Mystery crater swallows oil field as crews race to cap well
At a site between Wink and Kermit a 30 to 35 foot deep hole grew from three yards to about 100 by 150 yards in hours, threatening pipelines and forcing Shell Gulf Petro-Lewis and Arco to halt lines and cap a 40 barrel per day producer. Cause remains unknown with theories ranging from water injections to underground caverns.
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Mulloy
Levelland
Wink
Kermit
Petro-Lewis Corp
Petro-Lewis
The
Monahans News
Farr
Shell
Bulawa
Gulf Oil Co
Sherry Zippay
Gulf
Houston
Legion
Mount St. Helens
Kermit Crater
Schools review basic skills test results for 5th and 9th graders
MWPISD board meets to discuss the first year Basic Skills Test results in reading math and writing for 5th and 9th graders. Letters went to parents with score interpretations. Also on the agenda are Media Services participation cost, traffic plan near Edwards Elementary crosswalk reductions, a proposed county 50 50 sports recreation center, sale of the building trades house, and a reviewed tax collector salary for LaBoyce Wylie.
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Mwpisd Board of Trustees
Texas
Asst
Jim Jordan
Jordan
West Texas Education Center
Mwpisd
Edwards Elementary
Eighth Street
LaBoyce Wylie
Commissioners to Inspect Two Construction Jobs
County commissioners plan a light agenda Monday with two completed projects set for inspection. Basco Building Systems built the Precinct 2 equipment building at the coliseum for 32395 with a 90 day limit, and Pioneer Fence Co. erected 3700 feet of fence around the caliche pit for 22326. An extra 980 covers 660 feet of water pipe, a quick coupling, and an extra trencher rental for Grandfalls Park sprinkler work. A portable x ray machine, deemed unfit for human use, may be sold after bids are advertised.
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Coliseum
Basco Building Systems of
Odessa
Caliche Pit
Pioneer Fence Co
Grandfalls Park
Richard Litz
Litz
Monahans City Council Hearts TESCO Rate Hike Consideration
The Monahans City Council again weighs a 17.1 percent TESCO rate increase request after a steering committee of six local cities deemed the rise as the utility’s basic operating cost. If approved, bills could rise about 38 percent on average. The agenda also notes potential seal coating for about 100 city blocks and bids opening for river rock aggregate for a separate project.
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Monahans
Texas Electric Service Co
TESCO
Jack Forga
Utility Commission
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Elton Mulloy
Spears Pump Co
Arch Farr
Midland
F.A. Bulawa
a_ Shell
Petro-Lewis and
Arco
Raby Swope
Kay Harkey
Robin Woods
R&rc
John Crabtree
Crabtree
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