East Texas Drilling Report

Anderson County

In a lease two miles northwest of Slocum in Delaney Branch (Wilcox) Field, Burnett 1 will be drilled by Wilson Don H. to 3,000 feet in Martin P Survey A-41.

Brookside Storage will drill Bethel Salt Dome 1A in Bethel Dome (Storage) Field two miles south of Bethel in Kinley TH Survey A-450 to 6,000 feet.

A Wildcat will see James 1 drilled to 600 feet by Carrizo Oil & Gas 4.6 miles northeast of Elkhart in Davis WT Survey A-255. It may also be drilled in Camp Hill Field.

Hightower Well 1 will be drilled 15 miles northwest of Lufkin in Cecil Cox (Travis Peak) Field. This well will be drilled by C.W. Resources in Thomas R. Walker Survey A-650 to 11,600 feet.

A Wildcat Field will see Nichols Well 1 drilled by Parten Operating to 10,200 feet, 2.25 miles southeast of Jacksonville in Pineda J Survey A-41.

Chesapeake will drill Dingee 1 in a Wildcat 6.7 miles northwest of Wells in Borsoley MJ Survey A-6 to 15,000 feet. This well may also be drilled in Decker Switch (Glen Rose), Decker Switch, Southeast (James Lime), Decker Switch (Sub Clarksville), Decker Switch (Travis Peak), Decker Switch (Woodbine) or Decker Switch (Pettit) fields.

Sparkman GU 1 and Sey-more GU 1 will be drilled by XTO Energy in Doyle Creek (Travis Peak) Field. Sparkman will be 6.4 miles northwest of Wells at 13,000 feet in Durst J Survey A-15. Seymore will be 3.6 miles northwest of Wells at 13,000 feet in Durst J Surey A-15. The wells may also be drilled in Doyle Creek (Pettit) Field.

In a lease 2.3 miles southwest of Fairfield, in Teague (Cotton Valley-Bossier Consoli-dated) Field, Moody Estate GU 2 Well 7H will be drilled by Apache Corp. to 16,000 feet in Gainer R Survey A-12 and may also be drilled in a Wildcat.

Stroud Petroleum will drill Steward 3 in a Wildcat. This well will be five miles east of Fairfield in Riondo M Survey A-25 at 14,000 feet. This well may also be drilled in Nan-Su-Gail (Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field.

Judge Daniels GU 1 Wells 18-21 will be drilled in Danville (Travis Peak-Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field by Samson Lone Star to 13,000 feet, two miles east of Kilgore. No. 18 will lie in Walker P Survey A-210. Nos. 20 and 21 will lie in Wells H Survey A-222.

Samson Lone Star will drill Judge Daniels GU 1 Well 17 in Danville (Travis Peak-Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field 2.5 miles east of Kilgore in Wells H Survey A-222 to 13,000 feet.

In a lease 4.3 miles northeast of Kilgore, in Danville (Travis Peak-Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field, Griffin Ranch GU 2 Well 21 will be drilled by Exco Operating. This will bottom at 11,000 feet in Edwards H Survey A-64 and may be drilled in a Wildcat.

Exco will drill Griffin Ranch GU 2 Well 19 in Danville (Travis Peak-Cotton Valley Consolida-ted) Field 4.8 miles northeast of Kilgore in Edwards H Survey A-64 to 13,000 feet. This well may be drilled in a Wildcat.

In a lease four miles northeast of Karnack in Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) Field, Jones Wells 1 and 2 will be drilled by Forest Oil. These wells will bottom at 13,500 feet in Adams J Survey A-33 and may be drilled in Carthage, North (Bossier Shale) Field or a Wildcat.

Loftis GU 15 will be drilled four miles southwest of Hallsville in a Wildcat to 11,500 feet by Ener-vest Operating. It may be drilled in Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) Field.

Samson Lone Star will drill SWMF GU 2 Well 1 in Waskom (Cotton Valley) Field 9.5 miles northwest of Waskom to 13,000 feet. The well will lie in Ewing W Survey A-6 and may be drilled in Scottsville, North (Travis Peak), Wildcat, Scottsville, North (Pettit Lower), Scottsville, North (Travis Peak 6200), Waskom (Pettit Lower), Scottsville, North (Page), Waskom (Travis Peak Upper) or Scottsville, East (Travis Peak) fields.

