Dual discovery attempts shift Texas oil field outlook
A wide range of Crews report dual attempts and single completions across Texan and New Mexico fields. No. 1 Hooker in East Yoakum County yields 114 b/d with 2 b/d water after acidizing. Kent Strawn and Harkey sectors show dual completions with notable outputs and test data. Offshore-like activity continues as Sinclair and Gulf Oil plan drill offsets near Lea County while El Paso reports a Mescalero Ridge unit test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Lea County
N.M
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Wolfcamp
Malaymar
North J
el Paso
Fisher County Wildcat to Drill No 1 Icic in Hughes Area
Ambassador Oil Corp of Fort Worth will drill the No 1 Icic n Hughes wildcat in northwest Fisher County ten miles northwest of Raton. The 7,200 foot Ellenburger test lies 2,190 feet west of the northeast corner of Section 637, Block 97, H&TC survey, with a turn 330 feet north to the location in J. W. Hasting survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Oil Co
Wichita-Albany
Yoakum County
Plains
Wich-ucker ‘Drilling Co. S . Aes
Edwards County
J. H. Gibson
Neuces
Winkler
Goldston Oil
Houston
Hogg-Skelly
Winkler County
Delaware Exploration
Reeves
Saragosa
Reeves County
Sinclaire Oil and Gas Co
Collier Estates
Delaware
Brown
T&p Survey
Schleicher
Texaco Inc
Kent
Kent Strawn Field
Kent Strawn
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Texaco
Strawn
Harkey
Discovery
Fortune Drilling Co
Chaney
Schleicher County
Gh&sa
Fort McKavitt
Crockett—Texaco Inc
el Cinco
McCamey
Spots
H&tc Survey
Ambassador Oil Corp
Fort Worth
Icicn Hughes
Fisher County
Raton
J. W. Hasting
Locations And Completions In A Fragmented Oil Record
Fragmentary OCR notes outline locations and completions tied to oil drilling in Texas regions such as Gatlen and Ackerly with Dean and Cox references. Entries mention 660 psi and 60 inches, plus various codes like ACL Graves and TeP words, indicating a technical log rather than a narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatlen
Andrews
Sartin-Ackerly
Dean
Conaco
Ackerly
Martin—Rpraberry
Johrny Cox
Graves
Lamy Flaws
Ees
Basin area land survey notes and project references
The document lists a dense array of survey lines, lot and section references, and field notes across multiple basins including East, Southwest, and Southeast New Mexico. It references towns, universities, and engineers involved in perforations, drilling, and preparation work, with numerous section numbers and grid coordinates.
Gymkhana Planned by Tahoka Club Sunday at Courthouse
South Plains Sports Car Club sponsors a gymkhana Sunday at 2 p m on streets east and south of the courthouse. Events include timed skill driving with winners awarded. Mayor Meldon Leslie assisting. Ian Smith and Bill Dane organize from Labs MILLIONS ARE VOTERS New Delhi: India to vote 210 million adults in February elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
South Plains Sports Car Club
Ihe
Meldon Leslie
Ian Smith
Tw Joke
Bill Dane
Labs
New Delhi
India
Offi-Cial
Oklahoma woman hanged in Wichita Falls incident
AP reports a Texas drilling accident in 1959 left about 78 million feet of hole, involving Lamaryus Wall in her late sixties who was found hanged by a nightgown from a bedroom door in the home of visiting friends. Friends said she had been despondent over her health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma
Lamaryus Wall
Wau
Tika
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Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Lea Wildcat
Ellenburger Oil
Tom Green
South’ ‘Basin
Edwards, Winkler
Reeves Counties
Lea County
G. L. Erwin
Eunice
Ellenburger
McKee
Fusselman
LEA
J. C. Williamson
Midland
Westgate Federal
Drinkard and
Blinberry
Jal
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Sinclair
Reed Estates
Gulf Oil Corp
Clara
M. Roberts
Drinkard
Paul
Owen
Iowa Park
Aubling
Georg Fend
Cert
Holland Hearing Aid Center
Ave
Time & Money
American State Bank
F.D.I.C
Penneys
Penney's
Klondike
Goley & Lord Klondike
Bnet
Monterey
Oath Basin
Croix Sinter
Coom
T-Camp & Dorman
Crambere & Kennedy
Tex Cole
A. Arnold Bar
Midland Farms
Pte
TAN
GaMitsea
Tass Dawson—Singlair
Las
Evresiavon Bi
Bec
Talbert
New Mexico
Sports Car Club Set
Fashion News
Dallas
College Ave
West
Stripes
Penney’s
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