West Texas Wells Test Dela ware Wolfcamp at Pecos County
Cranes & Kennedy, Midland drill No 1-B Trees as a 5 500 ft wildcat to test the Delaware in northwestern Pecos County. Apache Corp No 1-0 Trees tests the Wolfcamp five miles north of Cayanosa. Crane Texaco completes No 1-AT Crane Fee with 119 bbls oil from the Waddell pay after acidizing. Reeves Sun Oil drills No 1 Terrell Unit in central Reeves and reports variable oil recovery. Marathon Oil to drill No 1 North Indian Basin Unit in west Eddy County 22 miles west of Carlsbad. El Chorro Exploration stakes two San Andres projects in section 19-8s-35e. Yields Show Lea County No 1 Northeast Lynch Unit bottoms at 13 416 ft after a long DST. 1 980 ft from north and 660 ft from east lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers & Kennedy, Midland
Delaware
Pecos County
Cayanosa
H&gn
Apache Corp
Midland
He&gn
Wolfcamp
CRANE
Texaco, Inc
Waddell
North
Crane County
T&p
Reeves—Sun Oil Co
Wildcat
Pecos
Marathon Oil Co
North Indian Basin
Carlsbad
Eddy County
Rosevelt
Milnesand
el Chorro Exploration, Inc
Abilene
San Andres
Lea
N. M
Jake L
Hamnon
Lynch Unit
Lea County
Sun Raises Oil Hunting Costs
Sun Oil Co expects a 25 percent rise in 1963 spending to boost oil reserves. The annual report shows $35.8 million for drilling, $28.7 million in intangible development for 1962, plus about $96 million in planned capital investments. Total 1963 expenditures for modernization, expansion and oil search reach $131.8 million, up from $124.5 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Oil Co
Sun
Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Robert G. Dunlop
U.S. Gas Imports May Surge Over Next Decade
The Catawba Corp projects U.S. dependence on natural gas imports to rise sharply, needing four 30 inch pipelines of 600 million cf per day each for ten years. By 1973 imports could reach 9.996 trillion cf annually, about 28 times the 1962 Canada share, as domestic demand climbs from 13.985 trillion cf in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Canada
Catawba Corp
Alaska
Hawaii
IPA Opposes $280 Million Oil Tax Hit
Harold Decker of the Independent Petroleum Association of America warns before the House Ways and Means Committee that a proposed $280 million tax on oil and gas would cut supplies and raise consumer prices. He cites potential losses in barrels and gas reserves, declines in exploration, and rising costs as why higher taxes would hinder future energy needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petroleum’ Association of America
Harold Decker
House
Ways and Means
IPAA
Hel
Decker
Committee
United States
Highland of Company
Houston
Congress
Volunteer Hospital Worker Receives Gold Seal Award
Charles J. Gibson, 76, will receive a gold reproduction of the Pennsylvania Hospital seal for volunteering 1,922 hours since May 1961 after discharge as a patient. He works up to 48 hours weekly in the central supply room, tracking equipment and supplies and securing new reserves. Decker cautioned that public interests may not exchange tax dollar hopes for reliable oil and gas supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
of Pennsylvania Hospital
Charles J. Gibson
Gibson
Decker
New Fisher Wildcat Exploration Drilling to 6300 Feet
R W Tresch Jr, agent in Fort Worth will drill No H B Ammons to 6300 feet testing Strawn in southwest Fisher County four miles west of Longworth. W W West Midland No 1 Hubert Herring to drill in east Runnels County three miles east of Talpa to 3500 feet testing Jennings sand at 6250 feet from north and 800 feet from northeast lines. West will also drill No 1 Brookshire to 2500 feet as Runnels wildcat at 1550 feet from south and 467 feet from west lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Tresch,Jr
Fort Worth
H. B. Ammons
Fisher County
Longworth
Claytonville
Canyon
H&tc Survey
W. W. West
Midland
Hubert Herring
East Runnels County
Talpa
James Caruthers
ETRR
Locations And Completions Entries Across Texas Fields
A dense ledger of oil and gas well locations and completions across multiple Texas counties. Entries list operator names, field designations, section and township data, surface elevations, pump and perfolging details, production figures, casing, pay zones, frac data, and associated notes for Andrews Culberson Howard Midland Winkler Ector Crane and surrounding areas.
