Interior and Defense clash over tidelands oil rights
Washington July 28 Interior Department and Defense clash over plans to seize 38 million acres of continental shelf off Texas and Louisiana for military use. House Interior Committee warned against unwarranted land acquisitions and urged congressional checks while interior officials warned private oil development would be throttled by any shelf lease controls.
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Interior
Defense Departments
Tidelands
House Committee
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
Interior Department
Defense Department
Texas
Louisiana
Armed Services
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
House Interior Committee
United Press
Clair Fnele
Calif
Congress
Wesley A. D'Ewart
Air Force
Navy
Continental Shelf
San Nicholas Island
Los Angeles
Discovery rules tighten for new oil wells by Texas Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission issued a memorandum dated July 16 detailing required data for discovery quality designation. Applications must include area maps of nearby wells, depth data on dry holes, producing interval, logging, structure maps, cross sections, and pressure or fluid data. The memo notes stricter rules for qualifying discoveries and exemptions from proration for the first year. Charles E. Smith of The Western Co. was elected to the Petroleum Branch of the AI MME. Dresser Industries to move corporate incorporation from Pennsylvania to Delaware. Covington Estate No 1H in Terry County approved for discovery designation with San Andres depth at 5 005 feet and 24 hour test. Cities Service donated $20 000 geophysics equipment to University of Colorado.
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Railroad Commission
Texas
Polley
Hatine
George Livermore
Covington Estate
San Andres
Terry County
Slaughter Field
Covington-San Amares
Cities Service Oil Co
Department of Geology
University of Colorado
Warren Longley
RH Hucker
Cities Service
Nix Pool Drillers Complete Two New Producers in Andrews County
Texas Crude Oil Co. of Fort Worth reports the third and fourth producers in the Nix-4400 field, west-central Andrews County. No. 1-Ad Minger Nix flowed 601 barrels per day on a test, with oil 36.2 degrees gravity, gas oil ratio 748, from perforations near 4414-40 to 4474-50 feet. No. 71 Munger Nix tested at about 587 barrels daily from perforations around 4412-38 to 4464-92 feet after a fracture using 10,000 gallons oil and 10,000 pounds sand. Site located 12 miles west of Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Crude Oil Co
Far Worth
Andrews County
Munger-Nix
Andrews
Honolulu Oil Corp
Midland
Ting
Hansford County
E. R. Skinner
Wise Gaser
T&no
Spearman
O'Laughlin
Gray—Holley Uranium Co
W. Heaston
Laketon
Shell Oil Co
S. R. George
Perryton
Morrow
Rip Underwood and
Parker Pet. Co
Cooper
Des Moines
Farnsworth
Hemphila—Cree Ding. Co
W. R. Campbell
Fuhrman-Masche Testimony Weighs Field Proration Change
Texas Railroad Commission heard testimonies in Austin on whether to keep Fuhrman-Masche as a single producing zone. Stanolind argues all wells, including the Deep Rock area, draw from the same formation and should be prorationed together. If accepted, J R Weaver’s No 1 M A Thornberry discovery status would be denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
San Andres
Grayburg
Fuhrman-Masche
Andrews County
Guy
Buell, Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Lee Adams, Jr
Stanolind
Deep Rock
J. R. Weaver
M.A. Thornberry
Hungary relaxes travel limits for foreign diplomats
Budapest announces looser travel rules for diplomats, removing the obligation to report plans. The prior 18 mile limit near Budapest and the later 10 mile restriction are replaced by broad freedom to move in most areas, with exceptions near border towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Russia Oil Capacity Seen One Fifth Of U S Output
Dr J Brian Floy stated Russia produced about 14 million barrels daily in 1955 less than one fifth of U S production for the same period. He noted Russia’s rise due to Ural-Volga discoveries and outlined plans for expansion and gas pipeline projects.
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Houston
Russia
Ural-Volga
Moscow
J. Brian Floy
Gulf Coast Petroleum
Dr. Eby
Dir. Bhy
Texas
Federated Soviet Republic
Ural Volga
Eby
Baku
Dr. Fy
Stavrapal
Caucasus Mountains
Maikop
Hansford County Powers Biggest Frac Job In West Texas
Dowell Inc completed the Riverfrac treatment at Hanley Co. No. 2A Driver near Midland, pumping 250,000 gallons of water and 200,000 pounds of sand in 96 minutes to prop Sprayberry formation. The operation involved 18 mobile units, 4,500 hydraulic horsepower, and drew 35 Dowell employees plus spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley Co
Dowell, Inc
Midland
Sprayberry Trench
Dowell Inc
West
Texas
Dowell
Modasioy
Pay
Hanley
Cowell
Allison
Dallas Firm Signs Big Uranium Deal
The Rich Uranium Company of Dallas and Darwin announce a contract with Cataract Mining Corp of New York making Cataract the largest single foreign mining concession holder in Australia. The concession covers about 280000 acres near Rum Jungle and Darwin with ore grades reported between 3 and 5 percent U3O8. Uranium from the concession will be sold to the Anglo-American agency and shipped to Rum Jungle mills for processing, with another facility at Palladium II under construction.
