Culberson Urges Texas Oil Increase Amid Imports Debate
Texas oil production faces pressure as Culberson criticizes imports replacing local supply. With Suez Canal tensions and Middle East disruptions, U S firms eye Panama and other regions for investment. New Mexico leases fetch 600000. Nortex ads up for Oscar of Industry. Odessa College drilling class expands. Halliburton chair created at Oklahoma.
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Culberson
Bureau of Mines
Texas
Near East
Southwest
Suez Canal
Middle East
Chase National Bank of New York
Commission
William J Murray
Interior Department
Office of Oil and Gas
Department
Murray
Pennsylvanian Reef drill yields small oil flow in Dawson County
A second drillstem test on a Pennsylvanian Reef prospect in west-central Dawson County opened for two hours, recovering 25 to 20 barrels of oil with 180 feet of oil and gas cut mud below the sub. Gas was surface-revealed but flow and pressures were low and unmeasurable, with plans to core and test two more feet of formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard OH Company
Dawson County
J. R. Weaver
Lines of Labor
League Nide
Taster County
Mungerville Tesas Co
T Beckham
Oni
Mies
la Mesa
Lea County Swab Recovers New Oil in Penrose Discovery
In Sunray area Lea County New Mexico a Penrose Sand discovery in sectional 28 shows open hole interval 4379 to 499 feet yielding oil through a 12.6 inch choke. Latest 3 hour test recorded gas and oil with 76 barrels of oil from Humble No 2 South Four Lakes Unit as coring advances below 2878 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunray Med-Connnl
Penrose
Lea County
Mallamar
Humble No. 2
South Four Lakes
Humble No. 1 Daughtry
Gas Distillate Opened In Eddy County Wildcat
Pennsylvanian Mokasand section drillstem test indicates gas and distillate in Stanolind No 1 Greenwood Unit wildcat in Northeast Eddy County. Interval 10 792 to 10 850 feet produced gas, distillate, and water with a 12 009 000 cubic feet daily gas estimate and 330 feet distillate recovery. Nearby Welch Unit deepening flow tested 104 000 000 cubic feet daily. Other Eddy County wells at Einzinger Federal and Magnolia State show activity with several abandonments and stakeouts, locations near Carlsbad and Artesia areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mokasand
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company
Greenwood
Wildcat
Eddy County
Atest
Mallamar
Paso Natural Gas Company
Welch
Red Bluff
Fren Oil Company
Einzinger Federal
Carlsbad
Das Hermanos
John A. Yates
Magnolia State
Artesia Grayburg-San Andress
Texas MC Names Award Recipients At Rice Hotel
Houston oil figure Ben Belt and New York based Robert Anderson win the Texas Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association Distinguished Service Award at the Rice Hotel during the October meeting. Belt, a former Gull oil executive, heads Houston Chamber of Commerce and state scouting. Anderson, Ventures Ltd. president, has held senior posts in government and oil control.
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Ordovician Association
Midland
West Texas
New Mestco
North Bug Spring St
F W. Holbrook
Grorador Oil Co
Felmont Or Corp
Joseph I. O'Neill Jr
WE. Bakke
Dallas
Oil Company
Ben C. Belt
Houston
Texas
Robert B. Anderson
New York
Texas Mid Continent Oil & Gas Isociation
Rice Hotel
Samaus
LaRue
Athens
Anderson
Belt
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Defense
Missour
University of Oklahoma
Mexico
Bolt
Chamber of Commerce
Research League
NGAA Disaster Planning Discussed At Oklahoma City Meeting
The NGAA regional meet at Skirvin Hotel Oklahoma City Friday September 28 will cover plant personnel and regional disaster plans. Speakers include R A Blank of Pont Company Wilmington Del on preparing staff for all types of disasters and Dr Dennis Murphy on effective communication.