Rogers GU Well 2H will be drilled to 13,500 feet in Woodlawn (Cotton Valley) Field by Wagner & Brown. This well will be one mile northwest of Karnack in Ward WRD Survey A-745.

In a lease 18 miles west of Marshall, in Lansing, North (Cotton Valley, Lower) Field, Burton 2H will be drilled by Tanos Exploration to 12,000 feet in Hill D Survey A-301 and may also be drilled in a Wildcat.

Wofford Heirs 1 will be drilled 3.7 miles northeast of Athens in La Rue (Pettit) Field by Decker Operating. This will bottom at 13,000 feet in Henry JJB Survey A-332 and may be drilled in Thomas Lake (Cotton Valley) or Thomas Lake (Rodessa B) fields.

Chesapeake Operating will drill seven wells in Newark East (Barnett Shale) Field to 9,000 feet.

Chaney 2H-4H will be drilled to 9,000 feet in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field by Chesa-peake Operating. The wells will be 1.9 miles northeast of Cleb-urne in Chaney C Survey A-124.

EOG Resources will drill Roberts Unit Well 3H and Southard Farms 3H in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field. Roberts will be 2.1 miles northwest of Venus in Williams A Survey A-857 and will bottom at 10,000 feet. Southard will be 5.4 miles northwest of Joshua in Cay WH Survey A-187 and bottom at 10,000 feet.

In a lease 4.1 miles southwest of Cleburne in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field, West Lake 10H will be drilled by Chesapeake to 9,000feet in O'Neal W Survey A-664.

Damsel Fly Nymph 5H, 7H and 9H will be drilled to 9,000 feet by Chesapeake in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field 6.3 miles west of Cleburne in Jackson CSL Survey A-435.

Burlington Resources will drill Burleson NW Unit 1H-3H in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field to 9,000 feet in Etter E Survey A-264, eight miles southwest of Burleson.

In a lease 10.77 miles northeast of Cleburne, in Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field, Betty Kittoe 1H will be drilled by Devon Energy to 9,000 feet in J.T. Edwards Survey A-243.

Robeson 1 will be drilled 4.6 miles southeast of Centerville in Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D, West) Field. ASM Oil & Gas will to 10,000 feet in Midkiff IJ Survey A-15 and may also be in Plea-sant Ridge (Woodbine) Field.

Tag Operating will drill Sand Hill Farm C No.3 in Oakwood Dome (Woodbine) Field eight miles east of Buffalo in Teal TJ Survey A-1224 to 7,000 feet.

In a lease 14.9 miles northwest of Centerville, in a Wildcat, Daughtry GU Well 2 will be drilled by BRG Lone Star to 10,600 feet in Hearn TB Survey A-351 and may be in Bear Grass (Pettit), Bear Grass (Travis Peak) or Branton (Rodessa) fields.

Doss GU 24 will be 13.4 miles northwest of Jewett in Freestone (Cotton Valley-Bossier Consolidated) Field. This well will be drilled to 13,200 feet by Berry Oil and lie in Chavert JL Survey A-4 and may also be drilled in a Wildcat.

Bald Prairie (Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field will see Byrd GU Well 2 and TC&C Real Estate GU 1 Well 2 drilled by XTO Energy. Byrd will be drilled 11.5 miles southeast of Thornton to 13,600 feet. TC&C will be drilled 11 miles southeast of Thornton to 13,750 feet. Both will lie in Rejon M C Survey A-26.

Stroud Petroleum will drill Watson 3 in a Wildcat 8.3 miles west of Donie in Chavert J L Survey A-4 to 14,000 feet. This may also be drilled in Oletha (Travis Peak), Freestone (Cotton Valley-Bossier Consolidated) or Personville (Travis Peak) fields.

