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EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS

By John H. Morrison, III

Independent Oil and Gas Service

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(1) Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Opens New Oil

Field (IOGsi Weekly News 07/07/03) - Anadarko

Petroleum Corp., Amarillo (TX), has discovered new

Mississippian oil reserves at a wildcat well in

Stevens County, about 7-3/4 miles north and 4-1/2

miles west of Hugoton, Kansas. The Leonard `B' #4,

located in approximately C E/2 E/2 NW in section

3-T32s-R38W, is on pump producing an undisclosed

amount of oil from the Saint Louis formation. The

well is drilled to a total depth of 6275 ft. and has

been plugged back to a depth of 6218 ft. The new

field has been named Metts Northwest. Well site is

spotted nearly one mile northwest of Anadarko's

Dold `A' #2 in section 33 which was completed as a

Morrow gas producer last year in the northwest cor-

ner of the Gentzler oil and gas field. No production

information has been released. Approximately 1-1/2

miles due west of the Leonard `B' #4 discovery,

Anadarko's Shaffer `D' #2 in section 30, was co m-

pleted for 50 barrels of oil ad 59 Mcf gas per day as

the pool opener for the Shaffer Field in July, 2000.

The well produced oil and gas from Morrow perfora-

tions at 5886 to 5896 ft.

(2) John O. Farmer, Inc. Finals Wildcat

(IOGsi Weekly News 07/07/03) - Independent

producer John O. Farmer, Inc. of Russell (KS) has

discovered new oil deposits at their Offner #1

well spotted in the northeast corner of Lane County,

near the Gove County line. The wildcat well is

drilled to a total depth of 4480 ft. at site located in

the C E/2 NW NE in section 2-T16s-R27W. The

well is producing oil from the Mississippian forma-

tion at an undisclosed depth. Field area is located 3-

1/2 miles north and 3 miles east of Pendennis, Kan-

sas. The Offner well has extended the pool bounda-

ries of the Broughton North Field and has been

recognized an infield discovery in the pool.

Mississippian oil is produced about 5/8-mile to

the west in the Broughton North Field in the NW/4

of section 2. Nearby in section 36-T15s-R27W, John

O. Farmer's Cur tis #1 also produced 30 barrels of

oil from Mississippian perforations at 4328 to

4334 ft. when completed in 1992.

(3) Castle Resources Produces 65 BOPD at Gove

Wildcat (IOGsi Weekly News 07/21/03) - Jerry D.