Oil and gas drilling plans for Gaines Howard Glasscock Yoakum counties
Locations staked for wildcats in Gaines Howard Glasscock and Yoakum Counties with several drilling permits pending. Signal Oil and Gas Co plans No 1 Signal SoCal Webb to 12500 feet west of Plains Yoakum. Hancock Oil Co will drill Gaines tester to 7500 feet near Seminole. Standard Oil of Texas to drill C L Jones No 1 to 3200 feet near Vincent awaiting permit. Youngblood and Force No 1 H V Modges to begin soon for 6500 feet near Garden City. M G Piercy Jr No 1 G E Chorn wildcat to 7700 feet north of Hermleigh. historic spudding in 1950 and abandonment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines
Howard
Glasscock
Yoakum
Signal Oil and Gas Co
Signal-SoCal- Webb
Plains
J. H. Gibson
Hancock Oil Co
Midland
E. O. Nelson
C. L. Jones
Lavaca Navigation Co
Vincent
Youngblood and Force
Dallas
H. V. Modges
Garden City
Tss T&p
M. G. Piercy Jr
Snyder
G. E. Chorn
Redrill
Hermleigh
Scurry
Thomas W. Doswell
Todd M. Pettigrew
H&tc
New Type Water Program Sought in Driver Spraberry
Atlantic Refining Co seeks a imbibition water injection test in the Driver Spraberry field Midland and Glasscock counties Texas to improve oil recovery by altering fracture flow. The plan includes one year area wide allowables transfer and lifting gas oil ratio limits amid opposition from Forest Oil and Tide Water Associated Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Midland
Glasscock
Atlantic Refining Co
Atlantic
W. M. Schrock
C. E. Cardwell, Jr
Con
Quintuplets Birth Stuns Roosevelt Hospital Staff
A mother gave birth to quintuplets after entering Roosevelt Hospital on Friday night. hospital officials said the patient was doing fine. The scene caused alarms as lights flashed and staff scrambled for doctors and equipment amid the emergency room rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Greek patient delivers twins at maternity ward
A Greek patient in the maternity ward gave birth to twins on Saturday. The report notes the patient and the newborns Alpha Beta Gamma Delta and Kappa are in good shape along with a scraggy cat and five kittens.
Disagreement over drill slowdown length in Permian Basin
Odessa area oilpatch leaders clash over how long the drilling slowdown from the national steel strike will last. Estimates range from 60 to 90 days to six months or a year, with impacts including job losses, reduced footage, and thinner profit margins amid tight steel supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Permian Basin
National Steel
West Texas-New Mexico
Hughes Tool Co
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
United States
Canada
West Texas
Panhandle
North Texas
New Mexico
IH K Porter Income Rises in 1st Half
H K Porter Company reports first half 1952 earnings of 915000 after preferred dividends up from 829796 in 1951. First half sales total 25028700.68 versus 23564601.30 last year. Divisions include Quaker Rubber Philadelphia Delta Star Chicago Connors Birmingham Hinderliter Tulsa Buffalo Tonawanda Jarecki Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
H. K. Porter Company, Inc
Quaker Rubber Corp
Philadelphia
Delta-Star Electric Co
Chicago
Connors Steel Co
Birmingham
Hinderliter Tool Company
Tulsa
Buffalo Steel Division
Tonawanda
N. Y
Jarecki International Suppy
Dallas
Texaco Reports First Oil Discovery in Harris County Fin frock Field
Texaco announces the H D Taylor No 1 well three miles southeast of Katy in Harris county as a new producer in the Finfrock field. The completion flowed through a 10 sixty four inch choke with a gas oil ratio of 540 to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texlas Co
Finfrock
Harris County
H. D. Taylor
Katy
National Steel to Name Great Lakes Freighter Ernest T Weir
Pittsburgh dispatch reports National Steel Corp unveils its iron ore freighter the largest vessel ever built on the Great Lakes. The ship will be named the Ernest T Weir after the company's chief executive as announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
Great Lakes
Ernest T. Weir
National’s
Oil and Gas Directory Publication Slated
The second annual Oil and Gas Directory will publish in October by Oil and Gas Directory Inc Houston. It covers Texas New Mexico Louisiana and Oklahoma with 65 000 listings across 400 plus pages. Joe Green says the volume expands from the Texas Petroleum Directory editions 1947 1951 to include three sister states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil and Gas Directory
