Deep Devonian wildcat tests in Chaves County New Mexico
Amerada Petroleum plans a 11500 foot deep test in Chaves County 14 miles NW of Caprock testing Devonian formations and near Lucky Lake and Caprock fields. James G Brown and associates report successful 9200 foot completion at Eastman No 2 in Andrews County with 212 barrels of 42 gravity oil and 18 percent water after acidizing. Pan American tests Morrow perforations in Lea County 15 miles south of Mallamar flowing 84 barrels oil and gas daily with 1.465 million cubic feet day through 24/64 inch choke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Midland
Wildcat
Federal
Chaves County
N.M
Caprock
Lucky Lake
Andrews
James G. Brown and Associates
Andrews County
West Lea County
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Morrow
Plains
Wildcat Try
Mallamar
Lusk
Two Wildcats To Be Dug In Runnels Area
Carl Hoblitzell of Dallas will drill No 1 L. Lea to 4800 feet testing the Caddo in the North Motley field in west Runnels County. James K. Anderson of Midland will drill No 1 Myrtle Allen in northeast Runnels County to 4000 feet as a wildcat near Crews. Gardner Sand Final reports a Gardner Sand discovery by Wayne Petroleum Co at No 1 W T Colburn in North Runnels County yielding 125 barrels of 45 gravity oil per day with gas oil ratio 1500. Concho Extender: Sun Oil Co No 1 Trudy B Watkins offsets No 1 L G Watkins near Strawn lime production in North Speck field, 10 miles south of Paint Rock, contracted to 3775 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hoblitzell
Dallas
L. Lea
Motley
West
Runnels County
Norton
H&gn
James K. Anderson
Midland
Myrtle Allen
Crews
McMillan
Wilma Lee
H&tb Survey
Gardner Sand
North Runnels
Wayne Petroleum Co
W. T. Colburn
Winters
J. Hensley
Concho
Irion
Clifford Simmons
H. M. Noelke
South Irion County
Wildcat
Mertzon
Washington County RR Survey
Nathan Miller-Biggs
Upper Bend
Mk&t
McCamey
Mobil Shuffles Top Executives
Mobil Oil Co announces a series of promotions in senior management. Arthur V. Danner becomes head of a new Business Development Department and will direct major negotiations. Vernon A. Bellman is elected to succeed Danner as president of Mobil Petroleum. Fred H. Moore outlines further appointments including Harry J. Peckheiser as executive vice president in charge of marketing and Henry L. Waszkowski Jr. as executive vice president of Mobil Oil. Baxter F. Ball is named vice president of marketing and Harry A. Bade Jr. becomes general sales manager. William W. Richardson becomes planning and programming manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sconey Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Arthur V. Danner
Mobil Petroleum Co., Inc
Socony Mobil
Far East
Australasia
Africa
Socony Mobile
Herbert Willetts
Danner
Vernon A. Bellman
Mobil Petroleum
Bellman
Mobil Oil
Baxter F. Ball
Harry A. Bade Jr
Mr. Ball
William W. Richardson
Peckheiser
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky Pook Early Times Distillery
Louisville Kentucky producer Early Times Distillery markets Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky Whisky label as a product of Wentuck Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky. The listing names the Louisville KY distillery and includes the brand variant Early Times with distillery attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pkoof Early Times Distillery Company
Louisville
Kentucky
High Court Strikes Down RRC Gas Allocation Rule
The Texas Supreme Court ordered the Railroad Commission gas allocation for the Port Acres field in Jefferson County invalid. It had upheld an earlier ruling favoring Michel Hallbouten and denied rehearing on the one third two thirds rule. The ruling followed delays and pending U S Supreme Court review requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel T. Hal‘bouty
Houston
Austin District Court
Commission
Texas Court
Federal High Court
Locations And Completions In Southeast New Mexico and West Texas Frac Drilling
The record lists oil and gas wells with operator names such as Continental Oil Phillips Petroleum Texaco Gulf Oil and Sunray DX across Roosevelt Andrews Ector Pecos Yoakum and Garza counties. It notes drillers like Continental and Texaco and completion details including depths elevations and production indicators. The note ends with a regional tally for 1961 indicating about 3 139 wildcat wells drilled in Texas with 15.5 percent oil or gas yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double X
Delaware
Gulf Ol Corp. Midland
Hanagan Federal
Fn&wlas
Roosevelt—Minnesaed
San Andres
Sunray DX
Ol Co
Midland
Bowley
Fs&els
Cactus Drig. Co
Rot
Milnes
Andrews
Harper-Sa
Texaco
S.t&p
Odessa
Rt. Lawenn (Sa
Phillips Pet. Co
T&p Sur
S/Goldsmith
Hockley—Smyer
Difky-Pan Am
A. R. M. Thompson Survey
Lft
Smyer
Corvett Oil Corp. No
Monroe
Gc&sf Sur
Iraan
Yoakum — Braharney
Sa) Drilling & Explorations Co., Inc
Denver City
Fuhrman-Masche
Texas Pacific
Ethel Drachenberg
Rorden—Von Roeder—Phillips Pet. Co
A Louis
H&tc Sur
GOR
Cowden Ranch
Cowden
COLD
Rgng Sur
D&a. Ectoh
Bourland
Gaines
N/Robertson
M & Doss
Fpn&els
Blk. G
CCSD
RGNG
Sur
PR Tin
IY Hood
GARZA
Garaa
Glor
Forest
Guthrie
K Ascock
Red Loftin
Penn
Fortune Try Co
J. Bo Slaughter
Rik
T&no Sur
DAA Post
Sam G. Dunn
Tuckworth
Fn&ela
Blk & H&agn Sur
T/Pay WIT
Aig
Unsteker
H&gn
Bend
Une
Es—Chapman
OWWO
Delaware Basin OF Co. No
Randolph
Tap Sur
Ward Estes Humble O&r Co
Tau Richter
Texas
SPE Talk By Johnson On Permeability Profiles
Wallace B. Johnson of Odessa will present New Approach To Permeability Profiles to the South Plains Section of SPE AIME at 6 30 p m today in the Pioneer Hotel ballroom. The talk covers secondary recovery projects injection profiles and waterflood as diagnostic tools for workover and remedial projects. Johnson is a former Atlantic Refining Co. engineer and serves on the West Texas Oil Lifting Short Course committee. Cardinal Chemical Co hosts the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace B. Johnson
Odessa
Wright Surveys, Inc
South Plains
Society of Petroleum Engineers
AIME
Pioneer Hotel
Johnson
Atlantic Refining Co
Aime Group
West Texas
Oil Industry
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist University
SPE
Texas
Cardinal Chemical Co
Basin oilfield activity shows multiple wells drilling and testing
In the North Basin area several wells including Garza Fall No 1 and Yoakum McFarland No 1-362 report drilling mud recovery, DSTs, lime and chert use, and casing work. Central Basin entries note Devonian tests, gas shows, and blowout preventers in progress. South and Southeast regions list numerous rigs drilling, testing, and logging with lime, chert, and shale intervals.
