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EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTS
By John H. Morrison, III
Independent Oil and Gas Service
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(1) Northern Lights Oil Completes Graham Wild-
cat (OIGsi Weekly News 10/3/03) - Northern Lights
Oil Company, LLC, Andover (KS), has established a
new oil field in Graham County, north central Kan-
sas, about six miles south of the city of Densmore.
The Marie #1, located 1520 ft. from north line and
380 ft. from west line (approximate W/2 W/2 NW)
in section 12-T6s-R2W, is producing a commercial
amount of crude from undisclosed perforations in the
Lansing-Kansas City limestones. The wildcat
well was drilled in early October by Mallard JV
rotary tools to a total depth of 3718 ft. by loggers
measurement. The new unnamed pool discovery lies
about 3/4-mile west of known oil production within
the Boys West field where pay comes from the
Shawnee and Lansing-Kansas City zones. The field
was discovered by A. Scott Ritchie in 1984 and has
produced nearly 800,000 barrels of oil from 15 wells
in the field. Producing horizons are found between
3380 to 3600 ft. in depth. Northern Lights has not
released any completion details on their new discov-
ery. John W. Sutherland, Jr. is managing partner of
the firm. Kurt L. Smith served as wellsite geologist.
(2) Vess Oil Corporation Has Arbuckle Discovery
in Clark County (OIGsi Weekly News 10/3/03) -
New Arbuckle oil reserves have been discovered in
western Clark County by Wichita-based Vess Oil
Corporation. Utilizing 3-D seismic data interpreta-
tion, the Denton `A' #1 was drilled in July at loc a-
tion 1415 ft. from south line and 1415 ft. from west
line approximate Cen SW/4) in section 1-T32s-
R24W. It is producing an unspecified amount of
crude at site located about 6 miles north and 5-3/4
miles west of Ashland, Kansas. Val Energy's Rig #2
was contracted to drill the well to a total depth of
6686 ft. Completion details will be released soon by
operator. The Denton `A' le ase is situated almost 1-
1/2 miles northwest of the one-well Yesta field in
section 11. Enron Oil & Gas Company reported the
discovery of Viola oil at their #11-1 Berryman Tract
OWWO to open the field in early 1999. However,
the 6910 ft. deep well never produced according to
production records. Slightly over 1-1/2 miles to the
north, J. M. Huber's #36 -1 Alley in section 36-T31s-
R24W was completed in 1986 for around 3 million
cubic feet of gas per day from Mississippian perfora-
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