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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
2
In southeast Garza County Gen 1 to 250 pounds shows oil and gas. A 30 minute test by Crude Oil Co Houston reported shut in pressures of 3 575 pounds and final bottomhole reading 2 33 pounds after 40 minutes.
An oil well No 1 Irene Rodgers in southwest Upton County near Justiceburg shows a multipay discovery with drill stem tests from 7 750 to 7 773 feet total depth 4759 feet. Gas oil ratio 116 and a Pennsylvanian test Odessa Natural Gas Co 1 67 2 from 7 711 20 feet with tool open. Recovery 2000 of No 1 Wier wildcat 92 feet of oil 340 feet salt completed as a lower Strawn discovery near Rankin Fort Stockton area. Flow pressures 140 to 201.
Denver AP report: Gov. Howard Edmondson of Oklahoma named chair of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. He pledges a crucial 1962 for domestic oil and gas, seeks continued study of production and reserves, and backs a compromise on a crude market study now assigned to the executive committee. Elmer Hoehn of Evansville named vice chairman.
A. L. Porter Jr of Santa Fe is New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission secretary and second vice chairman of the Tri-States Producers and Royalty Owners Association. The executive committee includes 11 state governors or appointees with new members North Dakota Montana and Kentucky. Re-elected: Arkansas Colorado Illinois Kansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Field notes describe Mississippian sample at 7,750 feet and drilling plans for Garza County and Hockley County with specific lease lines and survey references.
Orfeo Local Man Files Try In Roosevelt H L Lowe in Lubbock seeks re entry to plug back the No 1 J B Brown to test the San Andres as wildcat in southwest Roosevelt County New Mexico. Magnolia Oil Co formerly Iobi Oil Co drilled to 9068 feet and plugged in 1951. Nearby several cluster and failure readings mark the area as potential production. In southwest Lea County New Mexico Ashman Hilliard of Midland plan the No 1 Federal Delaware wildcat 25 miles west southeast of Jal with reference to nearby failures and clusters in four month activity. Nearest production sits four miles south in the Bradley Delaware field. Locations listed 660 feet from section lines.
A Fisher County venture Ab Tex Production Co Abilene No 1 tested oil bearing Canyon sands near Royston Texas in shallow intervals. Gas appeared within an hour and a half during a two hour test at depths 4593 to 4606 feet with oil recovery in the lower zone. Final shut in pressure registered 1740 pounds. and a Hong Kong border clash killed trainees as Chinese guards opened fire at Sha taykok across the border.
Field notes describe drilling activity in the North and South Basin regions with references to wells, sections, dolomite, crude oil, gas water, and a series of measurements. The text mentions operators and locations such as Palo Duro, Hilliard, Reeves, and New Mexico areas with multiple Sec and Blk designations and production figures like barrels and hours of pumping.
A fragmented OCR list details locations and completions near North Seminole and Andrews Iis with references to companies and people such as Howard snyder Golden Petroleum and Ray F Win. It mentions sites, parcels, and surveys in a garbled format with numbers and street references, indicating a land records or mineral rights compilation.
Indicated finds offset offshore Northwest Dawson County as Trice Production Co plans an 11,800 foot Fusselman wildcat No 1 W D Arnett ten miles northwest of Lamesa on an 80 acre lease. Hamon to drill No 1 F P McDougal as a west offset to Texaco No 1 F P McDougal 11 miles south of Lamesa. Fusselman tested in Andrews County with Pan American Petroleum No 195 AK Midland Farms project swabbing 195 barrels of lead water and 125 barrels of new oil from Fusselman perforations 11 793-858 feet. Martin County drill No 1 Martin planned with 8700 foot depth to test Dean sand.
Fragmented OCR notes describe dry hole and wildcat drilling near Robert Lee and Aspermont with references to sections, townships, and licenses. Mentions George Kuhlman survey, Tidewater, and Stonewall GW areas with coordinates and mileages.
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