Diverse Oil Explorations Drive Multiple Wildcat Drilling Updates
In Texas and New Mexico drillers report wildcat and Devonian efforts near Garza Lea and Upton. No. 1 AF State and No. 2 B Barnett test Bone Spring Devo nian zones with varying open flow and gas oil ratios. Nearby Canyon and Strawn zones show strong potential while San Andres tests continue in Lea and Ward counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
State Lea
Viai Bone
San Andres Gaines
Merren & Montgomery
Midland
No. 1
Skelly
Adair
San Andresfield
Gaines
Brownfield
Public School Land Survey
Sutton
Sutton County
Continental Oil Co
Strawn
Denison
Sonora
G. B. Hill
Discovery Pay
Block CC
Giles Hill Survey
Basin Plains rig count slips in weekly tally
Beat 62 unit activity shows a drop in Permian Basin rotary rigs shipped 208 this week from 211 last week, Reed Roller Bit Co reports. South Plains tally falls to 115 from 127, Southeast New Mexico drops to 46, six fewer than last week as the 1982 count trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
Reed Roller Bit Co
South Plains
New Mexico
Plains
Lea County
N. M
Ward
Yoakum
Andrews County
Andrews
Borden
Chaves
Noo M
Toand
Cochran
Foand
Coke
Tpo
Concho
Lrane
Crowkett
Crosby, Co
Culberson
Dawson
Kent
Labbeck
Bynn
Martin
Atel O
Mitchedl
Andy Nefum
Roosevelt
Santa Be
Ferry
Tom
Marathon and Union form two firms for LPG sales
Marathon Oil Co and Union Oil Co of California announce the creation of Polar LMG Corp. and Polar LMG Shipping Co. SA to expedite LNG sales to Japan from the Kenai Peninsula field in Alaska. Ownership is equal, with L. P. Foote and C. E. Smith named managers of Polar LMG Corp. and Polar LMG Shipping. Plans include liquefying methane on the Kenai project and securing a basic sale contract with Tokyo Gas Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon Natural Gas
Polar Lmg Corp
Foote
Marathon
Los Angeles
Polar Lmg Shipping Company
Ss. A
C. E. Smith
Union
Tokyo Gas Co
Polar Lmb Corp
Canadian executive named president-elect of SEG
Norman J. Christie of Exploration Consultants in Calgary has been named president-elect of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists by a world wide mail ballot announced in Golden Colorado. The 5700 member organization will elect officers Flint H. Agee Lynn D. Ervin Craig Ferris and F A Van Melle to form the 1963 64 executive committee to take office after the 33rd annual meeting in New Orleans in October 2024.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman J. Christie
Exploration Consultants, Inc
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Golden
Colo
SEG
John C. Hollister
Department of Geophysical Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
International Organization of Earth Scientists
Flint H. Agee
United Geophysical Co
Pasadena
Calif
Texas Drillers Find 210 New Oil and Gas Pools
Texas Railroad Commission reports regular drillers completed 204 oil and 40 gas wells week. Year totals are 5,182 oil and 1,522 gas wells. wildcatters show 206 oil and 383 gas wells year to date. Dry holes 89 for regulars, 42 for wildcatters. average daily allowable up 8,373 barrels to 2,863,009.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Wildcatters
San Angelo
Midland
Corpus Christi
Abilene
Houston
Kilgore
Shell Pipe Line Names Thompson Treasurer in Houston
Robert C. Thompson has been named treasurer of Shell Pipe Line Corp in Houston. J A Horner announced the appointment while R Z Smith moves to head auditing in the New York office. Thompson joined Shell in 1983 as treasury clerk in Tulsa and rose through investment, auditing and analysis roles before becoming assistant manager of financial analysis and statistics in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Thompson
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Houston
J. A. Horner
Shell Pipe Line
Thompson
R. Z. Smith
Shell Oj! Co
New York
Shell Oil Co
Treasury Department
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Britain amends tariff heading phrasing for waste and scrap
