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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1961
Page
2
Midland firm Chambers and Kennedy completed its Kermit area project No. 1 W. A. McCutchen in central Winkler County. The Devonian gas discovery in the Fusselman interval shows potential for 67 million cubic feet per day on a four point test, tested at depths 8 064 to 8 124 feet.
Reports detail multiple oil prospects in Crane Glasscock Reeves and Ward counties with new completions. Wells include No. 3 Edwards Lumber at South Pyote paying 154 barrels daily and No. 2 Ruth Gordon in Tom Green County yielding 131.51 barrels. Delineated sites span Andrews to Midland with depths around 5 000 feet and promising readings across several blocks and surveys.
New Mexico Geological Society holds its Twelfth Annual Field Conference around Albuquerque October 6 8. Participants explore general geology stratigraphy structure and economic geology of areas including the Rocky Mountains Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau. Registration in Albuquerque UNM Union Building 5 10 p.m. Oct 5 and 7 a.m. Oct 6.
Sun Oil Co prepares to kill Strawn flow for discovery at its northwest Concho County wildcat No 1 A I B Menille nine miles northwest of Robert Lee with a nine-and-a-half inch choke. The last 24 hours show 25 barrels of lead oil 192 barrels of new oil and no water with 450 psi tubing. gas oil ratio 683 1. Production occurs through Strawn perforations 5 150 56 and 5 160 70 feet. Location is Section 472 Block 1 A H and TC survey KM south of the discovery well in the North least I A B Pennsylvanian field.
Fragmented OCR notes reference multiple wells and leases across the Central Basin, South Basiny area and Southeast New Mexico. Entries mention test preparations, rod testing, testpackers, laying to test, plug and abandon actions, and notable names like Amerada and Humble amid varied rig and lease details.
Georesearch Inc of Dallas announces a 4.6 million cash purchase of two thirds of Dorchester Corp stock and all outstanding first mortgage notes. Nafco Oil & Gas and other stockholders sell portions, with notes acquired mainly from Amarillo individuals. Dorchester owns 241 producing gas wells and extensive lease holdings in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Recovered J C Williamson Midland reports drilling at 8 416 feet after gas shows on a drillstem in Lea County NM and gas surfaced on a one hour and twenty minute test. No dry holes yet and the project lies about 26 miles west northwest of El Paso with logs to be run.
Gulf Oil Corp announces Rio Grande 1 in Bolivia flowed 9,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily from a sand at 5200 feet with 1 475 psi pressure. Condensate accompanied the gas. The well sits in a 1.2 million acre Gulf block southeast of Santa Cruz near Caranda where two more producers exist or are drilling. Dividend payments reach 8 billion in eight months, up 2 percent from 1960, led by electric, gas utilities and telecoms.
The Petroleum Association reports U S demand will climb in July and August 1961 driven by seasonal factors. Domestic crude stock at end August near 30 million barrels above the year-ago level but expected to ease. The outlook cites July and August demand up about 5 percent, with supply around 280 000 barrels daily.
Three Texas oil and gas groups joined a West Texas operator in petitioning the Railroad Commission for a hearing to contest an extension rule. They argue Crown Central Pipe Line’s plan to extend lines to Duffy's receiving station would gather crude from 18 producing wells, improving a stalled market and ensuring a more even delivery system for nearby producers.
End year outlook from IPAA Supply and Demand Committee shows crude runs of 8 to 8.1 million b/d needed, but would leave gasoline and other product stocks above forecasted levels.
The chief of New Mexico’s Conservation Commission, Daniel S. Nutter, cites that tight cost controls and stable prices have yielded billions in savings from better oil industry practices. He notes preconservation waste and recalls Hobbs field cooperation in 1930s, framing preservation of correlative rights as key.
W. M. Elmer of Owensboro Kentucky, head of Texas Gas Transmission Co., was elected president of the Independent Natural Gas Association of America at the convention closing session in Houston. The three day meeting drew over 500 attendees and featured a policy address by Joseph C. Swidler, chairman of the Federal Power Commission.
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