Texas law makes drilling logs public for oil prospects
Independent Texas oilmen gain a public data source as a 15 June law requires filing well logs with the Railroad Commission. Logs reveal gamma radiation and fluid properties to aid geology and engineering, with confidentiality options up to three years on land and five years offshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission of Texas
William L. Fisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Fisher
Austin
Schaible
West Texan to join Texas Highway Commission
Ray Stoker Jr is named by Gov White to fill the West Texan seat on the Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission. He recalls Odessa on Eighth Street and pledges statewide focus while aiming to improve traffic safety on Texas 191 Midland to Sterling City. He emphasizes public outreach and responsibility on the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
S Highway Commission
Odessa
Eighth Street
Ray Stoker Jr
Stoker
Mark White
Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Sweetbriar Circle
White
Baylor University
West
Highway Department
Highway Commissioners
Texas 191
Midland
Sterling City
Commission
Former Odessa civic leader Edwards dies at 64
William T. Bill Edwards aged 64, longtime Odessa oilman and civic leader, died Wednesday at Horseshoe Bay near Austin. Funeral services set for Friday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Marble Falls with burial at Lakeland Hills. He retired May 1983 after 33 years in Odessa. Survivors include his wife Betty, daughter Patricia, three sons, three sisters, a brother and three grandchildren. Edwards held multiple posts in oil firms and local associations and served in community groups across Odessa and Marble Falls.
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William T
Bill’’ Edwards
Odessa
Horseshoe Bay
Austin
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Marble Falls
Jim Woodridge
Lakeland Hills Memorial Park
Edwards
West Texas Gathering Co
West Central Gas and Oil Association
Odessa Natural Gas
el Paso Products Co
Gas Transmission
el Paso Oil and Gas
Trebol Oil Co
Independent
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Betty Trimbel Edwards
Patricia Edward Kinnard
Abilene
William T. Edwards III
Houston
Joel Trimbel Edwards
D. Kirk Edwards
Charles A. Morgan
Dallas
Sylvia Strow
Oklahoma City
John W. Lillard
Seadrift
J.D. Edwards
Odessa Police blotter July 30 31 burglaries and thefts
Odess a police log lists burglaries at La Quinta Motel and Antlers Motel with losses totaling 780? no, values 2 580 and 5 510. A theft at a residence accounts for 1 150 and unauthorized use of a 1981 Chevrolet pickup valued 15 000. Additional burglaries reported at East Ridge Road residence and Music Store of Texas with losses 2 646 and 2 169. Officers noted in each case.
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Odessa
Donny James Hooper
la Quinta
E. U.S
Second St
R. Jones
C. Davis
Jay Harvey Lindsey
E. 56Th St
P.A. Lushin
John Summers
N. Alleghancy Ave
L. Hawley
Jay B. Larson
East Ridge Road
B. Yancey
Sean Thomas Kelly
Music Store of Texas
N. Grant Ave
W.S. Rushing
Death notices and public obituaries from Denver City area
Services for Elvis Sunday 65 of Denver City and Walter Croom 41 of White Settlement are listed along with other Texas obituaries. Elvis Sunday’s services occur Friday with church rites in Denver City and graveside in Midland, reflecting a long illness and WWII veteran status. Walter Croom’s funeral is in Brownwood with burial at Varga Chapel, noting Korean War service and a medal from South Korea. Additional notices include Roy Spangler 70 of Kermit, Mae Evans 82 of Kermit, and Leonard Partain whose service is pending, plus other marriage and divorce notices from across the region.
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Elvis
Denver City
Elvis Lewis
Church of Christ
Skip Rodgers
Fairview Cemetery
Midland
Singleton Funeral Home
Mr. Sunday
Lea Regional Hospital
Hobbs
N.M
Iowa Park
Dorothy Helen Lewis
Wichita Falls
Sunday
Andrews
Shell Oil Co
Patrice Hallmark
Edna Agnes
Walter Lawrence Croom
David Morris Funeral
Brownwood
Varga Chapel
Bouser
Mr. Croom
Northeast Community Hospital
Fort Worth
Chung Croom
Korea
Odessa
White Settlement
South Korea
Croom
General Dynamics
Author Croom
Kermit
Mae M. Evans
First United Methodist Church
David Weyant
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Evans
Medical Center Hospital
Higginsville
Arnold H. Evans
Tecumseh
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Susan Hammons
Railroad Commission
J. Murphy Horton
Texas
Horton
The
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
Brian Schaible
District Commission Office
House
Tom Craddick
Fred Agnich
Senate
Sen
Buster Brown
Lake Jackson
Monte Whaley
Janca
Texas Highway Department
Highway Commission
C.W. Wood
Rhonday Dolores Roane
Antlers Motel
Walter Croom
Sherron Croom
L.A. Croom
David Croom
Joe Croom
Barbara Jordan
Peggy Tijerina
Roy Spangler
Roy K. Spangler
Grace Temple Baptist Church
Dave McFadden
Spangler
Memorial Hospital
Ashdown
Ark
Alma Lorene McKay
Marietta
Okla
Kermit Motor Co
Gainesville
Roy E. Spangler
Peekskill, N.Y
Barbara McDonald
Edna Willmann
Tulsa
Patricia Shifflet
Anna Mae Willis
Los Angeles
Calif
American Cancer Society
Mae Evans
Oklo
Maxine Sims
Mildred Love
Portland, Ore
Leonard Partain
Leonard Thomas Partain
Needles
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
James Whitmire Jr
James C. Whitmire Jr
E. 63Rd St
Frank W. Wilson
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Women's & Children's Hospital
Alan Chambers
Melody Lane
James Hill
Idlewood Lane
Julio Lopez
Conover Ave
Charlies P. Taylor
P.O. Box
Bruce Williams
Sam Houston Ave
Terry Williams
Cornell Ave
Dean Edward Hunt
Michelle Desiree Mounce
Michael Ray Moore
Sherrie Rae Bledsoe
Danny Lee Nail
Carol Marie Lowry
Elton George Kidd
Judy Ann Nix
Charles Ray Bynum
Alecia Ann Yancy
Alfredo Aranda Silvas
Imogene Hampton
Mattie G. Bownds
Doyle B Bownds
Regay Diane Woods
Tommie Lee Woods
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