1 V.F. Neuhaus Properties Inc. of Mission, Texas, scheduled a 2,200-ft. wildcat in Railroad Valley, Nev. The #31-2 East Hogback is planned for Section 31-10n-57e in Nye County. No objectives were disclosed for the venture. Nearby production comes from a 2005 completion, a Makoil Energy discovery, #33-36 East Inselberg—a Guilmette (Devonian) oil discovery above 1,510 ft. That well produced 332 bbl. of oil and 2,962 bbl. of water from April to August 2005, and more recently, 79 bbl. of oil and 856 bbl. of water in 2010. The new venture is two miles north-northeast of Trap Spring Field, a southwest-northeast trending pool that produces from fractures in the Garrett Ranch (Tertiary) volcanic tuff.

2 Whiting Oil & Gas Corp. of Denver has extended Utah's Flat Rock Field to the west with the completion of two Jurassic Entrada producers on the southern flank of the Uinta Basin in Uinta County, Utah. The #5-25-14-19 Ute Tribal is in Section 26-14s-19e and the initial flow rate was 10.5 million cu. ft. of gas per day in an undisclosed Entrada interval. This producer was directionally drilled northeastward to 11,950 ft. at a bottomhole location in Section 25-14s-19e. From the same drillpad, #13-25-14-19 Ute Tribal initially flowed 8 million cu. ft. of gas per day from an undisclosed Entrada interval. It was directionally drilled southeastward to a measured total depth of 11,972 ft. at a bottomhole location in Section 25-14s-19e. Additional completion information is not available.

3 Delta Petroleum Corp. of Denver recovered 2 million cu. ft. of gas and 30 bbl. of condensate per day during a flow test at a deeper-pool wildcat in the Piceance Basin. The #2C-22-433D N. Vega is in Section 22-9s-93w, Mesa County, Colo., and was tested following two fracture-stimulation stages below 12,980 ft. in Frontier and the lowest 20 ft. in Niobrara. According to the company, the wellhead pressure was 6,700 psi and represents less than 10% of the 4,000 ft. of gross hydrocarbon-bearing interval identified in the 13,300-ft. well. Log analysis indicated gas shows in Corcoran, Mancos, Mancos B, Niobrara and Frontier, plus evidence of hydrocarbon liquids. The bottomhole pressure was 10,900 psi, while the bottomhole temperature was approximately 385 degrees F.

4 EOG Resources Inc. completed a horizontal Niobrara producer that flowed 514 bbl. of 37-degree gravity oil with 215,000 cu. ft. of gas and 157 bbl of water daily. EOG's #22-27H Critter Creek is in Section 27-11n-63w in Weld County, Colo., and production is from a fractured horizontal Niobrara interval at 7,775-12,730 ft. Gauged on a 20/64-in. choke, the casing pressure was 850 psi. The lateral was drilled to 12,950 ft., 7,247 ft. true vertical, at a bottomhole location in the southeast part of the same section. True vertical total depth is 7,247 ft. The top of Niobrara was logged at 7,290 ft. EOG is based in Houston.

5 A horizontal Niobrara producer by Noble Energy Inc. initially flowed 822 bbl. of 45-degree gravity oil, 440,000 cu. ft. of gas and 224 bbl. of water per day. The #25-99HZ 70 Ranch USX BB is in Weld County, Colo., and produces from a lateral extending from 6,780 ft. southeastward to 10,720 ft. Noble tested the well after fracture-stimulating perforations between 7,011 and 10,551 ft. The true vertical depth is 6,380 ft. and the flowing tubing pressure was 680 psi. Noble's headquarters are in Houston.

6 Texas American Resources Co. completed a Denver-Julesburg Basin wildcat that produced at an initial peak 24-hour rate of 446 bbl. of oil per day. The Austin-based company's #44-17H Talmadge is in Section 17-12n-62w of Laramie County, Wyo., and was drilled to 11,498 ft. with a lateral length of 4,518 ft. in Niobrara. The well was fracture-stimulated in 12 stages. The bottomhole location is to the north-northwest part of the same section.

