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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1962

Page

2

Oil firms drill and test multiple wildcats in West Texas

Gulf Oil plans 6500 foot rotary well No 63 W A Estes about 22 miles west of Crane in Crane County and 142 miles NW of Dell field. Grayburg re entry No 1 David Inez Fasken near Odessa tests 987.8 feet from section lines northeast Ector County. Shannon No 1 Shan non in Crockett County tests San Andres at 1900 feet. Hutchins Stock Assn No 554 discovery near Wickett 2 miles NE. Second Strawn well in Central Ector County led by Har pers Price No 2 Mess with 226 barrels oil daily and Ellenburger expansion to 504 barrels daily. City Service Blakeney No 2 extends East Goldsmith field with 788 barrels daily.

Gulf Oil Corp Midland Crane Crane County Grayburg Ector Roy FE Kimsey Frank Kell Cahoon Ector County Ralph Pembrook David & Inez Odessa San Andres Crocket Paul Murray and Associates Shannon Crockett County Big Lake Gulf Oil Corn North Todd Oil Field Gc&sf Survey Discovery Offset Ward Ward County Wickett Hutchins Stock Assn Discovery Wolfcamp Strawn Harper Tair & Price Strawn, Connell and Fllenturger Ellenburger T&p Goldsmith North Ector County Cities Service Petroleum Company No Blakeney T&p Survey

Sinclair continues tests in New Mexico and Lea County

Sinclair Oil and Gas Co Midland continues Bone Spring and Indian Basin tests. In West Eddy County gas shows were logged at No 1 Indian Basin Federal with 19 000 cubic feet per day surfacing during a 1 hour test from 9 952 to 9 282 feet. Separately the Mahaffey Federal ARC No 1 tested a Devonian interval yielding 154 barrels of oil and 46 barrels of water in 24 hours while swabbing and flowing the zone near Mallamar and Tens field regions.

Ellenburger Ralph Lowe Midland Basin Federal West Eddy County N.M Carlsbad Oison Lowe No. 1 Indian Basin Federal Cisco Morrow Lea, N. M Sinclair Oil & Gas Co Mahaffey Federal Arc West Lea County N. M Central Basin Andrews Fee Union Texas Borden—Abel & Bancroft Chayton T&p Sur Milter Gibson Conrad G. Helcosur Gaines—Brown Ford PSL ODC WTRR Shield Mobil Blk. H D&w Texas Chilton Lge Thompson Martin—Kern Kingsfield Ward Csl Bohder Isher—Brown No Hoover H&tc T&p South Basin Pan Am G&mmb&a Sur Pan Am No Ecos—Mobil No Cherry Canyon Winkleh Tenneco No Sealy-Smith G&ammb&a Sur Tenneco New Mexico Chaves Amerada Federal Lowe Shale Samedan Hunt State Eddy—Humble Cedar Hill Ka—Boren Robinson Barnes Marathon Lea Skelly West Dal Texas Pacific State Roosevelt—Ashman & Hilliard Allande State

Fisher Draws New Wildcat in Fisher County Territory

Thomas & Saxon Drilling Co of Abilene will drill No. 1 FLOH a 4,904 seat wildcat test in northwest Fisher County seven miles north of Rotan. The Well lies near Rough Draw field and 680 feet from township lines. stepout prospects are noted in Dawson and Stonewall counties with contracts for 8,700 feet.

Thomas & Saxon Drilling Co Abilene Frazier Fisher County Rotan Perth H&tc Stonewall County

Basin Area Well Listing Report

Here N There In The Basin and surrounding sections show multiple oil and mineral well entries. Listed names include Lutrick Girard Bla id Brock Texas Pacific Robert son and City Service with securing details for sec tions 14 2 18 47 and 7 776 lime sand anhydrite and chert noted.

North Basin Area Lutrick Wlis Girard Blaid Aris H&c Sur Drig Li Brock Texas Pacific Robertson Seco L&sVo Tarry —Frankfort Givan C&mrr Sur E Reid Elawrr

Locations And Completions Southeast New Mex Locations

Southeast New Mexico locations and completions listed with operator names, field and section references, and measured depths. Includes Loco Hills Western Development Co of Delaware Artesia and Gulf Federal Hobbs No 1 entries with coordinates and depths.

New Menico Eddy Western Development Co Delaware Artesia

Timekeeping Precision Embraced in Fine Craft

A feature explores precision timekeeping as a refined art, showing craftsmen and collectors who value exact seconds, heritage mechanisms, and meticulous restoration work. The piece highlights historic clocks, modern chronometers, and the passion linking makers to accurate measurement.

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