?Northwestern Kansas has three deeper-pool exploratory tests planned by Rosewood Resources Inc. of Dallas. Located about six miles west-northwest of St. Francis, Kansas, in western Cheyenne County, are #34-9 R. Walter, Section 9-3s-41w; #41-10 Pinbuster, Section 10-3s-41w and #11-24 Zimbelman, Section 24-3s-41w. Primary objectives for each well are Mississippian at about 5,500 ft. and members of the Lansing-Kansas City. All three tests are in a region of Cretaceous Niobrara gas production above 1,600 ft. Rosewood’s #33-08 Zweygardt discovery, Section 8-3s-41w, opened Rueb Northeast Field. It produced 12,600 bbl. of oil through February 2008 and averaged 28 bbl. per day for the month.

2 Oklahoma City-based?Sand­Ridge Energy Inc. completed a Cherokee producer on the northern shelf of the Anadarko Basin. The site is about six miles northwest of Waynoka in northwestern Oklahoma.?Sand­Ridge reported a flow rate of 1.6 million cu. ft. of gas per day, with a trace of water, during preliminary testing at its #1-8 Stone in Section 8-25n-16w. The Woods County development test was drilled to 6,400 ft. and perforated in the Cherokee at 6,015-20 ft.

3 Also in Woods County, Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, has completed its fifth well in a new producing area about two miles southwest of Capron, Okla. The #1-28 Nelda Lou, Section 28-28n-13w, is producing 100 bbl. of oil, 579,000 cu. ft. of gas and 514 bbl. of water per day. The prospect was drilled to 6,164 ft. and perforated in Mississippian at 5,172-5,216 ft.

4 In south-central Lipscomb County, Texas, (RRC District 10) two horizontal and fracture-stimulated Cleveland gas/condensate producers have been completed—one by Mewbourne Oil Co. of Tyler, Texas, and one by Austin-based Jones Energy Ltd. Mewbourne reported initial daily flow rates of 3.16 million cu. ft. of gas, three bbl. of 52-gravity condensate and six bbl. of water on completion of #4561H Schoenhals in Section 456, Block 43, H&TC Survey.
Jones Energy’s #4334H Eloda A. Freeman, Section 334, Block 43, H&TC Survey, A-960, flowed 2.86 million cu. ft. of gas, 20 bbl. of 67-gravity condensate and 26 bbl. of water daily from an openhole Cleveland horizontal leg at 8,515-12,156 ft.

5 An Anadarko Basin development well, operated by Houston-based Apache Corp., flowed 5.07 million cu. ft. of gas with seven bbl. of condensate and water daily following fracture stimulation. The #9-25 Morton, Section 25-13n-22w, eastern Roger Mills County, Okla., was tested through perforations between 13,548 ft. and 13,711 ft. The Strong City District producer is seven miles southwest of Hammon.

6 Denver-based Forest Oil Corp. recorded an initial flow rate of 3.93 million cu. ft. of gas, 150 bbl. of 63-gravity condensate and 1,420 bbl. of water per day at a development test completed 12 miles northeast of Wheeler, Texas. Located in the western Anadarko Basin, #3025 Reynolds, Section 4, Camp CSL Survey, A-24, northeastern Wheeler County, (RRC District 10) produced from four fracture-stimulated intervals of Des Moines Granite Wash. Forest Oil has a dozen prospects, and locations staked for almost 30 more.

7 Chesapeake Operating Inc. has completed the southernmost Des Moines Granite Wash producer to date in its Colony Wash horizontal program 2.5 miles west of Bessie, Okla. The #1-31H Buffing, Section 31-11n-17w, northern Washita County, flowed 1.97 million cu. ft. of gas, 125 bbl. of condensate and 1,142 bbl. of water per day from 30 intervals of Granite Wash between 12,774 and 16,377 ft. The numerous intervals were fracture-stimulated in three stages. Production was gauged on a 26/64-in. choke—both flowing and shut-in tubing pressures recorded at 1,000 psi—reports IHS Inc.