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Whelan Brothers Injection Well Ruling
The Texas Supreme Court upheld a Railroad Commission order allowing Whelan Brothers to drill and inject salt water 206 feet south of the Manziel estate Mathis lease in the Vickie Lynn Field. Dorothy Manziel’s district court injunction against injection was dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
District Court
Gas Unit work and wildcat discoveries in West Texas fields
In eastern Sutton County Humble Oil & Refining Co plans to reenter the No 1 North Branch Gas Unit near Sonora to deepen from 4950 to 6100 feet and pursue a wildcat from the Ellenburger. In Irion County Clifford Simmons No 1 is a Permian discovery with 30 bpd potential from 3358 to 407 feet after acidizing and fracturing. Other notes cover further staked locations in Ector Pecos and Upton counties, including 12 800 foot Ellenburger projects and a 5 200 foot Delaware wildcat with isolated test results and locations.
Oil Wildcat Drilling Data From Crane Reeves Runnels and Runnels
The report lists multiple wildcat wells in Crane Reeves and Runnels counties. Entries include Fisher Texaco No 1 Minnie Jackson near Rotan with depths and TDs, Lena Bell near Crane with 5 560 feet TD, Marsthea offset in Reeves, Maud Vancil near Hetchel in Runnels, Herring near Ratlinger, and other details on survey lines, offsets, and sections for each prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcat
Gc&sf Sur
Enty
Jax ‘Levonian
Orig
Reeves
Jack
Reaves
J. M. Ritchie
Marsthea
Offset
Orla
T&p Sur
Runnels
Texas Gas Producing Co. No
Maud Vancil
Hetchel
Thomas T. Williamson Sur
Duncan Drilling Co
Herring
Ratlinger
G. Bb. Pitanteur
Domestic Oil Flow Logs Weekly Drop
New York AP reports the week ending Friday shows daily average gross crude oil and lease condensate production down 17 150 barrels to 7 327 410 from 7 152 710 a year earlier. State figures include Oklahoma 550 600 barrels dec 9 400 Texas 2 513 650 dec 8 850 Louisiana 1 361 200 dec 900 Arkansas 75 000 anch New Mexico se 266 500 dec 859 New Mexico other 29 100 unch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Petroleum Institute
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Texas Operators Drill Budget Falls After Dry Hole Losses
Texas operators spent 751 million dollars drilling in 1961 with 205 million lost on dry holes. This record notes steep costs and the financial impact on exploration activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
the Realtors
Mobil
RRC
Arfa Lea
Salada Draw
Continental Oil Co
Hobbs
Goedeke
E. Vacuum
Abo
Phillips Petroleum Co
Santa Fe
Justin (Maltipay
Texaco, Inc
Christoe
North Basin Area
Garza—Fall
Justice
G. H&gn
Yoakum—Mcfarland
Walker
D. Gibson
Thomas
Gibson Sur
Central Basin Area
Union
G&ammb&a Sur
Fasken No
Texaco No
Kincaid
PSL
Pas Am
G&mmb&a
Pan Am
AK Midland Farms
Ashman & Hilliard
Green
PSL Sur
Dawson—Roden
Adcock
Ccsd&rgng Sur
Gaenes
Jones
Thompson
Chilton
Lab
Savage
Wimberly
Blk
Howard
Bauer & Cockrell Sur
Tidewater
Lockhart
TAN
T&p
Martin—Mobil
Denham
T-3n
Fan Am
Huambie-Wolcott
Hartley Csl
Driz
Dunn
Lavaca Nay. Co. Sur
South Basin Area
Tyrell
Gc&sr
Midwest
Reed
Hunt
Moreman
Sohio
Cojiler
West Ota
Tenneco
E State Shell
Bec
Roosevelt—Trice
Texas Supreme Court
Texas Public Finance
Sutton
Pecos
Sutton County
Humble Oil & Refining Co
North Branch
Strawn
Sonora
Humble
Ellenburger
Bs&f Survey
Ector
David Fasken
Fasken
Ector County
T-I-N
Gemme&a
H. T. Porter Drilling Co
Dalton H. Cobb
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
West Pecos County
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Roso Cabatiss
Fennsylvanian
State-McIntyre
Upton
Odessa Natural Gasoline Co
Upper
Lower Bend
Amacker-Tippett
Upton County
Sears
Kenmore
M. A. Cooper
Beck
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