The latest Customs and Excise Tariff Law edition notes an amendment on page 275 changing scrap and waste to waste and scrap in heading 73.03 column 1 line 1. The operative date is 7 August 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Britain
Customs and Excise Tariff Law
Drilling Fluid Committee To Meet In Midland
A meeting of the Southwestern District Study Committee on Drilling Fluids of the APE will be held Wednesday at 1 20 p m in the First National Room of the First National Bank Midland The program includes a talk on uses of nitrogen in mud ahead of cement by Harry Horton Dowell Inc Midland and a paper on corrosion of drill pipe in surface casing by W K Ranson Aquaness Chemical Co Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Southwestern District Study Committee
APE
First National
First National Bank
Harry Horton
Dowell Inc
W. K. Ranson
Aquaness Chemical Co
Houston
U S Oil Flow Logs Decrease Across Several States
U S production of crude oil and lease condensate averaged 7 521 210 bbls per day last week, down 19 205 bbls from the prior week. Oklahoma fell to 529 50 bbls daily, Kansas 206 400, Wyoming 390 300, while Texas rose to 2 627 000 and Louisiana to 1 466 250 bbls per day. California, New Mexico, Mississippi and Colorado showed little change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
OU and Gas Journal
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wyoming
Journal
California
New Mexico
Mississippi
Colorado
Drilling Bits Stolen From Hobbs Hughes Tool Warehouse
Hobbs sheriff reports burglary at a Hughes Tool Co. warehouse with 20 plus new 6.4 inch drilling bits taken. Estimated value 3500 to 4000 dollars. Entry gained by breaking office glass, bits removed through a large door. Full loss tally pending inventory expected Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Authorities Kill 6 000 Savage Dogs on Bali
Indonesian authorities slaughter about 6 000 savage dogs roaming Bali after the Agung eruption that killed 1 500 people and left 300 000 homeless. Antara News Agency reported the dogs were part of the island’s domestic population before the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bali
Jakarta
Indonesia
Agung
Antara
Island
Committee Named Hope Heads New CEDOT Industry Unit
Hope of San Antonio will lead CEDOT's new industry relations committee to promote a statewide pooling law for oil and gas drillings units. The group aims to contact operators, provide information, and push for a fair, efficient pooling framework amid fears of federal intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
W. T. Edwards
Odessa
van G. Burrell
Houston
William E. Carl
Corpus Christi
C. A. Cash
Amarillo
G. Scott Hammonds
Dallas
John FF. Lynch
Bruce Street
Graham
Joe Zeppa
Tyler
Texas
API Mulls Telemetering Research for Drilling Zones
The American Petroleum Institute plans a telemetering study led by Henry Kerr of Delhi-Taylor Oil Co. A task group will review current efforts to transmit formation resistivity self potential and gamma ray data from wells to the surface. The goal is a multi-variable reliable transmission system to aid oil and gas drilling decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Petroleum Institute
API
Henry Kerr
Delhi-Taylor Oil Co
Skelly Oil realigns exploration leadership nationwide
Skelly Oil Co. announced an organizational shift in its exploration division led by W. W. Simpson. Ben W. Ploch becomes Central Division exploration manager with offices in Midland Amarillo Oklahoma City and Albuquerque. J. H. Torbert moves to the Northern Division and J. W. Loof burrow to the Central Division as administrative assistant. Four district exploration managers are named in Albuquerque Oklahoma City Corpus Christi Lafayette and Jackson Mississippi. All changes take effect September 1 except Claude Teel whose appointment comes this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelly Oil Co
W. W. Simpson
Tulsa
Ben W. Ploch
Central Division
