New Oil Test Tackles Amarillo Prospect Near City
Amarillo circles focus on Old Tack No. 2 oil test northeast of Amarillo using the prior Les Whittaker site and water pits. H. C. Robinson leads the project toward a 4,500 foot contract depth while major companies watch for deeper testing. Texas and Oklahoma crews push seismic work across Hall Cimarron and Beaver counties as production rules shift to 100 percent run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Les Whittaker
H. C. Robinson
Robinson
Panhandle
Field Keeps Active in New Starts Announced
The Panhandle field reported fourteen first reports last week, four wells began immediate operations in southeast Hutchinson and northeast Carson counties, and several new drill locations were recorded in Gray, Hutchinson, Wheeler, and nearby areas with multiple company designations and exact section coordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Holmes
Holmes
Moore
L&gn
Hutchinson County
Quinn
I&gn
Carson County
Hill Seybold
Newblock
Panhandle
Gray County
Wheeler County
New Operations In New Mexico Active
Eddy County oil fields show eight new locations and a 300 barrel per day well at 490 feet in Artesia. Notable completions include Ployhar et al Sparh State 1 and Barnsdall Dodd 5-B while several wells are reported with shallow depths and varying shows. The Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association plans a new statewide information push similar to the 1940 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
N. M
Eddy County
Sparh State 1
Ployhar
Tallmadge & Cowell
Tallmadge
Barnsdall
Dodd
Sam Sanders
Berry
Herbert Aid
W Leonard State
Danciger
Turner
Featherstone
Merchant
Polyhar Et al
State
Walter Salt
Emperor
Puckett
Mal- Jamar
Lea County
Truett & Tallmadge
Rudahl
A. & M. Petroleum Co
Martin
Stephens
Shumaker & Richey
Root
Y & Haynes
Suppes & Suppes
Rogers
Emperor Oil Co
Skelly
Lynch
Yates & Brown
Hare 1
Texas
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Institutional Petroleum
Oil Buying Now At 100 Per Cent Scheduled
Major crude oil buyers in Oklahoma and Kansas shift to 100 percent tank tables effective today. The change, voluntary though spurred by a proposed bill to curb deductions, lifts revenue for producers and royalty owners by about two to three percent and aligns some New Mexico oil with Texas schedules. varies by state, with 60 F gravity corrections and minimal water deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tom Wyatt
Pottawatomie County
State Tax Commission and Conservation Department
New Mexico
Montana
Colorado
Louisiana
Wyoming
Entertainers Set For API Spring Meeting in Amarillo
The API Division of Production Midcontinent district bills a dinner dance banquet and show for its March 21 22 event in Amarillo. Bob Kay chairs the entertainment effort backed by committees led by Polly Parrott Red Wertz Jr and R C Kay with prominent sponsors and local firm leaders in Amarillo Borger Pampa Shamrock and Texhoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
API Division of Production
Midcontinent District
Amarillo
Bob Kay
Polly Parrott
Alex Schneider
Schneider
Pampa
R. E
Red) Wertz, Jr
Red
R. C. Kay
Independent
Charles Galloup
Texhoma Natural Gas Company
B. T Baker
Amarillo National Bank
Earl Blackburn
J. M. Huber Corporation
Borger
Gordon Burch
Charles A. Daniels
Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank DuBose
Shamrock
E J. Dunigan, Jr
Joe Dowling
Smith Brothers
McLean
Herbert Goodpaster
Kerlyn Oil Company
Oklahoma City
D. J. Gribbon
the Texas Company
A. E. Herrmann
Hermann Bros
Mason King
Amarillo Globe-News
C. C. Kuhne
Texoma Natural Gas Company
B. O. Lilly
Hughes Tool Company
H. W. McCue
Columbian Fuel Corporation
J. R
Pump Men Facing Anti-Trust Suit
