1 Mull Drilling Co., Wichita, has permitted a wildcat in a nonproducing township 13 miles south of Sharon Springs on the Las Animas Arch. The #1-34 Smith-McGimsey is in Section 34-15s-40w, Wallace County, Kan., and is scheduled to test formations through the Mississippi Lime to 5,300 ft. The nearest production is eight miles west in Mount Sunflower Southeast Field, which has made 1.5 million bbl. of oil and 713 million cu. ft. of gas from 11 wells since 1993 and still produces 282 bbl. of oil per day. 2 Wichita-based Pickrell Drilling Co. has staked two wildcats in separate, lightly drilled townships in Stanton County, Kan. The #1 Winger Cattle "A," in Section 22-27s-41w, is targeting Morrow and Mississippian to 5,400 ft. Closest production is six miles away. The second well, the #1 Nairn Land "A" in Section 20-28s-41w, will look at Morrow and Mississippian at 5,700 ft. 3 F.G. Holl Co. LLC, Wichita, posted a 2.2-million-cu.-ft.-per-day gas discovery, with no water, less than three miles east-southeast of Lewis, Kan. The company drilled its #1-33 Bowman in Section 33-24s-17w, Edwards County, to 4,636 ft. and completed the well through perforations from 2,778-90 ft. in the Cottonwood Lime section of the Permian Council Grove (Wolfcamp), says IHS Energy. The well is nearly a mile northeast of the nearest producing well in Mundhenke Field, but the nearest Cottonwood producers are 2.5 miles north-northwest. 4 Seeco Inc., Fayetteville, staked a wildcat in the eastern Arkoma Basin that is projected to the Lower Pennsylvanian Hale at 10,200 ft. The #1-22 Wooten, in Section 22-7n-25w, in central Logan County, Ark., is in a nonproducing township in which only four previous wells have been drilled. Paris Field, about five miles north-northwest, has produced 28.3 billion cu. ft. of gas from multiple Pennsylvanian zones, including Hale, since 1978. Seeco also staked a second deep wildcat in Logan County, the #1-28 USA. The well, in Section 28-7n-24w, is scheduled to 11,400 ft. The objective was not disclosed, according to IHS Energy. Six miles north, 10 wells in Prairie View Field have produced 6.66 billion cu. ft. of gas from multiple Pennsylvanian zones since 1973. 5 XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, received a permit for an Arkoma Basin wildcat some two miles southwest of Greenwood, Ark. The #2-15 Harkreader, in Section 15-6n-31w, Sebastian County, will test Pennsylvanian zones through the middle Hale to 9,800 ft. The closest producer is a mile away on the southwest corner of Greenwood Field. That well tested 2.1 million cu. ft of gas a day and has produced a cumulative 1.78 billion cu. ft. of gas. 6 Fort Smith independent Freedom Energy Inc. continues its Arkoma Basin exploration with two wells planned in southwestern Sebastian County, Ark. The #1 OK Farms, in Section 13-5n-32w, is projected to 7,000 ft. in the Basham formation. It is a mile from an Excelsior Field well that has produced 25.3 million cu. ft. of gas in its first 16 months onstream, says IHS Energy. The second well is the #2 Buccella, in Section 17-5n-31w. It will be drilled to Turner at 7,250 ft. In 2001, Freedom completed the #1 Bucella in the same section flowing 1.47 million cu. ft. of gas per day from Basham. 