Oil imports debated as Europe demand seen rising
Industry leaders and lawmakers urged permanent curbs on foreign oil flows to the United States. They warned that European demand would rise for crude and distillates while gasoline stocks stay high, calling for refinery yield adjustments and extended price protections to support national security and domestic industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Suez Canal
Iraq
W. H. Vaughey
Jackson
Miss
Independent Petroleum Assn. of America
Europe
L. F. McCollum
Continental Oil Co
McCollum
Vaughey
United States
Western
Middle East
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Ten Year Safety Record Is Set By Area Oil Workers
Levelland Texas December 15 special report Cities Service Oil Co employes in the Levelland Slaughter area received a safety award at a banquet in the San Andres Hotel. In presenting the award Ray Ely noted no time lost due to accidents in the last decade, totaling 227645 man hours. E R Estus safety engineer from Bartlesville Oklahoma attended. District Superintendent L L Dutch Cox accepted the certificate for eleven production district employees H G Campbell Alvin Gary H C Harrison A J Norris Jr A E Burnett J W Batton B L Schultz R T Simpson Jr G L Bryant Glen Cannon and T L Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Ely
Cities Service of! Co
Hobbs
N.M
L. L. Cox
Hollis
Levelland
iCities Service Oil Co
San Andres
E. R. Estus
Cities Service
Bartlesville
Ohlo
L. L. (Dutch) Cox
H. G. Campbell
Alvin Gary
H. C. Harrison
A. J. Norris Jr
A. E. Burnett
J. W. Batton
B. L. Schultz
R. T. Simpson Jr
G. L. Bryant
Glen Cannon
T. L. Henderson
Panhandle Counties Set To Drill Three Test Wells
Three Texas Panhandle counties Hemphill Lipscomb and Roberts will soon host wildcat drilling. Hemphill Company Cities Service plans an 8000 foot No 1 Humphries test in the northeast area near Slazier two and a half miles southeast of Slazier. Stanolind Oil and Gas aims a 10500 foot Mississippian test in Lipscomb County No 1 C Duke located near Lipscomb town and county production. J W Collins plans a 4000 foot rotary test No 1 R L Flowers et al in Roberts County northwest of Miami near a 3827 foot cluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
Hemphill
Lipscomb and
Roberts
Wildcat
G&mrr
Slazier
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Lubbock
Lipscomb County
Fee
C. C. Duke
H&tc Survey
Lipscomb
Roberts County
J. W. Collins
R. L. Flowers
Miami
Gaines Glorieta Pool Is Widened in Gaines County
The El Cinco Oil Co No 1 E. H. Jones well in the Brown Glorieta field extends ¼ mile northwest, pumped for a daily potential of 100.8 barrels of 33.4 gravity oil with 30 percent water. Production occurs between 6,062-6,077 and 6,100-6,105 feet after acidizing. The block lies 25 miles northwest of Seminole with multiple nearby wells and drills noted in Andrews and Hobbs regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines County
el Cinco Oil Co
E. H
PSI
Seminole
Great Western No
Granberry
C. A. Taylor
Hobbs
Royal Qil Co
Giesecke Heirs
Andrews — Texas Company
State of Texas
Andrews
J. €. Barnes
Phillips University
Eect
Five Explorers Slated For Lea County New Mexico
New exploratory projects moved forward in Lea County New Mexico with Shell Oil plans for a 14 000 foot Perry Federal No 1 test near Halfway, Allen Estate Queen sand study near Hobbs, and No 9 B 15 Britt duster near Monument. Donnell and Gulf Oil also set wells while Hudson and Hudson pursue a Saunders Federal site near Hobbs. A Carter No 1 uranium re-entry is planned, and Sunray Mid-Continent abandons Ellie Adams wildcat near Wolfcamp production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ventures
Shell Oil Co
Perry Federal
Halfway
Halfway Field
Allen
Queensand
Hobbs
Bone Springs
Pearfield
Makin Drig. Co
Monument
Eumont
Donnell Drig. Co
Hudson and Hudson
Artesia
Lea County
Saunders Federal
Bishop Canyon Uranium Corp
Lea
Shell
Gulf Oil Corporation No
Morris
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Company
Ellie Adams
Lea County Wildcat
Wolfcamp
Gladiola
Tatum
Geologist Dr. Stocking to Speak on Uranium at Tech
Atomic Energy Commission area chief Dr. Hobart F. E. Stocking will lecture to the Lubbock Geological Society and Texas Tech Dept. of Geology on December 18 at 7 30 p.m. in Room 101 Chemistry Building. He will review uranium atom nature distribution and crust abundance, with interest to oil and gas sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart FE. Stocking
