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Hastings Field Discovery Places Brazoria County in Oil Development ForefrontDiscovery last Christmas week of the new Hastings field, located north of Alvin and just west of the Galveston County line, has laced that section of Brazoria ounty very much in the limelight as regards gulf coast oil development during the past year.Brazoria County had long been known as an oil producing county and the number of wildcat wells drilled within its limits are too numerous to mention. Surface indications in the county are comparatively many for toe gulf coast area, and a number of mounds are found in it that indicate a subsurface disturbance. Among these topographic highs are Damon Mound, Hoskins Mound and Stratton Bldge. Many of the fields in the area were first drilled because of surface indications of gas sreepa, paraffin dirt, and water well indications.Unlike Galveston County, the irea has a number of shallow fields along with ita deep production.Standollnd Oil L Gas Co's, field it Hastings is by far the most interesting field at present In the :ount*. Located about four and Dne-half miles north of Alvin, it was discovered by the SLanoIlnd'fl tor*i:n balance instruments in the spring of 1034. A few' weeks later, Standolind checked the area with reflection seismograph. Acreage leasing was immediately started 6y Lhe company and a record act by discovering-, leasing ar.d bring into production a field within one year, the discovery well, Surface No. 1, being completed for five ban el* an hour on Christmas Eve of 3534.Big Leading Play.The hottest lease play for ft wild-:at area in the entire gulf coast was arii?n when the o:andollnd ■'tailed buying; leases. Standard Oil iIn. of Kanaka and Htandollnd. who a r r? kern competitor it, started the play at about $15 per acre, and from then on leases jimped to $20. to $K-0 d $150. The highest price \ reported was 53'W bonus and 5700 payable In oil. It Is reported F.tandollnd Fpent 54O0,W for ar. estimated 4600 acrca in leases and royall If-jf, and fhn Standard of Kansas .spent 5300,000 for approximately 132*5 in leases andJ700 acre-3 of royalty Interests.Near the data of Dec. 14. IS34, Humble Oil Refining Co. bought: the Standard of Kansas holding* iathe ars* toy 5$30,00, with Standardretaining an over-riding royalty or* the leader.The ,-ftaH- ia coaalder*d one of the three recent major die* reveries, along with Dickinson and Anahuac, ■ thet- are -tribute* to geo-physle*. ft is compared with Conroe, and ite productive area if estimated at between M/ft and 10,000 acres.The field li producing from the marginulin* sand series of fhe middle oligncene. The average sand htrala. li 5iG0 In depth, with the lower 32-5 feel teing oil *3r*d, and that above Is gaj *and. The average producer^ rnnke between 200 and 400 harrols dally on initial production test*.Tht discovery well, BUndoiind*Surface No. 1, was first completed from 5990 feet for five barrels of oil and 3,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. Later it was reworked and made into a better oil producer.Old Ocean Field.The other recent discovery in Brazoria County la the Old Ocean field, located hi the western part and centered around the Charles Breen survey, about three miles west of the town of Sweeney. It waa discovered by Harrison 8c Abercrombie, and DeGoIyer with the use of reflection seismograph in early 1934.The discovery well, Bernard River Land Development Co. No. 1, in the Charles Breen survey, was completed for an Initial production of 500 barrels dally. Heaving shale has caused delayed development* in the area, and makes the prospect uninteresting because of the terrific expense of combating it, which even then Is ojten unsuccessful. A second well, Bernard River Development Co. No. 2, Is being drlled, and is also having trouble with the heaving shale.Manvel Fieid.The Manvel field is one of the moBl Important fields ir\ the county,. with a productive area of over 1500 acres, Production is found In both the mfoceno and oligoceno formations, with some gas coming from the Jackson. To date It has produced nearly 2,wo,00} barrels at oiL Found In 1028 by he Texas Co. w|t'n the use of torsion balance, the discovery well was that concern’* Belcher No. L drilled In the fall of 1931. The iield is located In the Harvey Little and Thomas Bpragln surveys.Brazoria County has far a number of years been lhe scene of many wildcat testa. The prospect of sr.allow production has lured nearly every producing company operating in the Texas gulf coast, from the major companies to the Independent.!. It ia impossible to estimate the tbousends of dollars spent within Its boundaries for leases and attempt* for production. During 1934. over 50,000 acres were tftkc.i by nearly 20 companies on either drilling con trad* or commercial IcaJvex,There, are 12 producing oil fields In the county, ;md a number nf prospects still unproductive that are reasonably connldered to he fields. Several of these salt dome structures produce sulphur In commercial quantities.At present, Brazoria County I* experiencing little prospecting activity and only the producing field* are being drilled. The wildcat area* art quiet, and genphyfilcal activity-J* at * standstill.■ ■ ■ —■ —Mrs GET RFXTC BILLIES.Colon, ft. P. flept. 30.—JP—Five old French railroad ilea made nt lingoa wood, excavated near Fort dc Lezceps, locnl headquarters of the United Bl*te* army, are being fashioned Into “bill*.'** for the military police The tlea, 60 year* old, were perfectly preeervea-
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Oct 01, 1935
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