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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1965
Page
2
Crude Oil Co has staked location for a 6800 foot Strawn reef wildcat, No. 1 G. B. Goodall, five miles southwest of Girard in Kent County. The operation lies one mile north of Boom erang field production but 6700 feet from a prior dry hole. It spots 660 feet from north and
Skelly Oil Co plans a 10 700 foot Montoya exploration well No 203 S M Halley eight miles south of Kermit Winkler County located 660 feet from section lines and near the De vonian gas discovery in Halley field Runnel s Delaware Basin Properties Inc will drill a 4000 foot Gray sand wild cat No 1 W H Schwartz three miles northeast of Crews Run nels County the site 1500 feet from north and 467 feet from east lines of survey No 325 adjacent to a McMillan Gray sand discovery previously a failure
Complex list of oil well locations completions across Andrews Dawson Ector Garza Loving Pecos Sterling Ward and other counties. Reports include re entries completions new producers and Devonian Ellenburger finds with production data and depths.
The Railroad Commission of Texas approves a secondary recovery water flood for the Welch San Andres pool spanning Dawson and Terry Counties. Kewanee Oil Co. will operate the North Welch Unit where production occurs near 4,850 feet. Current 98 wells average nine barrels per day plus 25 percent water, with projected recovery rising by 8,792,700 barrels over 5,780 acres.
Basin records list several wells including Apache No 1 and York Gentry, noting daily oil outputs and drilling details. Entries mention salt and sulfur content, casing sizes, and test results with measurements and depths across multiple blocks in the Lubbock and Yoakum regions.
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