Texas lawmakers rally after Supreme Court gas ruling
The Supreme Court decision broadening FPCS power to regulate interstate natural gas prices spurs Texas officials and industry leaders to push state price controls. Gov. Shivers and AG Shepperd condemn the ruling as an attack on states rights and free enterprise, while Railroad Commission leaders urge a vigorous state response. Jack Woodward calls the ruling a Texas call to arms.
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William F. Carter
International News Service
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Phillips
Federal Power Commission
Allan Shivers
Supreme Court
John Ben Shepperd
Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Jack Woodward
Dallas
Woodward
FPC
Thompson
Railroad Commission of Texas
Bottom Hole Survey Ordered In Scurry County
The Railroad Commission orders a ninth bottom-hole pressure survey for key wells in the Canyon Reef lime reservoir Kelley-Snyder field Scurry County. The shut-in period runs July 1 to August 1 1954 with tests due by August 15 1954 at a 4500 foot datum and calibrated instruments.
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The
Railroad Commission
Canyon Reef Lime Reservoir
Kelley-Snyder
Scurry County
Commission
Midland
First Petroleum Review Published for Andrews County
Phifer Petroleum Publications releases the 132 page 1954 Petroleum Review Andrews County Texas detailing 104 oil and gas fields since 1929 with discovery wells field maps and logs. J D Novotny named Stanolind seismograph supervisor in Lubbock District. Humble seeks Diamond M Wolfcamp spacing and casing rules at Railroad Commission hearing. Plainview dealer banquet next Wednesday with A M Ault speaking on operator responsibility.
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Phifer Petroleum Publications
Houston
Petroleum Review
Andrews County
Texas
Deep Rock
Robert L. Phifer
Five Star Oil Reports, Inc
Texas Railroad Commission
P.O. Box
J.D. Novetny
Stanslind Qr & Gas Company
Lubbock
P. H. Gerrison
Stanolind
Oklahoma City
Geophysical Supervior
Novotny
Missouri School of Mines
Diamond M-Wolfcamp
Scurry County
Railroad Commission
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Plainview
South Plains
Hilton Hotel
A. M. Ault
Premier Oil Refining Co
Longview
New Mexico Completions Reported in Eddy County
Eddy County completions include Wildcat Delaware Sand Discovery by Richardson & Bass with 67 barrels of 42 gravity oil and 204 barrels water daily and Wolfcamp Discovery by Stano Lind Oil & Gas Co producing 30 barrels of oil and 90 barrels water daily. Monument Blinebrys and Terry Blinebry fields show oil volumes ranging from 264 to 392 barrels daily with varying gas oil ratios and acidizing histories. Multiple wells across sections 6 12 32 36 13 21 5 24 38 and others on State and Federal leases report open hole and perforation treatments, fracturing with thousands of gallons, and notable gas production totals and open-hole intervals.
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Eddy County
Wildcat
Delaware
Richardson & Bass
Reagan H. Legg
Wolfcamp
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Hea County
Blinebrys
Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp
Terry-Blinebry—Continental Oil Co
A. M. Lockhart
Eunice Monument—Drilling & Exploration Co
Langlie-Mattix-Gas
el Paso Natural Gas Ca
Shell-State
Langlie-Mattax
Gulf Oil Corp
Jack Frost
Ramsey State
Jake L. Hamon
Federal-Davis
Mit
Prinkard-Blinebry-Gas
Humble On & Refining Co
Newton—Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Lee Whitman
Dollarhide-Drinkard—Skelly Oil Co
Mexico
Levington-Paddock
Skelly Oil Co
State
Gladiola-Welfcamp
Stanglind Oil & Gas Co
Lois Wingerd
Texas Company
North End
Devonian Discovery in Lea County New Mexico
The Jake L. Hammon No. 1 Federal Davis well in Lea County New Mexico opens Devonian production in the Knowles area. It flowed 270 barrels in nine hours, equating to about 720 barrels per day with 43.8 gravity and a 574 to 1 gas oil ratio. The open hole zone at 12 140 to 12 171 feet was acidized and produced through a one inch choke. Top depths include Anhydrite 2320 feet San Andres 5380 feet Glorieta 6730 feet and Woodford 11985 feet with precise location 660 feet from Section 13-17S-38E.
