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Green, dba/ Castle Resources, Inc., of Schoenchen
(KS), has established the Lo-Ri Field in Gove
County with the successful completion of their
Lockwood-Richmeier #1. Located 900 ft. from north
line and 100 ft. from east line (app SE NE NE) in
section 17-T11s-R30W, the wildcat well is on pump
making 65 barrels of oil and 40 barrels of water
per day. First production was commenced on April
25, 2003. The Lockwood-Richmeier well has dis-
covered new reserves in four porous zones in the
Lansing-Kansas City and two in the Pawnee member
of the Marmaton group. LKC perforations were shot
from 4124 to 4126 ft., 4152 to 4154 ft., 4211.5 to
4213.5 ft. and 4237.5 to 4240.5 ft. Pawnee zones
were opened from 4381 to 4385 ft. and 4426 to 4431
ft. L. D. Drilling rotary drilling tools were used to
drill the well to a total depth of 4601 ft. Wellsite is
located 1-1/4 miles south and 1-1/2 miles west of the
town of Grinnell, Kansas.
(4) Ritchie Exploration Finals Scott Wildcat
(IOGsi Weekly News 07/21/03) - Ritchie Explora-
tion, Inc. of Wichita (KS) has discovered new Mar-
maton oil reserves at it's Riney Trust #1 wildcat well
in Scott County in West-Central Kansas. The well
started commercial production on April 22, 2003 for
an undisclosed rate. It is located in approximately
NE SW SW in section 12-T17s-R31W. The well was
drilled to a total depth of 4633 ft. by L. D. Drilling
tools. Discovery site lies midway, or about 1-3/4
miles, between existing production in the Scola Field
to the northeast in section 1 and the Manning
Townsite Field to the southwest in the north-half
of section 23. Both fields also produce oil from the
Marmaton formation. Ritchie's new oil field has not
been named. It lies two miles north and one mile east
of the town of Manning, Kansas.
(5) Hess Oil Company Completes New Pay Dis-
covery Well (IOGsi Weekly News 07/21/03) -
Hess Oil Company of McPherson (KS) has discov-
ered their second oil pool in the past two months
north of the Happy Hollow Field in eastern Ness
County. The Wandelene #1, spotted in approxi-
mately NE SE SW in section 20-T17s-R22W, has
been completed for 14 barrels of oil and 315 barrels
of water per day. Forty-one degree gravity crude
came in naturally without acid use from Mississip-
pian perforations 4268 to 4273 ft. The 4350 ft. deep
well was placed on the pump on May 8, 2003. Mis-
sissippian pay is new pay source in the recently es-
tablished Happy Hollow North field. The Wandelene
new pay discovery lies about five-eighths mile
southwest of Hess Oil's Irma #1, NE SE of section
20, that was completed in March this year as a new
Cherokee Sand oil discovery. It opened the Happy
Hollow North Field (IOG Weekly News 7/09/2003).
No details are available. Them and appear to be
separate reservoirs. Both the Wandelene and Irma
wells were drilled and operated to total depth by
Wichita-based Northern Lights Oil Company, then
were turned over to Hess Oil for completion. Field
area is located about 5-1/2 miles south and 1-3/4
miles west of Brownell, Kansas.
(6) Anadarko Petroleum Finals Stevens County
Wildcat (IOGsi Weekly News - 08/11/2003) - Ana-
darko Petroleum Corp., Amarillo (TX), has com-
pleted a new discovery in the Morrow formation at
their HJV Ponder `A' #1. Spotted 1310 ft. from the
north line and 330 ft. from the west line approxi-
mately W/2 W/2 NW), the wildcat pool opener is
flowing natural gas at an undisclosed rate and depth.
Operator selected drill site located approximately
one mile south their recent new discovery, Leonard
`B' #4, NW/4 of section 3 -T32s-R38W (IOGsi
Weekly Report July 7, 2003), that established the
Metts Northwest Field in June this year when
Mississippian oil reserves were found. Closest
Morrow reserves are positioned about 1-1/2 miles
to the northwest of Ponder `A' lease in section
33-T31s-R38W. Anadarko's ne w gas field remains
unnamed at this time. It is located about 6-3/4
miles north and 4-3/4 miles west of Hugoton,
Kansas.
(7) Vincent Oil Corp. Opens New Oil Field
(IOGsi Weekly News 08/11/03) - Vincent Oil Corp.,
Wichita (KS), has discovered new Viola oil deposits
at a wildcat well in Pratt County, south-central Kan-
sas. The Johnson #1-32 is pumping an unknown
amount of crude from the Viola formation. The well
was drilled to a total depth of 4900 ft. by Duke Drill-
ing tools. Well site is located 530 ft. from the south
line and 1150 ft. from the east line (approximately
S/2 SW) in section 32-T28s-R15W, about 4-1/2
miles south and 3-1/2 miles west of the city of Culli-
son, Kansas. The new unnamed oil field is situated
slightly over 1/2 mile northwest of the Springvale
Field which produces oil from the Lansing-Kansas
City, Marmaton, Mississippian, Viola and Simpson
formations.