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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1962

Page

4

Central Andrews Seeks Ellenberger Wildcat Drilling

Ashmund Hilliard & Hilliard No. 5 Ltd plans a 13 500 foot Ellenberger wildcat in central Andrews County four miles southeast of Andrews. Union Natural Co reports a 12 800 foot Ellenburger test in the Inez field with free oil production and test details. Other drills include an 8 500 foot Ellenburger wildcat near Snyder and a Grayburg well in West Parker field flowing oil.

Ashmund & Hilliard No. 5 Ltd Midland Ellenberger Andrews County Andrews J. L. Green Wemac Wolfcamp Andrews—Union Natural Co Inez G&mmb&a Ellenburger Scurry Scurry County Texaco, Inc Snyder H&tc Survey Grayburg Pan American Petroleum Corp., Midland West Parker J. E. Parker Andrews—Pan American AK Midland Farms Atoka Pan American Wolf Camp Section 39 Block 41 T-I-N T&p Queen Cosden Petroleum Corp Big Spring Palmer Csl Wildcat Cosden McFarland (Queen Palmer County School Land Survey Piz. Howard J. E. Connally H. H. Wilkinson Howard County Connally Gaines David Fasken Jones Estate Gaines County San Andres Ccsd&rgng Survey Seminole

Four wildcats slated in South Basin and Tom Green explorations

In the Permian Basin several wildcat drills are planned. Kern County Land Co seeks 11 500 foot Ellenburger tests north of Kermit in Winkler County while Cocoanut Oil Co targets 2 500 feet in Crockett County. Tom Green County sees two shallow wildcats by Henry Forst Oil Properties and Rice P. Lynn near Van Court Tankersley and Tankersley respectively.

Permian Basin Kern County Land Co Midland Waddell Winkler County Kermit Tom Green Tom Green County Henry Forst Oil Properties Ltd Joan Chambers Denis Concho County van Court Rice P. Lynn San Angelo James A. Sanford Tankersley A. Leitenburg Rape Clear Fork

Basins oil well activity and drilling updates across multiple fields

The report lists numerous wells in the North Central and Andrews Dawson areas with detailed drilling statuses. It notes pump installations, casing depths, fluid returns, and tests in Wolfcamp and San Andres zones, including gauge readings, mud details, and water presence across Pan American, Amerada, Texaco, Shell, and Mobil operations.

North Basin ARFA Cottle Carroll Knott Sur Garza—Fair Justice H&gn Terry —Cities Service Lindsley El&rr Gibson Sur San Andres McFarland Walker D. Gibson Sur Iime Skelly Thomas Central Basin Area Andrews G&emmb&aa Sur O'Brien Lgc Kent Csl Sur GAL Wolfcamp Intex Savage PSL Sur Roden Howland D&w Sur Texas Pacific McMurtry Bik. G Wtrr Sur Ashmun & Hilliard Wimberly Ccsd&rgng Texas Crude Thompson PSL Jones Ccsd&rgng Sur Santa Rosa Howard W&nw Sur Martin Pan American Humble Wolcott Lab Hartley Csl South Basin Area T&p Pecos Mississippi H&gn Sur Mabee-Storts H&tc Sur New Mexico Lowe Reaves & Ritchie Lamar L.ea—Cabot Carper DeClera Tidewater Lea BK State Hunt Moreman Doliffe Bass Federal Midwest Louietana Reed Shell DA State Emerald Sinclair Mahaffey Shelly West Dal Dil Shale Lme Socony Mobil Welfcamp

Landman Magazine Honors Roswell Man

Roswell oil and gas executive Robert O. Anderson of Honda Oil and Gas Co. was featured in The Landman September issue. His article argues for competitive bidding of federal oil and gas leases and praises Bureau of Land Management and US Geological Survey for openness to change.

Roswell Department of Interior

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