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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1960

Page

2

Crosby Strike Confirms Second Well in South Ridge Field

Fletcher Oil and Gas Drilling Corp of Dallas completed the second well in the South Ridge Clear Fork area of Crosby County, 13 miles south of Lorenzo and 21 miles southeast of Lubbock. The well produced 48 barrels of 24 gravity oil per day with 40 percent water after acidizing, at total depth 4201 feet with 4.4 inch casing. The project lies near the Ridge area and near Sinclair’s No 1 Hampton. Fletcher also pursues No 1 A Clark Wood nearby and a reentry plan for No 1 Bilby Wallace in east Kent County, aiming to perforate Strawn formation between 6380 and 6400 feet.

Fletcher Oil and Gas Drilling Corp Dallas South Ridge Clear Fork Crosby County Lorenzo Lubbock Ridge Sinclair Hampton D&se Fletcher Clark Wood Wood Kent Project Aldrich and Munson Ft. Worth Kent County Clairemont East Strawn Medders Wallace Fort Worth H&etc Survey Roosevelt Roosevelt County N. M Skelly Oil Co Las Cruces Bluitt Milneland Abo Eddy County Abo Reef Texas Pacific USA Wooley Honda-Western-Yates

Arthritis Relief Claim Leads to Free Information Offer

A Mississippi reader describes recovery from widespread joint pain including rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism. For more information, contact Mrs. Lela S. Wier at 2805 Arbor Hills Drive Jackson.

Lela S. Wier

Basin oil test notes from multiple Texas and New Mexico wells

The report lists numerous wells in the NORTH BASIN AREA, CENTRAL BASIN AREA, DAWSON, GAINES, HOWARD, BORDER AREA, SOUTH BASIN AREA, PECOS, STERLING, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AREA, and LEA sectors. It records drill depths, formations, drilling status, lime treatments, muds, swabbing results, flow shows, and specific operators such as Texaco, Humble, Pan American, Sinclair, and Texado, with coordinates and sec/township ranges.

North Basin Area Hmockley Texaco Bean Lab Wichita Csl Sur Wolfcamp Central Basin Area Borden Humble Conrad See LaVaca Gulf Welton T On T&p Sur Al'yhr Dawson—Forest Broyles Taylor Csl Wright J. Poitevent Sur Gaines H Jones A-T PSL Howard—Midwest Te&p Sterling—Browne, Wallace & Tice Ind Foster-Conger Spar Sur New Mexico Chaves Samedan Duborde Eddy—Ohio Noel Sinclair Turner Hime Ashman & Hillard Leonard State Ashman and Hilliard Remuda LEA Federal Lea Sun No I Schmidt Permo Pennsylvania GMK Lowe State Texado Byers Lowe Mescalero Sue Roosevelt Cosden Federal

U.S. Auto Output Totals 53,875 Units Last Week

The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports last week U.S. motor vehicle production reached 53,875 units. Cars accounted for 39,064 and trucks and buses 14,811.

Detroit UPI United States Automobile Manufacturers Association

Wolfcamp and Devonian tests near Gaines County field

In Gaines County the Wolfcamp pay shows its second well in the West Seminole fault block two area with a 9 035 to 9 055 ft drillstem test yielding 28 barrels of 29.4 gravity oil and no water after 23 hours open. Devonian prospects near Champmon and a Monsanto No 1 Brige wildcat 16 miles east show minor oil flow with perforations and choke changes but no gauges reported.

Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc H&j Sec West Seminole Wolfcamp Ccsd&rgng Gaines County Monsanto Chemical Co Champmon Seminole Lines of Labor League Lynn County School Land Survey

Big Gasser Finaled In New Reeves Field

In Reeves County northeast, Burrell and Ice report the Wa-Ha Delaware field No. 2 J. H. Hodge as a top producer with 65,000,000 cfpd open flow in the upper Devonian zone and 5,250,000 cfpd in the lower zone. The No. 8-A/C-2 Brown and Altman advances below 9,462 feet after testing a lower Devonian interval. Multiple wells and tests described, including gas flows and distillate recoveries, with locations in Winkler, Crane, and Upton counties, and plans for further drilling in Ellenburger and Strawn areas.

Reeves County Jack L. Burrell Charles O. Ice Wa-Ha Delaware J. H. Hodge Public School Lands Survey Winkler Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co Brown and Altman Winkler County Skelly Oil S. M. Halley

Roosevelt Pool extends in Lea County a Wolfcamp test

In northeast Lea County near Gladiola the Roosevelt Pool extension shows potential Wolfcamp production from 9,635 to 9,?80 feet with gas, oil and mud recovery. Union Oil and Skelly Oil report multiple tests and offsets in Roosevelt and Eddy counties with Devonian targets, core shows, and new oil flow rates. several wells planned to depths around 9,700 feet and 12,350 feet testing upper Permian formations.

Lea County Nearburg Ingram Roswell Midhurst Gladiola Wolfcamp Wolf Camp Eddy Venture

Fisher Draws Wildcat Try Near Roby Texas

Sojourner Drilling Co. and others plan to drill the No. LW. T. Martin wildcat 467 feet from the north and east lines of Section 623, Block 3, H&TC survey, 10 miles southwest of Roby, three miles west of Claytonville field, to test through the Pennsylvanian at about 6,200 feet.

Ehenburger Bell Pett, Co Midland W. O. Rehmayer Enenburger Reymayer Ellenburger Discovery Abell Crane County H&tc Survey Buena Vista Strawn Upton — Maxwell Oil Co Dislyn Drilling Corp W. W. Carson Upton County Dixiton Robert Imlet Carson Jack Herbert Rankin Sojourner Drilling Co Abilene

Locations And Completions In Midland Basin

Public records detail oil and gas locations and completions near Andrews Texas incl Midland Farms Grayburg and Westhmok McKenney and Florene Lanham units. It lists operators such as Pan American Petroleum and Fuhrman-Masche along with depths elevations and production figures. The report notes several amendment actions and nearby fields like Ellenburger and Queen Sand with multiple well identifiers and coordinates.

Andrews Midland Farms Grayburg Pan American Petroleum Corp Andrews GAM Midland Farms Iwmmb&a Sur Asdoac Ffllerton—Sunray Mid-Continent University Rt Ty Borden Fluvanna Ellenburgern OWPRB Whitehall Gail Co, Inc Latlas Florence Lanham Hato Sur Uyom Flivanna Mitchell Westhmok McCulloch Oil Exploration Coo of California, Inc Midland McKenney PWL VSL Sur St. At Bray Humble 0 & P Co Fn&el PSL Sur Queen Sand Humble O & It Co USA Jos Fuhrman-Masche Headwaters Ojl Co Argo Oil Co Hik Atl Psh Sur Gaines Warris Eastland Pri Harris Gray Au Yoakum Reeves San Andres Coline OW Corp N. W. Willard Ps&e ES John HL Cabson Sur

Dry Holes on Survey Pages and Wildcat Claims

Fragmented OCR notes describe dry holes and wildcat oil prospects near Snyder and Madera with sections 4 and 1A, mentioning firms Allen Holt, Priest & Beavers, Hill & Meeker, and Pecos Paul Davis. Entries list depths, locations, and survey references, noting conections to Owens and Lovings fields and multiple township fractions.

Sceurey G. Scott Hammonds Dallas Allen Holt Penn Snyder Enty Isec Biko LaVaca Nav. Co. Sur Af Enty Priest Beavers Gue Sk Sur Hill & Meeker Madera Wildcat Mmenstone Pt. Nty Pst Paton Madera Sur

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