Midland
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Albuquerque
University of Kentucky
Skelly
A. J. O'Rourke
Skelly Land Operations
Hutchinson
Wichita
Houston
H. H. Kaderli
J. H.torbert
J. W. Loofburrow
TIPRO Holds Texas Meeting in San Antonio
TIPRO to meet in San Antonio from September 29 to October 1 at the Granada Hotel. Ed Kendall serves as general chairman for the gathering of independent producers and royalty owners. Policy committee members will convene Sunday with a reception planned for President Johnny Mitchell of Houston that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Ed Kendall
Granada Hotel
TIPRO
Johnny Mitchell
Houston
Australian Wildcat Reports Gas Show
United Australian Oil, Inc. of Dallas said its affiliate Amalgamated Petroleum of Melbourne reported a gas show at the No 1 Abercorn well in Queensland. The well, about 240 miles northwest of Brisbane on an 8,000,000 acre concession, showed gas at 5478 feet for about fifteen minutes, mainly methane with some higher hydrocarbons, as drilling continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton
Texas Pacific Coal & Mi) Co
Barnett
South King Mountain
McCamey
Upton County
Ty Inch
Dallas (Special
United Australian Oil, Inc
Amalgamated Petroleum, N. IL
Melbourne
Abercorn
Queensland
Australia
James R. Wendover
Albercorn
Brisbane
Dresser Creates Controls Division In Houston
Dresser Industries announces a new Controls Division to be based at Dresser Center in Houston. The spin off reports to J H Vollbrecht with W F Haley as General Manager and will expand the Geophysical Instrument business remaining under current Houston management. Yemen votes to request UN truce team removal amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
G Tbian, Jr
Dresser Industries
Establishist
J. H. Vollbrecht
Dressser Industries
Dresser Center
Houston
W. F. Haley
Fabian
Dresser Sie
SIF
Completions Log Drops Across Regions This Week
U S oil and gas firms completed 805 wells last week, down 177 from the prior week, per The Oil and Gas Journal. Texas 221 (down 77), Oklahoma 83 (down 24), Wyoming 8 (down 12), Mississippi 14 (down 3). Increases: Louisiana 151 (up 65), Kansas 90 (up 29). Wildcats totaled 178 with 26 productive, 152 dry. Year to date completions 25,310 versus 26,951 last year. Western Canada: 49 wells (down from 62).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
U.S
The
Journal
Canada
TIPRO plans bus trip to press for tighter oil import controls
Texans in the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn. plan a 16 mile charter bus trip to Brownsville and Matamoros to expose a tanker truck route that lets Mexican oil bypass federal import controls. TIPRO members seek closing the Uturn loophole while noting Mexico and Canada overland imports face no quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipro Group
Max B. Skelton
Houston
Texas Independent Oil
Mexico
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty
TIPRO
United States
Tampico
Brownsville
Port Brownsville
Matamoras
Rio Grande
Matamoras Bridge
Canada
Johnny Mitchell
Association
Mitchell
W. E. Turner
Austin
U.S
Swifties Hit Oil Industry In Parlor-Game Fashion
Avalanche-Journal Oil Editor Bill Kalb notes Tom Swifties invade petroleum fields from exploration to refining. The playful quips parody industry jargon with one liners like It’s in the ground that counts and We might hire more geologists while imaging drilling, seismic, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kalb
Avalanche-Journal
Swifties
Utah
Tom Swift
Nikita
Henry D. Ralph
Oil and Gas Journal
Arctic
Upward Trends in Canada's Oil and Gas Grow Industry
Canada’s oil and gas sector shows momentum with exploration up 13.6 percent in western Canada and 401 wildcats completed in early 1963. Active rotary rigs rise, natural gas sales expected to grow 13 percent, and petrochemical sales near 260 million in 1962 with 300 million anticipated in 1963. Pipeline construction may reach 1,600 miles at over 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Cities Service Oil forms new division in Tulsa
