Eddy County Wildcat Gas Shows At Morrow Test
LEA DEVONIAN PROSPECT reports gas shows on a Morrow Pennsylvanian drillstem test at the Greenwood Unit in eastern Eddy County. The well 7287-099 ft front formed gas cuts and rising pressure as operations moved to deeper zones two miles northeast of the Greenwend field, with casing set and acidized in adjacent zones while other wells in Scurry and Martin counties advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Wildcat
Morrow
Eddy County
American Petroleum Cargo
Greenwood
Tesh
Ineh Og Sures
Amdal- Sy Oniules
Greenwend
Tai Et
Wiiamsern
Cantasy
Tibting Press
Howard
Perth
Phebes
Shine
Ros. Brennand Jr
Poof Hefren
Midland
Florence Read
Howard County
Leonard
Texans Say Natural Gas Prices Are Low
Washington AP report shows Texans and the Federal Power Commission saying independents and gas operators in the Permian Basin face inadequate prices. Odessa banker John O'Hern notes many independents quit due to hazardous drilling economics, urging stable prices to support exploration and contractor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
John O'Hern
Odessa
Humble Oil Royalty Paymaster Retires
George WW ReVaH a veteran Humble Oil executive who oversaw division order contracts and titles will retire April 1 from Humble Oil and Refining Co. after a long career paying out royalties and operating interests to owners. LeVan, a Tennessee native educated there, joined Humble in 1920 and now heads the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
George WW Revah
Humble Oil & Refining Co
LeVan
Humble
Supply and Transportation Department
Tennessee
Garrett Named To Technical Salesman Post
Midland resident James H. Garrett is promoted to technical sales representative in Continental Oil Co. petrochemical department. He will market Adamite products across the Permian Basin and West Central Texas from Midland, succeeding Jerry Hawsey Land. Garrett previously served four years as a geologist in Conoco's exploration division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
James H. Garrett
Continental Oil Co
Six Oil and Two Gas Strikes Reported in Texas Drilling
The Texas Railroad Commission reported 20 oil well completions and 20 gas completions for the week, bringing totals to 1,902 oil wells and 815 gas wells year to date. Six oil wildcats and two gas discoveries were produced, with finds in Corpus Christi, Wichita Falls, and other districts, as drilling activity rose and 346 regular drilling applications were received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refugio
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi
Incomplete Basin Report Sparks Sparse Mentions
Fragmentary OCR text references individuals and places in a Basin area, with unclear roles. Mentions include Harmon, Noob Medtpouy Rone, Posner rimming and McGrath & Sroith. possible notes on local figures, agencies, and events lack coherent context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Harmon
Posner
Tay Bpdy
Mo-Lowe
Iheistavinn
McGrath & Sroith
Noob Duane
Hamon
Swenson
Gulf Names Internal Domestic Auditor
William H. Meador was named manager internal auditing for Gulf Oil Corp. in Houston. He previously served in Tulsa as assistant manager of data processing for Warren Petroleum Corp., a Gulf subsidiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
William H. Meador
Gulf Oi Corp
Tulsa
Warren Petroleum Corp
Gulf
Basin Plains Rig Count Sees Shifts Across Regions
Reed Boller Co. weekly rig survey shows counts fluctuating across Permian Basin regions. New Mexico's share rises to 68 while Southeast New Mexico, Lea County and nearby areas lead the two state region with multiple rigs. South Plains counties appear in bold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian
Agen Reed Boller Bi Co
Plains
Aete
New Mexico
Leet County
Noor
Crane
IPAA Links Imports to U S Energy Bank Capacity
Harold Decker of the Independent Petroleum Association of America warns that heavy oil imports weaken the United States energy mobilization base. He cites a Standard Oil memorandum noting 7.97 million barrels per day of excess Western Hemisphere oil could be mobilized quickly, with 1.2 million from the Gulf Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oka
