29 Jan 1948
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Newspaper
Billings Herald
Location
Billings, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
1
A detailed field ledger lists wells and drillings across Montena and Flat Wilow anticline areas, naming operators such as Busch Leski, Linville & Smith, Toole County firms, and Texas Texaco tied sites. Entries include spudding dates, depths, pump rates, and notes on shutdowns and ongoing operations across multiple fields including Pondera, Flat Willow, Gypsy, and Porupulne Dome.
A report lists multiple oil and gas wells in Wyoming, naming operators like Texaco Cotter, Grant Oil Co, and Western Nat Gas, with locations in Sweetgrass County and Wolf Creek area. Spudded dates range 1947, 1948, piping and tests noted including flowing oil or gas and various drilling statuses.
The report notes Texaco comments on a Northern Pacific railway acreage sale in central Montana. The sale outcome aims to reveal opinions of leading concerns and individuals, with bidders ready to pay hard cash. While Ragged Point drew interest, activity continued in established producing zones.
Montana fields see new five year leases and several wells near completion in Cut Bank Kevin Sunburst Ponder Bik Basin and Dry Creek. Ohio Oil Co tests Parker and Canadian groups plan Devonian tests with 17000 acre lease blocks. lease awards total 6920 acres across Blaine Beaverhead Toole and Teton counties.
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