1 Comanche Resources Co. has staked a 5,300-ft. Mississippian wildcat in Comanche County, Kan., reports IHS Energy Group. The #5-1 Zielke, Section 5-31s-19w, is 1.5 miles south of Wiggins Creek Field. The Oklahoma City company has been drilling throughout the area. In separate activity in the same county, American Warrior Inc., Garden City, Kan., plans the #2 Judith. The well, in Section 25-31s-20w, is a 6,400-ft. Cambro-Ordovician Arbuckle test. That operator is also quite active-it is currently testing two wells in the same township and has permitted two additional tests. 2 An exploratory well in Meade County, Kan., has been completed flowing 2 million cu. ft. of gas and 20 bbl. of condensate per day. H&L Operating Co. LLP, Amarillo, drilled the #2-15 Adams Ranch in Section 15-35s-30w. Productive interval is Mississippian Spergen at 6,348-52 ft. 3 Phillips Petroleum intends to drill a pair of 7,100-ft. Pennsylvanian Morrow tests in the Oklahoma Panhandle's Texas County. The firm has staked a wildcat in Section 28-2n-13ecm. The #2 Hamilton is a mile south of a 1999 discovery that flowed 1.5 million cu. ft. of gas per day from Morrow between 6,252-68 ft. A mile southeast of that well, Phillips has also staked the #2 Taggert-A, in Section 22. 4 EOG Resources Inc., Houston, is adding to its deep exploratory program in Texas Hugoton Field, says IHS Energy. In northern Sherman County, the company has staked the #1-134 Ruth Claybaugh, Section 134, Block 1T, H&TC Survey, A-1136. The well is projected to 6,500 ft. The company has already drilled two deep tests in Sherman County, but has released little information on either. 5 XTO Energy (formerly Cross Timbers) has made a discovery in Cleveland County, Okla. The #1-7D Potts, Section 7-8n-2w, flowed at an initial rate of 169 bbl. of oil and 30,000 cu. ft. of gas per day. The 9,746-ft. well is producing from Ordovician Oil Creek at depths of 9,244-46 ft. Nearest production is from Pennsylvanian Red Fork, a half-mile east in Norman South Field. XTO is based in Fort Worth. 6 A stepout to Potato Hills Field is flowing 5.24 million cu. ft. of gas per day. The GHK Co. LLC's #1-11 Hester-Clell, in Section 11-2n-19e, Pushmataha County, is producing from two intervals in the Lower Mississippian Jackfork sand between 4,776-86 and 5,025-36 ft. The well, directionally drilled to a total depth of 5,569 ft., is the southernmost producer in Potato Hills Field. The Oklahoma City operator has also permitted the #1-9 Gee in Section 9 of the same township. That test is projected to a measured depth of 6,000 ft. and a true vertical depth of 5,500 ft. 7 Wynn-Crosby Energy Inc., Plano, Texas, has completed a discovery in eastern Oklahoma flowing 2.8 million cu. ft. of gas and two bbl. of water per day, reports IHS Energy. The #1 Jess Bryce, Section 28-9n-20e, Haskell County, was tested in an untreated Siluro-Devonian Hunton Lime interval perforated between 4,914-42 ft. The 5,100-ft. producer is close to shallower Cromwell production in Whitefield Southeast Field. 8 Fort Smith, Ark., independent Hanna Oil & Gas Co. flowed 6.7 million cu. ft. of gas per day at an Arkoma Basin well in Bonanza Field. The #4 Prairie Creek was drilled to a total depth of 7,900 ft. in Section 31-3n-31w, Sebastian County, Ark. Production is from a perforated and fracture-stimulated interval in the Pennsylvanian Orr sand at 7,066-82 ft. 9 The #1 Snead, a wildcat in Anton-Irish Field in Hale County, Texas, flowed 291 bbl. of oil and 10,000 cu. ft. of gas per day from perforations between 6,515-6,656 ft. The 6,760-ft. well was drilled by Occidental