James Lewis GU 1 Well 8 is 10 miles northwest of Nacogdoches in Douglass, West (Travis Peak) Field. This well will be drilled to 12,000 feet by Samson Lone Star and will lie in De Los Santos Coy M & Bros. Survey A-21.

Samson Lone Star will drill Roland Dennis GU 1 Well 4 in Douglass West (Travis Peak) Field seven miles south of Cushing in Tobar J Survey A-54 at 12,000 feet. This well may be drilled in a Wildcat, Little Ears (Pettit Lime), Nacogdoches, East (Pettit Lime) or Miyagi (Pettit) fields.

Naconiche Creek (Rodessa-Travis Peak Consolidated) Field will see Grigsby 1 drilled by Goodrich Petroleum to 13,500 feet in Richey H Survey A-463. It may also be drilled in a Wildcat or Gates (Travis Peak) fields.

Endeavor 1 will be 14.4 miles southeast of Nacogdoches in Gates (Travis Peak) Field by Goodrich Petroleum Co. at 12,100 feet in Mora J M Survey A-827. It may also be drilled in a Wildcat.

In a lease seven miles southwest of Kerens in Cheneyboro (Cotton Valley) Field, Boyd Farms GU 1H will be drilled by XTO Energy to 15,000 feet in Matthews A Survey A-544 and may be drilled in a Wildcat.

Trooper (Smackover) Field will see Burnett-Sloan Well B 2 drilled by O'Ryan Oil and Gas 8.9 miles northeast of Corsicana to 9,900 feet in Edmondson J P Survey A-262.

Chadwick Unit 27 will be drilled in Carthage (Cotton Valley) Field by Devon Energy 3.5 miles north of Carthage in White S Survey A-743 and bottom at 13,000 feet. This well may also be drilled in a Wildcat.

St. Mary Land & Exploration will drill Headrick 3 to 12,000 feet in a Wildcat 4.7 miles southeast of DeBerry in English W Survey A-194. It may be drilled in Centen-nial, East (Cotton Valley) Field.

In a lease 6.7 miles southwest of Tatum in Beckville (Cot-ton Valley) Field, Waldrop, G.T. GU Well 3 will be drilled by Goodrich Petroleum to 13,500 feet in Scruggs CS Survey A-614. The well may be drilled in a Wildcat.

Blount 5 will be drilled two miles east of Joaquin in Joaquin (Pettit) Field. Samson Lone Star will drill to 7,800 feet in Smith M Survey A-592. It may also be drilled in a Wildcat or Joaquin (Travis Peak) fields.

Beckville, North (Cotton Val-ley) Field will see Genecov 10 drilled by Bachtell Oil & Gas 6.9 miles east of Tatum in Knoll P Survey A-375 to 11,000 feet. The well may be drilled in a Wildcat.

Texas American Resources will drill Glovier Hamilton 22 and 28 in Beckville (Cotton Valley) Field. No. 22 will be three miles northwest of Beckville in Gooden W Survey A-221. No.28 will be 2.4 miles northwest of Beckville in Hamilton W Survey A-272. Depth of both will be 11,600 feet.

Beal Estate GU 16 and Mitchell Unit II Wells 12 and 16 will be drilled in Bald Prairie (Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field by XTO. Beal will be 11.9 miles northeast of Franklin in Owens W Survey A-297 at 14,100 feet. Mitchell 12 will be 11.3 miles northeast of Franklin in Denson O Survey A-126 and hit 13,600 feet. Mitchell 16 will be 11.2 miles northeast of Franklin in Denson O Survey A-126 and bottom at 14,100 feet.

In a lease four miles northwest of Wheelock, in Ici (Georgetown) Field, BR Cotton 1 will be drilled by Burlington Resources to 13,700 feet in Penn A Survey, A-309.

Goodrich Petroleum will drill Taylor, A.B. 3 and Siler Heirs 9. No. 3 will be in Beckville (Cotton Valley) Field 6.7 miles southwest of Tatum at 13,500 feet in Wyatt, R Survey A-867 and may be drilled in a Wildcat. No. 9 will be in Henderson, East (Cotton Valley) Field 4.4 miles southwest of Henderson at 13,000 feet in Smith HM Survey A-702. It may be drilled in Minden (Travis Peak Consolidated) or Wildcat fields.

