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Oil Field Drilling Notes from West Texas Area
A stream of oil and gas activity across West Texas reports multiple drill sites in Coke, Runnels, Terry, Martin, Yoakum, and nearby counties. Discoveries include No. 1 C N Kornegay in Runnels with 7 barrels 40.2 gravity oil in 24 hours, and Prentice Northeast Unit in Terry County yielding 22.2 barrels of 30 gravity oil plus 78.9 barrels of water in 24 hours. Additional wells feature 41.38 barrels from North Welch Unit, 127 barrels from King Alexander, and 2 barrels from Willard Unit with notable acid treatments and fracturing.
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B. Durham Trust
Robert Lee
Coke County
J. Frank Stringer
San Angelo
He&tc Survey
Discovery
Runnels-Hack. Drilling Co
C. N. Kornegay
Winters
Runnels
Henry Bier
UPTON
Estes Engineering Co
C. W. Hobbs
McCampton County
H&etc
Crossett, An
Clear Fork
Terry - Pan American Petroleum Corp
Prentice Northeast
Prentice
Terry County
Tokio
C&mrr
Ivey
Kewanee Oil Co
Welch
San Andres
Nouth
H&tc
Martin
Sale Ranch
Stanton
Martin County
T&p
John L. Cox
Midland
Elrod
Yoakum
Atlantic Richfield Co
Willard
Wasson
Eld
Yoakum County
Denver City
John H. Gibson
M. M. Edwards
Seton
Croton Creek
Tannehill
Dickens County
Spur