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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1953
Page
17
In extreme eastern Lea County new wells proceed in multiple sections. Western Natural No 2 Ramco and Shell No 2 Shelton report oil and gas shows with test data revealing water blankets and deep Devonian zones. No 1 Trigg Federal completes as a flow discovery in Permo Pennsylvanian lime. Denton pool and Wolfcamp markers identified nearby.
The report lists several oil and gas drilling figures across George T. Prigmore in Borden County, Union Compress & Warehouse Co. in Lamb County, and J C Barnes in Yoakum County. Drilling depths range from about 7,663 to over 10,528 feet with lime formations mentioned.
Ellenburger flowed oil for 16 hours at the Andrews tester No. 16 University diagonal offset No. 1E University. Perforations 12,322 to 12,334 and nearby intervals were washed with mud acid. After swabbing, 290 barrels of new oil were produced in 16 hours, flow rate 12 13 barrels per hour, then treated with 8,000 gallons of regular acid to complete. Location 660 feet from south and east lines. northeast quarter of Section 1, Block 8, University Lands Survey.
PAD warns the imminent revocation of Order No 4 on October 1 will not guarantee abundant aviation fuel. The policy requires at least 4 cc of tetraethyl lead per gallon, shaping supply by shifting toward alkylate to support military and civilian needs. LaFortune notes capacity and refinery cooperation will determine effects, with PAD ready to assist if refiners face real conversion troubles.
A Texas oil well, PGI at C8 No. 1-A Tom Spencer, shows steady flow after perforations. In 42 hours it flowed 5 1 2 percent oil with no water, gas oil ratio 1, and 844 barrels daily at 645 hours. Strike lies 494 feet north and 1 980 feet west of section 32 in Big County.
A group will study Texas oil markets aiming to understand price trends and supply dynamics. George Christian reports that the task force will examine regional production, distribution, and potential policy impacts on energy costs and availability.
A long list of oil lease locations and rotary depths across South Plains Andrews County and surrounding areas is reported. Entries name operators like Phillips Petroleum Humble Oil and Refining, Widecat Texas Crude, and Oceanic Oil Co with depths up to 13 500 feet and notes on surveyors PSL T&P and GN. The report includes county references Howard Kent Terry Scurry and Wel lman and states dates and distances from town lines. A second section covers Texas oil policy with Texas Railroad Commission actions and comments by Nixon on import competition and interstate coordination.
The Humble Oil and Refining Company reports continued oil shows at the Terry project in the Strawn formation. Drilling progressed past 11,000 feet with test yields including 470 feet of crude and 90 feet of mud cut, amid gas and oil water blankets and rising bottom hole pressures. The site lies 12 miles southeast of Brownfield in Section 9, PSL Survey, East Fusselman area, aiming to reach 12,800 feet.
A one day conference on mutual problems of rail and petroleum product traffic will be held Tuesday September 15 at the Mayo Hotel Tulsa. The joint sponsorship by the Natural Gasoline Association of America and a group of Railroad Freight Executives marks the fifth in a series of semi annual meetings. Gerald Duffy of Santa Fe Chicago chairs the rail group with W B Futral Rock Island and Fred Shellhorn Anchor Petroleum in charge of the program. Additional committee members include C G Hayes Texas & Pacific F M Holloway Skelly Oil T M Caiazza Santa Fe and T P Washington Phillips Petroleum.
Industry 75 years old honors early California oil industry with the first refinery near Newhall erected 1878. A deer hunter noted seepage in 1865 and the Standard well yielded 300 barrels daily at 600 feet after the first steam driven rig. Newhall north of Los Angeles claims both oil and gold in the local canyon.
Billy J. Renfrow of 3108 30th St a Texas Tech graduate is one of 20 college graduates chosen for a year long program by The National Supply Co The plan blends store experience at 117 oil country stores and six plants with a three week executive seminar starting August 31 at Pittsburgh offices Renfrew a Muleshoe native and son of a Texas Ranger served as Navy radioman in 1945 47 and joined National Supply after earning a 1951 business degree He worked in Sundown Eunice NM and Midkiff Texas and was selected in June by the Southwest Division for broader training The program begins with two months at the Lawrenceville store The company which makes and distributes oil field equipment has plants in Ambridge and Etna PA Springfield and Toledo OH Houston TX and Torrance CA and plans a new plant near Gainesville TX
The Oil and Gas Journal notes 336 wells completed in Texas for the week ending August 29, with 187 oil and 17 gas wells and the rest dry. Texas year to date totals reach 11,400 completions, versus 12,019 in the prior year period.
A Hughes Tool Co report to the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors shows 2783 active rigs in the United States and Canada for the week ending Aug 31, up from 2771 the prior week and 2518 in the same week in 1952. The update also compares regionally over the past two weeks.
Rinehart Oil News Co. will establish a new editorial office in Billings Montana to cover the Rocky Mountain and Williston Basin regions. Vann Mitchell, previously with the Midland and Dallas offices, will head the new bureau joining existing offices in Denver Casper and Bismarck. The firm publishes a daily periodical focused on regional oil news.
The Midland based Rinehart's Oil Reports compiles a weekly activity survey for the Permian Basin. The table lists county by county summaries of oil industry operations across West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
Report on multiple oil and gas completions across Gaines Garza Hockley and Terry counties. Records show production volumes from various wells including open holes, perforations from depths around 2,991 to 9,305 feet, acidizing with thousands of gallons, gas oil ratios from 1, etc. Widespread activity in PSL survey areas and standard operations.
Republic Natural Gas Co reports net income of 4 942 948 dollars or 3 32 dollars per share for the year ended June 30. This compares with 4 203 868 dollars or 2 88 dollars per share for the prior year ending June 30.
Prisoners in South African jails mass protest claiming Coronation Day offered no amnesty or sentence reductions. They report no special Porridge or cake with tea and say the day resembled any other without royal gestures. Pretoria reports.
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