Rogers, Travis GU 2 will be drilled 4.6 miles southwest of Henderson in Henderson, East (Cotton Valley) Field by Goodrich Petroleum to 13,000 feet in Smith H M Survey A-702.

Brachfield, Southeast (Cotton Valley) Field will see Green GU 1 Well 105, Purdie GU 1 No. 101-103 drilled to 13,500 feet by Enduring Resources. No.105 will be 2.4 miles west of Minden in Reel J Survey A-33. No. 101 will be 3.2 miles west of Minden in Reel J Survey A-33. No. 102 will be 3.1 miles northwest of Minden. No. 103 will be 2.8 miles southwest of Minden in Reel J Survey A-33. The wells may also be drilled in Minden (Travis Peak Consolidated) or Wildcat fields.

In a lease 2.1 miles west of Minden in Brachfield, Southeast (Cotton Valley) Field, TXU GU 101 will be drilled by Enduring Resources to 13,500 feet in Reel J Survey A-33 and may also be drilled in Minden (Travis Peak Consolidated) or Wildcat fields.

Enduring Resources will drill Green GU 1 Well 102, Tufco GU 1 Well 101 and Wilder GU 102 in Brachfield, Southeast (Cotton Valley) Field. Green will bottom at 13,500 feet 2.6 miles west of Minden in Reel J Survey A-33. Tufco will bottom at 13,500 feet one mile west of Minden. Wilder will bottom at 13,500 feet in Reel H Survey A-32, 2.9 miles northwest of Minden. The wells may be drilled in a Wildcat or Minden (Travis Peak Consolidated) fields.

Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) Field will see Cherokee Lake GU 1 Well 6 drilled by Verado Energy seven miles northwest of Tatum in Simpson D Survey A-37 to 12,000 feet.

In a lease 3.3 miles south of Henderson, in Minden (Cotton Valley Consolidated) Field, Brightwell 2 will be drilled to 14,000 feet by Sandridge Onshore. This well will lie in Smith H M Survey A-702 and may be in a Wildcat.

Cabot Oil & Gas will drill Southern Timber Properties 1H and 2H in Angie (James Lime) Field 5.49 miles northwest of San Augustine and bottom at 9,000 feet. 1H will lie in Smith J C Survey A-254. 2H will lie in Dodd J Survey A-349.

In a lease 0.91-mile northwest of Dreka, in Huxley (6100) Field, Alexander Unit 6H will be drilled by Ellora Operating to 7,500 feet in Peirpoint W Survey A-558.

Kidd-Dale Unit 1 will be drilled by 3-T Exploration in Lane Chapel (Paluxy A Sand) Field 7.5 miles east of Tyler to 7,100 feet in Renfor I Survey A-800 and may also be in a Wildcat.

In a lease 0.8-mile northwest of Troup, in Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) Field, Kirkpatrick GU 1 Well 14 will be drilled by Southwestern Energy to 12,500 feet in George W Survey A-1099 and may be drilled in a Wildcat.

In a lease 6.6 miles west of Gilmer in Rosewood (Cotton Valley) Field, J.K. Leard GU 1 Well 7 will be drilled by XTO Energy to11,100 feet in McFadden W Survey A-295.

Cordillera Texas, L.P. will drill J.L. Hunter GU Well 4H in a Wildcat to 13,000 feet in Benig-no Daveport JB Survey A-1, 4.2 miles southwest of Gilmer. This well may also be drilled in Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands), Gilmer (Cotton Valley Upper) or Wilkins, North (Cotton Valley Sand) fields.

Hawkins Field Unit 4254 will be drilled 1.28 miles northeast of Hawkins in Hawkins Field to 6,100 feet by Exxon Mobil. It will lie in Moseley, J P Survey, A-384.

Freestone County

Apache Corp. completed Pyr-amid Land 04 in Loper Field 8.10 miles north northwest of Fairfield to 12,084-feet. On a 48/64-inch choke, it potentialed 114,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley Lime.