Oil and Gas Directory, Inc
Houston
Texas
Aw Mexico
Louisiana
Oklaha
Joe Green
Iexas Petroleum Directory
Tripplehorn Seeks Higher Deep Rock Output in Texas
Tripplehorn Petroleum asks the Railroad Commission to approve a 26 to 34 barrels per day increase and an MER boost for the Deep Rock Field in Andrews County. Spokesman R DeChicchis notes 21 wells on San Andres at 4000 feet are pumping with a gas oil ratio under 200 to 1 and some water production. The 34 barrel rate mirrors the nearby Fuhrman Masche Field about a mile away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
Tripplehorn Petroleum Corp
Deep Rock
Andrews County
R. DeChicchis
Tripplehorn
San Andres
Fuhrman-Masche
Warren Petroleum Corp
Scharbauer “C
Goldsmith
Leed Oil Corp
Henderson
South Cowden
Ten West Texas wells filed for development in nine counties
Applications to drill were filed for ten development wells across nine West Texas counties led by Gaines with two starts. Projects target depths from 3,400 to 11,000 feet near Andrews Crane Garza Glasscock Loving Midland Scurry and Yoakum with drillers including Atlantic Great Western Seaboard and Alamo Corp among others in Texas oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gaines County
Andrews
Crane, Garza
Glasscock
Loving
Midland
Scurry
Yoakum
Andrews County Atlantic
Texas University “Q
Ellenburger Field
University Lands Survey
CRANE
C. R. McVay
C. J. Stafford
Barnsley Estate
Sand Hills
McKnight
Gaines Great Western Drilling
Frank Stone
Westland
Uppe
Clear Fork
Seminole
Atlantic No
J. O. Jones
Adair Wolfcamp
Seagraves
Garza
Midland Basin Wells Lead RRC Report on District 8 Completions
Midland County tops the Railroad Commission report with four completions in five counties. Ector and Andrews each totaled two, Gaines two, and Yoakum one, highlighting prolific oil production across multiple fields with specifics on depths, gravities, gas oil ratios, water content, and treatment fluids for each well completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Pace Rrc
Midland County
Railroad Commission
Ector
Andrews
Gaines
Yoakum County
RRC Action Discussed At Hearing In Texas
The Railroad Commission reviewed an Ellender Cowden well case in Austin. Stanolind Oil sought a 10 000 to 1 gas oil ratio limit on Stanolind No 23 Cowden C in the Andector Ellenburger field. The commission initially denied then granted temporary six month relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
Ector County
Commission
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Cowden “C
Andector Ellenburger
R. W. Byram, Texas Co
Austin Konsultant
Byran
R. G. Hiltz
Stanolind
Underground LPG Storage Planned in Wasson Field
Shell Oil Co proposes underground storage of liquefied petroleum gas in Section 827 Block D Wasson Field Yoakum County. Two 50 000 barrel wells will be drilled to a 600 foot thick salt layer to store excess summer products. Brine from leaching will be disposed of by Frontier Chemical Co plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gibson
Wasson Field
Yoakum County
Railroad Commission
Shell Oil Co
Paxton Howard
Shell
Wasson
J. A. Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Frontier Chemical Co
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Austin Bureau
Cardwell
Forest Oil Corp
Intercion
J. W. LaRue
Forest Petroleum
J. B. Holloway
Tide Water Associated Oil Co
Folkestone
England
Cap Gris-Nez
France
War Office
Oro
RSC Laan Hs
Armco Steel
N. Grant St
P. O
Fex
Thomas H. Smith
American Oil Editor
West
IH. K. Porter
Texaco
Harris Couny Area
National Steel Building Lakes
White House
Stock Farm
Pursley Paint CO. Inc
Dial
Juss
Alamo Corp
W. A. Cash
Garza Field
TRR
Post
Glasscock Seaboard and
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co
S. J. Bishop
T&p
Hill and Hill
W. D. Johnson
Tunstill
Tee
Orla
Imidland M
Altalber Ae al
C. A. McClintic
Stanton
Ruth Newton No
A. C. Mills
Sharon Ridge
H&gn
Colorado ‘City
Yoakum Great Western No. 2 Oil Development Co
Denver City
Essa
Warren D. Anderson
Littman
Littman San Andres
Ubing
Neville G. Penrose
Anderson No. 3 Southland
Duncan Drilling Co
J. B.robertson
Robertson
Magnolia No
Flanagan Estates
Flanagan Clear Fork
Magnolia
Kelly Stephens
Germania
Sinclair No. Txl
Tex Harvey
Anderson - Prichard No
Hutt
Humble No
Lillie Midkiff
Midkiff
Yoakum Tennessee Production Co
Tom May
Prentice Clear Fork
Tehas
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