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New Oil Boom Near Yates Center Expands in 1968
In Woodson county near Yates Center a new Owl Creek oil field surge brings 40 000 leased acres and multiple producing wells led by N & B Enterprises owners Edd Noland and J Richard Burris. Production costs low early returns loom as geology and water challenges shape a regional boom referenced by veteran geologists and local investors.
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Barbara Deane
YATES
Paul Laidlaw
Woodson County Abstractor
Chanute
Iola
Batesville
Laidlaw
Owl Creek
Fred
N & B Enterprises
Willie Schornick
Marvin Chambers
Florence Teedman
M. P. Clauson
Jessie Smith
Larry Benteman
Edd Noland
J. Richard Burris
Noland
Consolidated Oil Well Service
Burris
Ute Drilling Company
North Vernon
Jim Guinette
Southeast Kansas
E. J. Dunigan Oil Company
Pampa
Tex
Durand
Guinette
Woodson County
Southeast
Kansas
Vernon