Freestone Field has seen Fails GU 18 completed by XTO 6.80 miles south of Teague to 13,190 feet. On a 12/64-inch choke, it potentialed 678,000 cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley-Bossier Consolidated.

Chopper GU 1 Well 2 is seven miles northwest of Waskom in Waskom Field. Samson Lone Star completed it to 11,886 feet. On a 24/64-inch choke, well potentialed 1.058 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

Comstock Oil & Gas completed Swift 14 in Waskom Field 3.3 miles northeast of Crossroads to 11,300 feet. On a 16/64-inch choke, it potentialed 827,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

In a lease 18 miles southwest of Marshall in Oak Hill Field, Letourneau GU 6 Well 18 was completed by Anadarko E&P to 10,693 feet. On an adjustable choke, the well potentialed 1.094 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

On a 8/64-inch choke, North Jonesville A Well 17 potentialed 551,000 cf of gas. This well is 1.5 miles northwest of Jonesville in Waskom Field. Winchester Production completed it to 11,700 feet with production in Cotton Valley.

Comstock completed Swift 13H in Waskom Field to 12,893 feet 3.3 miles east of Cross-roads. On a 48/64-inch choke, the well potentialed 3.600 million cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

On a 18/64-inch choke, San-del O.K. Taylor Unit 2 No. 1 po-tentialed 96,000 cf of natural gas 6.1 miles northeast of Centerville at 9,697 feet. Prime Operating drilled in Buffalo, South Field. Production is in 8700.

EnCana Oil & Gas completed Chaney, J Unit 1 in Hilltop Resort Field 5.4 miles southeast of Marquez at 19,000 feet. On a 64/64-inch choke, it potentialed 902,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Bossier.

Bobby Reed GU 19 and Alton Sims 19 were completed in Freestone Field by Berry Oil. Reed bottoms at 13,038 feet and potentialed 2.096 million cf of gas on a 18/64-inch choke 14 miles northwest of Jewett Production is in Cotton Valley-Bossier Consoli-dated. Sims hit 9,000 feet and potentialed 309,000 cf of gas on a 16/64-inch choke 13.8 miles northwest of Jewett. Production is in Travis Peak.

O'Benco completed Doss GU Well 20 in Freestone Field 13.2 miles northwest of Jewett to 9,032 feet. On a 14/64-inch choke it potentialed 1.788 million cf of natural gas. Production is in Travis Peak.

Harris 2 and Childers 2 were completed by Pegasi Operating in Rodessa Field. Harris is three miles north of Jefferson at 10,106 feet. On an open choke, it flowed with 15 barrels of crude. Childers is three miles north of Jefferson at 10,040 feet. On open choke, the well flowed with 15 barrels of crude. Production is in Cotton Valley Consolidated.

On a 1.75-inch choke, Clear Lake GU 1H potentialed 4.279 million cf of gas. This well five miles north of Karnack in Woodlawn Field was drilled by Wagner & Brown to 12,934 feet with production in Cotton Valley .

Exxon Mobil completed Trawick GU 9 Well 8C and Trawick GU 22 Well 10 in Trawick Field. No. 8C is l 3.06 miles southeast of Cushing at 8,900 feet and potentialed 4.412 million cf of gas on a 0.75-inch choke. Production is in Pettit. No. 10 is 4.63 miles northeast of Cushing at 8,900 feet and potentialed 3.244 million cf of gas on a 0.375-inch choke. Production is in Travis Peak.

Smith 2 is 11 miles south of Carthage in Carthage, South Field. M.E. Operating & Services drilled to 10,175 feet. On a 24/64-inch choke, the well potentialed 1.443 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

Anadarko E&P completed Kyle, Fred GU Well 16, Williams-Wall GU Well 13 and CGU 8 Well No. 19H in Carthage Field. No. 16 is 4.5 miles southeast of Carthage. No depth was recorded. On adjustable choke, it potentialed 1.152 million cf of gas. No. 13 is 8.6 miles southeast of Carthage at 9,530 feet. On adjustable choke, the well potentialed 1.295 million cf of gas. No. 19H is 3.8 miles southwest of Carthage at 11,100 feet. On an adjustable choke, the well potentialed 1.121 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

