1 Walter Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, set 75/8-in. liner at 22,092 ft. on its Mobile Block 862 wildcat, offshore Alabama. The #1 OCS-G-22820 was scheduled to 22,911 ft. in 54 ft. of water. The only previous well on the block was drilled to 22,087 ft. in Norphlet. The well was cased and designated part of Block 861 Field, but the lease was allowed to expire in 1999. The nearest Block 861 Field well is the #8 OCS-G-5062, about two miles west-southwest. It produced a cumulative 14.2 billion cu. ft. of gas and 19,140 bbl. of oil between 1994-99. 2 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has big plans for deepwater DeSoto Canyon Block 621. The Houston independent plans to drill up to five wells from separate surface locations in the southern half of the block in 8,147 to 8,210 ft. of water. It bought the lease on the block in December 2001 for $18 million. Shell Offshore plans up to five more tests on adjacent Block 622. One of those tests will bottom in Block 666, immediately south. The nearest production is from the Marathon Oil Co. Camden Hills Field in Mississippi Canyon 392, which holds the world title for production from the deepest water. 3 In the Gulf of Mexico's Atwater Valley Block 349, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. logged 83 ft. of net pay at its Jubilee prospect. It drilled the #1 OCS-G-18577 in 8,800 ft. of water to 18,310 ft., as the first in as many as 10 wells planned for this block and Block 305, immediately north. The blocks are on the border with the Lloyd Ridge area in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The company estimated proved reserves at Jubilee at 40- to 50 million bbl. of oil equivalent. The primary pay zone at Jubilee also is the prime prospective interval at all the company's other Eastern Gulf properties, including its Hawkeye prospect in Lloyd 360. 4 Shell Offshore Inc., New Orleans, plans up to four wildcats on Lloyd Ridge Block 39 in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. It bought the block in the December 2001 lease sale for $22.14 million. Some 15 miles northeast, Anadarko Petroleum already has pre-set casing at its Hawkeye prospect on Block 360, the first to be permitted in the Lloyd area. That well is in 9,098 ft. of water, according to IHS Energy. 5 Cimarex Energy Co., Denver, plans a 10,850-ft. wildcat to Haynesville in Conecuh County, Ala., some seven miles east-northeast of the town of Repton. The Cimarex #1 Stuart Trust is in Section 35-6n-9e. The nearest drilling is the abandoned #1 Grieff Brost Unit 2-6 about a half-mile southwest. The nearest producing well is more than 10 miles west-northwest in Monroeville Field in Monroe County. That four-well field has produced a cumulative 752,393 bbl. of oil, 445.6 million cu. ft. of gas and 67,420 bbl. of water from Frisco City. 6 Spooner Drilling Co., Jackson, Miss., is drilling an exploratory well in the area of Appleton Field in northern Escambia County, Ala. The #1 McMillan 3-2, in Section 3-3n-9e, is scheduled to 13,400 ft. in Smackover. The nearest production from Smackover is in the single-well Appleton Northwest Field about a third-mile southwest. In that field, the #1 McMillan 3-9 produced a cumulative 517,540 bbl. of oil, 520.7 million cu. ft. of casinghead gas and 12, 367 bbl. of water from discovery in 1996 through October 2002. 7 Northwestern Michigan will play host to a directional Niagaran wildcat planned by Cowen Oil & Gas LLC, Grand Rapids, Mich. The #1-17 Grant-State et al., about seven miles northwest of Buckley, is in Section 17-25n-12w, Grant township, Grand Traverse County. Cowen has proposed a bottomhole location southeast in the same section in Brown Niagaran. It expects a true vertical depth of 5,662 ft. The two-well Grant 16-25n-12 Field, about 1.25 miles east-southeast, contains the nearest Niagaran production. Savoy Energy completed the field's confirmation well as a horizontal producer two years ago. That well, the #1-16 HD-1 State-Grant, flowed 306 bbl. of oil and 190,000 cu. ft. of gas a day from a 600-ft. lateral section between measured depths of 5,576 ft. and 6,176 ft. The lateral was drilled northwest and acidized before testing. The original vertical well flowed 216 bbl. of oil and 95,000 cu. ft. of gas with 36 bbl. of water a day. 8 Dallas firm MDM Energy Inc. plans a Silurian wildcat to 3,999 ft. in the Illinois Basin about a mile west-southwest of Teutopolis, Ill. The #1 Stumberg is in Section 26-8n-6e in northeastern Effingham County, about a mile northwest of the Mississippian discovery that opened