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Reginal
Dennis Murphy
Service Pipe Line Company
Tulsa
Lone Star Protocins Compant
Dallas
BC. Manns
Oklahoma City
International Nicke Company
Portable Drilling Rigs Set New Footage Records
Mayhew Supply Co. unveils portable drilling units converting standard water systems to dual air and water operation. Lubbock shop, led by Bill Raye, performs complete repairs and conversions, drawing rigs from Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, the Dakotas, and Arizona. Switching between water and air takes about five seconds, boosting drilling speed though water-bearing formations require water for certain zones.
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Jack Vineyard
Sterling Wood
Mayhew Supply Company
Lubbock
Gardner-Denver
Cpeat Mals
Avalanche-Journal Oil
Bud
Mayhew Supply Co
Mayhew
Dallas
Bill Raye
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Colorado
Fastern
New Mexico
Dakota
Arizona
Gardner Denver Co
Quincy
Bea
Nolan Prospect Drills Oil String in Nolan County Test
Nolan Prospect No 1 H Barton site near Nolan townsite reports multiple drillstem tests in the Cambrian field. Firing 55 85 feet surfaced gas in eight minutes and yielded 3400 feet of oil and water with 2.2 miles salt water recovery, oil estimated at 10 percent. Flow pressures from 783 to 2000 pounds. 45 minute shut in 2070 pounds. Additional tests show gas at top in nine minutes with two hours tool open, 1890 feet oil and 1800 feet salt water recovered. third test recovered eight feet of mud. Hole bottomed at 5988 feet. Site coordinates: Section 178, Block 1 A, HTC survey, three miles west of Nolan. Wayne Babb et al seek a 6250-foot Cambrian test designated No 1 Frank A hilly near Histon, three miles east.
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al Ard Drilling Co
H. T. Barton
Peen Reef
Nolan County
Farlier
H&tc Survey
Nolan
FEA
Wayne Babb Et al of
Dallas
Frank Anhilley
Histon
Bebo
Barnes
Fisher County
Sono Lnes
Onewell
Roby Canyon
Bastrop Lacan
LCSL
Ab-Tex Prod. Co
Hall and ME
Woc
Matchett
Texas Co
Collins
Survey den Exploration Co
Dalles
Stonewall Clark
Stonewall County
Ellening
Operation Deepfreeze Men To Receive Absentee Ballots
The Navy announced that arrangements are complete to deliver absentee ballots to 186 men stranded in the Antarctic for over a year as part of Operation Deepfreeze. Most are Seabees working on scientific observation bases including a South Pole site. They won’t need to apply individually as consent from 39 secretaries of state waives normal rules due to no regular mail delivery.
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Washington
Navy
South Pole
Bureau of Mines Names Ball Chief in Laramie Wyoming
John S. Ball was promoted to chief of the petroleum branch at the U S Bureau of Mines in Laramie Wyoming overseeing petroleum production and chemistry research across a nine state Rocky Mountain region. Ball a 1920 Texas Tech alumnus and veteran of bureau research holds degrees in chemical engineering and advanced studies from Colorado. He is married to Virginia Noah of Lubbock with five children and has long served on API projects with the bureau.
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John S. Ball
N. L. Ball
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Laramie
Wyo
Ball
Rocky Mountain
Tubbock Ifich
Texas Tech
University of Colorado
Bureau of Mines
American Petroleum Institute
Bureau
APL Ball
Interior Department
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Noah
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Fisher Wildcat Wells Offshore and Inland Drilling Notes
Report covers multiple oil and gas drilling activities in Fisher, Stonewall, and adjacent counties. It cites production gauges at Swastika and other wells, depths around 100 to 4100 feet, shows of oil and sand, and planned deepening of Havel Collins No 1 to 4100 feet for Ellenburger testing. Mentions German prisoner of war camp sentence details and a brother's Italian words lost.
New Shallow Test Spotted In Gaines Arbo
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a shallow test spotted in Gaines Arbo with garbled lines suggesting gas, road work, and a possible local event. Names and places are unclear, but references to tests and tasks imply a municipal or utility inspection note.
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Gaines
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Guardia
Nortex Oil and Gas Co
Financial World
Nortex
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