Devonian Gas and Oil Tests in Winkler and Kent Counties
In Winkler County southeast of Monahans the No. 1 Sealy-Smith outlines a Devonian discovery with 12 million cubic feet per day gas and 15 barrels per million cubic feet distillate, plus a second test yielding 198 000 cfpd gas and 8 percent oil from 8,260 to 8,355 feet. In Kent County Rough Draw gains two new oil producers from So cony Mobil, with the No. 18 Jackson & Jackson flowing 206.32 barrels per day and the No. 21 Jackson & Jackson at 273.38 barrels per day, both from perforations around 4,000 feet. Also noted are drilling plans near Patricia and Winters with pending deeper tests and field mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winkler County
Ashman & Hilliard Ldt
No. 5
Tenneco Oil Co
Midland
Sealy - Smith
Monahans
Halley
G&mmb&a
Ellenburger
Texas Crude Oil Co
Sinclair Oil Gas Co
Thompson
Gaines County
Patricia
Kent
Kent County
Rotan
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Jackson & Jackson
H&tc Survey
Forest
Goldsmith
Condor Pet. Co
Cummins
T&p Sur
T-Pay
GOR
Harper—Texaco
Orig. Co
A Cowden
Bik
Ci T&p Sur
OWWO
Condor Pet Co
Fn&elat
East
Grav
Goldsmith (Sa
H. E. Cummins
Arza-Dorward
Ha&Tc Sur
Martineters
John L. Cox
Minnie Davis
Gi I Corp
H. Monroe
Fn&els
Eec
Gc&se Sur
Reeves-Ken Regan
Dela
Ford Chapman
Delaware
H&agn Sur
T- Son
J. Frost
Scurry Corason
Texaco
M. A. Fuller
Upton-N-Cressett
Atlantic
Cordova
H&TC_ sur
Ward
Yuates
Univ
UL Sur
Oil Firms Issue Quarterly Data
Consolidated nine month 1962 net income figures from major oil firms show varied results. Cities Service reports 38.215 million dollars, Gulf Oil 236.26 million, Socony Mobil 177.1 million, and Sun Oil 35.425 million, with several noting dips or gains versus 1961. Dividends updated at Gulf Oil with a 0.05 per share rise to 0.40 quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special
Cities Service Company
Gulf
Gulf Oil Corp
Mobil
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Sun
Sun Oil Co
Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Basin Plains Oil Rig Activity Rises in West Texas Area
Rotary rig survey shows uptick to 204 working rigs in South Plains and West Texas, with Lea County leading New Mexico at 38. Ector and Andrews show gains while Crane remains at eight. County counts compare Oct 26 with Oct 19, reflecting regional activity shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
South Plains I
Reed Roller Bit Co
South Plains
Mexico
New Mexico
Lea County
N. M
Texas - Southeast
Ector
Andrews
Pecos
Crane
Borden
Eres Nee
Cochran
Coke
Concho
Crockett
Creeley
Curry
N.M
Dawson
Eddy
Fisher
Gaines
Garza
Glasscock
Hale
Hockley
Howard
Kent
Lea
Kimble
Loving
Martin
Midland
Mitchell
Reeves
Roosevelt
Runnels
Schreicher
Scurry
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Terrell
Terry
Tom Green
Upton
Ward
Winkler
Yoakum
Vibroseis Licenses Granted to Two Firms in Canada and Australia
Continental Oil Co announces two new Vibroseis licenses. National Geophysical Co will operate in Canada and Geo Prospectors, Inc in Australia. Each may run one U S field party to develop and demonstrate the method. Vibroseis uses surface vibrators for seismic exploration, unlike traditional explosive-based surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston (Special
Continental Oil Co
Vibroseis
National Geophysical Co
Dallas
Canada
Geo Prospectors, Inc
Tulsa
Australia
United States
Continental
Logging trailer and geologist map Texas Caprock resources
Dr. John Brand, Texas Tech geoscience professor, leads a vast mapping project for The Geologic Atlas of Texas covering seven 60 by 120 mile quadrangles on the South Plains. The work spans Lubbock to Plainview and parts of New Mexico, detailing surface geology, resources, and infrastructure for future mineral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kalb
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
West Texas
John Brand
Texas Tech Geoscience
Texas
Playa Lakes
Brand
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
Virgil E. Barnes
Tech
Lubbock Geological Society
New Mexico
Lone Man
New York
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Ohio
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Maine
South Carolina
Miami
Army
Chemical Warfare Corps
Caprock
Llano Estacado
Bureau
Lubbock
Brownfield
Clovis
Plainview
Canyon
O'Donnell
New Mexico Line
Aspermont-Guthrie-Childress-Wellington
Frank Kottlowski
New Mexico Geological Survey
Houston
