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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1961

Page

2

Abo Re-Entry Wildcat Test Field In East Lea County

In east Lea County New Mexico C W Trainer Hobbs plans to re enter the No 1- Ww State wildcat seven miles northwest of Hobbs at 9000 feet for Abe tests. The wildcat originally reached 9985 feet by Stanolind Oil and Gas later Pan American Petroleum and was abandoned in 1951.

Abo East Lea County N.M C. W Hobbs Hobbs Field Stanolind Oil & Gas Co Pan American Petroleum Corp New Mexico Chaves Philtex Honolulu Edby Pan American Big Foldy Castle Northern Holo Ustic Lea Humble Great Western Featherstone Orig Texas Mickinson Bee Blair & Price No Federal el Paso Mencalero Pan Americs Canoen Sanderson Drig Cangen Meyers Abe MORA Fort Union Sec Roosevelt —O'Neill Del

Crude Oil Stocks Decline in Week to Nov 25

UPI reports total crude oil inventories at 248.8 million barrels for the week ending November 25, a drop of 2.108 million barrels from the prior week. Texas holds 104.634 million barrels, down 863 thousand. Illinois-Indiana 7.781 million, up 169 thousand. Kansas 9.425 million, down 51 thousand. Louisiana 19.778 million, down 53 thousand. Oklahoma 17.071 million, down 55 thousand. California 22.88 million, down 719 thousand.

Washington UPI Texas Illinois-Indiana Kansas Louisiana Oklahoma California

Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Rheumatic Pain Relief

An old patent remedy advertises RU-EX Compound mixed with water and lemon juice to ease rheumatic and arthritis pain. It promises 48 hour or overnight improvement, a money back guarantee, and a 7 million can usage claim, with John Halsey Drug Stores listed in Monterey Center.

John Halsey Drug Stores Monterey Center

Dallas Men To Dig Coke Effort

Dallas men Youngblood and Youngblood with Jack Frost, all of Dallas, plan a 4,300 foot Pennsylvanian wildcat well called No. 1 Frost in Coke County north central region five miles west of Blackwell. The drill will start 2 miles southwest of a 7,061 foot failure and rotary tools are to be rigged at 330 feet from the south line and 2,316 feet from the east line of Section 269, Block 1-A, H&TC survey.

Jal Youngblood & Youngblood Jack Frost Dallas Coke County Blackwell H&tc Survey Wildcat Martin Murphy H. Baxter Midland Patton Martin County Ackerly T&p Discovery Andrews—Texaco Inc Fee Fusselman Lowe Field Andrews County A. J. E. Mabee Andrews

Oil wildcat listings across Texas and New Mexico fields

A compact rundown of wildcat oil well tests and proposals across multiple counties including Hockley, Kent, Eddy, Lea, and Crane. Entries note operators such as Texaco, Pan American Petroleum, Caheen Exploration, Aztec Oil & Gas, Murphy Corp, Gulf Of Corp, with locations near Anton Clairemont Hobbs Caprock and Crane. Each line lists well designation, TD depth, WLs, sections, and proximity details for exploration activity.

Hockley Texaco Inc Midland G. Welge Wildcat Fn&wls R. M. Thompson Aanton Nept Enty Anton KENT Pan American Petroleum Corp Labback Bilby Wallace Elk H&tc S Pt Malaga Lea N.M Aztec Oil & Gas Corp Hobbs Tn FE Pii Cnty Hobbs Fid Murphy Corp Denver Leeprock Caprock Tof CRANE Gulf of Corp

Deep Wildcat Drilling Begins in Culberson and Pecos Counties

Sinclair Oil plans a 16 500 foot Ellenburger test in northeast Culberson County near Orla while PECOS U S Smelting drills a 5 000 foot Ellenburger wildcat 11 miles southwest of Buena Vista in Pecos County. Connell Flows Gas at Yucca Butte area reported a productive three hour DST with gas up to 3 4 million cubic feet daily and condensate recovery.

