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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1964

Page

5

Strawn Discovery Gauged In Southwest Lea County

Southwest Lea Exploration schedules a test of the Delaware No. 1 Sunray State wildcat, 5,400 feet deep, 23 miles south of Jal. Strawn discovered gas and oil at No. 1 Southwest Jal Unit Federal, 7 miles southwest of Jal, Lea County, with 312,000 cubic feet of gas daily and 51 barrels of 48.8 gravity oil from 13,040 to 202 feet. Texas Pacific Oil Co. becomes operator for No. 1 TP State, 16 miles northeast of Tatum, Lea County, perforations show acidized intervals and a five hour swabbing test recovered 22 barrels of lead oil and 17 barrels acid water.

Tenneco Oil Co Midland Sunray State Jal Lea County Delaware Paduca Dela Strawn Discovery Sinclair Oil & Gas Co Federal Texas Pacific Oil] Co Samedan C! .Corp Tatum Kent Pennzoil Co Wallace Clairemont Strawn Kent County W. P. Wilson Edwin H. Magruder, Jr

Operating Rigs In Permian Area Off On Survey

The Reed Roller Co. survey shows Permian Basin oil rigs at 183 this week, down from last week and down eight from 1963. Lea County leads with 30 rigs, Pecos 18, Andrews 13, amid shifts across Wind Texas counties. statewide two week tally listed with latest figure first.

Bit’ Co Permian Basin Lea County Pecos County Andrews County Andrewa Borden Chaves Crane Crockett Cathernen Mawson Ector Hetor Eddy Fisher Galmea Glasneuch Hockley Menard Kent Keat Loving Labhock Martin Midland Mitchell Nolan Pecos T Presidio Wengen Reeves Roosevelt Hannels Schleicher Scurry Sterling Ward Winkler Yoakem

Basin oil drilling activity across Texas and New Mexico

In the North and Central Basin areas and Southeast New Mexico, multiple wells operated by firms such as Nelson Amicable, Continental, Fasken, Humble, Schreicher, and Kingrea Pendleton & Reisen show ongoing drilling, logging, and testing. Some holes are shut in awaiting orders, others opened for short periods, with mud, salt water, lime, shale, and sand reported. one test cites a completion pump installation in Strawn.

North Basin Hockley Nelson Amicable Lab Lac Jones CSL Ser Lubbock Continental der. Dun Rik He&wt Andrews Fasken Fee Sec G&mmb&a Dawson — Humble Robinson Rec T&p Sur Gaines — Hamon Schreicher Hamon Tedford Bik Atl PSL Sur New Mexico Kingrea, Pendleton & Reisen Bowe McFarland Price Federal Haman State Ume Border Area Stonewall Barnes & Hunt Yee Smith H&atc Sur Strawn

Purley Nurse Sues Auto Dealer for Breach of Promise

Nurse Ann Margaret Shafer of Purley sues auto dealer Colin Parsons for damages alleging breach of promise to marry. She claims Parsons sent a telegram four hours before the planned wedding reading Regret unable to attend.

Wildcat oil and gas tests stretch across Dawson and surrounding counties

Multiple drilling updates from Texas fields report Dawson County near Lamesa flowing oil on a Pennsylvanian reef drill stem test with 16.6 barrels in 30 minutes and gas rise. nearby Terry County wells show 72 barrels of 38.4 gravity oil daily plus 1,050 barrels water while a faulted Saltwater disposal plan is developed. Additional tests in Kent and Gaines counties record gas and oil shows, acid swabbing, and planned depth increases, including a Strawn wildcat near Kirkland and a Devonian step-out near Seminole.

Midwest Oil Corp Alma Brown Wildcat Lamesa Dawson County Canyon Sparenburg T&p Terry iCo Haney, i Wellman Terry County H&tc Survey Childress O. P. Leonard Fort Worth A.L. Harp Kirkland Childress County Cisco Reef Gaines H. L. Brown, Jr Midland Schumacher Seminole Gaines County League Reagan ‘County

Two Prospectors Scheduled In Crockett County

Two wildcat oil and gas drills planned in Crockett County include Continental Oil Co at Ellenburger field 14 miles northeast of Irann and W W Meeker at Adams 20 miles south of Ozona near the Miller Ranch. Delta Drilling Co and Pauley Petroleum report completion of a two mile east extension to production in Ozona Southwest Canyon field with an absolute open flow potential of 1.2 million cu ft per day after drilling to depth 7,150 feet.

Crockett County Continental Oil Co J. M. Shannon Irann Gc&sf Escondido Fusselman and Lower W.W. Meeker Midland Adams Ozona Miller Ranch Edenburger Joe-T Strawn and Canyon Block -O Gh&sa Canyon Delta Drilling Co Pauley Petroleum, Incs Block. M Gc&sf. Survey

Andrews Fuhrman Masche Texas Pacific Ort Co records

A dense list of oil and gas well locations and completions across Andrews, Andrews-Fuhrman-Masche, Odessa, Forsan, Wickett, and surrounding areas. Entries cite operators Texaco, Tidewater, Texaco Inc, Gulf Oil, Continental, and others with sections, blocks, depths, elevations, and production terms.

