Vitek Prayed For Well and Gets Gasser
Paul Vitek, oilman and president of Vitek Oil, prayed for a well in No 1 Jordan Brown, I G N Survey, Carson County. The well hit 15,000,000 feet of gas from 2795 to 2840 feet, with oil production believed ahead of it. Vitek's No 1 Eller in Section 300, Block 4, east of Kingsmill, is awaiting fishing tools at 900 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Vitek
Wildcatter
Vitek Oil Corporation
Jordan-Brown
White Deer Oil Company
Carson County
Witek
Eller
Kingsmill
Sanford-Paramount Area
Pampa Production Company
No. 1
Leopold
I. & G. N. Survey
Pampa
Gray County
Granite Wash
DUMAS
Douglas Oil Company
Beauchamp
H. & T. C. Survey
Moore County
Roxana-Bryan Pool
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Bryan
Roxana-Bryan
Empire Gas and Fuel Company No
Magnolia
Marland Util Company
Burnett
J. & G. N. Survey
Deal
Mclean Area
Empire Gas and Fuel Company
Webb
H. & G. N. Survey
McLean
Gas Franchise Fray in Kansas City Grows Complex
Reports from Kansas City indicate a mix-up over which of three firms will obtain the industrial gas franchise. The Kansas City Texas, Panhandle-Amarillo line, and related players work toward a unified system to deliver gas from the Panhandle to Emporia and Kansas City, with a projected 600 mile line and ten booster stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsas City
Panhandle
Kansas City-Texas Company
New Concern
Texas Company
Kansas City Fae Company
Panhandie
Carsonounty
Texas
Emporia
Lynnboty
Kansas
Empire Gas Line
Kansasity
Cities Service Company
Prairie Oil and Gas
Stanford Oil Company
New Jersey
Denver
Amarillo
Empire Oil Subsidiaries Set New April Production Record
Oil holdings of Cities Service subsidiaries led by Empire Gas and Fuel recorded 2,261,000 barrels in April, a daily average of 75,350 barrels, surpassing the March 1927 high of 66,000. The period saw 25 wells completed, seven in Bowledgs of the Seminole field, initial 4,600 barrels, plus a May completion in Butler county Kansas. The group was drilling 158 wells on May 1 with activity spanning the Texas Panhandle, and 47 miles of a new 60 mile 10 inch pipeline from Cushing to Seminole had been laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Company
Empire Gas and Fuel Companys
Bowledgs
Seminole
Oklahoma
Butler County
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Cushing
Prairie Pipe Line Breaks Oil Shipment Record in 1927
Prairie Pipe Line reports first five months of 1927 crude oil shipments from the Mid-Continent total 26,003,437 barrels, a new record for the transportation artery. Monthly figures run through May show continued gains with strong output from the Pek ark coe ta region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Mid-Continent
Pek Ark Coe
Naylor Optimistic About Oil Future
Fort Worth Star-Telegram oil editor John W. Naylor says the oil situation is not pessimistic. He notes that aside from Seminole no major field currently disrupts the market with its daily output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Naylor
The
Fort Worth
Oil men and executives tour Texas Panhandle pools
Swabbings Finley W Scruggs chief scout for Humble Oil is away on vacation. Luther C Kennedy chief geologist and director of Douglas Oil visited Amarillo and West Texas pools. Dr R G Barnum president of the West Texas Oil and Gas association returns from New York City with financiers optimistic about oil. C Dale Smith head of Panhandle division of Mid-Continent Petroleum just home from Chicago notes Northern interest in Texas. R L Dudley head of Gibson Oil geological department goes to southern Louisiana to study wildcat interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley W. Scruggs
Panhandle
The
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Luther C. Kennedy
Douglas Oil Company
Tulsa
Amarillo
West Texas
R. G. Barnum
West Texas Oil and Gas Association
New York City
C. Dale Smith
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Chicago
Texas
R. L. Dudley
Geological Department
Gibson Oil Corporation
Louisiana
Tex Thornton Firefighter Extinguishes Oil Wells By Explosives
Tex Thornton the oil well fire fighter returns from Wichita Falls proclaiming the thrill of the game. He has extinguished 326 fires in six years using asbestos suits, nitroglycerine charges and rapid shell detonations to flood flames and spare wells. He recounts injuries from heat and notes two deadly Panhandle fires that tested his nerve and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Thornton
Wichita Falls
Mother Farth
Thornton
Sanford
Ohio
Panhandle
McMillen Oil Corporation
Bo TC
Borger
Mellroy Oil Company
Cockrell- Mellroy Oil Company
Mellroy Pool
Oil field reports from Texas and Colorado drilling progress
Late field notes show C a M Perry in Upton county Texas lifting from 30 to 35 barrels per hour after deepening to 2037 feet. Other wells in Howard county Tidal No 1 University progress through salt beds with brine and expected pay horizon in two weeks. Continental Oil reports Canon City Colorado producing well at 1200 to 1300 feet with potential 100 barrels daily. Multiple wells in Sanford Paramount area, Pampa Gray counties, Dumas district, Roxana Bryan pool, Trinidad district, McLean area and McConnell sector record various drill depths and initial outputs from 15 to 450 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Company
Howard
Tidal
No. 1 University
Big Lake
Howard County
West Texas
Santa Rita
Davis Bros. Drilling Company of
Fort Worth
Canon City
Continental Oil Company
Stienmeir Estate
Colorado
Mcconnell
Gulf Production Company
J. L. Noel
1 & G. N. Survey
Carson County
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Marland Oil Company
McMarland
No. 1
J. T. Parks
J. K. Hughes Company
Percivil
Phone Pressure Forces End to Baseball Scores Reach
