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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1961

Page

2

Bend Strike Gauged in Lea County Wildcat Gas Field

North Lea wildcat in Lea County New Mexico yielded free oil and gas on drillstem test. Yates wildcat No 1 near Lovington flowed 1 197 000 cfpd gas and 12 barrels condensate over four hours. No 2 and Bochner-Federal tests planned. Ohio Oil Co Midland evaluating Rend gas zone open flow potential with three tests showing strong gas rates and condensate.

Lea County Great Western Drilling Co West Lea Coun- Midland Thursy N. M Leonard Oil Co Roswell Mal- No. 1 Jumor Finch East Lusk Sask Utes Yates Lea N.M Ohio Oil Co Midland Rend Discovery

Wolfcamp Test in Gaines County Reaches Nine Oil Barrels

In southeast Gaines County near Seminole Texas a wildcat led by Tex aco Inc Midland drills No 5 Tube Foster NCT 2 testing Wolfcamp perforations to 9361 62 feet on a seven hour swab recovering nine barrels of new oil and two barrels of salt water. Early results show three to four barrels per hour with salt water cut 18 to 43 percent.

Gaines County Seminole Texaco Inc Midland Foster Wildcat Venture Wolfcamp School Land Boteld Dawson— Continental Oil Co Fess Odessa Davenport Ackerly Deany Field of Crockett Ambassador Oil Corp Dallas Crockett County Iraan TXL Oil Corp Fort Stockton TNL Toro Delaware T&p Survey Crane County Midwest Oil Corp Midand Henderson Albany Public School Land Survey Monahan Pecos Gulf Oil Corp Pecos County H. F. Reynolds Wildcat J. W. Danile Survey

Ultra-Deep Oil Drilling In West Texas Nears Key Depths

Several oil companies announce amended and planned depths for deep wildcat tests across Loving Ward Crockett Pecos and Reeves counties. Roden Oil and Penn Explorers push lines toward 24 000 feet while Devonian tests, Delaware gas prospects and Wilcats workouts proceed with varying depths and pressures.

Roden Oil Co. Midland Loving County Lineberry Kermit Public School, Land Survey

Dry Holes SAT OIL PAGE-DRY HOLES EEASOOR

Reading fragments describe oil well positions near Jal and Friste with references to pools, drilling companies, and mineral prospects. The text notes a dry hole and legal-sounding terms around state, county, and region names with vague coordinates and ownership markers.

SAT The Pildcat Rafel Jal Oferty Sa' mi Friste ‘Tela Mirake Aunity Seot Corisbad Sreen Extrea Pool Dring Company Sur Southern “Minerala Wildest

Dual Gas Finds in Concho County and Coke-Tucker Drilling

fOFonn Oil reports a dual Strawn A and Canyon gas discovery seven miles south-southeast of Paint Rock with open flow potentials of 1.08 million and 4.95 million cubic feet per day from depths near 3,316 to 3,336 feet. A Coke wildcat drill No. T P Carter targets a 4,200-foot Cisco test in northeast Coke County 13 miles NW of Bronte. Refugees flow to Brussels via three planes carrying 116 evacuees, mostly women and children.

Penn Explorer Ward Ward County Skelly Oil Co W. E. Crump Royalty H&tc Survey Reeves TNL Oil Corp Midland Reeves County Pecos San_ Angelo Coke County Bronte Charles Copelaw Ellenburger Brussels Belgium Katanga

State Rail Commission Keeps January Nine Day Oil Allowable

The Texas Rail Commission on Friday upheld a nine day oil allowable for January, leaving total daily production at 2 854 898 barrels, unchanged from December. Six of twelve major crude purchasers supported the nine day pattern, while Atlantic Refining shifted to ten days.

Humble Oil Co Texas Humble Atlantic Refining Co Atlantic

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