Four major gasoline pump manufacturers a trade association and five executives were indicted under the Sherman Act in a case it says targets monopolies and price fixing in the computer pump industry. Wayne Pump Co Gilbert and Barker Mfg Co Veeder-Root Inc and leaders named. The Gasoline Pump Manufacturers Association and its secretary also charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Charles A. Woodward
Wayne Pump Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Tokhein Oil Tank & Pump Co
White Plains
N. Y
Kansas Commission Hikes Allowable Oil Production in February
Wichita Feb 1 The Kansas Corporation Commission set February allowable crude oil output at 196 200 barrels per day up 2200 from January and the highest since fall 1937 Theo A Morgan conservation director said currently producing wells were assigned 193 200 barrels a day per the Federal Bureau of Mines market demand estimate with 3000 more for new February wells Officials said this marks the first time the state's limit exceeded 196 000 barrels a day since 1937 when it hit 200 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Corporation Commission
Kansas
Theo A. Morgan
Federal Bureau of Mines
Ted Cady Named Superintendent for Texon Oil and Land Co
Theodore M. Cady is appointed superintendent of the land department for Texon Oil and Land Co with headquarters in Wichita Kansas. Cady, born in Fredonia Kansas, has worked for Continental Oil Co White Eagle Oil Co and proration duties in Kansas, and is noted for his Amarillo land department leadership in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Wallace
Kansas
State of
Continental Oil Company
Texan Oi and Land Co
Ted Cady
Amarillo
White Eagle Oil Company
Window Raising Energy Figures From Breckenridge School
A Breckenridge High School reporter estimates that in one schoolhouse windows are raised and lowered 42 944 times per year illustrating energy use compared to national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breckenridge
Tex.u.p
National Defense
Breckenridge High School
Panhandle Production Holds Steady With Small Gain
Panhandle oil output last week stayed near the prior week, rising by 706 barrels to a daily average of 67,608 barrels. Total week runs reached 473,256 barrels across 4,844 wells, with per well averages varying by county such as Gray 30,201 and Hutchinson 24,997 barrels and Moore 465.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Carson County
Gray County
Hutchinson County
Moore County
Wheeler County
Slaughter Pool Expands Drilling Across Cochran Hockley Areas
Special Correspondent notes Slaughter pool in Cochran and Hockley counties rapidly advances toward major Permian basin status. Thirteen new well locations reported this week, with eight inside lines and one near production, alongside thirty-eight new December starts and forty forced offsets awaiting drilling. Rigging up rotary at multiple sites including Mullett, Boyd, Mal lett, Moore, Barry, Lincoln, Citizens National Bank, Mid-Scale, Seash, Richardson, Frazier, and Honolulu Oil Co. locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran and
Hockley Counties
Slaughter Pool
Permian Basin
Rotary
Atlantic
Boyd
Oldham County
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Mallett
Scurry County
Osage Drilling Co
Moore
Labor
Evan County
Derrick Awoed
Maverick County
Rotary Big West
W. Richardson
Slaughter
League
L. H. Allison
Derrick Western States Gasoline Corp
Frazier
Public School
Honolulu Oil Co
Derrick
Oil Conference Calendar for North Texas and National Meetings
A condensed February to May schedule lists oil and gas industry events. Feb 22 North Texas Oil & Gas Assn Wichita Falls. Feb 24-25 Liquefield Petroleum Gas Assn Chicago. Feb 27-28 API Southwestern District Shreveport. Mar 17-22 Oil Burner Institute Exhibition Philadelphia. Mar 21-22 API Mid- Continent District Amarillo. Apr 2-4 AAPG Houston. Apr 7-11 American Chemical Society St Louis. Apr 16-18 Western Petroleum Refiners Hot Springs. Apr 23-25 Petroleum Industry Electrical Tulsa and NGAA Dallas. Apr 24-25 NP A Cleveland Hotel Coveland. May 5-8 American Gas Assoc Dallas. May 19-23 API Tulsa. May 26-29 National Assn of Purchasing Agents Dallas. May 29-31 National Oil Scouts & Landmen Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Texas Oil & Gas Assn
