OIL AND GAS REPORT

The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission last week issued two drilling permits and six well recompletions. By county, they were:

DRILLING PERMITS

ASHLEY — Cenco Inc. of El Dorado for Cook No. 1 to TVD: 4,950 ft. in Smackover Form. of Wildcat Fld. Loc. SHL: 996 ft. FWL & 2,166 ft. FSL of Sec. 16-17S-5W. Contractor: Sewell Drilling; work began Dec. 18.

COLUMBIA — Betsy Production Co. Inc. of Magnolia for Wilson No. 1 to TVD: 6,950 ft. in Smackover Lime Form. of Wildcat Fld. Loc. SHL: 1,017 ft. FWL & 1,980 ft. FSL of Sec. 17-16S-19W. Contractor: Sewell Production; work began Dec. 20.

WELL RECOMPLETIONS

CLEBURNE — Merit Energy Co. LLC of Dallas for Fife No. 11-11 1-26H, 24-hr. prod. not available in Fayetteville Form. of B-43 Fld. Drilled to TD: 6,689 ft., perf. 2,688-6,530 OA ft. Loc. SHL: 273 ft. FSL & 601 ft. FEL and BHL: 437 ft. FNL & 574 ft. FEL of Sec. 26-11N-11W. Workover done Nov. 1.

Merit Energy Co. LLC for Roger Poole No. 11-10 2-4H16, 24-hr. prod. not available in Fayetteville Form. of B-43 Fld. Drilled to TD: 7,566 ft., perf. 2,308-7,450 OA ft. Loc. SHL: 255 ft. FSL & 1,104 ft. FEL and BHL: 101 ft. FNL & 1,144 ft. FEL of Sec. 4-11N-10W. Workover done Nov. 6.

UNION — ArklaTx Operating Co. Inc. of Smackover for Catesville Unit No. 9-3, 24-hr. prod. 2 bbls in Cotton Valley Form. of Catesville Fld. Drilled to TD: 6,730 ft., perf. 6,681-6,686 ft. of Sec. 32-18S-15W. recompletion done Oct. 29.

ArklaTx Operating Co. Inc. for Fee B No. 1, 24-hr. prod. 12 bbls in Cotton Valley Form. of Shuler Fld. Drilled to TD: 6,970 ft., perf. 6,982-6,988 ft. of Sec. 20-18S-17W. recompletion done Nov. 19.

ArklaTx Operating Co. Inc. for GML Taylor No. 2, 24-hr. prod. 2 bbls in Blossom Form. of Smackover Fld. Drilled to TD: 2,682 ft., perf. 2,625-2,629 ft. of Sec. 16-16S-15W. workover done Sept. 11.

ArklaTx Operating Co. Inc. for M. Hardy No. 7, 24-hr. prod. 1 bbls in Nacatoch Form. of Smackover Fld. Drilled to TD: 1,975 ft., perf. 1,961-1,963 ft. of Sec. 9-16S-15W. workover done Oct. 5.

ABBREVIATIONS

Loc. — location; Perf. — perforations; FEL — from the east line; FNL — from the north line; FSL — from the south line; FWL — from the west line; FEUL — from the east unit line; FWUL — from the west unit line; FNUL — from the north unit line; FSUL — from the south unit line; MCF — thousand cubic feet; bbl — barrel; MD — measured depth; TD — total depth; TVD — true vertical depth; PBTD — plug back total depth; BHL — bottom hole location; PBHL — proposed bottom hole location; SHL — surface hole location; OA — overall; N/A — not available.

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