Suez Canal
Harold Decker
Houston
Independent Petroleum Association of America
U.S
Independent Petroleu Monthly
IPAA
Decker
Cites Memoranda Ipaa
Standard OU Co
New, Jersey
U.S. Gulf Coast
Nuclear talks May Shape Athabasca Tar Sands Oil Plans
Geneva negotiations could influence timing of developing the Athabasca Tar Sands in northern Alberta. Firms including Cities Service Athabasca Inc and Imperial Oil back a method using an underground nuclear device to heat and loosen crude oil for pumping, a plan once paused by moratoriums and now reconsidered amid new accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
UPI
Geneva
Vhs
Alberta
Athabasca
Cities Service Athabasca Inc
Cities Service Co
Imperial Oil Co
Richfield Oil Corp
Royalite Oil Co., Ltd
Frank H. Kelley to Give API Landman Talk in Levelland
Long time oilman Frank H. Kelley of Colorado City will discuss the landman role at 6 30 p m Thursday during the South Plains Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute meeting at the San Andres Hotel in Levelland. Kelley, born in Indiana, spent 38 years as a Stabil Oil district landman and 25 years on Colorado City School Board, with leadership roles in West Texas commerce and water groups. He also chairs Texas Good Neighbor efforts and serves on the International Good Neighbor Council Education Committee while farming and breeding cattle and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Frank H. Kesley
Colorado City
Mobil Oil Co
South Plains
American Petroleum Institute
Levelland
San Andres
Kelley
Washington County
Indiana
Indiana University
Indiana State Normal
Columbia University
California
Naval School
US. Navy
Stabil Oi Co
West
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Governor's Water ‘Committee
Texas Research Council On ‘Water
Texas Water Conservation Assn
West Texas C of C
American Cancer Society
Ins
American Saddle Horse
Berkshire
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas
International Good Neighbor Council
Bourgab BP
Namue
Russia
U.S
Eii Fharket
India
Pakistan
Asia
Nai
Africa
Western Oil Boom Reaches Australia with Moonie Find
A major oil discovery in Australia shifts the nation toward self sufficiency. Union Oil Co of California Kern County Lands Co and Australia Oil and Gas Corp report Moonie No 1 and No 2 wells flowing at 2592 barrels per day in Triassic Bundamba sandstone. The venture costs around 142 million and could spark a regional oil field trend along the eastern coast near Brisbane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
United States
Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Indonesia
Union Oil Co
California
Kern County Lands Co
Australia Oil and Gas Corp
No. Moone
Brisbane
Bundamba
No. 2
Moonie
No. 1
Great Artesian Basin
Cherokee Sea
Kansas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Locations And Completions In Pan American No 3 Survey
A detailed listing of oil and gas locations and completions across multiple blocks and townships. Includes Andrews North Cowden, Seminole, Howard Snyder, Martin Spraberry, CowddI, Dorward Humble, Dungal, Yoakum Wasson, Hockley Smyer, and Smyer areas with well counts, depths, production rates, water content, and operator notes. Dense with block numbers, section references, and operator names such as Pan American, Texaco, and H&TC survey details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T&e Survey
Coahana
Wis Das
Sheila OH Co
Scurry
Fuller
Coeder
Wolfcamp
Scurry County
Snyder
Narth
H&tc Survey
Martin— Frankfort OU Company of Midland
Seale East
Naot Paul Kk. Jones
Martin Counts
Spraberrs Yrewch
Andrews
North Cowden
Frank Cowden
T&f Sur
UG Aes
East Seminole
Ashenhurst
Bik
WTRR
Sur
Senunola
Billington
Telen
Stanton
Breenave Tspraberry
Cowddi
Homer L. Shonk
Borden
Patricia
Frankfort
Pauli
K. Jones
FNAWT
T&p Sur
Ata ST
Breedlove
Pan Americ Ein
Wile Ross
Fnawl Lab A. League
Borden Csl
Gor
Dorward
Humble
MA. Fuller
H&tc Sur
Ipp
Unumble
Guy
Dungal
Yoakum
Wasson Wichita
Albany
Texaco
Annie Miller
Cedy
Groson Sur
Van Johnson Told To Pay Wife's Bills
