West Lynn County Wildcat and Other Texas Drilling News
Lone Star Producing Co. will drill 11 400-foot Fusselman wildcat No. 1 Cody Bragg west of Tahoka in West Lynn County. Pennzoil completes No. 1 Bilby Wallace northeast of Clairemont with 276 barrels daily potential and 58 gravity oil. Terry Cooperative Refinery Association re spuds No. 2 Atlas Life west of Brownfield and prepares to acidize after casing 5 7/8 inches at 5 897 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Producing Co
Fusselman
Ject
Clairemont
Kent County
Terry — Cooperative Refinery Association
Midland
Atlas Life
Brownfield
Terry County
San Andres
Canyon wildcat No 1 Tillett drilled east of Seminole
Monsanto State searcher in east Gaines County schedules a 10 700 foot Canyon wildcat No 1 Tillett twelve miles east of Seminole with drillsite coordinates and North South offsets. Martin Murphy H Baxter of Midland will drill No 1 Tom Castle an 11 000 Fusselman wildcat three miles west of Nnott in east Martin County with precise setbacks. Gulf Oil Corp to plug back 4500 feet at No 1 RO State project eleven miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H&tc Survey
Jayton
Strawn
Monsanto Chemical Co
Tillett
Seminole
Gaines County
D&w
Wildcat
Martin
Murphy H. Baxter
Midland
Fusselman
Grayburg
Andrews
Gulf Oil Corp
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Sorrells
Snyder
Scurry County
Canyon
Dawson — Midland Production Corp
Houston
Beckmeyer
Dawson County
Ackerly (Dean) Pool
Ackerly
T&p
Gaines
Devonmare Cinco
LA Riley
Yates
McGrath & Smith No
C&mrr
Howard County
Howard Glasscock
Wanw Sur
Grav
Gor
Continental Oil No &C
T&p Sur
Wrw
Midland — Warren
Walter
Crdwell
Ta Midland
Pwr & Tis
Pecor—Wildcat
Humble
San Pedro Ranch
al Bowns Kelly Sur
Yash
Shipley
Queens
Charles A. Haynes
Imperial
Pecos County
Hegn Survey
Searcher
Pecos
Sun Oil Co
Iowa Realty Trust
Fort Stockton
H&gn
P. L. Crandell No
Ashman & Hilliard
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Roy D. Jones
Runnels County Wildcat Drilling and Field Updates
Runnels County schedules two Ellenburger Wildcat wells, No. 4,500-foot tests six miles southeast of Norton, with locations listed in the Hering and Wylie surveys. Stonewall and Scurry County notes cover Wildcat Canyon tests near Aspermont and Snyder, a swab result at No 19.0 Sorrells, and a Spraberry MAK test at No. 10 University in Martin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hoblitzelle
Norton
West Runnels
Jack B. Hering
H. C. Wylie Survey
Palo Pinto
Runnels-Perkins Field
R.R. K. Wylie Survey
Hering
Wildcat
Stonewall
Arnold & Barrett Survey
Flowers
Canyon
Fragmented oil field listings with multiple company notes
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous oil and gas rigs, operators, and elevations. It mentions Borden Wildcat John Lo Cox Noo Mlaston Bee U bik, Henderson Gulf US40, Ector-Tre, Parker No 1, and Howard County entries among many others, with depths, grasps, and fractional yields sprinkled throughout. The jumble reads like a field-by-field catalog of leases, wells, and operators rather than a cohesive narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden—Wildcat
John Lo Cox Noo Mlaston
Bee
Bik
Telen
Sur
Waddell
Gulf
Henderson
PSL
Gulf So
Krigat
Eles Utaa
Dry Holes and Wildcat Drilling in PECOS Region
Reports show multiple wildcat wells in the PECOS area. Listings include Martin Pan American, Humble Oil & Refining Co, and Jocelyn Vera units near Fort Stockton Coyanosa and Tarsan. Wells note depths from 928 to 12,148 feet and surveys by Lac, Downs Kelly, and H&GN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Petroleum Corp
F. D. Breedrove
Wildcat
Tarsan
Briscoe Csl
Pecos
Humble Oil & Refining Co
San Pedro Ranch
Fort Stockton
Bec
Downs Kelly Survey
Jocelyn-Vera OW Co
Humble Buys Tidewater Facilities for 329 Million
Humble O7 the Jersey Standard domestic affiliate bought Tidewater Oil Co facilities for 329 million dollars. The deal includes a refinery at Avon California and 3900 service stations across California Washington Oregon Idaho Arizona Nevada and Hawaii. It expands Humble into Hawaii and boosts its retail outlets to about 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Humble O7
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Wildcat Drilling Maps Bold West Texas Ventures
Multiple oil firms schedule Devonian and Strawn wildcats across Pecos Reeves Crane and surrounding counties. Notable targets include Fusselman No. 1-A Boren near Imperial, Balmorhea Ranches No. 1 near Pecos, and Roy D. Jones Strawn tests north of Midland with casing plans. Completion reports cite Jane J. Miller in Ward County flowing 351 barrels.
Basin area oil field survey notes and pump installations
The report lists several oil and gas field entries across the Basin region including Garza Signal, Hockley, Yoakum, McAlester, Dawson, Gaines, and Martin areas. It notes pump installations and surface and drilling activity with section and block identifiers and company references such as Cities Service, Humble, and Pan American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Basin Area
GARZA
Swensen
W&gn Sur
Drin
Hockley
Bries Lab
Lye
Wichita
CSL Sur
J. H. Gibson
McAlester
LA Cleveland
John H. Gibson
Central Basin Area
Andrews
Austral & Cactus No
University
Univ. Lais
Pan American
AR Midland Farms
T-L-N. G&mmb&a Sur
Ellenburger
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Lynn County
Monsanto States
East
Runnels County
Andrews County
University Lands Survey
Martin — Gordon Knox & Associates
No. 10 University
Tarzan
Martin County
Block 6
Dawson—Welch, Southeast
Sprr
Moddieton
FWL
Sec
Cunmougham
Elev Sued Gre
Ip Bend
Tubb ST
Parker
Harper-Texaco Inc
Seminole Deep
Bik G. Wire
Td Oe
Cp Pkr
Tidewater Facilities
Reeves
Cherry Canyon
Texaco, Inc
Reeves County
Balmorhea Ranches, Inc
Crane
B. W. Wiseman
Dawson
Crane County
T&p Survey
Menard
Schick Drilling Co
Abilene
Lamphere & May
Fort McKavette
Menard County
Boy Scouts of America
George Brown
Webster Gas Field
Ward
Jane J. Miller
Monahans
Ward County
Dawson—Kanx
Kent SL
Lgc
Kent Csl
Shell
Lee
Drig
Gaines —Catandard
ODOC
Am Blk
Ccbdargng Sur
Martin—Aatral & Gay Sak
Mb&a Sur
Maher
Mabee
G&ammb&a Sur
Jewel Elgins
General Electric
Oneida
Rogers
Arbor Rose
Izale
Elr Fess
Welby
Broadway & Caprock Shopping Center
Plainview
Texas
Jewal Hamilton
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