1 Palomino Petroleum Inc., Newton, Kan., staked a remote wildcat in a nonproducing region of the northern Hugoton Embayment in the southeastern corner of Lane County. The #1 Algrim-Ogden, in Section 31-20s-30w approximately 17 miles southwest of Dighton, Kan., will target the Lansing-Kansas City, Marmaton and Mississippian. Total depth is projected at 4,750 ft. The closest producer, the #1-25 Neufeld, initially pumped 55 bbl. of oil with 40 bbl. of water daily through intervals between 4,417-21 ft. in the Marmaton. Located seven miles north-northwest in Neufeld Field, the well is currently producing some two bbl. of crude per day with a cumulative production of 17,000 bbl. 2 M.E. Klein & Associates Inc., Norman, Okla., completed a discovery in Harper County, Kan., pumping 120 bbl. of oil and 80,000 cu. ft. of gas per day, with no water. The #1 Carothers, in Section 20-33s-6w some 0.75-mile east of Anthony in southern Kansas' Sedgwick Basin, is producing through acidized perforations between 4,472-79 ft. in the Mississippian. The company reported no shows in the deeper Viola or Simpson. It did not provide any more information on the 5,000-ft. well. The #1 Truby "D," in the same section, was perforated in the Mississippian between 4,434-40 ft., however an initial test rate was not disclosed and no production has been reported. 3 Oklahoma City-based Yale Oil Association Inc. received a permit to drill a wildcat 16 miles southwest of the town Clinton, Ark., in the northeastern Arkoma Basin. The #1-34 Parish, in Section 34-9n-16w in northern Conway County, is planned to reach a total depth of 4,200 ft. in the Mississippian. The closest producer is 1.25 miles southwest. The #1 J.L. Carr recovered 1.52 billion cu. ft. of gas through perforations in both Barton "A" and "B" between 2,292 and 2,360 ft., according to IHS Energy. 4 Seeco Inc., the Fayetteville, Ark.-based unit of Southwestern Energy, applied with the Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission for approval for an exploratory project in a nonproducing, lightly drilled township in Yell County, Ark. It is seeking integration in Section 10-5n-23w on the northern outskirts of Belleville. The company is also seeking approval of a 6,000-ft. wildcat to test formations in the Upper Borum (Pennsylvanian). Approximately seven miles west in Waveland Field, Seeco and Ross Exploration Inc. are developing and delineating an east-west trending Borum accumulation. 5 Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Operating Inc. completed an Anadarko Basin high-volume Springer wildcat five miles east-southeast of Oakwood, Okla. The #1-32 Hightower Trust, in Section 32-17n-13w in western Blaine County, was tested through fracture-treated intervals between 9,550 and 9,630 ft. flowing 389 bbl. of oil, 2.59 million cu. ft. of gas and nine bbl. of water per day. Flowing tubing pressure on the 9,800-ft. well was gauged at 4,610 psi on a 12/64-in. choke. 6 Tulsa-based Brighton Energy LLC completed a wildcat in a nonproducing area five miles west-southwest of Atoka in Atoka County, Okla. The #27-1 Penick, in Section 27-2s-10e, flowed oil at the daily rate of 479 bbl. with 300,000 cu. ft. of gas and no water from intervals between 4,496 and 4,586 ft. in the Wapanucka. The 6,350-ft. wildcat also tested 12,000 cu. ft. of gas and 480 bbl. of water per day through perforations between 6,110-60 ft. in the Woodford Shale. Boggy Depot East Field, the closest previous production, is 3.5 miles southwest. 7 Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, N.M., completed a 10,677-ft. Wolfcamp discovery in northern Eddy County, N.M. The #2 Parrot Federal Com, in Section 29-19s-27e about 15 miles north of Artesia and a mile east of Brantley Lake, was tested flowing 183 bbl. of oil and 970,000 cu. ft. of gas per day through perforations between 8,074 and 8,158 ft. Nearly a mile west is the #1 Lake MacMillan Federal in Lake McMillan East Field. According to IHS Energy, that 10,500-ft. well recovered a cumulative 190.63 million cu. ft. of gas, 3,998 bbl. of condensate and 271 bbl. of water until 1994. 8 Midland independent Pure Resources LP completed a 13,502-ft. gas discovery in southern Lea County, N.M. The #1 Cochise "15" State, in Section 15-22s-35e, was tested through acidized perforations at 12,082 and 12,102 ft. in the Atoka. Gas flowed at the daily rate of 4.5 million cu. ft. with no condensate and 360 bbl. of water. Nearest production is a half-mile southwest in Rock Lake North Field. 