Atomic Energy Commission
Grand Junction
Colo
Lubbock Geological Society
Dept. of Geology
Texas Tech
Tech Kcampus
Stocking
American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists
Clarendon
Clarendon Junior College
University of Texas
John Hopkins University
University of Chicago
University of Costa Rica
AJCC
Colorado Plateau
Society
Geology Department
AAODC forms New Orleans regional chapter
The 17th regional chapter of the American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors is organized in New Orleans with Earl G. Bateman as chairman. Officiers named include Charles A. Norton as vice chair and Charles F. Hayes as secretary treasurer. The chapter covers southern Louisiana and eastern Morgan City plus southern Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
New Orleans
Earl G. Bateman
Bateman Drilling Co
Charles A. Norton
Norton Drilling Co
Charles F. Hayes
Rimrock Ertenen Inc
Brad Mills
AAODC
Baton Rouge
Morgan City
Louisiana
Mississippi
U.S
New Line To Carry Louisiana Crude
Service Pipe Line Co. awards a contract to Sam Carline Inc to build a crude oil line from Lake Washington field in Plaquemines Parish to Freeport Sulphur Co. tank terminal at Port Sulphur. Work starts on 8.6 miles of 10 inch pipe and 1.2 miles of 6 inch pipe across marshes and lakes southeast of New Orleans, with completion around Feb 1 1957. The line will cross Canal rights of way and Lake Grande Ecaille. This project marks Service Pipe Line’s first Louisiana construction after acquiring Pan-Am Southern facilities on Aug 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Service Pipe Line Co
Sam Carline, Inc
Berwick
Lake Washington
Plaquemines Parish
Port Sulphur
Mississippi River
H. G. Mariner
Freeport Sulphur Company
Louisiana
New Orleans
Lake Grande Ecaille
Pan-Am Southern Corp
Roosevelt Test Logs Gas Flow and Wildcat Drilling in New Mexico
Gas show from a drillstem test at Magnolia Pet. Co. No. 1 Wallie Whitehead in Roosevelt County yields 36 000 cu ft per day from 6 660 to 6 700 ft. No. 1 Brown a Penn discovery in the same area. tests near Yeso sand in Eddy County reveal oil-cut mud recovery. Three new Eddy County wildcats staked by Western Ventures No. 1 Spencer, Aldridge Stroud No. 1 American Trading Federal, and Wilson Exploration Co. No. 1 State with drill plans and depths disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Pet. Co
Wallie Whitehead
Penn
Roosevelt County
N.M
Wildcat
Brown
Eddy County
Magnolia
Artesia
Fiel Aldridge & Stroud, Inc
Odessa
American Trading Federal
Malaga
Red Bluff
Delaware
Wilson Exploration Co
Getty-Yates
Complex Dawson County Drilling Reports Uncover Oil and Gas
Slight Shows Found At Dawson Test reports 400 feet of oil and gas‑cut mud in Humble Oil and Ref Co No 1 Lanelle Hemp Hill near Lamesa. Drilling continues below 8 008 feet as tests extend into unreported formation. Other Humble sites in Dawson record core and shale intervals as Jo Mill Spraberry area activity resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refg. Co
Lanelle Hemphill
Mungerville
Lamesa
Dawson County
Taylor Csl
M. R. Stewart
Jo-Mill- Spraberry
Terry — Texas Company
W. Ludeman
Brownfield
Jump in Rotary Rig Activity Across US and Canada
A Hughes Tools report to the American Association of Oilwell Drillers notes 3007 rigs active this week, up from 2905 last week and 2810 a month ago, with North Texas overtaking West Texas as the most active area. Texas leads gains with 36 rigs statewide. several states show increases while California, North Louisiana and Montana show declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
American Assn
Oilwell
Hughes Tool Co
Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
West Texas
North Texas
East Texas
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
South Louisiana
Land
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Western
California
North
Louisiana
Montana
Japan Diet Ends Session Ratifying Soviet Peace Accord
Tokyo officials announce the special Diet parliament session closed after ratifying the Soviet-Japanese peace accord ending the technical state of war and approving additional major domestic measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Russia
Weekly Commission Roundup of South Plains completions listed