Cities Service Oil announces a reorganization creating a natural gas liquids department to consolidate manufacture storage supply and distribution and marketing. George P. Bunn Jr will manage the new department reporting to J E Heston with offices in Tulsa while seven divisions relocate by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Oil Co
Robert L. Kidd
Bartlesville
Tulsa
George P. Bunn, Jr
J. E. Heston
New Cities Service Oil Co
Oil Center
Fred H. Ramseur, Jr
National Gasoline Division
G. C.richardson
Lp-Gas
H. L. Badgerow
Department For
George C. Vaughan
Bunn
New York
Natural Gasoline
Oil Well Listings and Wildcat Drilling in New Mexico and Adjacent Areas
A string of crude oil wells and wildcat drill sites across Eddy Lea and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico and near Littlefield Sarlesbad Milnesand Mallamar Turquoise area. Entries note operator names such as Crane-Gulf Oil Corp J H Trigg Welfelt Atlantic Refining DOE and Mobil Federal with depths ranges from about 1 700 to 10 000 feet and location descriptors like 10 miles north of Crane and 18 miles east of Artesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mk&t
Wildcat
Lea, N.M
Sunray DX Oil Co
New Mexico
San Andres
Lea County
Caprock
Concho — Sunray DX OW Co
Strawn
J. N. Gibbs
CRANE
Gulf Oil Corp
KN State
Elk
UL Sur
Eddy
N.M
John H. Trigg
LA Federal
Sarlsbad
N. M
Capitol Lands
Lea
DOE Oil Production, Inc
Anderson Ranch Unit
Mallamar
Roosevelt
Jd. C. Williamson
Mobil
Federal
Milnesand
Locations And Completions In Oil Field Listings
A dense listing of oil well locations and completions across Texas, detailing operators Gulf Oil Corp, Pan American, Texaco, Phillips, Atlantic Refining, and others. Includes section, block, survey references, elevations, true depths, pay zones, production figures, frac totals, and water content notes for wells near Odessa to Monahans, Wickett, and Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Penn
Gulf Oil Corp
M. F. Henderson
PSL
Mis
Odessa
Isc
RT. Gaines
North Riley
Great Expectations Oil Corp
Sam L. Sparks
Fs&els
CCSD
RGNG
Sur
Seminole
Ise
Mitchell
Sharon Ridge
M. L. Melton
Midland
C. C. Mills
C. A. O'Keefe
J. P. Smith
Cole
City
Mills
A. O'Keefe
North Ward
Estes Gulf Oil Corp
Hutchings Stock Assn
Flg&mm B&a Sur
Estes—Gulf Oil Corp
F. G&mmb&a
Estes
Hutchings
Mmb&a
Bik
Mmba&a Sur
Ilymi
Wickerton
Co. of Texas
Lucy Adams
H&tc Sur
Yomi
Andrews
Midland Farms
G&mmb&a Sur
Sago
Fullerton
South
Wolfe
Pan American No
University Consolidated
US Sur
HM Wr
Crane—Reik
McKee
W. ON. Waddell
Et al
PSL Sur
Cochran — Slaughter
Carrie Slaughter Dean
Fn&wls
Lee
Lipscomb Csl Sur
GOR
Dawson — Key
Spra
OWWO
Texas American
Goodwin & Stoltz
Db. Hogg
Fn&els
T&p Sur
Penwell
Phillips Pet
Millard
Texaco Inc
J. F. Cowden
T&p
Howard—Howard-Glasscock—Drilling & ‘Exploration
E. W. Douthitt
Iho
Fw&sls
Wa&Nw Sur
Toving
Wildcat Texaco Inc
T&ep
D&a
Wildcat
FNL
Da&a. Wheat
Texas-New Mexico
Johnson
W&nw
D&a. Mitchell—Tratan
East Howard
Upton—Crossett
Dev
Atlantic Refining Co
Cordova
McElroy-Gulf
McElroy Ranch Co
State
Ibik
Ccsd&rgng Sur
Hood
WARD
Magnolia Sealy—Hostetler Eng
A O'Brien
GOR Tstm
Magnolia-Sealy Hostetler
Jannelle Se-Waddell
C. L. Norsworthy
Winkler
Emperor Skelly of
Co. No
M. Halley
Leley
Monahans
Queen
Gulf Nao
Ntr
Weinkler
Emperor—Theiss Orig. Co
Morton
FWI
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Conoco
Amini
Garza
K. K. Amini
G. W. Connell
Bou
Garza County
Arlene
Glorieta
Gh&h
Texas Pacific, Coal & Oi Co
Lavington
C. L. Norsworthy, Jr
Jack Edwards
Janelle
Ward County
Eflenburger
Pace
OL Seg
Hobbs
Ubbock
CEDOT
Alvin C. Hope
San Antono
Texas Independent
IPAA
C. W. Alcorn
Equitable Development
Texas Oil & Gas Resources
Hoe
Gordon Simpson
Legal
W. J. Goldston
Him
Sam
Tam
Kennedy
Dresser
San’y
Yemen
Tom Swifties
Gas Journal
Clal Teport
Wis
Petro
Cities Service Oil
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