1. Daybreak Oil & Gas Inc. of Spokane, Wash., announced completion information about three wells at its East Slopes Project in Kern County, Calif. The #2 Bear was drilled to 2,509 ft. and was completed in the Vedder Sand at 2,104-38 ft. Initial production is 50 bbl. of oil per day. Further development may include a horizontal well. The #4-H Sunday hit 375 ft. of horizontal oil pay in a 20-ft. vertical section of the Vedder Sand. The #1 Black, an exploratory well was drilled to 2,300 ft. and encountered 20 ft. of oil pay in the Vedder Sand at 2,141-61 ft.

2. In the northern flank of the Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County, Colo., ExxonMobil Corp. of Houston completed four Mesa­verde gas producers from a common pad in Section 28-1s-97w on the Freedom Unit. The #297-28A1 Freedom Unit initially flowed at a combined rate of 1.35 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,164 bbl. of water per day from four fractured Mesaverde zones: Williams Fork at 8,960-11,053 ft.; Rollins at 11,300-02 ft.; Cozzette at 11,395-11,577 ft.; and Corcoran at 11,625-12,199 ft. Flow was gauged through a 22/64-in. choke with a casing pressure of 1,734 psi. The #297-28A2 Freedom Unit flowed at a combined rate of 1.35 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,183 bbl. of water from Williams Fork at 9,629-11,193 ft., Cozzette at 11,555-11,635 ft. and Corcoran at 11,799-12,223 ft. Flow was gauged through a 24/64-in. choke with a casing pressure of 1,827 psi. The #297-28A3 Freedom Unit flowed 2.97 million cu. ft. of gas and 1,136 bbl. of water daily from Williams Fork at 9,312-10,874 ft., Cozzette at 11,221-11,419 ft. and Corcoran at 11,595-11,923 ft. Flow was gauged through a 23/64-in. choke with a casing pressure of 1,703 psi. Finally, the #297-28A4 Freedom Unit flowed 3.35 million cu. ft. of gas and 713 bbl. of water per day from Williams Fork at 9,454-11,140 ft.; Rollins at 11,394-98 ft.; Cozzette at 11,480-11,698 ft.; and Corcoran at 11,758-11,847 ft. Flow was through a 9/64-in. choke with a casing pressure of 3,115 psi.

3. According to The Denver Post, Noble Energy Inc. of Houston wants to drill 78 gas wells near the site of an experimental 1969 underground atomic bomb blast that was used to stimulate gas production. The experiment, Project Rulison, increased production, but the gas was radioactive. Although the Bureau of Land Management and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission have approved Noble’s environmental plan near Rifle, in western Colorado, Garfield County commissioners have not endorsed a U.S. Department of Energy plan for oil and gas development within a half mile of the site. Local landowners are seeking a hearing before the state’s oil and gas commission to block state permits for any drilling in the area. The commission has approved permits for 51 wells, and 27 are pending on 1,820 acres. According to Noble, the proposed wells are about 1.5 miles from the nuclear bomb site.

4. A Washakie Basin exploratory test by Tulsa-based Samson Resources Co. in Sweetwater County, Wyo., initially flowed 3.53 million cu. ft. of gas, 105 bbl. of condensate and 5 bbl. of water per day. The #23-5 Endurance is in Section 5-14n-95w and produces from Fort Union between 9,466 and 10,399 ft. after fracture stimulation. Using a 22/64-in. choke, the tubing pressure was 1,050 psi and the shut-in casing pressure was 1,540 psi after drilling to 10,585 ft. The top of Fort Union was logged at 7,610 ft.

5. In Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin, GMT Exploration Co. LLC of Denver completed a delineation test that initially flowed 1.72 million cu. ft. of gas and 160 bbl. of water daily. The #34-27 Wind Dancer is in Section 27-24n-96w of Sweetwater County and produces from four fractured intervals between 12,391 and 13,206 ft. in the Rock Springs member of Mesaverde. Flow was measured through a 24/64-in. choke with a tubing pressure of 1,600 psi and a casing pressure of 1,050 psi. The new producer was drilled to 13,443 ft. Log tops include Lance at 6,430 ft.; Fox Hills, 9,675 ft.; Lewis, 9,805 ft.; Mesaverde, 11,250 ft.; and Rock Springs at 12,010 ft.

