Lubbock and New Mexico oil wells extend as fields report
Drilling updates from Lubbock County and nearby areas describe Nos. 1 and 2 extensions in the Yellowhouse and Edmission fields with oil tested at 75 barrels of 32 gravity per day and 109.87 barrels respectively, plus a Rich gas show at Indian Basin Federal in Eddy County and new wildcat plans in Roosevelt and Lea counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Norsworthy
Dallas
George L. White
Hockley County
Yellowhouse
San Andres
Zial
Labor
State Capitol Lands Survey
Levelland
Lubbock
Garrett, Wynne & Black
Midland
L. C. Wheeler
Edmission
Clear Fork
Lubbock County
Roosevelt
N. M
Cities Service Petroleum Co
Orswell
Roosevelt County
Milneland
Discovery Offset
Lea
Lea County
T. F. Hodge
Fort Worth
Humble State
Hodge
Rough Co
South Lane
Caprock
Eddy
Ralph Lowe
Indian Basin Federal
West Eddy County
Wildcat
Cities Service Centralizes Its Oil Production
Cities Service announces a nationwide consolidation of its oil funding production refining supply and distribution marketing under Cities Service Petroleum Co with headquarters in Bartlesville Oklahoma Robert L Kidd remains in Bartlesville focusing on exploration and production J E Heston moves to New York to oversee marketing refining and related functions the move marks another step in the company’s organizational streamlining after a Utilities Holding Company Act exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cities Service
Burl S. Watson
Cities Service Company
Cities Service Petroleum C's
Bartlesville
Oklo
Robert L. Kidd
Cities Service Petroleum Company
U.S
Canada
J. E. Heston
Petroleum Company
Watson
Utilities
New Mexico Oil Men Plan Meet In September
Albuquerque special report: top speakers from industry and government will address the Annual Convention of the New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee at Schine Western Skies Hotel September 9 to 11. Notables include Rep. Thomas Morris and executives from El Paso Natural Gas and Du Pont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee
Schine Western Skies
S. J. McKim
U. S
Thomas G. Morris
N.M
Jack M. Stricklin
el Paso Natural Gas Products Co
el Paso
Harold C.thompson
du Pont Co
Wilmington
Del
McKim
Gulf Oil Corp
Bill George
Phillips Petroleum
Amarillo
New Mexico
Basin Plains Rig Activity Edges Up Across Basin Areas
New Mexico and Texas oil counties report a modest rise in rotary rig activity as basin totals show 218 rigs, up from 215. Lea County leads two-state output with 36 units while South Plains posts July high since 1959 with 129 rigs. Total Basin activity compares with 229 last year and 214 two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Lea County
N. M
Plains
New Mexico
Lez County
Howard
Lynn
Mitchell
Andrews
Vfant Ik
Berden
Brewster
Rane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dawson
Ter
Ih Eddy
N.om
Martin
Menard
Midland
Mitcheil
Nolan
Pecps
Previdio
Reagan
Roosevelt
NLM
Nels
Hieicher
Gentry
Poard
Locations And Completions In West Texas Oil Fields
A dense listing of oil and gas locations in West Texas drawn from multiple fields and Texas counties. The document details well names, section and township data, surface and subsurface elevations, line coordinates, production metrics, and operator references across Crane, Andrews, Midland, Reeves, Winkler, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Martin
Atlantic
L University
UL Sur
Sw-Andrews
Gulf
Fs&els
T&p Sur
Melrane
Unty-Waddell-Dey
W. N. Waddell
PSL
Sur
McKnight - Gulf
Om. Waddell
Fn&wls
Sinclair
June Sanders
Warfield
C. Z. Robertson
Jordan
FNL
H&tc Sur
J&a
Ward Payton
A. H. Adams
Cynthia L. Monroe
Pecos River
Ellison Publishes Conodont Bibliography Index
Dr Samuel P Ellison Jr UT economics professor compiled An annotated bibliography and index of conodonts used to date rocks The booklet notes 2400 proposed species since 1854 and 1050+ articles Copies cost 225 at the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Austin The Virgin Islands history is also mentioned noting US purchase in 1917 for 25 million
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison
Missour, Thinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
University
Humble Oil and Refining Company
William W. Craig
Austin
Ellisom
Estonia
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas, Austin
Packard-200 Fracturing Unit Rolls Out in Permian Basin
Cardinal Chemical introduces the Packard-200 fracturing unit in the Permian Basin. It delivers over 750 hydraulic horsepower from a single 12 cylinder Pack ard marine engine originally for PT boats. The unit injects 25 barrels per minute at 2500 psi with a 20th Century triplex pump. It features an emergency water flood kill switch, automatic throttle control, air-actuated controls, and no pop valves to reduce oil squirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian
Cardinal Chemical, Inc
Packard Marine
Gas Station Price Sign Ordinance Sparks Okmulgee Debate
In Okmulgee a proposed city ordinance would limit gasoline price signs to pumps, aiming to curb price wars and traffic hazards. Supporters led by Graves push for passage while dealers like Russell Jones collect signatures opposing the measure, risking a legal fight if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iState Rep
Hd Cole
Graves
Russell Jones
Greaves
Dale Rainey
Okmulgee
New York
Oklahoma
Cochran County Oil Taxes Down