Pecos U. S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co Midland Buena Vista Pecos County H&gn Connell Humble Oil & Refining Co TCRR Sheffield

Basin oil fields list with drills and formations

The document catalogs numerous oil wells across the North, Central, and Southeast basins, detailing operators such as Ashman & Hittard, Pan American, Humble, and Gulf. Entries include well numbers, section and township data, casing notes, minerals like dolomite and lime, and drilling progress or statuses.

Pal’ Duro Dear Smith Ashman & Hittard Oppenheim Oppenheim Sur North Basin Cochran—Champlain Benson Armstrong Csl Crosby—Humble No Dones PSL Rodgers Samuels Gibson Sur Central Basin Area Dawson—Pan American Metro Loving Csl Gaines—Humble H&d D&w. Sur Ashman & Hilliard Norman Sur Hanley Prichard Ho B&w Martin—Humble Campbell Lge Art. Wheeler Csl Pan American Breedlove Briscoe Csl Ark. Scurry Penrose Reynolds Danile Sur

Masked bandits rob drive-in owner then shoot him

Two armed men wearing sacks robbed Billy E. Chandlers of 1300 dollars at his Billys Drive In on South Lamar and shot him in the abdomen. He was rushed to Methodist Hospital and listed in good condition.

Dallas UPI Billy E. Chandlers Methodist Hospital Chandlers Billy South Lamar

Portugal Marks 32nd Anniversary of Independence

Lisbon observed the 32st anniversary of Portugal's independence with national and social ceremonies. A main program gathered around a monument dedicated to those who secured Portugal's independence from Spain in 1640.

Lisbon Portugal Spain

Oil drills, lawsuits and wildcat nations across Texas fields

In Hidalgo County W F Bridewell sues C A Jennings over a 50 50 oil lease venture claiming Jennings owes 17 097 for services. In Dawson County Texaco reports a 12500 foot No 1 F P McDougal wildcat yielding 200 feet of free oil and 90 feet of oil and gas cut mud. Other offsets include Mills Patton and J E Mabee wells planned in Martin and Andrews counties with Ellenburger Fusselman tests and early production data.

Edinburg Tex W. F. Bridewell Tyler C. A. Jennings McAllen Jennings Mexico Mexico City Bridewell Hidalgo County Baroid National Lead Co Houston

Cosden Earnings Down For 1961 Quarter Report

Cosden Petroleum Corp reports 1961 Q2 net earnings of 1,048,023 dollars or 0.35 a share, down from 1,426,381 dollars or 0.48 in 1960. First six months income totals 2,199,766 dollars or 0.73 per share, below last year's 2,442,481 dollars or 0.81. Chairman Tollett cites low gasoline prices with some recovery and notes Alkar Unit gains and styrene capacity expected to lift future profits. A 0.25 dividend was paid Sept. 29 and a 0.25 dividend is declared for January 5, 1962 to record holders on December 15.

Big Spring Cosden Petroleum Corp R. J. Tollett Cosden

Bulgarian Politbureau Ousts Deputy Premier Chervenkov

Sofia AP report says Deputy Premier Vulko Chervenkov was ousted from the Bulgarian Communist party Politbureau for failing to take consequences of the liquidation of the personality cull. He had been demoted from the premiership in 1956 for Stalinist tendencies. The announcement did not clarify if his removal related to his role in Stalin's campaign against Tito.

Sofia Bulgaria Vulko Chervenkov Bulgarian Communist Party Politbureau Chervenkov Stalin Tito

Locations And Completions

Summary of oil and gas drilling records listing multiple wells by operators in Howard Glasscock and Dawson-Ackerly region. Includes tract descriptions nearby towns Ackerly Big Spring and Midland with unit numbers lengths and depths noted.

Karsan Howard- Glasscock — Duncan Drilling Co Big Spring W&anw Sur Howard-Glasscock — Duncan Drilling Co Fn&els Wa&nwaur

Twelve Rail Tunnel Workers Trapped in Japan Cave-In

Twelve Japanese workers building a railway tunnel were trapped by a cave-in near Aomori on Friday but were later reported safe. Food and water were delivered through a six inch pipe as rescue workers continued digging to free them.

Aomori Japan

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