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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1957
Page
5
The U S government’s voluntary cutbacks on foreign oil imports fail to satisfy major importers or independents. The 1,031,000 barrel daily quota, based on a 10 percent cut from 1934-1956 averages, provokes protests and calls to hold the line from Texas independents.
Marion Bowers of Brownfield to direct agricultural activities for the South Plains Area of the Oil Information Committee. He is a Terry County farmer and former Branolind Oil and Gas employee, now leading programs and teaching efforts in eighteen counties. The OIC works with 2,000 volunteer oil workers and supports school materials, Progress Week, and community projects like the Magic Barrel.
A roundup covers ARC rule changes affecting West Texas fields, new lubricant designation by the American Petroleum Institute, Tidewater Oil Co. refinery innovations including a tank contents computer, staff moves at Oil Information Committee and Nortex Oil offices, plus a Texas University petroleum engineering seminar led by Paul D. Torrey.
Lubbock Texas August 11 1987 report details oil and gas completions across Andrews County Gaines Howard and surrounding areas. Entries note operators like Maguire Friitenburger and Sinclair Oil Gas Co with depths elevations top pays and production figures for wells in University Lands and PSL survey blocks. Numerous sections and lines are referenced including Devonian Clear Fork Bakke and Lake Yates formations with multiple perforations and production metrics.
A dense register of oil and gas lease data across Garza County listing sections, surveys, elevations, top pay, and production figures for numerous entities including Howard Glasscock, Continental, and various drilling groups. It notes locations in Section 19, Section 154, and other blocks with elevations around 2600 feet, pay rates from 2.4 to 3.0 and several perforation figures. The section ends indicating see completions page.
The American Petroleum Institute unveiled two plans for dealers to observe Oil Progress Week in October. One is a pocket sized Lucky Folder with a coupon and messages on value quality and price of gasoline. The other plan offers scholarships to students, possibly via oil essay contests, and began in API's Missouri Iowa Nebraska district.
A 16 page two color booklet from the American Petroleum Institute titled More Mileage to You advocates better maintenance and driving practices to maximize fuel value. It includes a mileage chart and guidance for selecting gasoline grades.
The notice lists multiple mineral parcels in West Texas counties including Andrews, Howard, Yoakum, and Cochran. It specifies tract names such as McFarlane, Mabee Texaco, Sharon Ridge, and Buckshot with details on section numbers, distances from section lines, acreage, elevations, rotary drilling references, and associated companies or box numbers.
Robert L. Heilbroner in the American Petroleum Institute Quarterly predicts U S crude consumption to reach about 130 million barrels per day in 1965, with free world demand outstripping United States needs and a huge rise in oil investment. He notes oil provides over two thirds of U S mechanical energy and discusses reserves, offshore fields, secondary recovery, and alternative sources as factors shaping future supply and costs.
Oil exploration expands in east central Hansford County with an 8300 foot rotary test spotted in the southeast, as Roy Farr from Lubbock reports a well near Section 88 in HE&TC. J. M. Huber Corp from Berger completes a strike in Twin Morrow nearby with 111 barrels daily potential from 6738 to 6758 feet. Also in Ochiltree County Texas Company No. 2 A J L Flowers opens in Johnson Atoka field yielding 81 barrels daily from 7256 to 7270 feet. Sun Oil Co No. 1 A F Milledge is a proposed 9100 feet explorer near Perryton. Deaf Smith No. 1 Joe F Coffee by Frankfort Oil Co. wells five and a half miles southwest of Vega.
New York special reports Rear Admiral H B Miller retired from the API information post. Miller will take over as Director of Public Relations at Pan American World Airways on September 1. Philip C Humphrey becomes acting director of API information, succeeding Miller and starts his duties September 1.
Jim Kennedy a Lubbock native and Sivalls Tanks sales and service representative. Also promoted were Gregg Hilton as sales manager and Lowell Licht as sales representative. All three will operate from Odessa headquarters. Kennedy studied at Texas Tech and UT planning a law career.
Six top speakers announced for the 19th annual Texas Personnel and Management Association conference at the University of Texas October 24 25. Speakers include Charles M Brooks Ford Foundation staffer John J McCarthy of General Electric Watrous H Trons of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas C H Hageman of Union Carbide Leon C Megginson of LSU and Edwin W Mumma of UT. Mumma serves as conference general chairman with Norris A Hiett as executive secretary and R H Mariani as vice chairman.
Geo. P. Livermore reports one of four wildcat tests in the Lubbock area. The No. 1696 George White is planned nine miles northwest of Whitharal and three and a half miles northwest of the Yellowhouse-San Andres field on a 177 acre lease. Also planned is the No. 1 W. E. Schumacher near Section 15, Block 2 T-18, two and a quarter miles east of Satan-East Howard. Regan-Lanthere from Midland will drill No. 1 Barrett in Dawson County. Andrews County launches No. 136 Gulf University on an 18 square mile lease southwest of Andrews.
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