9 Devon Energy Production Co. LP, Oklahoma City, staked a wildcat a mile north of Gruver, Texas, in central Hansford County (RRC 10). Objectives of the #1704 Hart, in Section 17, Block P, H&GN Survey, A-208, will presumably include formations through the Reagan. Projected total depth is 10,500 ft. About 450 ft. southwest is the #3 Rhoda Hart in Gruver North Field, which produced from Morrow and Mississippian intervals before it was abandoned in 1996. 10 Durango, Colo.-based Peak Operating of Texas LLC staked an exploratory test in the Texas Panhandle portion of the western Anadarko Basin in north-central Wheeler County (RRC 10). The #2055 Austin, in Section 55, Block A-4, H&GN Survey, A-247, more than five miles north of the Wheeler city limits, will be drilled to a total depth of 14,200 ft. Three quarters of a mile northwest is the #1-58 Lancaster, which opened J-J Creek Field. The well has produced 5.94 billion cu. ft. of gas, 132,000 bbl. of 62-gravity condensate and 18,000 bbl. of water from the Morrow. 11 Denver-based operator Cimarex Energy Co. completed a workover in southern Hardeman County, Texas, (RRC 9) flowing 480 bbl. of crude, 918,000 cu. ft. of gas and 215 bbl. of water through acidized perforations in the Barnett Shale between 7,908-28 ft., said IHS Energy. The #1A Jeffrey is in Section 14, EL&RR Survey, A-1505, more than eight miles south of the town of Quanah, Texas. The nearest producer is in Holmes East Field, 1.67 miles west-southwest. 12 Abilene-based Geosurveys Inc. permitted a 9,000-ft. wildcat on the southern flank of the Palo-Duro Basin in northeastern Floyd County, Texas (RRC 8A). The #1 Fowler Unit is in Section 21, Block GM, GC&SF Survey, A-451, about 3.5 miles northeast of the town of Cedar Hill, Texas. There is no nearby production in Floyd County, but in Motley County, (RRC 8A) 12 miles east-southeast, is the #1001 D.M. Cogdell Jr. Estate. While it has been designated as a discovery, no details were reported from production tests in the Mississippian between 8,648 and 8,980 ft., according to IHS Energy. 13 Chaparral Energy LLC, Oklahoma City, tested a Ramsey Sand wildcat about eight miles north-northwest of the town of Orla, Texas, in western Loving County (RRC 8). The #2046 Hacienda State flowed 1.18 million cu. ft. of gas and 23 bbl. of oil per day through treated intervals between 3,219 and 3,300 ft. The 5,198-ft. well is in Section 46, Block 56, T1, T&P Survey, A-1334, a third of a mile northwest of the Reeves County line. The #1046 Hacienda State, about 0.33-mile northeast, was tested last year flowing 125 bbl. of oil, 885,000 cu. ft. of gas and 59 bbl. of water daily through treated intervals in the Olds Sands between 3,232-71 ft. 14 Snyder, Texas-based Patterson Petroleum LP staked a 17,800-ft. wildcat in eastern Loving County (RRC 8) to test the Atoka. The #1 Leiman "10" is in Section 10, Block 75, PSL Survey, A-1246, over 15 miles northeast of the town of Mentone, Texas. The Kennedy Bill Field opener is more than a mile northwest. The #1R Leiman has yielded more than 2.5 billion cu. ft. of gas, 1,344 bbl. of condensate and 26,850 bbl. of water through acidized perforations between 16,610-38 ft. in the Atoka. 15 Sha-Jam Operating, based in Midland, completed a wildcat in southwestern Kimble County, Texas (RRC 7C). The #1 Grace flowed 318,000 cu. ft. gas with 11 bbl. of water per day through perforations between 2,186-88 ft. It was drilled in Section 139, GC&SF Survey, A-1154, about five miles south of the town of Roosevelt, Texas, nearly four miles east of the Sutton County line. The shallow Canyon discovery reached a total depth of 3,280 ft. 16 Graham, Texas-based Echo Production Inc. completed a new pool discovery in Devils River Field in northeastern Val Verde County, Texas (RRC 1). The #3 Bertha Glasscock, in Section 5, block G, GWT&P RR Co. Survey, A-935, about eight miles northeast of the town of Juno, has a total depth of 11,430 ft. It flowed 4.66 million cu. ft. of gas and six bbl. of water per day through an openhole commingled interval in the Strawn/Ellenburger between 10,723 ft. and TD. According to IHS Energy, the field has produced oil from the Paluxy and gas from the Strawn since 1958, yielding more than 15.95 billion cu. ft. of gas, 5,827 bbl. of condensate and oil and 323,606 bbl. of water.