Geological Society of America
Deae Baebus
Plains
Geologic Atlas
South
Lubbock Quadrangle
Geologic
Atlas of Texas
Squilly
Stripper Well Output Rises in 1961 Survey
Dallas report shows stripper wells accounted for a rising share of U S oil output in 1961 with production up 14 760 504 barrels to 591 911 488 and wells increasing from 403 323 to 406 102. Two year gains total about 55 million barrels and 13 577 more stripper wells. The national survey is a joint project of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and National Stripper Well Assn. with support from fifteen oil and gas associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Association
KKK John Hills To Speak At API Meeting Nov 8
John O Hills of Midland Os Socony Mobil Oil Co division operations superintendent will discuss The Aims and Activities of APT at the South Plains API dinner meeting at 6 p m November 8 at the San Andres Hotel Level land Also reported are API officers for 1962 63 and Hills career path within Socony and API involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Hills
Midland
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
APT
South Plains
American Petroleum Institute
API
San Andres
Levelland
Hills
Tuolumme
Calif
University of Southern
Koreas Bans Pachinko Cites Gambling Concerns
Seoul authorities ban Pachinko, a Japanese style pinball game, effective Saturday. Cabinet rules it constitutes gambling rather than recreation, triggering legal action and enforcement across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
National Advisory Council Meets Wednesday On Gas Issues
Washington UPI The Federal Power Commission Natural Gas Advisory Council meets next Wednesday to discuss rate refunds, regulation of interstate pipelines direct industrial sales, automatic adjustment clauses, and factors in public utility management. Chairman Joseph Swidler endorses area pricing to improve regulation and curb cost reimbursement promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Natural Gas Advisory Council
John Dingell
Dmich
FPC
Swidier
Commission
Joseph C. Swidler
Swidler
American Gas Assn
Pan Am Gives 25-Year Pins To Levelland Workers
Pan American Petroleum Corp honors Levelland employees Ben R. Shindler and E. R. Latham with twenty year service pins at a monthly safety meeting. Shindler started in Greggton and moved to Levelland in 1958. Latham began in Hastings, worked in drilling, then moved to Levelland in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Ben R. Shindler
E. R. Latham
Shindler
Pan American
Greggton
Texas
Latham
Hastings
Conoco Names Sales Manager for Lubbock District
J. E. Stalsby of Fort Worth has been promoted to district sales manager for Continental Oil Co. Lubbock district. He will base at Lubbock after serving as sales development manager and holding posts in Houston, Shreveport, and Oklahoma City. He began with Conoco in 1955 and holds a marketing degree from the University of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Stalsby
Fort Worth
Continental O11 Co
Lubbock
W. N. Mayhall
Conoco
Stalsby
Houston
Houston City
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
University of Houston
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Kent Wells
W Petroleum Co
Basin
Big Tally
Abell
BR. C. Crabb
Shel
H&tc Sur
E - Imperial
Band Hills
Ellen
W. N. Waddell
H&tc
Logsdon
Tap Sur
NW - Oria
Geraldine - Ford
Texaco Inc
Culberson
T&p
Oria
Lario Oil & Gas Co
B. H. Blakeney
Sur
Lawson
Ae Talsaay Midland
Dora Roberts
Cites Service
Dora Roberts Dev
S. T&psur
Se-Odessa
Reeves County
Screabean
Dela — Texaco Inc
Reeves Fee
Ise
N-Ward
Eetee
Gui Il Corp
W. O'Brien
Et al
B&a Sur
Ward Estes
Gulf Oil Co
Yvalller
Skellynes Co
Isort
D. W. Westbrook
Caroline Stewart
Rt. Winkler
Humble O&r Co
N. R. Colby
Humble
CN. R. Colby
PSL
Winkler.keystone
Corny Sdé
Sid W. Richardson, Inc
Sun Jenkins
Keystone
Colby
State Walton
Palsar
E. W. Cowden
J. Gibson
Grace
IPAA
Lubbock, Texas
IN Oil Compact Report
KKK
John Hills
Kansas
Oklahoma
California
West Virginia
Illinois
E. Mortis Seydell
Wichita Falls
Tex
Seydell
Laus Adout
Fort Stock- Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Max B
Kennedy
White House
House
Senate
Congress
National Advisory Council
Wellington
Wellington, Texas
Toys & Sports
NEL
Canyon Dr
Glenwood Ave
Amarillo
Pan Am
Levellanders
Service Drilling CO
Stinnett, Texas
Wayne Cook
Meadows
Dalles, Texes
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