Crane Effort Becomes Wildcat In West Andrews Area
Continental Oil Co of Midland digs the No 2 North Block 12 Unit Ellenburger project 12 000 foot in the Ellenburger field of western Andrews County 22 miles west of Andrews. Amended To Wildcat CRANE-Bell Petroleum shifts depth to 7 000 feet on No 18 Renaud wildcat to test the McKee sand in Simson section in Crane County seven miles northeast of Imperial. Coastal State Gas Preparing to test Yates open hole at No 1 Maxey seven miles SE of Seagraves with fracture and mud acid treatment. location details given. Runnels County gains Gardner lime expansion and re-entry project. No 1 W L Burton unit finaled at 110 bpd oil with 60 pct water and 150 1 gas-oil ratio. Re-entry plans for Capps Garder lime and Gardner sand tests in nearby fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Oil Co., Midland
Andrews County
Andrews
Wildcat Crane
Bell Petroleum Corp. Midland
Renaud
Montoya
McKee
Simpson
Crane County
Imperial
Hetc Survey
San Andres Gaines
Gaines County
Coastal State Gas Producing Co
Abilene
Yates
Maxey
Wildcat
Seagraves
WTRR
Andres
Gardner
Carter Anderson Survey
Hatchell
Jim Thomas
Dallas
Richard Coleman
J. K. Dorrance
Upper Strawn and
T&no
Runnels
Duncan Drilling Company
Big Spring
Keith Graham
Midland
Ballinger
E. C. Pape
Alexander Lessassier Survey
C. B. Hays
Shell Pipe Line Transfers Alfred to Midland Manager Role
Alfred J. K. Alfred becomes Manager West Texas Division of Shell Pipe Line Corp at Midland effective Jan 1. He moves from Los Angeles where he led four corners division, replacing H. E. White who moves to Houston as assistant manager operations. Alfred joined Shell Pipe Line in 1935 at Cushing Oklahoma and has held various midland and head office posts. He became field manager of the Four Corner pipeline construction in May 1957 and active manager in May 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Alfred
West Texas
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Midland
Alfred
Los Angeles
Four Corners
Shell Pipe Line
H. E. White
Houston
Cushing, Oklo
Four Corner
Oil industry looks to modest gains in 1963
Western Hemisphere producers publish a guarded 1963 outlook. Gulf Oil chairman W K Whiteford predicts sales rises and price gains with cost cuts lifting profits, while Continental Oil cites 1962 as a strong volume year and projects modest 1.5 to 2 percent demand growth next year. Canadian activity highlights Athabasca sands plan and Arctic oil find. Outside U S, world demand to grow faster with Japan and Western Europe leading. Soviets raise exports amid price pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. K. Whiteford
Gulf Oil Corp
Whiteford
Gulf Chief
Houston
L. F. McCollum
McCollum
Continental Oil Co
United States
Calgary
Athabasca
Arctic Islands
Alberta
Great Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd
Edmonton
Arctic
J. C. Sproule
U.S. New York
Free World
Albert Nickerson
Socony Mobil Oil Co
Japan
Europe
Lubbock Officials Join IPAA Leadership for 1963
IPAA announces new officers and directors for 1963, with J W Starr of Midland as Texas Permian vice president and F Clinton Edwards re elected to the executive committee. The slate includes Louis M Thompson Robert F Fuller B Oliver Wood Ike W Lovelady W D Noel and Midland appointees Alden Donnelly Robert Holt William Hover Charles Storms Robert Wood plus other re elected directors from Midland and Texas. Harold Decker of Houston begins a second IPAA presidency January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Permian Basin
West Texas
South Plains
IPAA
Texas Permian
J. W. Starr
Starr Gas Co
Midland
F. Clinton Edwards
Professional Petroleum Services, Inc
National Trades Organization
Louis M. Thompson
Cosden Petroleum I Corp
Big Spring
Robert F. Fuller
Fuller Royalty Co
Lubbock
B. Oliver Wood
Wood & McShane
Monahans
Ike W. Lovelady
W. D. Noel
Odessa ‘Natural Gasoline Co
Odessa
Alden S. Donnelly
Robert B. Holt
William A. Hover
Zapata Petroleum ‘Corp
Charles S. Storms
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Robert L. Wood
Basin Drilling Co
Roland L. Hamblin
el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
el Paso
John J. Christ
Oil Devise New View On Health Through Conservation
Oilmen in 1962 shifted toward cost cutting seen as conservation, aiming to prune nonessential drilling. The East Texas deviated well case sparked calls for smarter spacing. Domestic demand rose 4.2 percent to 10.2 million bpd with record refinery throughput and rising profits despite Texas proration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Gorham Named President of Colombian Petroleum Co
Edwin J. L. Gorham Jr. elected president of Colombian Petroleum Co., which is jointly owned by Socony Mobil and Texaco. He succeeds John O. Bower who retired and will base operations in New York, having previously led Texaco's Foreign Producing Department for the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin JL. Gorham, Jr
Colombian Petroleum Co
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Texaco Inc
Colombia
Gorham
John.o. Bower
Western Hemiisphere
Texaco
Third Irish Wildcat Set Drilling Near Dowra Ireland
Ambassador Irish Oil Co together with Continental Oil Co of Ireland and Marathon Petroleum Ireland announce the No 1 Dowra wildcat in County Cavan five miles east of Dowra and about 25 miles southeast of Sligo. The rig moves from No 1 Doonbeg to spud within two weeks as the third test in the joint Irish program aims for about 5000 feet to test basal carboniferous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador Irish Oil Co
