Heavy drilling surge in Hugoton field fuels race for reserves
PAW reports 144 permit applications since May 1 restricted-area declaration in Oklahoma and Kansas Hugoton sector. Of these 73 wells to start immediately 27 for late year 18 denied 26 pending. Governor Stevensons committee set July 5 in Austin to address natural gas regulation as FPC moves to federalize controls. Industry data show 1 894 wells 69 billion feet daily and 10 pipelines moving 1 005 billion feet.
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Hugoton
PAW
Oklahoma
Kansas
Panhandle
Texas
Washington
Panhandle District wildcats abandoned as dry in Wheeler County
In Panhandle field operations 14 wells completed and 14 abandoned as dry. Sinclair Prairie No. 1 Mills in eastern Wheeler County halted at 4754 feet with no deep learnings. Oil and gas wells reported across multiple counties with various pay zones and acid treatments.
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Sin- Clair - Prairie Wildcat
Wheeler County
Panhandle
Sinclair-Prairie No. 1
Carson
Bailey FE Paso Natural Gas Co
West Texas
Mig
Mb&m
Gray Phillips Petroleum Co
Anmie
H&gn
Hartley Phillips Petroleum Co
H&tc Survey
Hansford
Phillips Petroleum Co
Gh&h E
Hutchinson Penowa
Robinson Bros
Weatherly
Block Y
A&b
Sinclair Prairie
Maggie Weatherly
Wheeler Sinclair Prairie
R. D. Mills
H&gwn
Phillips Petroleum Co. No
Mayor Flynn Seeks Gas Find On Ochil Block
Tulsa mayoral figure hopes for a gusher on the Ochil tree block once owned by Macon after a 6241 foot test indicated 6 million feet of gas on Halliburton analysis. He also sought Globe-News back issues and a subscription. The paper cannot accommodate due to a year of subscription payment returns from a short age of paper.
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Flynn
Tulsa
Ochiltree
Macon
Halliburton
Globe-News
Another High in Oil Production
U S crude oil production reached a new record with a daily average of 4 909 820 barrels this week up 23 705 from last week The gain marked a third straight week of records with increases in Illinois Oklahoma Wyoming Arkansas and Indiana.
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Houston
U. S
Oil Weekly
Illinois
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Arkansas
Indiana
Alabama
California
Colorado
Florida
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Uss
Oil Hearings Must File Purpose Declared by Rail Road Commission
At Austin on June 30 the railroad commission said applicants for oil and gas hearings must prefile a bill of particulars describing the hearing nature and the order sought. Commissioner Beauford H. Jester led the proposal to inform adjacent and other operators in a field so they may prepare evidence. He said the rule prevents extraneous matters and keeps examiners and attorneys focused.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
WLEB Orders Avert Strike At Texas Co Port Arthur Plant
The eighth regional war labor board issued a directive to prevent a threatened work stoppage at the Texas Company Port Arthur plant. Workers at the bubble tower were ordered to continue under present conditions and settle disputes within 14 days or bring them to the WLB for study. The dispute centered on wages and classification of Negro workers.
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Dallas
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
Port Arthur
Texas Company
WLB
Culberson Aims 190000 Barrel Increase In West Texas Oil
Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Olin Culberson told federal officials that west Texas oil fields can add 190000 barrels daily if transportation for the crude is available. He said Washington asked if 10000 barrels daily could be added and noted a 10000-barrel increase ordered to begin July 1.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
Texas Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
West Texas
Culberson
Washington
Subsidy Payments On for Duration
An official of the OPA said the strip per well subsidy program will continue through the war emergency. The plan pays up to 35 cents a barrel to stripper wells to boost crude oil production, said Orvill D. Judd, associate director of the OPA fuel price division, in reply to a question about potential changes.
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Washington
OPA
Orvill D. Judd
American Rubber Proves Superior in War Production
Washington reports that U S technologists advancing under fire in Germany found American synthetic rubber superior to German methods in many respects. Findings, to be shared with the Rubber Reserve Company and War Production Board, show German techniques lagging behind the U S synthetic rubber industry. Some German processes may still offer insights for American producers.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Petroleum Administration For War
Paw
Japan
Reich
Rubber Reserve Company
War Production Board
Rubber
Technological Industrial Intelligence Committee
Panhandle field shows slight weekly oil gain
Daily averages show a 1 493 barrel increase with 77 499 barrels per day on average and a weekly total of 542 493 barrels. Wells on the lines numbered 5 979 with a per well daily average of 13 barrels. Carson County 697 wells averaged 11 827 barrels. Gray 2 642 wells 36 564. Hutchinson 2 207 wells 26 201. Moore 17 wells 436. Wheeler 416 wells 2 471.
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Panhandle
Carson County
Gray County
Hutchinson County
Moore County
Wheeler County
Gas Committee To Meet In Austin On July 5
The initial meeting of a state industry committee named by Gov. Coke R. Stevenson to sponsor state control of natural gas regulation will be held in Austin on July 5. Chairman Olin Culberson announced the move as the group aims to map methods toward federalized regulation of the natural gas industry. Brazil decrees require gasoline engines to run on fuel containing 10 percent alcohol.
