Wildcat Drilling Planned Across West Texas Counties
Across Hockley, Howard, Garza, Cochran, Lipscomb and Scurry counties officials announce wildcat and producing oil tests. New drills target San Andres Wolfcamp Glorieta and Slaughter formations with No. 1 projects southeast of Big Spring Big Spring area and near Snyder and Whiteface. Production at Gaines County Langdon field reports 72 barrels daily with 9.8 percent water and 452 to one gas oil ratio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaughter
San Andres
Cochran County
Lipscomb County School Land Survey
Gaines
PSL
Denver City
Scurry — Platco Corp
Smith
Kelly - Snyder
Canyon Reef
Scurry County
Snyder
H—Gn
Dalton Cobb
John Rowne
Midland
Winston
Wildcat
J. P. Smit
Parrot Down Payment Sparks Burglar Alarm Joke in Coleham
In Coleham England Jack Piper claims he secured a car with a parrot as part of the down payment. Piper notes the parrot “makes a great burglar alarm” and adds humor to the unusual trade with neighbors reacting to the odd arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleham
England
Jack Piper
Piper
Lalarm
Exploration Planned In Ward County Oil Venture Near Monahans
A 6,000 foot Devonian wild cat No 1 Winter is slated 14 miles southeast of Monahans in Ward County by Robert A Dean of Midland. The site lies near a Crawar field gas producer and at precise section lines in PSL survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Andres
C. W. Miller
Hockley County
H. L. Brown, Jr
W. J. Heath
Midland
Yellowhouse
Haskell County
Monahans
Ward County
Robert A. Dean
Crawar
Schleicher
Wesley
Houston
F. M. Thomson
Eldorado
Schleicher County
J. T. C. Allcorn
Reagan
Reagan County
No. 130
University
Southwestern Natural Gas, Inc
University Lands
Texan
Union Texas Petroleum
Allied Chemical Corp
Dean
Calvin
Stiles
T&p
Winkler — Roden Oil Co
Wolfe
Winkler County
Locations And Completions Reported for Oil Wells Across Texas
A list of oil and gas well locations and completions across multiple Texas counties is documented, including Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Hockley, Howard, and Garza regions. Entries specify operators, field names, section details, depth measurements, and nearby town references such as Big Spring, Sundown, Forsan, and Ackerly, with intensities like 1,980 to 12,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews — Fullerton
Copper Clear Fork
Owwd- Hancock & Berry Midland
University
Uls
Ne-Frankel City
Mobil
Ector— Jordan
Sam Andres
Swd
Sinclair Oil & Gas
Bec
Se-Penwell
Gaines
Wichita Albany
John L. Cox
Jones Estate
Seminole
Howard-Glaescock
T. Anderson Andrews
Magnolia- Roberts
Fs&el
W&nw
Se-Forsan
T&p
N-stiles
Hockley —Slaughter— Humberl & iRef. Co
W. A. Coons
PSL
Sur
Accherly
Dean Sand
Mason & Co
Viola Hale
T&ap
Ackerly
Bonnie Dyer
Scurry
Kelly Rayder
J. W. Hunt
Bob Zinke
C. E. Marsh
W. L Etheridge
Hatc Sur
Bw-Bayder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard
Shenandoah Oil Corp
Fort Worth
Texas Land and Mortgage Co
Big Spring
Howard County
T-I-S
T&p Survey
Hutto
Wolfcamp
Glorieta Venture Garza
Bert Fields
Bert Fields, Jr
Dallas
C. Eason
Post
Garza County
Cochran — Sun Oil Co
State Department of Education
American School
Labbock
Texas
Curtis Mathes
Mullins
34Th St
RCA Victor
Tnm&o
AER
Avnue H
Ceve
Cowart
Frostad
Gibson's Price
Sander
Tero Fae
Aia
Gibson
Cord
Bonnatt
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