The well will be drilled to a planned depth of 4,000ft and will be a vertical well that is a direct offset to the recently completed commercial oil well at the NOJ26 location.

The productive Woodford and Mississippi formations are the primary objectives of the well with secondary potential in the Miesner and Skinner Sands.

American Petro-Hunter said that the NOS227 well is scheduled to be the last vertical test the company is planning, as its 2011 development plan calls for horizontal wells in the future.