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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol of Original
Wedge Energy Services, L.L.C. (Month/Day/Year) South Texas Drilling & (Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) February 18, 2000 5. Relationship of Reporting 7. Individual or Joint/
1415 Louisiana Street, Suite 3000 ---------------------------- Person(s) to Issuer Group Filing (Check
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(Street) Number of Reporting Director X 10% Owner X Form filed by
Person, (voluntary) ----- ----- ---One Reporting
Houston, TX 77002 Officer Other (specify Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) (give title below) ---More than One
Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 1,153,846 D
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*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). (Over)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (3-99)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
Year) Deri- ative
vative Security:
Security Direct
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Date Expira- Amount or Indirect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Explanation of Responses: WEDGE Energy Services, Inc.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
By:/s/ RICHARD E. BLOHM, JR. 2/25/00
Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. ------------------------------- ------------
If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Richard E. Blohm, Jr. Secretary Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
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