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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1960
Page
2
Oil firms including Shell and Strawn Discovery Drilling report wildcat tests in Scurry and Lea counties. No. 1A Jones in Scurry tests Strawn in southeast area, while Zelan T Craig No. 1 near Gladiola Lea Co yields Devonian indications. San Andres finds and Seven Rivers tests update regional exploration activity with multiple depths and flow observations.
Ostrex supplies as much iron as 18 taw oysters or ae.
Paul L. Davis leads a group testing a No. 1 Pure-Owens wildcat five miles southeast of Bakersfield in east Pecos County. The Ameri can Trading No. 1 Vaughan prospect flowed oil and acid through a choke, with tubing pressure of 290 pounds, and is undergoing bottomhole pressure tests as bank batteries are planned. The location sits 12 miles southeast of Big Lake, near Section 20, Block 48, University Land survey, with ties to Ellenburger production and recent shut-in for equipment work.
T and L Development Co of Dallas will drill a 5800 foot wildcat well No 1 Sam to test into the San Andres formation, four miles southeast of Sea graves in northeast Gaines County. The site lies 0.5 miles northwest of a recent 5667 foot failure showing San Andres, two miles north of a San Andres discovery and 2.5 miles west of a Yates strike. The drillsite is 1980 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of Section 84, Block G, WIRR survey.
Oil and gas testing notes report several wildcat and test wells in northwest Lubbock County Texas near Section 26, Block JS ELERR and in Kent County Ohio. Tests show flows of oil and gas with various depths and pressures, including Strawn area results at 6 495 to 5 505 feet and yields of 3.2 barrels per hour.
A natural flow from Gardner sand perforations produced 127 barrels of oil with no water during a 24 hour test. The site lies two miles west of the Jim Adams field and 2145 feet from the northwest line of subdivision 10 in Edward Conely survey No. 445, about three miles southeast of Fort Chadbourne Road.
A proposed constitutional amendment granting DC residents the right to vote for president and vice president cleared the House on Tuesday and heads back to the Senate which had approved it earlier but linked it to two other amendments. If approved by the Senate, it would require three-fourths of state legislatures to take effect. In unrelated oil news, drilling updates note Strawn Discovery in West Jayton field and West Hockley County activity near Smyer with depth milestones and core findings.
The Silverstrom fellowship at Beaumont and Liberty honors a Sweden native and past Texas Federation president. It supports a foreign student who plans U.S. study and plans to return home. Eligibility includes undergraduate heritage and community service. Miss Nancy Johnson of Lamesa chairs the Federation committee selecting Miss Alvarez.
The League of Red Cross Societies reports 39 national societies contributed a total of francs 3,250,000 for Chile earthquake relief. Funds will buy materials and food. The franc is valued at 23 cents, with the aid aimed at immediate needs in Chile.
A 14 inch Lone Star Fober gles boat is described with a 35 horsepower Mercury motor and additional equipment.
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