Readable lines show oil and gas completions across South Plains and surrounding counties. Entries name operators such as McFarland Queen, Andrew Pennsylvanian Atlantic, and many seismic PSL surveys with feet from section lines, elevations, top pay, perfs, and production rates, reflecting a dense ledger of licenses and yields across multiple counties including Garza, Gaines, Lubbock, Terry, and Yoakum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland-Queen Harney Co
Breck
University
Elev Wernegh
Ata
Pert
Wir
Mab
Fon McPariad
Magnolia
Minton
Dines A
Seetian T. Block
Nerfs
Soo Bopd
Neo
Lakon
Naura
Fairman
Wasche
A. Thornberry
Labo FuhrmanMascha
Ken Regan
Et al 3A University
Block Ta Universit
Bauke-Wolfcamp
W. FE. Bakke JV
Grady
PSL
AL McFarland
Queen Foreast Ofl Corp
Onian
Stanmlind
Riock & University
Eles
Gor
Ghalter Antreseel & Scott
Mock
Perta
McFarland Magnolia
Bertha Nolley
Gaines Aelley
Td Leer Ph
Rapa
Martin
Ferk
Argo Oil Corp
F. McFarland
Ind Ae
Andrew-Pennsyltvanian—Atlantic
Alliton
PSL Survey
Emma-Filenburger
Shell
EM University
Elev
Onn
A. Emhar
Atlantic
Mere
Emova- Fllenburger
Superior
R University
Pkr
Ma Falken-Wolfcamp
Gammb&a. Elev
A. Fohrman-Masche
Chambers & Kennedy
Lockhart & Brown
Slaugher Warren-Bradshaw Exploration Co
H C
OS. Dean
League
Lipsteamh
CSL
Dawson County
Welch Tidewater
J. T. Stokes
Welch
Lattimore
Rl&re
Clev
Tidewaley
Ed Gaines
Spraberry
Deep—Seaboard
Et al
Herman Petteway
T&a
John L. Cox
T&p
F. Walen
Davidean & Pembrook
J. Burkett
Black
Garza County
Garza Kennet Murchison
Axcock
Sedi
Elev Ty
Top Pay
Pets
Pripd
Jae Wets
Kenneth Murchixon
Seenan
Phoek Ty
Adcock
Garrachen Tes Cab Corp
Bae
Seehon
Geo Oor
Sf Post
Stale
Garr Ken Bes
Fink F
Ascock
Eee
Fay
DNL
Hepa
Tawa Dorward
Forka
H&gn Cupven
Pas Gs
Ley
Yoakum County
Sencraves
Anderson Prichard
Gibson Survey
Texas oil well completions and drilling activity report
The Railroad Commission reported weekly Texas oil well completions 309 with a yearly total of 15 579 up from 14 655 last year. Gas wells totaled 30 giving a yearly 1 694. There were 203 dry holes that week and 574 drilling applications bringing the year’s total to 23 669. No Rule 37 applications were granted and 136 wildcat wells yielded seven oil and one gas, with wells pinened for the week numbered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission
Midland
Yeading
Crane County
Andrews
Ector
Ward
Howard
Mitchell
Pecos
Scurry
Dawson
Floyd
King
Loving
Sterling
Winkler
Yoakum
Garza
Austin
Tex
Eight varieties of rabbits and hares in the United States
A brief note states there are eight kinds of rab bits and five kinds of hares found across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Steed
R-Okla
Robert C. Byrd
D-W Va
Eskridge
Channes
Dalles
Meal Rehabilitation Coun
Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association
Texas’ Oil and Gas
Association
Akard St
Reed Roller Bit. Co
Hole
Standard of Texas
Kelly - Snyder - Cisco
Scurry County
REC
South Plains
Hockley
Terry
Stanolind
Midwest Oil Register of
Texas Oil Directory
Ol Register
Paul H. Cardwell
Titusville
Bob Wilson
Cosden Petroleum Corp
Asphalt
Asphalt Institute
Panhandle
Gaines Glorieta Pool
Lubbock, Tex
Hobert EF. Stocking
Roosevelt
Meane Western Drilling Co., Inc
0. C. Armatronr
Fon
Parce
Borden County Fluvanna-Fllenhueser- Superior
Tatex
OH. Jones
Beenie
H&tc
Arthur-Spraherry Continental
Arthur Sprabeery
Continental
B.ua
Texas Co
W. L. Miller
Sersion
Oy J
Cochran County Buckshot
Anderson-Prichard
Jack Frost
Neville
Hockley County
Nortipsenasn Ibaolaty
St Ma
Howard County
Albausth-Yates
Guthrie
Anna Hhowen
South Halfoof Sechen
Wieck
Wenw
Zor Oni
Lan P
Albanah- Wales
Sarah Himan
Serting
Bork
Wey Qala
F. Howard-Glasscock
R. Settles
W&nw
Percy Jones
Te&p
Bend
Nike
King County
W. RF. Ross
J. C. Tackett
Les Bard
Lamb County
Litlefield
Glock A
TTRR
Elect
Botta
Wits Jer
Gor Es LY
Lee Harrison
Western Drilling Co., Inc
Nora Sherrod
Lynn County Suniland-Glorieta—Hancock
Clarence Basinger
Forte
Block & El&rr
Cp Pkr
Mitchell County
Westbronk
C. W. Guthrie
T Bird
Enn
Leslie Hamilton
Sharon
Gorsm
Natural
Weathronk
C. W Guthrie SA OO
Bird
Lee
St. Cor Nt
Blake
Badnett
W&tc
Revite Glorieta
Sun Oi Co
D. R. Randalls
The
Eloy
Southern Petroleum. Exploration, Inc
Teh Wreer
Rey do-Glorieta
Tao Hintze & McDonald O1 Corp
Shannon Estate
Seetlan
Smith & Breer
Fuller
Eshoal
Gor Amel
Sona Revilo-Glorirta
Intex OL Co
Jeanne Bullard
Ielev
Pmpd
Terry County Coroca
Siluro-Devantan
Atcdreson-Prichard
C&m
Prentice
O'Neill
SLT
Covington-West
Fon Pay
Pmpd Bt Bape
Qilwe
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