Sinclair Plans Three West Texas Wildcat Drills
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. targets three West Texas counties for wildcat wells in Ector Crane and Ward. J L Johnson project aims at Elienburger depth north west of Odessa while Atlantic-Richfield proposes a 9300 foot Devonian well near Crane. Rhoda Walker Unit seeks Cherry Canyon prospect near Pyote with a 6350 foot depth five miles southwest of Love lady field. Wells Completed Andrews area reports Queen sand strike at 11 University site with 124 barrels oil and 18 barrels water daily. Cox Estate lower Clear Fork producer yields 83 barrels oil and 83 barrels water daily. Meeker eyes potential oil at No 1 D C Reed Estate in Hockley after 3 hour drill stem test.
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Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
West Texas
Ector
Crane
Ward
J. L. Johnson
Odessa
T&p
Ratliff
Ellenburger
Rhoda Walker
Cherry Canyon
Pyote
H&tc
Wil-John
Delaware
Lovelady
Wells
Andrews
Clear Fork
Andrews County
W. W. Meeker
Midland No.11 University
University Lands
McFarland
Queen
Drews
Midwest Oil Corp
Midland
Cox Estate
East Lines
Union
San Andres and Clear Fork
Gasoi
Wichita-Albany
Hockley
D. C. Reed Estate
Hockley County
Ject
Labor
League
State Capitol Lands Survey
Levelland
Strawn
Northeast
Pan American Petroleum Corp. No
CQ University
Yates
Emma
University Survey
Peru Moves to Nationalize IPC Oil Subsidiary
President Belaunde signed a law nationalizing the International Petroleum Co., a Standard Oil of New Jersey unit. The measure, approved by Congress earlier, shifts land rights and refining equipment to Peru with no compensation and gives the president 30 days to complete the changeover without further congressional approval.
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Lima
Peru
Fernado Belaunde
International Petroleum Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Congress
IPC
Suntide Refining Increases Crude Oil Prices
Suntide Refining Co. raised crude oil prices by five cents per barrel in parts of South Texas to meet competitive conditions. The Corpus Christi refinery network will see top prices range from 3.02 to 3.15 per barrel, affecting about 19,800 barrels daily.
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Tulsa, Okla
UPI
Suntide Refining Co
Texas
Corpus Christi
Oil Well Reentries Stir Texas Fields Near Andrews and Levelland
Report lists multiple wildcat re entries across Texas locations including Andrews, Chaves New Mexico area, Hockley, and Levelland. Notes include well IDs such as Parker Estate and Browner No 1 with depths from 0 to 19 075 feet and offsets from section lines varying from 0 to 6 790 feet, reflecting survey activity two miles northeast of Big Spring and other regional sites.
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Tn, T&p Survey
Big Spring
New Oil Field Placements and Completions Across Texas Areas
Listings show Gulf Oil and Pan American Petroleum among others marking new well locations near Goldsmith Ackerly Howard and Andrews region. Comple tion data include Texas University well near Ector and several Grayburg San Andres units with elev positions, depths, production figures and completion parameters.
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Goldsmith
Gulf Oil Corp
C. A. Goldsmith
T&p
FS & Imo Fwl
San Andres
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Goldsmith-Landreth
San Andrea
Howard—Howard Glasscock
American Petrofina Co
Texas
Otis Chalk
Fel
W&nw Sur
Big Spring
Howard Glasscock
American Petrofina
Dean Rand
Russell Meguire
Dallas
W. Hale
Ackerly
Gas pipeline fire near Northfield injures bulldozer operator
A bulldozer strike on a gas pipeline outside Northfield sparked flames up to 100 feet high on Thursday. Operator C. O. Grossman was singed on the back by a spark from the blast. The machine burned, automatic shutoff stopped crude oil and butane flow, and two days were expected to burn off the remaining gas. Northfield lies about 25 miles southwest of Childress.
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Northfield
UPI
C. O. Grossman
Childress
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