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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1960

Page

2

Oil activity in Eddy and Lea counties reported in Empire outpost tests

Midday war note from Eddy and Lea counties details multiple wildcat test results. Delaware Eddy County tests show oil and gas flow from No. 1 RB Federal and Abo Reef sections with varying flow rates and pressures. Adel nearby districts report Artesia and Delhi State outposts producing oil and gas with shallow to deep intervals and DST results.

Abo Chambers Kennedy No Delhi-Taylor Abo Reef Empire Artesia Castel and Wigzell No Delhi State Eddy County

Deep Project Drills Wildcat Sites Across West Texas

Scurry County's No 15 Ainsworth well 8,300 ft Ellenburger test northeast of Fluvanna on a 320 mcre lease. Andrews County No 1 David Falken targets Ellenburger at 13,200 ft after a Devonian drillstem test. Strawn Gauged Texacy No 17 Cobb reports 424 bbls oil and 44 bbls water in 24 hours from Strawn zone near Andrews. Fusselman tests near Dawson County show 323 bbls oil in 24 hours after acidizing and swabbing. Texaco No 1-H Jones in Gaines County reports 162 bbls oil and 190 bbls water after Devonian reacidizing.

DST Dry Ohio Oil Co Wolfcamp Eddy County Andrew Armquist Standard Oil Co. of Texas R. J. Zonne Midland Ainsworth Fluvanna Scurry County H&tc San Andres Strawn Ellenburger Andrews Pan American Petroleum Corp Andrews County David Falken Midland Farms T&p Texacy, Inc Cobb North Fusselman Dawson— Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Husky Oil Co Dawson County Lamesa Block M El&rr Gaines Borden Texaco Clayton Borden County Wildcat Gail

Oil drilling progress and spudding notes across Texas and New Mexico

A detailed roundup of oil wells in multiple basins lists spudding dates, rig status, and drilling progress. Entries cover Palo Duro, Permian formations, and basins in Lubbock, Lynn, Yoakum, Andrews, Howard, Martin, Scurry, and Eddy with operators such as Moss & Sons, Shell, and Humble. Reports include production hints, swab results, and test plans for wells like Santiago No. 1 Ralph Ranch and Honolulu No. 1 Holmes.

North Basin Garza Alamo T&gn Sur McAnelly Lab Yee Ahs Howard Csl Kent Big “Spring Hardin H&tc Sur Lubbock Honolulu Holmes Central Basin Andrews Santiago Ralph Ranch PSL Sur Shell PSL Fuller No Doss Concho and Karcher ODC YTRR Hammonds Foster Lab Dawson Csl Hamon Terry Csl R Howard Bames Conrad Lavacca Nav. Co Martin—Hamon Scott Borden Csl Scurry—Ttrice Voss

Lubbock Wildcat Drilling Near Glorieta Formation

In extreme southeast Lubbock County near Slaton, W M and A P Fuller will drill 4000 foot No 2 H T Swanner wildcat to test the Glorieta horizon in Sunniland field. The site lies 6 miles south of exploration and 9 miles south of Lee Harrison pool. Sun Oil Co expects to perfo test No 1 James D Pharr central Yoakum County wildcat near Plains to test San Andres. San Andres cores near Plains show oil or oil and gas shows between 5200 and 5350 feet.

Martin County Patricia Breedlove Borden County School Lubbock County Slaton W. M A. P. Fuller Ft. Worth H. T. Swanner Glorieta Horizon Sunniland Stennett Lee Harrison He&wt Clear Fork Sun Oil Co James D. Pharr Yoakum County Plains San Andres John H. Gibson Sectionivey

Dry Holes in Castro and Eddy County Wells

Map notes two oil well parcels with production figures. Mary Robbins 1L in Castro field reports 8 728 feet granite wildcat 10 miles north of Dimmitton on 687-acre tract with 1 980 FNL, Sec 275 Blk M-6. Cherry Bros. Lubbock reports Featherstone Federal offset in Eddy County 3 872, Shugart field, 2 310 FS, 1 650 FWL, Sec 4 WDa-3le, 14 miles southwest of Mallamar.

Castro Pan American Corp Mary Robbins Wildcat Dimmitton Ise Sk&k Eddy Cherry Bros Lubbock Featherstone Federal Shugart Eddy County Mallamar

Oil Wildcat Delivers Small Flow in Ward County

Norwood Oil Co and Amarillo Oil Co report No. 1 Anna Herring in southwest Ward County flowing new oil at 7 barrels per hour through 22/64 inch casing and Delaware sand perforations 6,109-17 and 6,130-35 feet after acidizing, with test and cleanup ongoing. Nearby wildcat No. 1 Davidson in Crockett County produces gas after a 40,000 gallon fracture, while Trend Edge No. 5 Zulette Hughes stakes lie near Big Lake.

Ralph Lowe Midland Delaware Eddy County N.M. Wildcat RB Federal Malaga Poker Lake Norwood Oil Co Amarillo Oil Co Anna Herring Ward County Wildcat Pyote H&tc Tom Green Charles J. Lake Jr San Angelo J. T. Nelson Tom Green County Bubenik Penn Strawn Crockett el Paso Natural Gas Co Davidson Crockett County Ozona Gc&sf Reagan BTA Oil Producers Zulette Hughes Reagan County Big Lake Section 12 W. W. Pittman Lubbock Upton—Dean and Latch McCamey Grayburg Upton County

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