38-gravity oil at an initial natural rate of 49 bbl. daily, with 40,000 cu. ft. of gas and 2 bbl. of water per day. The #1-4 Ballou is producing through untreated perforations at 1,150-58 ft. in undifferentiated Permian. The company originally completed the 2,060-ft. Fort Sill Field well in 2008. Gas flowed at 114,000 cu. ft. daily from a shallower untreated Permian interval at 1,067-86 ft. The operator reported a Permian sample top at 1,067 ft. In its first seven months onstream, the well produced about 3.4 million cu. ft. of gas and 800 bbl. of oil. The workover production rate is the highest reported for an oil producer (new drill or reentry) in Fort Sill Field since 1957. Bison is based in Dallas.

9 An Arkoma Basin well by Highland Oil & Gas LLC of Fort Smith, Ark., had an initial flow rate of 7.35 million cu. ft. of gas per day from Middle Atoka. The development well, #5-19 Sanderson, is in Section 19-5n-29w, southwestern Logan County, Ark. It was drilled to 6,858 ft. Initial testing was on a 24/64-in. choke and it produced from undifferentiated Middle Atoka at 5,650-5,816 ft. and 6,284-6,470 ft. after acid and fracture treatments. The reported shut-in pressure was 2,127 psi and the casing pressure was 1,485 psi, with absolute open flow calculated at 14.3 million cu. ft. of gas daily.

10 In Oklahoma’s Crescent-Lovell Field, William W. London Inc. recompleted a well as a producer in Second Wilcox. The #1 Steinway is in Section 28-17n-4w, Logan County. The well initially flowed 95 bbl. of 40-gravity oil, 30,000 cu. ft. of gas and 17 bbl. of water per day from 6,317-25 ft. Using a 24/64-in. choke, the shut-in tubing pressure was 140 psi, and the flowing tubing pressure was 70 psi. London’s headquarters are in Oklahoma City.

11 Two horizontal Cleburne County, Ark., producers were reported by Seeco Inc., a unit of Houston-based Southwestern Energy. The #1-21H Moorehead 10-8 is in Section 21-10n-8w and initially flowed 5.02 million cu. ft. of gas per day through Fayetteville perforations between 3,251 ft. and 7,122 ft. After completing a nine-stage frac and acid treatment, shut-in and flowing tubing pressures were 1,165 psi and 815 psi and the calculated absolute open flow was 9.82 million cu. ft. of gas daily. This well was drilled to 7,234 ft. In nearby Section 13-10n-8w, #1-13H Green Bay Packaging 10-8 had an initial flowing potential of 4.76 million cu. ft. of gas per day from a fractured and acidized Fayetteville lateral at 3,297-7,117 ft. Absolute open flow was calculated at 4.81 million cu. ft. of gas daily. Respective measured and true vertical depths are 7,320 ft. and 2,955 ft., according to IHS Inc.