Sun River Operating permitted the Neal Heirs #1 (API # 42-365-37706) on 18 November 2010 with the Texas Railroad Commission in District 6, Panola County, Texas.

The well is permitted to 12,000ft in the Carthage Field to test the Haynesville Shale.

The company said that it is anticipated to encounter commercially productive zones in the Travis Peak and Cotton Valley geological formations.

Sun River Energy CEO and president Donal Schmidt Jr said that Sun River’s farmout with Devon called for drilling to commence no later than 30 November.