6. A Denver-Julesburg Basin wildcat pumped oil from J sand at an initial rate of 350 bbl. and 234 bbl. of water daily. The completion by San Antonio-based Bear Oil & Gas Inc. is in Section 33 of partial township 18n-60w, northeastern Laramie County, Wyo. The #42-33 Oliverius produces from a fractured J2 sand interval at 7,512-15 ft., 7,538-50 ft. and 7,556-60 ft. It was drilled to 8,000 ft. and log tops include D sand at 7,300 ft.; Huntsman at 7,325 ft.; J1 sand at 7,426 ft.; J2 sand at 7,490 ft.; Skull Creek, 7,567 ft.; Dakota, 7,680 ft.; and Lakota at 7,862 ft. Bear has staked locations for six offsets to the discovery in sections 33 and 34-18n-60w and four additional 7,500-ft. J sand tests in the vicinity in sections 20 and 21-17n-58w.

7. Evertson Operating Co. Inc. of Kimball, Neb., has spudded a Denver-Julesburg Basin wildcat targeting J sand in western Nebraska. The #23-18 is in Section 18-16n-56w, Kimball County, and plans call for drilling to 6,850 ft. The wildcat is a mile south-southwest of the 6,793-ft. Dolcater Field opener that has produced 64,332 bbl. of oil since 1955. Seven miles west, Evertson staked a 7,150-ft. J sand exploratory test at the #31-36 Campbell-State in Section 36-16n-58w, Kimball County. The venture is south-southeast of the abandoned Plains Field discovery well that pumped 70 bbl. of oil daily from J sand at 7,011 ft.

8. Brigham Exploration Co. of Austin, Texas, and U.S. Energy Corp. of Riverton, Wyo., reported that a Stony Creek Field horizontal in Williams County, N.D., #1H State 36-1, initially flowed 3,807 bbl. of oil equivalent per day from Middle Bakken after 30-stage fracture stimulation. During an early 24-hour flowback period it produced at a rate of 3,236 bbl. of oil and 3.42 million cu. ft. of gas daily. The 18,000-ft. well is in the eastern portion of Brigham’s Rough Rider project area in Section 36-155n-100w. Additional completion information was not available. U.S. Energy has an initial working interest in this well of approximately 29%; Brigham holds a 16% working interest.

9. According to IHS Inc., a Three Forks-Sanish horizontal producer by Continental Resources Inc. near Four Bears Village, N.D., initially flowed 1,990 bbl. of oil equivalent per day. The #1-36H Hendrickson is in McKenzie County, Section 36-153n-94w. Production came after an 18-stage fracture stimulation in which approximately 100,000 lb. of sand and proppant were injected per stage. Additional details were not reported by the Enid, Okla.-based company.

10. Denver independent Pri­ma Exploration Inc. extended Great Northern Field with a Williston Basin exploratory test in southwestern Bottineau County, N.D. The well initially pumped 118 bbl. of 29.1-gravity oil and 121 bbl. of water per day. The #32-30 Mactavish is in Section 30-160n-83w, and produces from the Mohall member of Madison, perforated at 4,649-51 ft. and 4,654-63 ft. The well was drilled to 4,801 ft.

11. Nakota Energy LLC of Littleton, Colo., has been granted a drilling permit for a 4,500-ft. wildcat in western South Dakota within the Faith town limits. The #1-10 Nakota-Faith is planned in Section 10-12n-17e of Meade County. The company will evaluate the oil and gas potential of the Cretaceous Greenhorn limestone and Muddy sand and the Jurassic Sundance group. The well is in an undrilled township about 30 miles west of Dewey County’s Lantry Field, an abandoned Red River reservoir that produced 150,107 bbl. of oil and 6.3 million bbl. of water between 1974 and 2001. Cretaceous gas production from fields in southwestern Harding County is some 100 miles to the west.