Andrews Fuhrman S-Andrews Crawar Dey Chambers & Kennedy J. B Tubb FS & EL PSL Sur Sf-Monahans ECTOR Penwell Clor Tidewater Oil Co Seharbauer Odessa Gior Tidewater Scharbauer Gaines—Wasson Mabee Pet. Corp Corp No. LA OK Development Denver City Hale—Wildcat Sinclair O&g Co W&nw Rt. Howard-Glasscock Continental H.R. Clay W&nw Sur E-Forsan Mutcheld-Turner-Gregory Cif M. I. Melton Midland McKenney Kay Andrews—Fuhrman-Masche Texas Pacific Ethel M. Drachenberg Borden—Ne-Good Canyon Reef Texaco Inc A. M. Clayton T&p Sur McKnight Humble C&r J. B. Tubb Goldsmith Fussel H. J. Brown Jr W. J. Heath Texas-New Mexico Development Co San and Gin. &Vincent Strawn)Oil & Gas Property Management Inc T. J. Sterling Kent—S RPL Oi Co, Inc H&gn Sur Td Bom Coyanosa Socony Mobil Sibley Scerry Sharon Ridge Harkin Brownfield See H&tc Sureley Ward—N-Ward-Eales Gulf Bik G&mmb&a Sur Gerd Ward Estes O'Brien G&mmbaa Sur Grav N Ward Estes Richardson Qils Inc J. FL Hathaway HTC Sur Penn Standard Oil Co. of Texas Hardage & Wilson Hatc Sur Cordelia Stewart H&tc Sur

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Lubbock Avalanche Journal Southwest Lea Exploration Schedules Permian Dear Ann Uily Banking House Lubbock, Texas U. S. Government Federal Reserve Bank Clifford B. Jones George E. Benson Federal Reserve Funds Tom E. Locke Ruth E. Ford Archie E. Huckabee James A. Littlefield V. Lorenz Ellis Chas. S. Maedgen, JR Bill McLaughlin William B. Parrack, JR Chas. S. Signor Lee Crump Jerry Dunn John E. Key Fulton McCarty Harry H. Howle Don O'Neal Wayne Finnell Jack Gaulding Reuben Lambert, JR Herbert L. McCullough Don Chastain Bill Whorton W. C. Fortenberry George Schoener Farming & Investments Rufus W. Grisham Verlon Bigham Paymaster Oil Mill Co Chas Maedgen, JR Anderson & Bigham C. H. Hamilton Paul Cates Hamilton Roofing Company W. Spears Spears Furniture Company W. S. Moss Leland D. Payne Marion Sanford Marion T. Key Lorenz Ellis J. T. Krueger The Sanford Agency J. T. Talkington Margaret J. D. Leftwich John Whitcomb Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Trust Department E. H. Elliott David A. Collier Raymond D. Thornton C.P.A Abboce Siationat FDIC W.W. Williams, JR Qeo. N. Atkinson Frank Junell W. Smith John Denman Clyde Gordon, JR Charles A. Joplin, JR Ben R. Low Walter W. McNatt N. Harold Munn 8. L. Sanders James E. Sever C. W. Vancleeve George M. Crews LAMAR W. T. Rattinella Mae Jordan Doris Hindman Fama McCelvey Jessie D. Murray Amon Proctor Tom. Stevens George Rogers Geo. C. Miller Billy C. Frost Jeanelle Rbagwell United States Government Federal Reserve Bank Stock Banking House and Motor Bank New Bank Board OF Directors Geo. N. Atkinson Wesley B. Blankenship Investments R. A. Burford Mgr Baldridge Fond Frank W. Chappell, JR W. F. Eisenberg Elwood Estates Forrest, JR Forrest Lumber Company T. J. Goad Good Motor Company Aarold Harvest Queen Mill & Elevator Co W. D. Hord Western Oxygen, Inc John A. Hughes Banking and Insurance Frank. Junell William FE. Keeney Retha R.martin Chm the Dunlap Co Edwin FE. Merriman CPA Edwin E. Merriman W. D. Noel el Paso. Natural Gas Products Co E. G. Rodman Rodman Supply Co Earl G. Rodman, JR Rodman. Oil Co E. W. Smith Clyde G. Tatum Tatum Bros. Grain, Inc Guy C Victory Exec. Asst Ft. Worth Denver D. M. Wiggins Herbert Wilcox Shop Rite Foods, Inc FE. W. Williams, JR Aatonal CITES Earieaat Peat Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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