Cochran County Commissioners met with oil company representatives to discuss property tax revenue. Taxes on gas and utilities property will drop by 1,286,670 dollars this year due to fewer producing oil properties, with an estimated 21,674,047 dollars in oil tax receipts expected for the year. Oil was discovered in 1988 and county revenue peaked around 1955 at about 28 million annually, then declined by about one million dollars per year since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran County Conmmins- Sioners
Cochran County
Three Firms Organize Petrochemical Unit Alamo Polymer Corp
Formation of Alamo Polymer Corp to build and run polypropylene resin and film plants at Phillips industrial site on the Houston Ship Channel. Completion targeted for the third quarter of 1963. Alamo will use Phillips resin process and National film process with immediate film sales. National promotes polyproylene film to replace cellophane in packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Polymer Corp
National Distillers and Chemical Corp
Phillips Petroleum Co
John E. Bierwirth
National Distillers
K. S. Adams
Phillips
Alamo
Phillips Industrial Development
Houston Ship Channel
National
Oil drilling notes and world religious demographics
The document lists multiple oil wells with drilling statuses and depths across Texas and nearby regions, including references to DAWSON-Hamon Now and HOWARD-Williamson No 1, and Cabot No 1 trumbte. It also notes a demographic claim that Christians are the world’s largest religious group with about 880.8 million adherents versus 430.3 million Muslims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Hamon
TEARF
Teon
T&p Sur
Texas
Thompson
PSL
Lowe
Russell
PSL Sur
Howard — Williamson
T&p Sun
Kent — Alkman
Bk. G. Waanw Sur
LEA
Cabot
Trumbte
State
Shale
Rome
Oil Drilling Contractors face 1962 slump and price cuts
Domestic oil and gas drillers fear 1962 totals may drop below 1961 as mid year totals lag. Wells drilled in six months show California and Louisiana gains with Texas leading offshore activity, while overall prices worsen and efficiency becomes key to staying in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max B. Skelton Houston
Wildcats
United States
Texas
California
Louisiana
Oil Field Rig Crisis Signals Bleak Future for Basin Drilling
A historic downturn in Basin drilling shows peak activity in the mid 1950s with 800 rigs, dropping to about 300 capable workers today. Reed Roller Bit Co reports 218 rigs active. nationwide rigs fell from 1216 to 880 with many scrapped or idle. Competition drives cutthroat bids, wrecking profits and delaying new rigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Roller Bit Co
Plains
South Plains
Shell Oi Retirement Prematurely Announced for August
Monroe E. Spaght announced that C C Combs will retire as Treasurer of Shell Oi Co effective August List after a 39 year career. R M Hart nominated as successor, with Hart currently on special assignment in Midland Exploration. Hart, a Harvard MBA, Oklahoma LLB, and CPA, is Tulsa native married to Joanne Krusen with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe E. Spaght
Shell Oi! Co
C.C. Combs
Shell
R. M. Hart
Midland
Combs
Spaght
Bob Hart
Tulsa
New York
Hart
Harvard University
Oklahoma University
New York University
Oklo
Joanne Krusen
Rochester
Minnesota
Got West Broadway
Rob
Sue
Nancy
Steve
Bank robber Fred Parnell held on $87,000 bond in Selma
Fred S. Parnell, 60, of Browns Alabama was jailed in Selma on an $87,000 bond after confessing to a $57 bank robbery at Marion Junction State Bank last Thursday. He had been working in the Houston area as a farm laborer for about two years. Army uniforms shift from olive drab to a conservative grayish Army green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
UPI
Fred S. Parnell
Parnell
Browns
Houston
Marion Junction
When is a gas station operator truly independent
The NLRB draws a right of control test to decide if a lessee dealer is independent or an employee. In a 3 to 2 ruling involving Site Oil Co, four workers were protected after unionization, and the station must be reinstated if rebuilt. The decision narrows independence by deeming Site controlled most operations despite Herman’s $1500 investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
UPI
National Labor Relations Board
James Roosevelt
D - Calif
House
Fies
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Site Oil Co. of
Missouri
Michigan
Baron Herman
Herman
Labor Board
Teamsters
Donald C. O'Hara
National Petroleum Refiners Assn
NPRA
Clark Oil & Refining Co
Clark
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Norsworthy
Indian Basin
Glassocock — Mallard Petrolleum Inc
G. T. Hall
Glasscock County
Satanton
T&p
Howard - Glasscock Field
Pecos
Tom Brown Drilling Co., Inc
Cisco
Texaco University
Phil Hayes
East Pecos
University Lands Survey
Iraan
NEW Menico
Ector
With
Crane
Gaines
Andrews Andes
Lowe-Dean
Texaco
J. E. Mabeeva
Carrie
Dean
Ige
Lipscomb Csl Sur
Jeley
Grav
Wolfcamp
Gult
Boa Waddell
IPF
Bop
GOR
T-Pay
Harper Texaco
Gais
Gaines Harrig
A. B. Wharton
Fél
FEL
Virgin Islands
By Alex Adwan
Jones
A. Lubbock
Suly
Bell Kalb Avalanche
Journal of Editor
Middle East
Suez Canal
Suez
Oil and Gas Journal
NLRB
Site
Bo Teats
Aisa
Odessa
Gibraltar Lite
Permian Basin
BJ Service, Inc
West
Texas Street
Odessa Field
2Nd Street
Hobbs Field
Lovington Highway
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