Wichita Falls
Texas
Liquefield Petroleum Gas Assn., Inc
Chicago
American Petroleum Institute
Southwestern
Washingtonouree
Shreveport
Oil Burner Institute
Commercial Museum
Philadelphia
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Rice Hotel
Houston
American Chemical Society
St. Louis
Western Petroleum Refiners Assn
Arlington Hotel
Hot Springs
Ark
Petroleum Industry Electrical Assn
Mayo Hotel
Tulsa
Ohio
Natural Gasoline Assn., of America
Baker Hotel
Dallas
National Petroeum Assn
Ceveland
Coveland
American Gas Association
Mayo
Okla
National Assn
Oil Company Buyers’ Group
Stevens Hotel
National Oil Scouts & Landmen’s Assn
Ickes Denied Dictator Claim as Oil Year Predicted
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes rejected charges that he aims to dominate the oil industry calling such talk nonsense. despite this, weekly stats showed lower gasoline stocks, tighter Mid Continent crude markets, and aviation fuel reserves doubling to 6,008,000 barrels, boosting optimism for a strong year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Mid- Continent
American Petroleum Institute
Whiteface Boom Hits North Permian Oil Field
In Whiteface Texas and surrounding Sundown area in Hockley and Cochran counties a vast oil rush unfolds with fifty rigs drilling day and night. A wildcat on Dela Wright land deepens past 4900 feet after a gas oil flow. Sundown grows to 1500–2000 residents while Magnolia Petroleum and other majors push development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteface
Tex
South Plains
Texas
Hockley
Cochran
Sundown
Santa Fe
Lubbock
Dela Wright Land
Geo. P. Livermore
Humble Oil Co
Magnolia Petroleum
W. J. Roach
Colorado City
Oklahoma City
W.S. Brock
Old Indian Territory
B. A. Battenfield
J. S. Alexander
Santa Fe Railway
Imports Increasing Exports On Skids
Washington reports show duty oil imports rising while exports fall. Rep Carlson notes treaty rates cut duties and cites September 1939 Mexico imports of 206000 barrels vs 1558000 in September 1940, with 1939 totals of 28562000 imported and 72064000 exported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Carlson
Republican
Kansas
Congressional
Venezuela
Mexico
Below average Panhandle well completions with rare dry hole
Last week in the Panhandle saw unusually low completions across Wheeler Hutchinson Carson Gray and other counties with eleven producers totaling about 1738 barrels. Notable results include several tests in the I GN and TCRR surveys and a dry hole at Elbar Parrott B showing no production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Wheeler County
Hutchinson County
Carson County
Gray County
Carson Clayton & Dwyer Drilling Co
Schaffer
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Phillips Petroleum Co
Cockrell Ranch
Railroad Commission Tes Stekel Oil Co
Christian
Railroad Commission
Wheeler Keystone Supply Co
H&gn
Elbar Oil Co. No
Parrott
Oil output steady in U S week ending today
U S crude oil production held at 3 594 850 barrels daily for the week ending today with a slight rise of 2 100 barrels and 3 850 above the Bureau of Mines demand estimate. Texas, California, Oklahoma, Illinois and other states show mixed gains and losses across the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
U. S
Federal Bureau of Mines
Oil Weekly
California
Oklahoma
Illinois
Louisiana
Kansas
New Mexico
Eastern States
Mountain States
Michigan
Indiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Nebraska
Suspened sentence for hit and run with driving ban
Richmond Virginia Judge John L. Ingram gave a motorist a suspended sentence for failing to stop after hitting a pedestrian and ordered a three year driving ban with the caveat that army vehicles are exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John L. Ingram
