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Wildcat drilling and oil finds across Texas New Mexico fields
Hale County project Walsh and Watts drill No. 1 Mitchell a 10 500 foot wildcat three miles southeast of Abernathy. Cochran County sees No 150 C S Dean completion with 37.9 barrels oil per day from 4 901 5 033 feet. Hockley County three Slaughter field perforations yield 258 barrels oil and 157 barrels water daily. Ward County Ellenburger wildcat No 1 West Caprito Unit planned 544 miles NW of Pyote. Barstow Ward County No 1 Edwards Deep Unit planned at 18 500 feet. Garza County No 3 Swenson Sons flow 91 barrels oil plus 203 barrels oil in tests. Nolan County No 1 Banner field abandoned. Chaves County No 1 Macho State 4 000 foot exploration NW of Roswell. Caprock area No 1 O'Brien Bros staking for 10 000 foot Abo wildcat.
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Cochran
San Andres
Cochran County
Amoco Production Co
C. S. Dean
Sundown
League 58
Martin County School Land Survey
Hockley
Texaco, Inc
Slaughter
Hockley County
Bob Slaughter
League 28
Zavalla County School Land Survey
Labor
League 38
Zavalla County School Land
Lines of Labor
League
Zavalla
County School Land Survey
Wildcat
Ward
Pyote
Ward County
Union Texas Petroleum Corp
University Lands Survey
Shell Oil Co
Barstow
North
Fusselman
H&tc
Garza—Sun Oil Co
S. M. Swenson & Sons
Venture
Post
Garza County
Strawn
Ellenburger
Hnes
H&gn Survey
Nolan
Arthur T. Stieven
San Antonio
O. A. Bannerfield
Roscoe
Nolan Countty
Chaves
Roswell
Chaves County
Western Oil Producers, Inc
Roger E. Canter
Midland
O'Brien Bros
Caprock
Cato
CRANE
W.E.R
David Fasken
Jerry Cowden
H&tc Survey
McKnight
Humbie Oil & Refining Co
J. B. Tubb
Hines
PSL
ECTOR
Foster
Billott F. Cowden
T&p Survey
Odessa
Cowden
Howard—Snyder—Mobiles! Corp
A. E. O'Daniel
Coahoma
Ward—R.o.c
Devonian & Ellenburger
BTA
Martin
France
John I. Cox
Lonnie Bay
T&p
Gor
Pecos
Pecos Valley
Texas Oil & Gas Corp No
Iowa Realty Trust
Cottie
Three Dollar Oil Co
Lubbock
Goodwin
M. A. Cook
Paducah
Union Texas ‘Petroleum Corp
Kathleen Williams
WTRR
Seminole