Mississippi
Venture Oil & Gas Inc., Laurel, Miss., staked a wildcat to Lower Tuscaloosa in nonproducing George County, southeastern Mississippi.
Objective is 8,500 ft at the 1 Dees 28-14, in 28-1s-5w, 27 miles northwest of Mobile, Ala.
The drill site is 14-22 miles west of large Citronelle, Chunchula, and Hatters Pond fields in southwestern Alabama.