8 St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Denver, recorded a flow of 10.8 million cu. ft. of gas, one bbl. of 55-gravity condensate and 134 bbl. of water per day during preliminary tests of a western Anadarko Basin prospect 12 miles north-northwest of Erick, Okla., in northwestern Beckham County. The #2-34 Joy, Section 34-11n-26w, was tested on a 24/64-in. choke producing through perforations in Atoka between 16,478 and 16,680 ft.

9 An Apache Corp. infill test completed in Verden Field reported gas flow at an initial rate of 5.3 million cu. ft. per day, with 67 bbl. of 53-gravity condensate and 18 bbl. of water. According to IHS Inc., #1-1 Dunkin, Section 1-6n-9w, in southeastern Caddo County, Okla., approximately four miles south-southwest of Verden, was tested on an 11/64-in. choke. It is producing from four fracture-stimulated intervals of the Lower Wamsley at 17,603-06 ft., 17,645-48 ft., 17,663-66 ft. and 17,682-85 ft.

10 Tulsa-based Unit Petro­leum Co. completed an Oswego producer making 115 bbl. of oil, 28,000 cu. ft. of gas and 10 bbl. of water per day in southern Oklahoma County, Okla. The #17D-2 Capitol Hill, Section 16-11n-3w, was tested through perforations at 7,056-86 ft. after acid treatment.
Unit plans to drill a directional sidetrack that targets Oswego from an abandoned Park Avenue well on the same pad. The #17D1S Capitol Hill is projected westward to a measured depth of 7,600 ft.

11 BP America Production Co. and Unit Petro­leum Co. completed new Atoka producers in the Arkoma Basin about four miles northwest of Red Oak in northern Latimer County, Okla.?BP’s #13 Gardner Unit, Section 13-6n-20e, flow-tested gas at an initial rate of 5.32 million cu. ft. per day, with no water. Flows are commingled from fracture-stimulated Fanshawe at 7,850-56 ft., 7,860-72 ft., 7,876-88 ft. and 8,064-76 ft.; Red Oak at 9,700-08 ft., 9,760-66 ft. and 9,772-78 ft.; and Panola at 10,148-64 ft.
Almost two miles northeast, Unit reported an initial flow of 1.52 million cu. ft. of gas and 20 bbl. of water per day at its #4 Martin. The well, in Section 8-6n-21e, was perforated and fractured in Fanshawe at 8,086-8,188 ft. and tested on a 64/64-in. choke. The 13,978-ft. well extends production in the field almost 0.5-mile northward. Red Oak-Norris Field’s cumulative gas production of 2.2 trillion cu. ft. ranks as the second-most-prolific accumulation in the basin.

12 A King Field well in New Mexico was completed by Dallas-based Paladin Energy Corp. The well tested pumping 75 bbl. of oil per day, with 100,000 cu. ft. of gas and 400 bbl. of water and is in northeastern Lea County in the Permian Basin.?The #5 Howard Fleet, in Section 35-13s-37e, was tested from Devonian perforations at 12,325-12,490 ft. and deepened to 12,582 ft., with a 31/2-in. liner set on bottom.

13 In northern Eddy County, N.M., a horizontal producer has been completed by Cimarex Energy Co., Denver.?IHS Inc. reports that #3 Crow Flats 16 State Com produces 209 bbl. of 42-degree oil, 611,000 cu. ft. of gas and 42 bbl. of water per day from an acid- and fracture-treated openhole interval in Abo at 6,270-10,550 ft. The Crow Flats Field well was drilled to a total depth of 10,897 ft., with a plug-back depth of 10,550 ft., from a surface location in Section 16-16s-28e. Crow Flats Field primarily produces gas from Morrow.

14 Midland, Texas-based Rubicon Oil & Gas LLC tested #1 Overshot State 10, flowing 298,000 cu. ft. of gas and 95 bbl. of water per day from fracture-stimulated perforations in Morrow at 10,362-10,428 ft. The well is in Catclaw Draw Field, six miles northwest of Carlsbad, N.M., in Eddy County. Flowing tubing pressure was gauged at 150 psi on a 25/64-in. choke. The 10,705-ft. well, in Section 10-21s-25e, was plugged back at 10,490 ft. for completion. It was initially abandoned in 1976.