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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1968

Page

5

Oil Firms Report Wildcat Drilling Across Texas Fields

Mobil Oil and Midwest Oil report multiple wildcat wells across Reeves Andrews Crane Schleicher and Crockett counties with tests yielding varying results. No. 1 Evans and No. 1 C. T. Widen abandoned after deep drilling. Shell-Clayton No. 1 completes with 1.36 million cubic feet daily gas from Canyon sand. Gas shows and mud analyses described for several sites near Ozona Eldorado Strawn Cisco and Goldsmith. Field activity includes test results, depth notes, and open-flow calculations in a multi-county oil and gas exploration update.

Mobil Oil Corp Ashlock Pecos Reeves County H&gn Wildcat Andrews Texas Cride Oll i Evans Andrews County PSL Survey Tom Brown Drilling ‘Co. Inc Midland Ozona Canyon Schleicher County Shell-Clayton Coe Eo Oz_At Nor Ona Gc&sf Survey Crockett Phillips Petroleum Co Clyde Ector County Explorer Goldsmith Cisco T&p Donnelly Andrews — Nolley Texas, Inc Weasbrook Oil Corp FSW FEL Lab Lgc Crane — Edwards Waddell Bayview Union Oil, Co California H&tc Sur Elevan Ee ravard-Estes North — Gulf Ye O'Brien Magnolia Sealy South George Sealy I Gur Asta Ui Winkler Ward- Estes — Gul Bertr Uae Gor

Locations And Completions In Andrews And Nearby Areas

Readable oil field listing shows multiple location entries in Andrews and adjacent counties, detailing operator names such as Ameri cana Petroleum, Atlantic Richfield, and Texas Pacific, with well numbers, section/township data, depths in feet, and production figures including depths, flow rates, and lateral extents. Several amended locations and Cross references indicate revised survey data and completed wells across the region.

Andrews Ata Enerey Owpr — Resources Co Crump Gale Nw-Frankel City Atone Southwestern Natural Oe P&a Lane Oberdeau South Thible Clear Fork K. Canter & Associates Odessa Bec H&to Mt -W O. Beavers FSWL Alccensey Roberdeau Tubb Middle Clear Fork Roden Ol Co Atlantic Richfield Eee Sur McCamey Kedward Wolfcamp Texas Pacific Pel N-Grane Oward — Glasscock Howard- Glasscock Queen Americana Petroleum Corp Dora “Roberts Wanw Sur Mi-S-Big Spring Howard-Glasscock Americana Petroleum Dors Roberts WENW Sur Howard Glorieta Colorado Knox

Wildcat Drilling and Concessions Across Texas and Oklahoma

Fragmented listing details multiple wildcat oil and gas wells and ventures across Texas and Oklahoma. Names include Kadane & Sons, Irion Tucker, Pepper, and Henderson with locations near Chillicothe Quanah Mertzon Winters Elida and nearby counties. Entry notes well IDs, depths, and feed lines with varied legal descriptions and sections.

Hardes Dake Hamon Killough Wildcat Sec Tomes Chillicothe Kadane & Sons No Drake Wildcats Bec Sur Quanah Kadane& Sons LA Fowler Elk Sol Chillicothe Irion — Tucker Uetiline CO Inc Peter’ Henderson M. Tullos Mertzon Roosevelt —' Aycock& Hilin Herbert Ideal Fs&e Gilbert J. Boorse Jr Henderson Bi Fowler Winters

Fear for rhinos Jakarta

Indonesian conservation officials warn the one horned rhinoceros faces extinction from poaching for body parts used in quack medicines. Rhinos are believed extinct on Sumatra while Java remains protected by local laws.

Jakarta UPI Sumatra Java

Midland region oil rigs show weekly drop amid mixed gains

A West Texas and Southeast New Mexico rig survey reports 183 active rigs in the past week, down 10 from the prior week but 33 more than the 150 rigs in the Permian Basin on the same date in 1967. Lea County leads with 51 rigs, Pecos second with 25, and Andrews, Chaves, and others shown in two weeks’ figures with latest first.

Midland Texas New Mexico Reed Drilling Tools Permian Lea County Pecos Andrews Borde Ae Chaves She Een Brewsler Go Gaines Garin Glasscod Oa Hockies Howard le Tae Eae Labbock Jey Laan Ols Martin Nolan Regan Reeves A Eh Ts Roosare Hehleicher Oatteria Rinnewail Sutton Upton Val Verte T. Ward Mie Vortkum

Shell plans $100 million expansion of Houston refinery

Shell Oil Co announces a major expansion of its Houston Refinery to 255000 barrels per day, with completion aimed in 1971. The project adds distilling capacity, hydrotreater, hydrocracker, hydrogen plant, reformer, and saturates gas plant, plus extensive pollution and noise controls. Deer Park facility began in 1979. crude oil comes mainly from Alberta and West Texas by pipeline. No contractors named yet.

Shell Oil Co Houston Shell Chemical Co Shell United States Deer Park West Texas

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