7 Keith F. Walker Oil & Gas Co. LLC, Ardmore, completed an oil discovery at its #1-3 Roxie in Section 3-3n-9ecm, in Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The Purdy sand (Upper Morrow) tested 104 bbl. of oil, 179,000 cu. ft. of gas and no water through a 22/64-in. choke with 220 psi of flowing tubing pressure. Walker perforated the 4,850-ft. well between 4,244-75 ft. 8 Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, has staked another in a continuing series of deep wells around Mayfield Northeast Field in Beckham County, Okla. The #1-36 Little Joe is an 18,700-ft. Morrow-Springer test in Section 36-11n-25w. The well is about a half-mile from a deep well drilled last year by Sanguine Ltd., which tested at 6.7 million cu. ft. of gas and 12 bbl. of water a day from Morrow "B." 9 A 17,500-ft well has been completed in the Marlow District in Stephens County, Okla., for 5.1 million cu. ft. of gas, 60 bbl. of liquids and 12 bbl. of water a day by Marathon Oil Co. The operator tested 15 intervals in the Atoka and three in the Deese at the #3-11 Lovett. The Section 11-2n-8w well produces from Big Shale between 9,974 ft. and 10,090 ft. and from the Lower Hoxbar from 10,605-34 ft. Flowing tubing pressure is 500 psi through a 26/64-in. choke. 10 Glenn Supply Co., Tulsa, has embarked on a four-well shallow wildcat campaign six to 12 miles north-northeast of Stigler, Okla., in the Arkoma Basin. Three of the Haskell County wells will test formations from Lower Atoka to Ordovician Simpson at about 2,500 ft. They are the #1-14 Leviticus in Section 14-11n-21e, the #1-22 Numbers in Section 22-11n-21e and the #1-35 Exodus in Section 35-11n-21e. Previous wildcats in the area have had no hydrocarbon shows. The fourth wildcat, the #1-12 Deuteronomy in Section 12-10n-20e, is about five miles southwest. 11 Threshold Development Co., Forth Worth, has staked three remote wildcats in the southeast corner of Otero County, N.M., according to IHS Energy. The #1 Chiricahua "21" Federal, in Section 21-24s-18e, is projected to a total depth of 5,419 ft. The #1 Chino "31" Federal, more than three miles southwest in Section 31-24s-18e, will be drilled to 7,241 ft. Another 4.75 miles southeast, the company plans to drill the #1 Mescalero "28" Federal to 7,365 ft. in Section 28-25s-18e. The nearest production is about 20 miles southeast of the Mescalero well. 12 Houston-based Pogo Producing Co. is drilling its #2 Pecos "33" Federal exploratory test in Section 33-19s-27e, Eddy County, N.M., about a mile east of McMillan North Field. The deep test is scheduled to Morrow at 11,000 ft. While most of McMillan Field production is shallow, the single Morrow well has recovered 1 billion cu. ft. of gas, 845 bbl. of condensate and 343 bbl. of water since 1963. Pogo plans four more Morrow tests in Section 32 of the same township. 13 Range Production Co., Forth Worth, completed the #1-140 Courson Ranch discovery for 410 bbl. a day, 375,000 cu. ft. of gas and no water through a 17/64-in. choke with 740 psi of flowing tubing pressure in Roberts County, Texas. The well is in Section 140, Block C, G&M Survey, A-562. According to IHS Energy, the well produces from perforations in an untreated interval between 8,299 ft and 8,327 ft. Range has 23,000 net farm-in acres in the area. 14 A Hardeman County, Texas, discovery has been drilled by Denver-based Key Production Co. Inc. The #1 Haynes Unit, in Section 205, Block H, W&NW Survey, A-1541, was gauged at an initial flowing potential of 207 bbl. of oil, 19,000 cu. ft. of gas and no water through a 5/64-in. choke with flowing casing pressure of 810 psi from an openhole Chappel zone at 8,247-71 ft. The nearest production is 1.25 miles north-northwest, in a well that has produced 33,000 bbl. of oil and 129,000 bbl. of water from Meremac since 1984. 15 Riata Energy Inc., Amarillo, reports 2 million cu. ft. of gas a day flowed from its #1061 Longfellow "R3," a remote wildcat in Section 106, Block R3, GC&SF Survey, A-5293, in southeastern Pecos County, Texas. The 5,529-ft. well was acidized and fractured and tested through perforations between 3,135 ft. and 3,422 ft. in the Tesnus formation.