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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1963
Page
6
The report lists multiple oil and gas exploration efforts across Crane Pecos and surrounding counties. Projects include wildcat drills in Girvin Strawn and Ellenburger plays, Wolfcamp tests near Penwell and Crockett County, and reentry efforts at Williams Fort Stockton and Todd area pools.
Midland reports Gov Jack M Campbell of New Mexico will discuss Conservation and the States at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association meeting December 5 in Odessa Lincoln Hotel Ballroom. Also on program are Hanley Midland VP and other PBPA officers with election of 1964 officers to follow. Campbell will be master of ceremonies for the event.
McLean Tex two people died when mayor Frank Kotting 76 and his wife Ann 65 were killed in a two car collision on U S 66 about eight miles west of town. Passengers Donald Batten 60 and his wife were injured. Former Marine Campbell joined the FBI and served until enlisting in the U S Marines with 26 months of combat duty in the Third USMC Division.
Humble Oil & Refining Co reports No 10 J D Knox in Lea County southwest of Hobbs flowed oil after perforations from 5,897 to 49 feet swabbed 40 barrels in three hours. started flowing 18 barrels in 17 hours on a 14 64 inch choke with 525 psi tubing pressure and produced 259 000 cubic feet of gas daily. All load plus 62 barrels of new oil recovered. testing ongoing at location 1650 feet north and 1752 feet east of section corner.
Tech faces reversed trend as petroleum engineering and geosciences enrollments drop in the 1950s yet demand for graduates surges. W. L. Ducker reports demand at least three times the graduating class while masters holders find jobs, with salaries up to 650 dollars a month for top grads.
Oil and gas well completions rose in several states including Illinois Oklahoma and Mississippi the Oil and Gas Journal reports for the week ending Nov 16 with 857 new completions nationwide up 42 from the prior week. Illinois 64 Oklahoma 84 Mississippi 23 Louisiana 114 Nebraska 16 Texas about unchanged New Mexico 26 Wyoming 11.
J. D. Behling, a native of Albany and long time Service Pipe Line Co. engineer, has been promoted to supervisor of the Tulsa plant. He joined the company in 1947 after Texas A&M graduation and previously served as division chief engineer in East Texas.
Promotion of Frank A. Lawrence from assistant to regional operating superintendent in Sun Oil Co. Southwest production Division announced by A. S. Rhea. Lawrence, 16 years with Sun, succeeds Ben C. Broocks, retiring December 1 after over 41 years with the company. Lawrence will supervise production in East Texas, McAllen, and Corpus Christi districts.
A dense list of land sections, bearings, distances, and owner names across multiple townships. Entries mention Andrews, Culberson, Howard, Sichell, Millard, Ritchie, Parry, and many survey references with section numbers and measurement figures. The fragmented text reads like compilation notes for property mapping or mining claims rather than a single narrative.
An American Petroleum Institute pilot study from Houston shows oil industry travel ads increased two and four day trips and trips over 200 miles by up to 95.8 percent in 18 markets. The preliminary report notes a 27 percent rise in auto travel and longer trips, with further results awaiting January completion.
The Permian Basin gained one operating unit in the latest Reed Roller Bit Co. rotary drilling survey. Total rigs observed were 205, up from 204 the prior Friday, with Lea County leading at 25, Ec tor County rising to 16, and Crane County at 14. The two week rig count and bold New Mexico counties are noted.
Obie L. Stalcup transfers from Lubbock division to become southern region manager at Halliburton with duties across Corpus Christi Houston New Orleans and Shreveport. Frank M. Saye succeeds him in Lubbock after serving as Midland assistant division manager. Also Harry P. Conroy elected senior vice president and general manager for domestic and international oil well services and related activities.
A British airman’s medal was cancelled after it was learned the Royal Mint did not manufacture the decoration. The notice appears amid other basin style references and project notes from the central basin region.
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