Carthage Field has seen Williamson 23 completed by Devon Energy to 9,667 feet 4.4 miles southwest of Carthage. On adjustable choke, the well potentialed 1.756 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

John Neal Unit Well 7H was completed to 11,775 feet by Anadarko E&P six miles southeast of Carthage in Carthage Field. On an adjustable choke it potentialed 1.436 million cf of gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

In a lease 13.6 miles southeast of Henderson, in Beckville Field, Sealey, G.T. 3 was completed by Goodrich Petroleum to 10,230 feet. It potentialed 723,000 cf of gas on a 18/64-inch choke. Production is in Cotton Valley.

On an adjustable choke, Allison Cassity 2 potentialed 283,000 cf of natural gas at 11,300 feet in Brachfield, Souast Field. Cabot Oil & Gas drilled 0.9-mile northwest of Long Branch with production in Cotton Valley.

Glassell Production completed Dunaway GU Well 13 in Carthage Field 8.5 miles northeast of Carthage with 7,000 feet. On an adjustable choke, well potentialed 298,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Lower Pettit 6100.

John Amoruso Field has seen McLean A1 and Russell No. 2 completed by EnCana O&G. A1 is 9.7 miles northeast of Franklin at 16,376-feet. On a 26/64-inch choke, it potentialed 11.154 million cf of gas. No. 2 is 8.7 miles northe ast of Franklin at 16,200 feet. On a 19/64-inch choke, the well potentialed 23.275 million cf of gas. Production is in Bossier.

EnCana completed Laxson 4, McLean D3 and McLean F Well F2 in John Amoruso Field. No. 4 is 9.3 miles northeast of Franklin at 16,146-feet and potentialed 17.179 million cf of gas on a 30/64-inch choke. D3 is 11 miles east of Franklin at 16,735 feet and potentialed 14.122 million cf of gas on a 48/64-inch choke. F2 is 10.9 miles northeast of Franklin at 16,006 feet and potentialed 19.081 million cf of gas on a 22/64-inch choke. Production is in Bossier. Bald Prairie Field has seen McCullough, Mable 2 completed to 16,400 feet 12.2 miles northeast of Franklin and potentialed 1.113 million cf of gas on a 64/64-inch choke. Production is in Cotton Valley Consolidated.

On a 18/64-inch choke, Trojacek GU No. 1 potentialed 1.729 million cf of natural gas 7.8 miles northwest of Franklin in Bald Prairie Field. O'Benco drilled to 12,443 feet. Production is in Cotton Valley Consolidated.

Corry GU Well 1 was completed 8.10 miles northeast of Franklin in Bald Prairie Field to 14,700 feet by XTO Energy. On a 14/64-inch choke, the well potentialed 1.533 million cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley Consolidated.

On a 23/64-inch choke, Texana GU 1 Well 4 is potentialed 1.376 million cf of gas 5.5 miles southwest of Mt. Enerterprise. Samson Lone Star drilled to 8,693 feet in Trawick Field. Production is in Travis Peak.

Four wells were completed in Minden Field by El Paso E&P.

Viper 1 Well 15 is 3.8 miles southeast of Henderson with 10,950 feet and potentialed 1.282 million cf of gas on a 20/64-inch choke.

Production is in Cotton Valley Consolidated.

XTO Energy completed Joe Pearson GU Well 3 in Oak Hill Field 7.90 miles northwest of Tatum at 11,030 feet. On a 24/64-inch choke, it potentialed 823,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.

Forbis McKinney 2 is 11.5 miles southwest of Center at 12,251 feet. Cabot O&G completed the well in Angie Field. It potentialed 12.978 million cf of natural gas on a 46/64-inch choke. Production is in James Lime.

Bogel GU 2 Well 4 is 5.2 miles west of Gilmer in Rose-wood Field. McBee Operating drilled to 11,035 feet. On a 48/64-inch choke, well potentialed 437,000 cf of natural gas. Production is in Cotton Valley.