La Salle Field

Jackson County, Texas

The initial test well, the Bennett #1, was drilled on 3 July, 2006. It is located on the approximate crest of the LaSalle Field anticlinal structure and evaluated the Frio section from about 5000 ft. to total depth. The well is particularly favorably situated structurally on the interval from about 6300-6800 ft. Numerous sands have produced within this interval and the well encountered a combination of new reservoirs, thin bypassed reservoirs, incompletely drained pressure depletion reservoirs and water-driven reservoirs within “attic” reserves.

Of particular interest is the 6700 ft. sand. This zone reportedly produced a total of 1,855,117 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of gas and 1691 barrels of condensate from the Sterling Oil & Gas Company # A-5 Bennett in the early 1950’s. In 1977, R.H. Engelke and Frank Brooner, Jr. drilled the # 1 United Methodist Home for the Aged and encountered the zone with a thin column of gas on water despite running low structurally by about 15 ft. This suggests the reservoir was not efficiently drained by previous production. The Bennett #1 encountered the 6700 ft. sand structurally high to the A-5 and significant remaining reserves are expected in this strong waterdrive reservoir.

The LaSalle project now consists of seven additional wells--the Bennett #2-6, the Ohlendorf #1, and the Sappington Farms #1--and is producing over 140 barrels of oil (BO) and 40 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas per month. A ninth well--the Bennett #7—is scheduled to be drilled in April, 2010. At least one additional well will be drilled in 2010.