Republic of Ireland
Continental Oil Co. of Ireland, Ltd
Marathon Petroleum Ireland, Ltd
County Carvan
Dowra
Sligo
Irish Republic
Ambassador Oil Corp
Fort Worth
Continental Oil Co. of Ireland
Governor Renames Four To River Authority Posts
AUSTIN AP Gov Price Daniel reappointed four directors of the Lower Colorado River Authority on Saturday. Named were W D Corder Burnet M C Dalhan Llano Sam Seymour Jr Columbus and R D Wright Wharton. He also designated Jim Bowmer Temple to the Battleship Texas Commission succeeding the late Tom Dunn Jr Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Price Daniel
Lower
Colorado River Authority
W. D. Corder
Burnet
M. C. Dalhan
Llano
Sam Seymour Jr
Columbus
R. D. Wright
Wharton
Battleship Texas Commission
Jim Bowmer
Temple
Tom Dunn Jr
Houston
Same Song Different Tune for Permian Basin Oil in 1963
The piece projects 1963 oil activity in West Texas and the Permian Basin with 97 producing days in 1962, potential rise to about 100 days, and a shift to percentage based allowables by the Railroad Commission. It notes trends in drilling, wildcatting, and the impact of new import plans and gas legislation on exploration and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Availanche-Journal of
Permian
South Plains
Permian Basin
Railroad Commission
West Texas
RRC
New Mexico
Federal Power Commission
Texas Trans-Pecos Delaware
West Sea
Eddy County
Rocky Mountain-West
FPC Cautions Gas Firms On 1962 Investment Credit
The Federal Power Commission warns natural gas companies not to rush the 1962 investment tax credit. Rules remain under the old universal accounting system pending final stance, with credit amounts varying by asset type and potential impacts on interstate rate cases. The agency notes many responses from gas and electric firms and outlines reporting requirements for tax liabilities during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Kennedy
Commission
Sys
Tem
Atlantic Honors Area Oil Men For Safety
Denver City special report says the Western region of Atlantic Refining Co. held a dinner in Newman's Grill to honor North Permian district employees for an outstanding safety record. R. T. Cox presented the Regional Manager's Safety Award to B. J. Lancaster for the period Nov 1 1961 to Oct 31 1962 based on points from injuries and avoidable vehicle accidents per man-hours worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Atlantic Refining Co
North Permian
Newman's Grill
R. T. Cox
Midland
B. J. Lancaster
Berlin church restoration nears completion after war damage
A yearend report shows West Berlin has restored 99 of 100 badly damaged Protestant churches and built 22 new ones. Seventeen years of work left few ruins. Roman Catholic rebuild figures were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
City Mans Son Promoted By Cities Service Gas Co
Frank W. Harriger Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Frank W Harriger Sr of 3506 25th St has been elected assistant secretary of Cities Service Gas Co announced by president Kirby Crenshaw Harriger a Sigel Pennsylvania native attended Arkansas City Junior College and Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater joined Cities Service Gas Co in 1933 and rose through field posts to chief clerk of Gas Accounting in 1957 before becoming superintendent in charge of gas accounting at the Oklahoma City headquarters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Frank W. Harriger Jr
Frank W. Harriger
25Th St
Cities Service Gas Co
Kirby E. Crenshaw
Sigel
Harriger
Arkansas City Junior College
Arkansas City
Kans
Oklahoma A & M College
Cities Service ‘Gas Co
Frontier Shuffles Denver City Men
Jim Shoults plant manager at Frontier Chemical is transferred to the Frontier plant in Wichita Kansas effective Jan 1 Garland L Phillips officer manager at Frontier here since 1919 is appointed plant superintendent replacing Shoults also effective Jan 1 Phillips traveled to Wichita for briefing and Shoults will move to manage the organic plant seeking a step forward in his career
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver City
Jim Shoults
Frontier Chemical
Frontier
Wichita
Kan
Garland L. Phillips
Seagraves
Shoults
U S Embassy Guarded by Gendarmes in Brussels Riot
In Brussels on a Saturday a crowd of about 200 Katangan sympathizers rallied outside the U S embassy. Belgian gendarmes with armored helmets moved in, dispersed the protest without incident, and erected barbed wire barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Moise Tshombe
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Conoco
West Andrews
Shell Pipe
Cent Canyon
Investors Production Co
Roy Guffey Oil Company of
Fryland
Wilmeth
Ira McNeill
J. L. Lynch
H. T. Sapp
Winters
Paragon Corp
Palo Pinto
Alvin Benson
Thomas R. Webb Survey
Rhodes Drilling Company
Benson
Canada
Nickerson
By Max B. Skelton
American Petroleum Institute
API
East Texas
Magnolia Pipe Line Co
Magnolia
Mobil Chemical Co
Beaumont
Mobil
Hull
U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co
Daniel
Wildcats
Gassers
Lubbock, Texas
BY Bill Kalb
Max B. Skelton Houston
iThe Ipaa
FPC
Congress
Wall Street Journal
Wilbert A. Walker
V U. S. Steel Corp
Securities & Exchange Commission
Atlantic
Cities Service
Phillips
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