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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1945
Page
6
Secondary oil recovery advances in the Panhandle with the West Pampa project completing its formation after about 23 months. In Hutchinson County the Watkins area shows 64 percent local support for similar gas repressuring schemes, while geophysical crews move into northeastern Texas Panhandle and Anadarko basin as oil activity expands.
A West Pampa project group elected permanent officers and formed a full time office in Pampa. George Card Stanolind O&G Fort Worth heads the exec committee with R B Pringle and H H Kaveler as officers. The plan includes 49 operators, 950 producing wells, 11 500 acres, and an eight month path to operation with up to 30 million feet daily repressuring gas and 17 to 52 million barrels potential oil gain.
United States crude oil production rose 40 460 barrels per day to 4 764 125. Kansas posted the largest gain adding 18 550 barrels daily to 271 350. Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Wyoming and Mississippi also increased production across the week.
Baton Rouge February 17 Director P A Frye of the new state natural gas conservation committee said he wrote Conservation Commissioner Joseph L McHugh urging a state wide investigation into a gas proration and ratable taking program The committee views proration and ratable taking as a unified method for conserving gas
Multiple wells in Deaf Smith Lamb Sherman and Cimarron counties report progress and drilling statuses. No. 1 Hyslop in Deaf Smith at 7,803 drilling to 17,805 then 6,744. No. 1 Tucker in Lamb drilling below 4,700. No. 1 Pronger in Sherman drilling below 5,305. No. 1 McKenzie at 2,837 waiting on spudder. No. 1 Flores set 13 inch surface pipe at 538 waiting on cement. No. 1 Alliance shut down at 3,180 for engine repairs. Gulf Oil moving seismograph crew into Canadian area. work planned on Gulf block nearby this week.
Gas from wells completed last week neared the half billion cubic feet mark with 18 gas wells and two oil wells among 20 new completions. Phillips Petroleum drives most activity in the gas reserve program. several other operators report completions across Gray Hutchinson Moore counties with multiple test volumes and acid treatments.
The Consumers Cooperative Refinery Association buys the Motor Fuels Corporation refinery at Levelland along with 120 acres of land and storage for 150000 barrels. The $1 million deal is financed by a Houston bank loan with stock sales reaching $440000 from about 1500 farmers and cooperatives. Leonard F. Cowden leads the purchase and staffing, while the plant continues under Joe Denton Jr as active manager.
The Petroleum Administration for War calls West Texas to boost March output by 20 000 barrels per day raising Texas total to 2 316 000 barrels daily, with 2160 000 crude. Olin Culberson notes West Texas fields can meet the increase and urges efficient production limits amid transport and pipeline concerns.
Phillips Petroleum Company received a temporary state allowables of 125 barrels per day for the Moneyham 1 wildcat in NE NW 5 18 16w in western Caddo Parish. The well has flowed by heads for about a week, marking northwest Louisiana's first new field of 1945, the Blanchard field, about 14 miles NW of Pettit and 6 miles south of the old Caddo field in Shreveport's vicinity.
Washington February 17 William R Argyle of Swarthmore Pennsylvania was appointed associate director of the refining division of the Petroleum Administration for War Argyle a University of Utah graduate previously headed refining operations and technical processes Bonner Barnes of Port Arthur Texas will fill the post Barnes is general superintendent of Texas refineries for Gulf Oil Corporation Also included are notes on drilling results in Wheatley survey and H and TC survey with gas pay figures acid volumes and gas test data from Phillips Petroleum Co
The Panhandle daily average production last week reached 83 483 barrels, up 2 488 from the prior week. Total runs for the period were 584 381 barrels across 5 910 wells, averaging 14 barrels per well per day. County breakdown shows Carson 694 wells 11 765 barrels Gray 2 616 wells 41 403 Hutchinson 2 171 wells 27 025 Moore 17 wells 385 Wheeler 412 wells 2 965.
Maston Nixon of Corpus Christi, president of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, urged repeal of the federal one cent per gallon tax on gasoline. He called for a one cent price increase and a 35 cent per barrel rise in crude oil to restore incentives for oil discovery. Other speakers included William R. Boyd Jr. of Washington and Ralph Zook of Bradford, Pa, with Russel B. Brown of Washington offering IPAA counsel.
Gulf Refining tests in Heidelberg and Eucatta fields report salt water encoun ters during drilling. Cement is setting on the A L McIntosh No 3 squeeze and swabbing began on Masonite Corp unit No 1 with results showing 95 percent salt water and 5 percent oil after two and a half hours.
Oil buyers bid 2.445 million dollars on 27 800 acres in a Texas University oil and gas lease auction in Austin. Phillips Petroleum paid a record 450 000 for 321 8 acres in Andrews County. Total bonuses exceed 13 million to date, with 10 million from Block 13. Gulf Oil and Phillips each bought multiple tracts as Crockett Pecos and Cooke counties saw activity.
Mr and Mrs Bill Moore and daughter Mrs Gus Byars of Tucumcari New Mexico have returned home after visiting Mrs M E Dilday at 1110 Bellaire. Mrs Byars came for medical treatment.
Joy and James Porter have returned to Amherst after visiting their mother Mrs Alma Porter at 1923 Pierce.
The Petroleum Administration for the War changed natural gas drilling rules in Texas counties. Depths up to 1500 to 5500 feet on larger units now require different acreage: 80 acres for 1500 feet, 160 acres for 3500 feet, 320 acres for 5500 feet, with 40 acres for wells deeper than 5500 feet in listed counties. Named counties include Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Dallas, Coleman, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Foard, Hamilton, Hardeman, Haskell, Hood, Jack, Jones, Knox, Lampasas, Mills, Montgomery, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Parker, San Saba, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young.
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