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Allas
Darwin
Australia
Cataract Mining Corp
New York City
Outback
Northern Territory
Kamon Petroleum Explorations Group
Cisco
Rum Jungle
Anglo-American Combined’ Uranium Development Agency
Combined
Cs One
Rum Jung Mills
Padium II
Lubbock Firm Reports Oil Finds in Stephens County
Leo Deilling Co of Lubbock reports free oil recovered on drillstem tests at the No. 18 Delang well in north central Stephens County opposite the Conglomerate. Initial test surfaced gas quickly with limited volumes and oils flowed under surface pressure. Subsequent tests show gas, oil and pressure data as drilling continues one mile south of Shasville, near the E. DeLong survey.
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Hockley Serike
Wilshire Oil Co. No. Tes Darby
Canyon Reef
Hockley County
Iommam
Leo Deilling Co
Lubbock
Stephens County
Delang
Bottemhote
Enre Ported
Shasville
Beth
Lab Fort
E. DeLong
Railroad Commission filings show South Plains field completions listed
The record lists multiple oil and gas well completions in the South Plains field including Anarene Com San Andres Walfenman and University blocks with depths around 8,000 to 9,000 feet. It notes pay zones, tubing pressures, water content, and gas oil ratios across numerous wells and sections within Deaf Smith, Garza, and surrounding counties.
Sunray Cycling Plant in Northwest Branch Louisiana Opens
Sun ray Mid-Continent Oil Co. has put in full operation its cycling plant at Northwest Branch near Church Point in Acadia parish Louisiana. The facility processes about 690 million cubic feet of gas per day and yields roughly 65 500 barrels per month of stabilized distillate, butane and propane. The plant features a top gas injection pressure of 6 600 psi to re inject dry gas into the formation, supplied by six wells. Gas from the NS and NB sands at 10 500 to 11 500 feet is reduced to 2 000 psi at the wellhead before processing and re injection. About 75 percent of the product is stabilized distillate sold to Esso and Canal Refining Co. A crew of 14 men operates the Northwest Branch plant under superintendent Gordon E Boyd.
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Sunray
Tulsa
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co
Northwest Branch
Church Point
Acadia Parish
Esso and Canal Refining Co
Gordon E. Boyd
Rinehart Unveils Panhandle Oil Region Reference Book
Rinehart Oil News Co releases a 300 page Panhandle area reference volume. It covers historical field data and forecasts for soil and gas development across southeast Colorado southwest Kansas northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle with articles by Jerome A. Lewis and G F Thomas. It includes 168 oil and gas field data plus county maps and electric logs and is pitched as the first general summary of its type for the Panhandle.
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Rinehart Oil News Co
National Oil Reporting Service
Dallas
Panhandle
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Raton
Jerome A. Lewis
Denver
G. F. Thomas
Liberal
Drilling Activity Level Flat Across United States and Canada
The week shows a near steady drilling activity with a net national rig count of 2 846. Texas remains the heaviest loser with 36 rigs down to 989 while Western Canada leads gains with 22 more rigs, and Oklahoma Kansas report increases.
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United States
Canada
Texas
North Texas
West Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
South Louisiana
North Lousiana
Californa
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
American Assoc
Oilwell Drilling Contractors
iHughes Tool Company
Oilmen drill 41 new oil wells and 3 gas wells
The railroad commission reported 41 new oil wells and 3 gas wells were brought in this week at the expense of 198 dry holes. Eighteen oil wells and one gas well were discovered in willcal operations, with 119 dry holes drilled. Daily production on Samsday rose by 1,223 barrels per day over the prior week.
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Alex
OSS Tee
Depense
Railroad Commission
Willcal
VWORL
Samsday
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Bureau of Engraving
Air Force Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Jim Mayes
Charles E. (Smitty) Smith
The
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American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
Dresser Industries
Pennsylvania
Delaware
View President Corp
Continental Oil Co
Glenrock
7 Land
Gulls Tour Tde Bureau
Don Henderson
San Angelo
Texas Tech
Munray Petroleum
Bum Gibbins
Nix Pool
Formosa
Children’s Das India
Bokara
Bihar
Stephens
ENEWS
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Universite
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