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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
5
In Upton County Texas and Lea and Otero counties New Mexico explorers push multiple wildcat programs. Bill Roden Midland drills Copeland Federal to test Bough C zone, while No 2 Sidlow and other pads advance near Bluitt Abell and Jal fields. Delaware wildcats and Fusselman targets also reported with varying results and test depths up to 13 000 feet.
Amerada Petroleum reports a minor discovery at its Gaines County wildcat No. 2 Riley Estate with a 1,535 foot oil recovery after a 10,643 790 foot drillstem test and a 1 hour 15 minute test. In Tom Green County Duncan Drilling lines up No. 1 E Clark past 1,600 feet west of Water Valley. In Pecos County Socony Mobil Oil No. 1 Sibley is capped after a 22 mile west-northwest wildcat blew out and caught fire, with a flare line running 600 feet from the well head. Parker Drilling to re-enter. Edwards Hank Avery completes Paluxy sand producers in Walt field.
In Yoakum County Texas a wildcat well shows oil and gas flow with a 12,500 foot Devonian target and 183.09 barrels of oil equivalent daily potential. The Amerada rig reports 10,840 to 6,350 feet plugging and plans new rotary tools. Texaco Inc and other operators stake offsets near Wasson and Koonsman in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp trends.
Fragmentary OCR lists locations and mine references in Pecos area. Mentions Wil liams wildcat, Stockton 680 inches, Christine Clear Fork field near Girvin, and Rayo area with field notes including cross references and outposts.
Fragmented report lists multiple basins and well numbers across North and Central Basin areas with names such as Hagin Parson Toole GAINESTXL and MARTIN Williamson. It mentions pumping, tubing work, salt water removal, Devonian port work, and preparations to cut unreported zones. Offshore notes reference Rio de Janeiro import surcharges on eggs and vegetables.
President Kennedy’s two children will remain at the Kennedy retreat in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod rather than seek shelter at Otis Air Force Base. The White House said the hurricane should not strike the area hard enough to endanger the family homes. Six of the President’s nephews and nieces are in Hyannis Port and may gather at a single spot in the Kennedy compound near the summer homes of the President, his father, and his brother Robert.
Daniel S. Nutter chief engineer of the New Mexico Conservation Commission will speak to the South Plains Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers at 6 30 p m today at the Pioneer Hotel dinner meeting. He will discuss Conservation of Oil and Gas Its History and Effect and has served with NMOCC since 1954, promoted to his current post in 1958.
Gasoline production dropped sharply in the week ended Friday due to curtailed operations caused by hurricane Carla. The AP report notes output at 26,218,000 barrels, down from 30,272,000 the prior week, with daily average gross crude oil and lease condensate at 17,110,660 barrels. Regional changes are listed for Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and New Mexico.
John LeRoy Smith, ex Tulsa county assessor, named tax commissioner for Service Pipe Line Co. succeeding J. S. Stearns who retires after 32 years in the tax department. Smith previously worked with Pan American Petroleum and the Dixie Oil Co. from 1924.
Field reports detail completions and prospects from Andrews to Wardlaw brothers, noting multiple companies Texaco Inc Montgomerry Val Verde and Garza fields. Documents describe oil production from open holes with figures of daily barrels and depths, plus location coordinates and section references across counties including Gaines, Howard, Sterling and Tom Green.
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