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Coke Stevenson
Austin
Olin Culberson
Federal Power Commission
Texas
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Tennessee G T Co Blocks First Tax
The Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company gains a court shield against a $900 000 West Virginia public utility tax for 1945 46 as the state boards pause assessment pending appeal. The utility argues its role is gas delivery to United Fuel and Hope Natural Gas, not utility service.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Ira J. Partlow
State Supreme Court
Corpus Christi
Tex
Cornwell Station
Clendenin
Supreme Court
Partlow
Kanawha Circuit
Tennessee
United Fuel
Hope Natural Gas
Frank Montgomery In Army Hospital
Pvt. Frank C. Montgomery of Shamrock has returned from combat and is recovering in an El Paso army hospital after being wounded in France. He served as a rifleman with the 90th Infantry Division, wounded at Mazieres in October 1944 and again at Metz in November. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Montgomery. his brothers Pvt. John H. Montgomery was killed in France on June 13, 1944, and Pfe Clifford Montgomery was wounded in May.
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Shamrock
Frank C. Montgomery
France
States
el Paso
90Th Infantry Division
Mazieres
Metz
I. J. Montgomery
I. J. Montgomery.Another of Their Sons, Pvt
John H. Montgomery
Pfe
Clifford Montgomery
Mrs. A. M. Eason Funeral Held at Happy Union
Funeral rites for Mrs. A. M. Eason 64 of Happy Union south of Plainview were held Friday afternoon officiated by Rev. E. S. Weathers and Rev. B. H. Warren. She died Thursday at Plainview hospital. Survivors include husband Eldon Eason and children Eldon, Elmer, Gladys Bru nell, Violet Hill, plus three brothers J. L. Martin John Martin Bill Martin and three sisters Molly Vaught Saly Floyd and Fannie Garrison.
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Plainview
A. M. Eason
Happy Union
E. S. Weathers
B. H. Warren
Eason
Plainview Hospital
Eldon Eason
Elmer Eason
Portales
N. M
Sam Harlan Named Vice President at Cities Service Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co announced from its Delaware office that Sam Harlan, assistant executive and board member, was elected vice president. Judge A M Ebright was elected to the board, while J M Nisbet resigned as vice president and board member and moved to California. Harlan joined the company in 1924, after earning a BS in chemical engineering from Texas A and M College. He began as a junior engineer and was assigned to oil production in 1925.
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Sam Harlan
Cities Service Oil Co
Del
A. M. Ebright
Office of
H. R. Straight
Straight
J. M. Nisbet
Nisbet
California
Harlan
Texas A. & M. College
Sergeant Meathenia Receives Bronze Star for Philippines
Sgt L A Meathenia son of Mr and Mrs G E Meathenia of Shamrock has been awarded the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and a second Bronze Star for the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon for participation in the Philippines Campaign. He is with the 433rd Group of the Fifth Air Force Troop Carrier Command and has been overseas 19 months. He previously earned the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with a Bronze Star for the New Guinea Campaign.
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Shamrock
L. A. Meathenia
G. E. Meathenia
Philippines
Meathenia
433Rd
Fifth Air Force
World tillable land supports feeding two billion people
The statement notes about four billion acres of tillable land worldwide are needed to feed a global population of about two billion, highlighting agricultural capacity and food production demands.
War fuels and tax policy shape postwar oil output
Tulsa reports that war era motor fuels and higher octane standards will appear after victory over Japan though redesigns and reconversion will delay civilian adoption. Refiners shift to distillates as crude output hits a record 4 894 650 barrels weekly. Washington officials urge a consistent tax policy to support oil investment while critics warn against government overreach into production.
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Tulsa
Okla
War Production Board
Japan
Europe
Oil and Gas Journal
Students Visit Hester Hockaday In Lubbock Then Austin
University students Carl Hester of Lubbock and Don Hockaday of San Antonio have toured the home of Fred P. Brien Jr. in Lubbock. The trio will depart for Austin tomorrow to resume Naval V-12 studies at the University of Texas.
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Carl Hester
Lubbock
Don Hockaday
San Antonio
Fred P. Brien, Jr
F. P. Brien
van Buren
Austin
University of Texas
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Ohio Oil Co
Gibson
WANW
Dallam County
Capitol Land
Capitol Lands
Floyd County
Geo. Livermore
Alexander
J. C. Cooper
King County
Humble O&r Co
Bateman
Leftwich
R. M. Thompson
Hunt Oil Co
Sherman County
Shamrock O&g Corp
Cimarron County
Stonelind O&g Co
Omohundro
Pure Oil Co
Continental Oil Co
H. W. Carver
McNeal Survey
Carver Lands
James R Macon
N. PD. Bartlett
Cities Service Gas Co
Burnett
I&gn
Gray
Ricci
Gh&h
Hutchinson
Whittenburg
H&tc
Moore
Barre
A Clements
H&etc Survey
Tanner
A. Roenfeldt
A. Rosenfeldt
Texoma Natural Gas Co
Coon-Sneed
T&no
Wheeler Phillips Petroleum Co
Alma Johnson
Smith Bros. Afg. Co
H. N. Roach
Hastie
Fred R. Smith
WLEB
Orsity
Brazil
Tennessee G&t Co
Frank Montgomery
Army Hospital
Mrs
Hereford
Lamplighter
G. C. Hutchison
Tulsa, Texas
Sgt. L. A. Meathenia
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
Special
Senate Petroleum Committee
F. B. Plank
Federal Tax Department
The
Cities Service Oil Company of Oklahoma
Plank
John M. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Dewey B. Ashcroft
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