Unclear OCR Snippet Signals Technical Details
Fragmentary text lists measurements, balances, and unit designations with names like Louis Crouch, Hicks, and Hargett. Contains references to units, sections, and figures such as 666, 2554-95, 5 000 000 cfpd, and 2 000 gals, but no coherent event or narrative emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ify
Noo
Burnett
Wasson
Hargett
Gibson Sur
Fire in Kennedy Oval Office Doused by Fire Extinguisher
In Washington a fire broke out in President Kennedy's office and was quickly put out by a visitor using a fire extinguisher. The blaze originated in the fireplace due to a damper left closed. No individual is identified as responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Suniland Oil Co. Plans Wildcat Tests in Garza Kent Areas
Fort Worth based Suniland Oil Co No. 1 J R Wood wildcat 4 278 feet to perforation to test as discovery in Garza County located 14 miles northwest of Hackberry field and 3 miles south of Suniland area highly active drilling reported with no tests yet. About 10 percent of women aged 45 to 54 are widows in insurance stats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Norsworth
Fort Worth
Kent County
H&tc Survey
Rotan
Suniland Oil Co
J. R. Wood
Garza County
Suniland
J. H. Gibson Survey
Hack Berry
San Andres
Hackberry Pool
Insurance Statisticians
Oil wildcat tests in Texas reach Spraberry area
Pan American Petroleum plans reentry on No 1 Managament trust wildcat in southwest Dawson County testing the Spraberry formation after a prior 12 140 foot well plug. Amarillo Oil expects drill stem tests on W F Scarborough Estate well at 8 2 411 feet uncovering oil and gas after 750 feet of 45 gravity oil and 1 350 feet of sulphur water. Fusselman test planned. Yates Gas opens in Gaines County near Seminole with two pay zones and new location planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Lubbock
Texas Crude Oil Co
Dawson County
Moore County
Andrews
Amarillo Oil Co
Amarillo
W. F. Scarborough
Yates Gaines
el Cinco Production Co
Midland
Yates Gas
San Andres
Gaines County
Seminole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
SEA Venture
West Eddy
Lowe No. 1
Cisco
Morrow Gas
Discovery
IPA Hits
Texas
New Fisher Wildcat Exploration
Fullerton
San Andrea
Scarborough
Psbl Sur
Prac
Culberson
Geraldine
Ford
Perry
IPF
Wit
Penwell Glorletay
Phillips
Mallard
PSL
IPR
Zabood
London
ATO Wir
Gorn
Howard — Howard Glasscock—Schkade Biol. Orig. Co
Sur
D&a
Dora Roberts
Bell
Dora Roberts Tianeh Desuk
Nec
T&p Sur
Elev Ib
Joos' Ch
Devi
Dora Roberts Ranch
Tad Sur
Winkler
Whaley
Fn&wls
Bec
Bik
G&mmb&a Sur
Ity
Yoakum
Wasson Wichita
Albany
Wolfey—Tenaca
A. B. Emart
D. Gibson
Andrews — Andrews
Pan Amversean
Parker
RAT
Tou
Gulf
Peksur
Texaco
Cox
Garza
Kent
Pan Am
Dawson
Explorer
E. H. Jones
Abso
Block G
Ccsd&rgng
Schwinn
Briggs, Clinton, and Lawson
TORO
DAN Norman Bicycle Shop
AMD
Westinghouse
Parts & Labor
Tower T.V. Appliance
34Th
Knoxville
Westinghouse Sales —Service—Parts
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