Pan Am names Midland geology chief Darrel E. Smith
Darrel E. Smith of Shreveport Louisiana Pan American Petroleum Corp has been named to the Midland district exploration chief post. He succeeds N Z Brasher who resigned to head Odessa Natural Gas Co new exploration office in Midland. Smith joined Pan Am in 1948 as a seismic party helper and is a Utah native with education at Kansas State Teachers College University of New Mexico where he was an honor graduate with a degree in geophysics. Pan Am's Shreveport office will be closed.
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Darrel E. Smith
Shreveport
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Pan Am
Midland
William T. Smith
Fort Worth
Smith
N. Z. Brasher
Odessa Natural Gas Co
Inew
Salt Lake City
Kansas State Teachers College
University of New Mexico
Fisher Strawn Strike Gauged In East Central Texas Field
In east central Fisher County near Sylvester, Humble Oil and Refining Co completed No 1 Elmer Hawking as a Strawn discovery to open a new pay in the Sylvester field. A 24 hour potential test yielded 57.88 barrels of 47 gravity oil through an 18/6 inch choke with no water. Production occurred via perforations from 5398 to 5405 feet with a gas oil ratio of 41001 and casing pressure at 200 pounds. hole bottom at 5500 feet and 27 inch casing at 5482 feet. Top of pay at 5391 feet. Occurs at survey No 323 Subdivision 43 Bastrop County lines noted.
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Fisher County
Sylvester
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Elmer Hawking
Bastrop County
Land Survey
Ision
Fulton Extends Field Near Yoakum County Wells
In a Texas oil track update, Fulton extended the Chambliss San Andres field in Yoakum County north of Andrews, with multiple test wells planned and completion targets set. The No 1 Louise Shop and Ruth Bennett tests involve 5,314 feet and 3,713 feet elevations, while other wells explore sections 704 and 478 in Block D to evaluate oil production potential and water handling.
Wildcat Drilling Drive Spurs Pecos County Lease Plans
Forest Oil Corp and Lone Star Producing Co plan an 8,600 foot wildcat well No. Jo Ann Moore on a 2,500 acre lease in south Pecos County near Marathon. The location lies near Section 7, Block 1, GCRSF survey with complex line references. Additional activity includes a second location at Mishelley Queens field near Sheffield and other lease spots tested for pay zones. A separate well in western Pecos County yielded acid water and gas, flow rates reported, with operators removing a well after testing.
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Pecos County
Forest Oil Corp
Lone Star Producing Co
Midland
Jo Ann Moore
GCRSF
Bernard Esunas
Dallas
Mishelley
Queens Field
L&gn Survey
Chancellor
Oates
Hunt/fedt
Oil
Fifth Well Seen For Roosevelt Penn Pool Area
Lone Star Producing Co reports a potential in the No 2B well in the Southeast Roosevelt pool area South Prairie Gouagh C. Preliminary test shows 21.96 barrels of oil no water tubing pressure 1075 psi after perforations 9681-95 feet washed with 500 gallons mud acid. Location 1990 feet from south and west lines of Section 21 85 36e five miles southeast of Milnesand.
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Milnesand
Argentina to Build Petrochemical Complex at San Lorenzo
Houston special reports Argentina will build a million ton petrochemical complex at San Lorenzo along the Parana River, northwest of Buenos Aires. Petroquimica Argentina S.A. will finance and construct the plant, the first of its kind in the country, backed by Continental Oil, Cities Service, United States Rubber, Witco Chemical, and Fish International. Government approval came in a decree signed by President Arturo Frondizi. Domestic crude oil, natural gas, and condensates production rose in 1969 to about 7.91 million barrels daily from 7.51 million.
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Dry Holes Wik 12 UL tur Nolan British American
Mary Beall mentions Nolan in a dated note referring to British American. The fragmentary text references Tat aur 4 Tamas and a Deating 0 while mentioning wildcat and unreported MiB items. Overall the readable portion suggests a terse annotation or gossip note with limited verifiable detail.
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Gaines Project Spotted in Gaines County Oil Lease
Texaco Inc will drill a 1.9 mile southeast and southwest offset to test the field pay in northwest Gaines County. The 11,375 foot project sits on a 222 acre lease with spots at 1,529 feet from the north line and 2,321 feet from the west line of Section 12, Block A-7, Public School Land survey.
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Texaco Inc
E. H. Jones
Gaines County
Seminole
Band Tryouts At Tech Today For Interscholastic Contest
About 100 high school band students from North and West Texas compete in Interscholastic League tryouts at Texas Tech. The auditions start at 2 p.m. in the music building, under Paul Branom from Tom S. Lubbock High School. Regional winners from Regions 1 8 11 and 13 advance to state band and TMEA workshops in Dallas February 8 to 11.
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Tom S. Lubbock High School
Panhandle
South Plains
Permian Basin
Far West Texas
Texas Music Educators Association
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