19 Well Completions Listed In Eight West Texas Counties
Completion reports filed with the Railroad Commission show 19 wells completed across eight West Texas counties led by Midland with six new producers followed by Andrews with four and Cochran with three. Other counties include Pecos Ector Dawson Glasscock and Kent with one each. Wells described span Ector Rio Hondo Oil Co No 3 Parker C in Goldsmith 5600 Field and multiple completions in Andrews Midland Pecos and surrounding areas with varied oil gravities gas oil ratios and acid treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission
West
Texas
Midland County
Andrews
Cochran
Pecos
Ector, Dawson, Glasscock
Kent
Ector County
Rio Hondo Oil Co
Parker “C
Goldsmith
Andrews W. H. Black No
Means
Gulf No
Texas Consolidated
Triple N. Ellenburger
Signal Oil and Gas Co
Leta Jones
Fuhrmann Mashco
Warren D. Anderson
Littman
Littman San Andres
Counties To Get Tax Surplus From Gasoline Tax Share
Ten Permian Basin counties will receive a total $153,865 next month from the one cent gasoline tax surplus. Ector County gets $21,752 with $942 to bond payments and $20,630 for road building. Distribution to Andrews, Loving, Martin, Midland, Reeves, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties is detailed, with mixes of cash and bond credits. Checks are scheduled to be mailed around August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Austin Bureau
Austin
Permian Basin
Ector County
Highway Department
State General Revenue Fund
Colson-Briscoe
Andrews County
Loving County
Martin County
Midland County
Reeves County
Upton
Ward County
Winkler County
Drilling Activity Dips to New Low in Area
The Reed Rotary Bit Co bi monthly report shows 53 rigs active as of July 22 down from 596 on July 10 and 632 a year ago. The steel strike persisted over the prior week and deepened the slump in rotary drilling across the area through July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Rotary Bit Co
West Texas Area Manager Retires
A. F. Terrill, West Texas area manager for Shell Pipe Line Corp., retires September 30 after 33 years. He will move to Vancouver to become General Superintendent of Trans-Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company, which is building a 700 mile line from Edmonton to Vancouver. Terrill's career spans oil pipe line construction and operation in roles from grand hand to Area Manager, with a brief note that G. G. Billings will replace him as Acting Area Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
A. F. Terrill
West Texas
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Terrill
Vancouver
B. C
Trans-Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company
Edmonton
Alberta
British Columbia
TransMountain Oil Pipe Line Company
Houston
G. G. Billings
Cushing, Oklo
Mr. Terrill
Tidelands Back Under Texas Annexation Terms
Justice Frank P. Culver of the Second Court of Civil Appeals urged tidelands be returned to Texas under the annexation agreement, speaking as a private citizen. He noted Gov. Shivers urged candidates to state views on the tidelands question amid a Supreme Court race and other petitions.
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Fort Worth
Frank P. Culver
Second Court of Civil Alg
Tidelands
Texas
Union
Culver
Allan Shivers
TMCO and GA Appoints Advisory Committee
Five Texas oil industry representatives were named by the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association to serve on its Advisory Committee to the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Named by Executive Vice President Charles E. Simons are Curtis G. Condra Fort Worth J H Dunn Amarillo H B Fuqua Fort Worth R G McIntyre Houston and W A Moncrief Fort Worth. The Commission will hold its Summer Meeting September 1 3 at Banff Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Oil Industries
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Charles E. Simons
Curtis G. Condra
Stanolard Oil and Gas Company
Fort Worth
J. H. Dunn
The
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation
Amarillo
H. B. Fuqua
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
R. G. McIntyre
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Houston
W.A. Moncrief
Banff
Canada
Defense Dept Identifies 61 Korean War Casualties
The Defense Department released list No. 618 naming 61 additional Korean War casualties including 13 dead 42 wounded and six injured on August 2.
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Washington
Defense Department
Utility House QAs Theatre Versus Fe Structure Clash
A local dispute pits a utility house against a structural team in a test of design and safety. The confrontation centers on a theater project and a feeble frame, drawing officials and residents into a technical argument over plans and compliance.
American Airlines Adds Oil Corridor Flights Odessa Midland to Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa
American Airlines will add a daily round trip between Odessa Midland and Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa for oil industry travel. Convair Flight 432 departs Midland Odessa at 3 20 p.m. arriving Dallas 4 50 p.m. and Tulsa 6 22 p.m. Flight 431 leaves Dallas 1 20 p.m. arriving Odessa Midland 3 00 p.m. and Fort Worth connections available.
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American Airlines
Odessa- Midland
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tulsa
J. W. Campbell
American
Convair
Midland-Odessa
Dallas
Government Ends Tin Buying Monopoly
The government returned tin purchases to private industry ending its monopoly held since March 12, 1951. National Production Administration head Henry H. Fowler said the move follows improved tin supplies and a lower price. Private bidders had driven prices up to $1.83 a pound. current price sits around $1.21 a pound.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Administration
New York
South Ward Water Project Approved by Texas Railroad Commission
The Texas Railroad Commission approved a Feldman Oil and Gas Co waterflood project for the South Ward Field in Ward County after public hearings. Feldman will flood the Grand Falls Land under its Bentley lease using wells listed at the hearing exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
South Ward
Ward County
D. D. Feldman Oil and Gas Co
Texas Railroad Commission
Feldman
Grand Falls
Bentley
Crude Stock Dips For Week On Mines List
U S government Bureau of Mines reports week ending July 26 showing total domestic and foreign crude stocks at 278 20 million barrels a net drop of 4 014 million. Domestic crude down 3 606 million and foreign down 318 thousand barrels. Daily production averaged 6 071 million barrels. Stocks by region show declines in Texas and California with varied changes across states and grades.
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Washington
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Inc
Bureau of Mines
Mississippi
Mexico
Oklahoma
Aoa Aran
Pennsylvania
Mother Appalachian
Lima
Michigan
Indiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Northern
Ex Texas Coach Cherry Nets First Oil Well in Texas
J Blair Cherry of Lubock and his Dallas-based brother Alton W. Cherry struck their Stonewall County oil well six miles southeast of Ex. The No 1 Menge well, named Cherry Brothers No 1 Menge, is expected to yield about 120 barrels daily from 76 perforations at 4398 to 4408 feet in a canyon area.
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Aspermont
J. Blair Cherry
Lubock
University of Texas
Alton W.cherry
Dallas
Texas
Stonewall County
Here
Santel
Desk and Derrick Club to hear C R Rogers in Odessa
C R Rogers assistant superintendent of the gasoline department at Lone Star Producing Co Dallas will address Odessa Desk and Derrick Club as main speaker at the August meeting. He’ll speak after a buffet supper at 7 p.m. in the Odessa Country Club with reservations through Billie Jacka. Plans for the national convention in Houston September 12 to 14 will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Rogers
Lone Star Producing Co
Dallas
Desk and Derrick Club
Odessa
Oil Women’s Organization
Odessa Country Club
Billie Jacka
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Desk and Derrick Clubs
Houston
Shamrock Hotel
160 New Wells Up Completions
Texas oil men brought in 160 wells this week raising year completions to 6,850, per the railroad commission. The year’s pace tops 1951, with gas well completions at 503 after 15 new gas wells. Dry holes remain high at 118 for the week and 3,936 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Oil
Railroad Commission
Skater Sues Night Club Over Ice Hazard
San Jose California August 2 dancer Lolita Knight twenty four filed a twenty six thousand five hundred dollar lawsuit against a nightclub patron who, excited by her act, threw ice on the floor causing her to slip and injure ankles and legs keeping her from performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Lolita Knight
Miss Knight
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