Court Mistrial In Oil Fraud Case
In New Orleans four defendants faced a $150000 oil fraud charge but the federal trial ended in a mistrial. W A Walsingham Coastal Minerals Development Inc Abram Luria Ernesto Case Emellos and A T Silbey were accused of securities regulation and mail fraud in promotion of the firm. Jurors were split eight to four without indicating A quittal or conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
W. A. Walsingham
Coastal Minerals Development, Inc
Abram Luria
Ernesto Case Emellos
A. T. Silbey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Honolulu Transit Workers Strike Ties Up City Transport
Two hundred AFL employees of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company walked out today, halting city transportation and disrupting service across Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. M
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company
Natural Gasoline Meeting Shifts to Dallas for 1941 Convention
The Natural Gasoline Association of America will hold its 1941 three day convention at the Baker Hotel in Dallas April 23 25 the first time in twenty years the event leaves Tulsa Oklahoma The program committee led by T R Goebel of Shell Oil Co will present research on test methods for natural and liquefied petroleum gases plus discussions on high pressure gas production and by products with members including H H Beeson Georg E Edgett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Gasoline Association of America
Tulsa
Okla
Baker Hotel
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Louisiana
George P. Bunn
Phillips Peileum Company
Bartlesville
NGAA
T. R. Goebel
Shell Oil Co., Inc
Houston
Association
H. H. Beeson
Sabine Valley Gasoline Co., Inc
Shreveport
Georg E. Edgett
Carter Oil Co
H. A. Ells
Cities Service Oil Co
Shreeperot, la
A. M. Brackett
Roeser & Pendlg Inc
Fort Worth, Texas
Russell Sees $40 Million Munitions Plant in Texas
Congressman Sam Russell says in a letter to Will Cameron that the federal government would locate a 40 million dollar munitions plant near Possum King Dam in Mineral Wells Texas. The claim centers on a potential site selection and aligns with wartime industrial buildup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Texas
Mineral Wells
U.P
Will Cameron
The
Index
Sam Russell
Possum Kingsdam Dam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry Knight
Phillips Petroleum, Company
Pure
Erick, Okla
Range
Panhandle Territory
Texas Company
Hall County
Humble
Gulf
Perkins Ranch
Cimarron County
Oklahoma Panhandle
Beaver County
Osborne
N. D. Bartlett
Caron
Fee
Gray Danciger Oi & Refining Company
Powell B
Southern Petroleum Exploration Co
Vaughn
T&gn Survey
Hutchinson
Jordan
Skelly Oil Co
Watkins B
Stekol Oil Co
Whittenburg K
H&tc
Whittenburgh
Gc&sf
Wheeler Skelly Oil Co
T. G. Williams
Bentley
API
Entertainment Committee
J. B
Polly” Parrott
Trinity-Portland Cement Co
B. T. Baker
A. J. Beagle
Rock Glycerine Co
K. I. Dunn
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
E. L. Green
the Cabot Co
Vern Hobbs
General Supply Co
C. Don Hughes
Texoma Natural Gas Co
Hughes Tool Co
R. E. Nelson, Jr
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Ed Rumsey
Shell Oil Company, Inc
Ford Sabourin
Stekell Oil Co
James E. Slemp
Gibson Oil Co
Schneider Hotel
Jack Berry
Continental Supply Co
F. P. Burns
W. D. Henderson
Herrmann Bros
H. V. Matthews
Stanolind Oil & Gas Gas Company
R. E. McKernan
L. J. Pratt
Cy Rieger
Oscar Bell
Halliburton Ou Well Cementing Co
T. M. Crawford
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Emmett Ellis
Frick-Reid Supply Co
Dan Kennedy
Vovaird Supply Co
Amarillo Globe News
J. R. McGill
Hoyt Allen
Tulsa Big Reel & Mig. Co
L. L. Wiles, Jr
Paloma Oil & Gas Company
Charles
Chick) Hickman
Kansas Commission
Texon O&l
North
Permian
Hockley County
Magnolia Drilling
Morton
Dela Wright
Levelland
Union
Magnolia
Magnolia Camp
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