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Lea
San Andres
Wichita-Albany
Woodford
Andrews County
Shafter Lake
Hamman Oil & Refining Co
Logan-Parker
Cottarhide-Clear Fork
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Cowden
Midland Farms
Elsenburger — Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Mmb&a
Andrews-Wolfcamp
Texas Company
Parker
Fuhrman-Masche—L. F. Oil Co
University
University Lands Survey
Elizabeth Armstrong
Eldenburger
Shell Oil Co
Rankin Texas Transforms With New Water System Oasis Emerges
Rankin Texas, in one of the driest sections, now has nine wells feeding city mains. The county financed water for a park system with 3600000 bonds and can store 400000 to 500000 gallons with capacity to pump over 500000 gallons daily. Savings from the bond issue fund park improvements and future water costs. Residents anticipate green yards and blooms replacing dust and prairie shrubs.
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Rankin
Tex
Texas
Upton County
Rankin Park
Tom D. Workman Jr
Duval County School Officials Indicted Over Public Funds
Duval County school superintendent R. L. Adame faces eight counts of theft over $50 from multiple districts. Former Benavides Independent School District tax assessor D. C. Chapa is indicted on one count of conversion of public funds. Grand jury charged both with misappropriation amid county financial probe.
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San Diego
Tex
Duval County
R. L. Adame
D. C. Chapa
Benavides Independent
Oil and gas field updates from multiple operators in New Mexico and Texas
Survey helicopters map minerals in Manipur Valley while oil and gas wells report daily production. Lazy J Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company shows 297 barrels of 42.6 gravity oil with no water through a 12 inch choke and a gas oil ratio of 16 to 1. Perforations from 11,798 to 11,816 feet not treated. Additional wells including Lateo Gas El Paso Natural Gas Company and Elliott report varied flows and perforation intervals with some acidizing treatment. Continental Oil Company reports Anderson Ranch Unit production of 160 barrels of 54 gravity oil through a 3/4 inch choke and an oil-gas ratio of 655 to 1.
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Lazy J
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co
State of New Moxico
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Anderson Ranch
Continental Oil Co
New Oil Lease Locations Across South Plains Regions
Numerous oil and gas leases announced across Andrews, Flu vanna, Garza, Hale, Howard, Scurry, Terry and Yoakum counties. Entries list lessee names, parcel descriptions, survey references, distances from townsites, and rotary or combination drilling depths, with immediate start dates.
Oil well completions across numerous Texas counties
Oil firms including South Plains, Cottarhide, Midland Farms, Fuhrman-Masche and others report daily yields from multiple sections and blocks. Open-hole sections were fractured or acidized. gas-oil ratios range from low to over 1,000 to 1. Perforations, chokes and acidization volumes listed for each well in Hockley, Cochran, Lubbock, Kent, Garza and surrounding counties.
Air Force urged to switch runway paving to asphalt
The Air Force agreed to use cheaper asphalt instead of concrete after a House subcommittee charged concrete costs taxpayers about 50 million dollars annually. The May 30 investigation prompted swift action by lawmakers led by Rep. William E. Hess.
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Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
Air Force
House Armed Services
William E. Hess
Ohio
Locations Set In New Mexico and Roosevelt County oil fields
A mixed list of oil and gas lease blocks spans Chaves Colfax Lea and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico with multiple companies and sections detailed alongside rotary depth targets. The report also notes an Air Force move to study pavement policy amid asphalt and concrete runway debates and an interim funding plan prior to a National Academy of Sciences review.
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Franklin G. Fleete
Floete
Council
Fleete
Air Force
PCA
Hess
Lumbermen Meet in Plainview Clubs Join Dinner
More than 100 northwest Texas lumbermen attended a joint meeting of Panhandle Hoo-Hoo Club No. 8 and South Plains Hoo-Hoo Club No. 79 in Plainview. The gathering included a golf tournament, dinner, and entertainment with Cliff Adams as local chairman and John Huffines and Tom Pirtle in leadership roles.
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Plainview
Northwest Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
John Huffines
Panhandle Club
Tom Pirtle
Lubbock
South Plains Group
Permian Basin Oil Activity Survey Summary
The Midland office of Rinehart's Oil Reports presents a weekly operation survey ending Thursday. The table lists activity by counties in the Permian Basin region spanning West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
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Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Midland
Rinehart
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Alamo Corp
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Magnelia State
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T. J. Silvey
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