The News and Globe halted telephone baseball scores due to switchboard congestion and disrupted service. Emergency operators are on duty, but core lines remained busy. readers can still get scores via a sports extra and through select uptown drug stores and messenger bulletins to fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News and Globe
News-Globe
J. P. Patterson
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Texas
News and Glove
Marland Oil Dividends Spark Rumors and Clarifications
W A Moncrief, Marland Oil vice president, defends the quarterly dividend as prudent while addressing rumors of Standard Oil overtakes. He notes Marland’s Q1 earnings were higher, but accounting shifts exclude intangible drilling costs, and asserts Marland remains independent and financially sound. Marland’s Texas output centers on Crane-Upton and Shackleford county pools with the Parks No.1 restarting after a cave issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marland Oil Company
New York
Marland
W. A. Moncrief
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Pipe Line Company
New Jersey Standard
Standard
The
E. W. Marland and Associates
Texas
West Texas
Crane-Upton
Cook Pool
Shackleford County
Plains Oil Sectors Inspected By Local Royalty Oil Men
A group of local oil men led by Roy B. McAllister returns from a southern plains expedition reporting activity in Noodle Creek Jones county and promising shallow fields near Hale Center. Prospects at the 400 fet level are seen as promising and testing is expected early next week. Interest grows in Lynn county between Brownfield and Tohoka as local interests drill a combined oil and potash test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy B. McAllister
Western Mineral Deed Association
South Plains
Noodle Creek
Jones County
Hale County
Hale Center
Frank Norfleet
McAllister
Lynn County
Brownfield
Tohoka
Crowell Watchful as Gas Rises at Roxana-Fain-McGaha No 1
Drilling at the Roxana-Fain-McGaha No 1 near Crowell reached 855 feet with a test showing 4,000,000 cubic feet of gas at 865 feet on June 1. Gas caused water to spray six to eight feet high before mud stopped the flow Saturday morning. Crowell residents expect the find to open the Crowell oil field as four sections in Foard county are actively drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell
Roxana-Fain-McGaha No. 1
Matthews
Foard County
Texas
Gibson Oil Names New Production Official
I. T. Williams, formerly head of his own company in Colorado and Kansas, has become production superintendent of Gibson Oil. He has surveyed Panhandle properties and moved to Brownwood where Gibson operates a flock of wells drilling in the Fry pool of Brown county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T. Williams
Colorado
Kansas
Gibson Oil Corporation
Panhandle
Brownwood
Gibson
Fry Pool
Brown County
Taubman Pushes Stencil on Mill Seconds Pipe
Taubman Supply launches a campaign urging pipe manufacturers to stamp mill seconds with a stencil indicating true pipe conditions. The effort includes a carload of mill seconds bought by Taubman and shown in Tulsa for oil and gas industry inspection, aiming to inform buyers of pipe grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taubman Supply Corporation
Taubman Corporation
Tulsa
Fort Worth Engineers Organize Local Chapter
Fort Worth engineers form the Fort Worth chapter of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. E. O. Benne of Marland Oil serves as temporary chairman and will outline a program including air gas lift. Other speakers include L. L. Brundred H. L. Miller R. D. Gibbs and S. F. Shaw with W. V. Vietti detailing Panhandle district oil engineering topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
American Insitute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
E. O. Benne
Texas
Marland Oil Company
L. L. Brundred
National Supply Company
Houston
H. L
Roxana Engineers Begin Torsion Balance Survey at Lamesa
A 15 member Roxana Oil crew has arrived in Lamesa for six months to survey Dawson and nearby counties. Torsion balance tests and topographic subterranean studies will be conducted as land sales rise. Max Westheimer in Ardmore drills 33 miles west, below 2400 feet. Penn Oil plans spudding 14 miles northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Jine 6
Roxana Oil Corporation
Dawson
Roxana
Humble
Max Westheimer
Ardmore
Okla
Here
Penn Oil Company
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Vitek
Empire
Cities Service Concern
Naylor
Upton County
Deal District
Trinidad
Parker Club
Los Angeles
Adams
Branson
Las Animas County
Frank J. Rose
Trinidad Picketwire
Ross E. Cooper
Globe News
Moncrief
Marland Oils
Gibson Oil
Ft, Worth
Flytox Vgn Oe
Oe Nielson Institute of Industrial
Rex Research Fellowship
G. C. Bruce
Hot Springs
Ark
Blackburn
H. M. Guest
Memphis
Wellington
Perryton
Canadian Auto S
EXCEL
G. W. Cutter
Moody
Canadian
Ama-Tone
J. E. Skelton
Mer
the American State Bank
Itech Auto Bodies — ”“ Fenders
Amarillo Fender ‘and Body Works
Polk
Guy A. Carlander
Massie
Kerr & Walsh
Phone
H. V. Robertson & Company
B. V. Robertson
L. M. “Lack
D. C
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Central Bldg
W. J. F. Bromert
Western Bidg
Cash Registers
National Cash Registers
National Cash Register CO
L. Kirtley
Amarillo, Texas
Southwestern Public Service Co
Parfet & Martlew
Amarillo Bldg
Long Bell Lumber CO
West 3Rd St
Panhandle Lumber Co
Grant
Taylor
Potter County Lumber CO
Lincoln Ave
Mattress Mfgrs
Jen Anderson Mattress CO
N. Tyler
LOS Eop Amy
J. H. Chandler
W. Forest Dutton
M. D
Pacholls
Fallon
Chas. C. Bennett
M.D
Oliver Eakle
Bennard
Oliver-Eakle
J. C. Hennen
Williams
Amarillo Furniture CO
International Harvester
Sigmon Furniture Mfg. Co
10Th St
Fillmore St
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