7 A Bakken completion in Richland County, Mont., by Brigham Oil & Gas, flowed 2,962 bbl. of oil equivalent (2,684 bbl. of oil and 1.67 million cu. ft. of gas) and may be a record-setting well in the state's Bakken region. The Austin-based company's #1-H Johnson 30-19 is in Section 30-26n-59e and produced from a two-section lateral in Middle Bakken following 36-stage fracture stimulation. The well was drilled to 19,871 ft., 10,443 ft. true vertical, at a bottomhole location in Section 19-26n-59e. Additional completion information is not available.

8 Anschutz Exploration Corp. of Denver has completed an offset to a Middle Bakken discovery that initially flowed 539 bbl. of oil, 987,000 cu. ft. of gas and 1,741 bbl. of load water per day. The Williams County, N.D., completion, #1-36H-156-98 State, is in Section 36-156n-98w and produces from a Middle Bakken lateral extending from 11,294 ft. southward to 15,560 ft. The well was tested through a 30/64-in. choke with a casing pressure of 690 psi after a 13-stage fracture stimulation using sliding sleeves. The true vertical depth is 11,032 ft.

9 Near Watford City, N.D., Zenergy Inc. of Tulsa completed a horizontal Bakken producer in western North Dakota's Banks Field area. The #4-26H Lundeen had an initial flow rate of 702 bbl. of oil, 436,000 cu. ft. of gas and 203 bbl. of water per day. Drilled in Section 26-152n-98w of McKenzie County, the well produces from a fractured Middle Bakken lateral at 11,360-16,880 ft. Flow was measured through a 12/64-in. choke and the casing pressure was 2,700 psi.

10 A stepout from a Marathon Oil Co. Ranch Creek Field discovery flowed 225 bbl. of oil, 214,000 cu. ft. of gas and 313 bbl. of load water per day. The #14-32H Watson-USA is in Section 32-147n-98w in McKenzie County, N.D. The horizontal Middle Bakken lateral extends from 11,821 ft. northward to a measured total depth of 21,351 ft. with a bottomhole location in Section 29-147n-98w. Gauged on a 14/64-in. choke, the casing pressure was 725 psi and was tested following 24 stages of fracture stimulation. The new producer was drilled on a 1,280-acre standup spacing unit taking in all of sections 29 and 32-147n-98w. Marathon's headquarters are in Houston.

11 Newfield Production Co. completed a horizontal well on the western flank of the Nesson Anticline in Section 23-153n-96w of McKenzie County, N.D. The #1-23H Sand Creek-Federal was initially tested on a 48/64-in. choke flowing 3,304 bbl. of 42-degree gravity oil, 6.99 million cu. ft. of gas and 922 bbl. of load water per day. Production comes from a fracture-stimulated, open-hole Middle Bakken lateral at 10,524-20,150 ft. Houston-based Newfield reported flowing tubing pressure of 1,400 psi and the prospect was drilled northward to a true vertical depth of 12,218 ft. at a bottomhole in Section 14-153n-96w.

12 Brigham Oil & Gas completed a record-setting Bakken well, #2-H Sorenson 29-32, in Mountrail County, N.D., that initially flowed 5,330 bbl. of oil equivalent per day. The producer is in Section 20-155n-92w and was tested in a two-section horizontal Middle Bakken lateral following 38 stages of fracture stimulation. The initial flowing potential reported by IHS Inc. was 4,661 bbl. of oil and 4.01 million cu. ft. of gas daily from the Alger Field completion. The #2-H Sorenson 29-32 was completed from the same drillpad as the Austin-based company's #1-H Cvancara 20-17. Addition drilling and completion information was not made available.

13 ConocoPhillips Alas­ka Inc. has spudded #1 Prudhoe Bay Unit Ignik Sikumi in Section 34-12n-11e, Umiat Meridian, Alaska. The exploratory well targets Tertiary Sagavanirktok sandstone reservoirs for gas hydrate potential at a 3,000-ft. test within the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the North Slope of Alaska. According to IHS Inc., the drillsite is on an ice pad adjacent to the gravel access road to L-Pad. ConocoPhillips began building the ice pad in February 2011, the first phase of the project, and spudded the well in April. According to the company, well testing will begin in 2012 and the entire project should be completed in May 2012.