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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
4
W Floyd Wright discusses a geological composite from Midland Texas, dating to the Upper Ordovician era about 365 million years ago. The report highlights field notes and methodological details, with emphasis on chain-of-custody for samples and classification challenges.
W. Floyd Wright outlines Montoya Sylvan and Maravillas formations amid Tobosa Basin growth in late Ordovician time. He details regional flexures, Alpine Arch, Llanoria Channel, and Pena limestone relations, with thickness ranges from 0 to 600 feet and widespread cherty carbonates across West Texas and South New Mexico.
DOB Oil Prospect, Midland No 1 Northeast Anderson area in Lea County New Mexico, flowed lime oil on a test Friday. Gas surfaced quickly with an oil flow of 25 barrels in 43 minutes and gravity of oil measured at 46 degrees. The well targeted the Bough C zone in the Pennsylvanian, about 10 miles northeast of Mallamar and near the Anderson Ranch field.
Gulf Oil subsidiary Warren Petroleum Corp reshuffles officers and directors in Pittsburgh as James E. Allison nears retirement. New Warren president Fred S. Schwend joins W. K. Whiteford as chairman with E. D. Brockett of Gulf becoming Warren president.
Skelly Oil expands into chemicals with a Clinton Iowa fertilizer plant by Hawkeye Chemical Co. and a Eldorado Kansas refinery add-on. Projects cost 10 million and 2 million with annual phenol output planned plus acetone and alpha methyl styrene. 50 jobs expected in Eldorado. phenol shipped by rail.
One hundred twenty two technical papers on drilling and recovery will be presented in New Orleans October 6 9 for the 38th Annual Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME. About 3500 engineers and wives expected with 100 plus exhibitors and Jung Hotel as headquarters. The SPE marks its 50th anniversary as an international organization with over 14000 members.
The document lists multiple wildcat drills and prospect notes across several counties and oil fields, including Edwards Tucker Os, Ne, Frank Baker, and Upton Texaco No 1. It cites drill directions, depths such as 2181 feet and 1,980 feet, and locations like 4 miles NW of Orla and 18 miles west of Menard, indicating activity in the early to mid 20th century oil exploration.
In Fort Worth this week Miller & Miller Auctioneers announced the liquidation auction of J. P. Bum Gibbins Inc a large Midland Texas oilwell servicing firm. The sale set for the last two days of July could extend three to four days to liquidate over one hundred well servicing rigs and related equipment.
Automation spreads in oil and gas as refining and pipeline firms push automated and remote facilities. Two major marketers open modern terminals in Houston to serve the metro area. Gulf Oil opens an advanced automated product terminal, while Humble Oil opens an unattended automatic products terminal.
The article debates automation's impact on oil field and shop jobs, noting declining prospects in dead end and status quo roles while highlighting a future in aerospace and computing. It discusses Gulf, Humble, and Continental projects automating terminals and fields, including Wyoming's Gebo Field and a Houston terminal.
Tulsa special report notes oil industry and states push to stop fresh-water pollution from brine. Survey shows rising state controls since the mid 1950s, with Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico tightening. Despite declines in surface and subsurface contamination, disposal of salt brine remains a main issue and future rules may require complete isolation of fresh-water sands from deeper brine zones.
Great Plains Construction Co. of Lubbock has won a Continental Pipe Line Co. contract to build a 330 mile eight inch line from Billings Montana to Sinclair Wyoming via Casper. The project costs about 7 million dollars with completion targeted by October 1, 1963. Conoco plans a refinery expansion in Billings to 32,000 barrels daily, costing over 7 million dollars and finishing in early 1964.
Kenneth W. Perry, chemical sales coordinator, named chemical products manager for Cosden Oil and Chemical Co. He will oversee chemicals excluding polystyrene from New York City, handling pricing, specs, advertising, and new product development. Perry, Shamrock native, UC Oklahoma mechanical engineer, previously served as Cosden engineer and sales rep.
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