Teutopolis South Field in 1968. The #1 Emma Koeberlein, also drilled in Section 26-8n-6e, produced 60 bbl. of oil a day from Rosiclaire perforations between 2,479-85 ft. The well was abandoned after it produced 7,735 bbl. of oil. 9 Horizontal wells and their increased production potential are attracting attention in the Illinois Basin. Clarence Sherman, Fenton, Mo., is planning a second horizontal wildcat in southern Jefferson County, Ill., slightly more than a half-mile south of Nason. The #2 Lappen, in Section 23-4s-2e, will be drilled to the east-northeast with a bottomhole location in the same section. The objective is McClosky at a true vertical depth of 2,800 ft. Earlier, Sherman had staked another horizontal well about 10 ft. to the east. The #1 Lappen is scheduled to the east-northeast with a bottomhole location in the same section. The nearest production from McClosky is a mile north in Elk Prairie Field, which has produced more than 1 million bbl. of oil from Spar Mountain, McClosky and Salem between 2,725 ft. and 3,100 ft. since its discovery in 1938. 10 Aurora Energy Ltd., Traverse City, Mich., has staked two wildcat wells to test the New Albany Shale at 2,300 ft. in Pike County, Ind. It has scheduled the #15 R.J. Adams Farms in Section 15-1n-7w, about seven miles east of Petersburg, Ind., and 1.7 miles northwest of Iva West Field. The company's #27A Don Adams is in Section 27 of the same township, about 6.8 miles east of Petersburg and 1.2 miles southwest of Iva West Field, which produces from Cypress. The company also has scheduled the #B1-20 Gray Farms well in Harmon Field in Section 20-1s-7w. Cypress is the target at 850 ft. 11 Nolensville Petroleum Co. Inc., Nolensville, Tenn., plans three wildcats and a Davis Bend Field well, all in Section 15-J-46E, Hudgins Quad, Hart County, Ky. All four wells are projected to Laurel at depths shallower than 1,000 ft. Among the wildcats, the #12 Kenneth, Linda & Greg Sweet will go to 650 ft. about 10.8 miles east of Munfordville, and 2.1 miles west of David Bend Field. The #4 Kenneth, Linda & Greg Sweet wildcat will go to 670 ft. about 11.1 miles east of Munfordville and 1.9 miles southwest of Davis Bend Field, and the #5 Kenneth, Linda & Greg Sweet wildcat is planned to 712 ft. some 11 miles east of Munfordville and two miles west of Davis Bend Field. 12 North Coast Energy, Twinsburg, Ohio, discovered 200,000 cu. ft. of gas a day at its #2 Benjamin L. Munsee wildcat in Section 6-J-38e, Ready Quad, Edmonson County, Ky. The well produced from commingled New Albany Shale zones between 1,581 ft. and 1,769 ft. after being drilled to 1,950 ft. to test Devonian. 13 Great Lakes Energy Partners LLC, Hartville, Ohio., plans a Richland County, Ohio, wildcat to Trempealeau at 4,300 ft. The company's #1-K Dudley Unit is in Section 35-23n-18w, Olivesburg Quad. The well is about five miles north of Mansfield, Ohio, and two miles north of an unnamed field that produces from Trempealeau. 14 Pennsylvania General Energy Co. made a discovery with its 1557 Stupp wildcat in Section G, Mench Quad, Monroe Township, Bedford County, Pa. It did not report test figures, but the gas well produced from Oriskany perforations. The location is about 8.2 miles south of Everett, Pa., and 3.2 miles north of Purcell Field, which produces from Oriskany. 15 A series of shallow wildcats targeting the Gordon are planned in West Virginia by operator East Resources Inc., Wexford, Pa. The company will drill the #16 William Fluharty to 3,150 ft. in Green District, Centerpoint Quad, about 6.2 miles south of Pine Grove in Wetzel County. The #50 C.C. Pennick is projected to 3,330 ft., also in Green District, about 6 miles south of Pine Grove. The company also plans the #7 D.M. Cunningham and the #7 T.W. Reilly in the same quad. Additionally, it will drill a 3,100-ft. wildcat in McElroy District, Centerpoint Quad, Tyler County, about 6.6 miles south of Pine Grove. 16 Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp., Radnor, Pa., is drilling the fifth and last lateral at its LCHC-002D well in Oceana District, Pilot Knob Quad in Wyoming County, W.Va. The first lateral intersected the borehole of the company's previously drilled #LCHC-002A. After that, the company drilled the additional laterals out of one of the boreholes to reach coalbed methane while the other borehole collects water, which is pumped out of the hole, according to IHS Energy. Penn Virginia and CDX Gas LLC, Dallas, have a 16,000-acre area of mutual interest to develop coalseams using horizontal drilling technology developed by CDX.