Los Angeles AP Van Johnson ordered by Superior Court to pay his estranged wife $5,000 monthly pending trial of her separate maintenance suit. He must maintain mortgage payments on a Beverly Hills home and a Palm Springs home and cover his wife's lawyer fees. Of the monthly sum, $500 supports their daughter Schuyler, 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
van Johnson
Schuyler
San Antonio Man Dies From Kerosene Fire Burn Injuries
Eloy Rodriguez, 70, died at Santa Rosa Hospital after burns from a kerosene heater incident when he attempted to light a fire Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
UPS
Eloy Rodriguez
Santa Rosa Hospital
Federal Power Commission cancels Transwestern pipeline permit ruling
Federal Power Commission examiner Martin Benderman orders cancellation of a mid 1980 temporary 13.5 million dollar pipeline permit for Transwestern Pipeline Co. Houston. The ruling says construction proceeded without proper authorization and assigns fault to the company for willful violation of the Natural Gas Act. Transwestern may appeal within March 1980. no emergency shown for added lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
UPJ
Federal Power Comission
Martin B. Benderman
Transwestern Pipeline Co
Houston
Rendelman
Transwestern
California
FPC
Texas
Pacific Lighting Gas Supply Co
Los Angeles
Pacific
Ren
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Eddy County
Nlm
Term Assessed In In-Law Slaying
A Dallas jury convicted John Lawrence Smith of murder and sentenced him to 25 years for killing his mother-in-law. Smith's 18-year-old wife, expecting a second child, cried in court and was helped from the room as testimony showed the mother-in-law sought to end the marriage and had hired a moving company to remove belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
John Lawrence Smith
Smith
Conoco Plans Crude Pipeline in Oklahoma
Conoco announces an 11 mile crude oil line and a 28 mile line in the Hennessey area Oklahoma. Continental Pipe Line Co. president W L Kygar says the routes will provide outlets for producers in the region connecting Southeast Lincoln field to a point south to join Shell Pipe Line Co. from Cushing to Elk City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Hennessey, Okla
Continental Pipe Line Co
Continental Oil Co
W. L. Kygar
Continental Pipe Line Company
Lincoln Field
Hennessey Area
Shell Pipe Line Co
Cushing
Elk City
Okla
Indiana Standard cuts crude prices in East Texas and Quitman fields
Indiana OW Purchasing Co cut crude oil prices by 15 cents a barrel. East Texas price for Standard Oil Undisna is 3.10 per barrel, affecting about 8,000 barrels daily. Quitman price is 3.00, with about 3,500 barrels affected. All major East Texas purchases now cost 3.10 or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
East Texas
Quitman
Indiana OW Purchasing Co
Standard Oil Co. Undisna
State Oil Group Offers Aid on Small Tracts
SAN ANTONIO A state wide committee offered help to groups with ideas for fair drilling on small tracts. The 10 man steering group of the Committee for Adequate Development of Texas Oil and Gas Resources passed a resolution opposing attempts to drain oil and gas from neighbors land. The panel approved a public information campaign and named C. W. Alcorn as chairman with members Lester Clark N Arm N B Loomis Joseph T O Neill Jr among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
API
Texas Oil and Gas Resources
State Supreme Court
HCHON
Port Acres
Narmanna
Texas
C. W. Alcorn
Houston
Lester Clark
Breckenridge
N. B. Loomis
Longview
Josepht. O'Neill Jr
Midland
Behan Leaves Hospital After Dublin Car Hit
Irish playwright Brendan Behan was discharged from a Dublin hospital after a Friday street collision. Behan said he was feeling fine and fully recovered, ending a brief admission following the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behan
Dublin
Ireland
Brendan Behan
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Yhern
Tus Bank
Itor
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Ketor County
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Gms
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Humble Oil Royalty
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Hames Mueller
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