Western U.S.(Exploration Hightlights)

Publication: Oil and Gas Investor

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1 Edward Mike Davis LLC, Denver, has staked a location for a wildcat in northern California. The company's #9-1 Magers, in Section 9-15n-2w, Colusa County, will look for natural gas at an undisclosed depth. The wildcat is 1.6 miles north of Lone Star Field and 4.5 miles west-southwest of the town of Colusa, according to IHS Energy.

2 Cimarex Energy Co., Denver, continues its ties with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with yet another wildcat named after one of his movies. In this case, the #1-3 Kindergarten Cop in Merced County, Calif., will drill for gas at an undisclosed depth. The well, in Section 3-10s-13e, is two miles northeast of a shut-in Blewett gas discovery in Section 16, three miles west of Chowchilla Field and 8.5 miles northeast of the town of Dos Palos.

3 A new location has been staked by Richardson Operations Co., Denver, for a wildcat in Long Valley, about 40 miles northwest of Ely, Nev., in White Pine County. When the company applies for a drilling permit, the Nevada office of the Bureau of Land Management will prepare an environmental assessment. The well will be drilled in Section 21 in 21n-58e, an undrilled township in the northwestern section of the county. The location is about 50 miles southeast of Blackburn Field in Pine Valley and 70 miles north of Railroad Valley fields.

The company also paid $20 per acre for a 1,920-acre parcel in White Pine...

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