Permian Ltd. in Section 17, Block DT, HE&WT Survey, A-183. Anton-Irish Field produces from Permian Clear Fork at about 4,600 ft. 10 Loren Gas Inc. has permitted a 9,000-ft. Barnett Shale test in northeastern Parker County, Texas. The #1 Wilkerson, staked in W.A. Greenup Survey, A-557, is about five miles from the nearest like production in Wise County's Newark East Field. The Mississippian Barnett Shale occurs at depths between 6,700-7,100 ft. in that accumulation. The Pennsylvanian Bend Conglomerate also produces in the area. 11 Brigham Oil & Gas LP has completed a Pennsylvanian Lime discovery in Dawson County, Texas. The #1 Thunderbolt "38" was tested pumping 271 bbl. of oil and 74,000 cu. ft. of gas per day through perforations at 9,186-9,208 ft. It's in Section 38, Block 34, T4N, T&P (C.N. Whitacre) Survey, A-1221. The Austin independent has been active throughout the area, completing a pair of Canyon Reef wells in nearby Ackerly North Field. 12 In central Upton County, Texas, a well was gauged flowing 487 bbl. of oil and 877,000 cu. ft. of gas per day from Permian Wolfcamp. EOG Resources Inc. confirmed Buck Trap North Field with its #2 McGill "49", testing it through perforations at 9,568-98 ft. The drillsite is in Section 49, Block C, CCSD&RGNG Survey, A-35. The discovery well is a quarter-mile southwest in the same section. Buck Trap Field lies in an area of Spraberry production. 13 Working-interest-owner Abraxas Petroleum Corp. reports that a horizontal well in Ward County, Texas' ROC Field flowed gas at a rate of 16 million cu. ft. per day. The #1H Caprito "82" was drilled to a total depth of 17,286 ft. and is currently producing from the Silurian Montoya after an acid frac treatment. The well, in Section 82, Block F, G&MMB&A Survey, A-42, is operated by EOG Resources Inc. The test is the second in a multi-well program planned by the two companies. The first well, the #9H Caprito in Section 99, flowed 17 million cu. ft. of gas, 14 bbl. of condensate and 52 bbl. of water per day from the Montoya at 14,738-17,686 ft. 14 A joint venture between Tom Brown Inc. and Chevron USA has kicked off activity with a horizontal test near Waha West Field, Reeves County, Texas. The #1-C Lyda, Section 4, Block C4, PSL Survey, A-4603, is projected to a vertical depth of 15,500 ft., with a 4,000-ft. lateral in the Montoya reaching a measured depth of 19,500 ft. The 50-50 joint venture is targeting deep tight carbonate reservoirs in the Montoya and Devonian horizons. 15 Pure Resources Inc. has completed a Gomez Field well flowing 8.3 million cu. ft. of gas, 19 bbl. of condensate and 196 bbl. of water per day from perforations at 15,455-15,561 ft. in the Wolfcamp Detrital. Flowing tubing pressure on the well was 10,338 psi on a 15/64-in. choke. The Midland-based operator drilled the well to a total depth of 15,631 ft. in Section 21, Block OW, TCRR Survey, Pecos County, Texas. Pure says that it has two potential offsets to the well; the company has also been drilling horizontal Devonian wells in Gomez Field. 16 A deeper pool discovery has been completed in central Chaves County, N.M., by Artesia-based Yates Petroleum Corp. The #1 Percentage APR, Section 3-8s-26e, flowed 5.4 million cu. ft. of gas, six bbl. of condensate and three bbl. of water per day from Pennsylvanian at 5,506-32 ft. and 5,577-87 ft. Last fall, the 5,850-ft. well was originally tested flowing 615,000 cu. ft. of gas per day from Ordovician at 5,630-36 ft., reports IHS Energy. The new producer is in Pecos Slope Field, an area of shallow Permian Abo production from depths of around 4,400 ft.