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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1963

Page

2

Four Explorations Staked In Eddy and Chaves Counties

Southeast New Mexico wildcats include Tom Brown Drilling Co one 8,350-foot Abo drill in Lea County near Nobis and Hobbs. Jack L. McClellan re-entry No 1 Barbara Federal north of Artesia. Universal Production Service No 1 Superior Federal near White City. Roy Whittenburg No 121 L E Ranch east of Roswell. TeXaco No 170 State in Lea County testing Devonian and Pennsylvanian beds. Fody Burleson and Huff test Delhi Taylor near Artesia. Humble Oil No 10 Huapache near Carlsbad yields gas and condensate. Sinclair No 4 403 State Lea deep Bone Spring test. Sinclair deepens Bone Spring wildcat and recovers gas and oil. exploration planned to 12,000 feet across several sections.

New Mexico Tom Brown Drilling Co Midland Houston Abo Lea County Nobis Hobbs Field San Andres Bishop Canyon Jack L. McClellan Roswell Barbara-Federal Eddy County N. M Artesia C. M. Lane McWhorter McClellan Cable Tool Explorers Eddy Universal Production Service, Inc Superior Federal Delaware White City Atoka Gas Production Chaves Roy Whittenburg Amarillo L. E.ranch Chaves County Vacuum Deep Project Lea—Texaco, Inc Wolfcamp Abe N.M Mallamar Burleson, & Huff Delhi-Taylor Vandergriff- Keyes Queen Gas Humble Oil & Refining Co Bone Spring Lea Sinclair Oil & Gas Co State Lea Central Lea County Wildcat

Runnels County Oil Wells Plan New Wildcat Drills

James K Anderson of Midland and associates plan to re enter the No 1 Thompson Vancil unit and drill to about 4000 feet then test the Gardner lime as a wildcat in Runnels County three miles west of Hatchell. No total depth yet reported on the failure from a location northwest of the Gardner lime. The No 3 R I Collingsworth well by G W Strake of Houston is a 4600 foot wildcat in Runnels County 34 miles northwest of the Gardner sand pool opener. It will spot 467 feet from north and east lines of W M Baggs survey No 92.

Houston R. I. Collingsworth Runnels County W. M. Baggs W. L. Gupton Fort Worth Crane County Penwell

Texas Oil Flow Logs Decrease

The Oil and Gas Journal reports last week Texas crude and lease condensate output fell to 2,580,900 barrels daily, down 20,200 from the prior week. Louisiana rose to 1,398,000 bpd, up 29,000. Oklahoma up 28,700 to 566,600. Wyoming up 3,200 to 387,300. Overall U S production averaged 7,458,525 bpd, up 43,750.

U.S Louisiana Oklahoma Wyoming Texas California Kansas New Mexico Illinois Mississippi Colorado The Journal

Oil and gas drill results across West Texas fields

Reports list multiple wildcat and offset wells in counties including Hockley, Culberson, Midland, Runnels, Scurry, and Scurry. Entries detail operators James Windham, A H Richardson Jr, Gult Oil Corp, Deane Stoltz, and others with depths from 4,025 to 7,300 feet and locations ranging 1 to 24 miles west or northwest of towns such as Orla, Snyder, Camp Springs, Hatchell, and West. Each line notes survey sections, township ranges, and surface features.

Hockley Greathouse Pierce & Davis Midland Russell Bean Wildcat Lge McCulloch Orla T&p Sur John J. Eisner Rob Inson-Alsup Stepout T&p A. H. Richardson Jr H. A. Birdwell & Son Drilling Co Clemens Hatchell Carter Anderson Sur Scurry Gult Oil Corp St. Criswell Camp Springs H&tc Sur Scurry—Deane H Stoltz Hays Snyder H&tc Sur

Extensive Oil Well Listings Across Texas Expanse

A detailed catalog of oil and gas wells spanning Andrews to Winkler counties. Entries list operators such as Pan American Petroleum and Texaco, field locations like Midlane Farms and Garden City, and wells with depths, elevations, sections, blocks, and surface data. Includes all well IDs, survey notes, and production metrics where available.

Numerous Wells and Drilling Notes Across West Texas Plains

Howard Tom Brown Drilling Co. targets No.1 Connel in Glorieta wildcat 9 miles south of Penwell in Crane County with 5 000 foot depth and Northwest Crane County siting. Midland unit drills No.1 Kerber Asa and No.1 McDonnell near Canyon reef. Ector Cities Service tests Strawn pay in central Ector County with well No.1 ABTX L, reporting Devonian and Ellenburger production. Strawn project yields 28 barrels oil and 14 barrels lead water in four hours with ongoing potential 13 miles west of Odessa.

Howard Tom Brown Drilling Co., Inc Midland Kerber Asa Brown McDonnell North Sara Mag Canyon’ Reef Howard County Ector — Cities Service Co Bend Harper Ector County T&p Survey Odessa

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