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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1952
Page
6
The Texas Railroad Commission lists 11 oil wells across six West Texas counties led by Midland with five new locations all in Spraberry fields. Other wells appear in Reagan Ector Gaines Glasscock Howard and Reagan counties with targets ranging from 3 000 to 10 000 feet.
The Desk and Derrick Club of Odessa will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Gulf Oil Corp auditorium to elect officers and review annual reports. Nominations were received and ballots mailed. only nominee for 1953 president is Pauline Redding Gulf Oil Corp. Virginia Porter retires as president, first elected by the club’s women employees.
The Railroad Commission delayed action on a major unitization plan for 47 438 acres in Bearry County after Magnolia Petroleum and Sunray Oil testified for over a week in the Canyon reef lime reservoir. Commissioner Thompson said the transcript was not complete and a decision would await its completion. The hearing ended November 21.
Lucy Faye Robinson aged 25 a maid living at 209 South Jackson was admitted to Medical Center Hospital at 1130 p m Sunday with a knife wound in the chest. No arrests or further details available.
Officials for New Concord Development Corporation of Toronto have arranged in Dallas a three year drilling program on M. B. Rudman oil properties in the Tioga-Beaver Lodge fields of Williams and Mountrail Counties North Dakota. The contract calls for seven wells to 10 600 to 12 000 feet and 20 to 30 million barrels of undeveloped reserves. Rudman pioneered the Williston Basin with the Math Iverson No 1 discovery in Williams County.
Dallas special notes that storage is a critical issue for the petroleum industry. The December Petroleum Engineer issue devotes 11 articles to storage history, surface tanks, underground storage methods, site selection, and cross-disciplinary cooperation with civil and mining engineers to prevent production curtailment.
Fort Worth officials warn 3600 .22 caliber rivet cartridges stolen from Cain Building & Supply Co would be useless in a normal gun. The cartridges are designed to fasten lumber to concrete and require a special, powerful tool. firing them could burst a gun barrel and injure or kill the user.
Bert Hoyt Luce, 27, remained hospitalized Tuesday after a car truck crash Monday night that killed Frank G. Pena, 43, of Path. Pena was crushed between the cab of his truck and the ground.
Funeral services were pending Tuesday for Mrs Lethia Wren 56 who died Monday after being critically burned in a fire at her San Antonio home. Authorities said the blaze was apparently ignited by a kerosene stove.
Gulf Oil Corp moves to drill three deep wildcats in Upton and Sutton counties. No. 1 McElroy Ranch Co tests Ellenburger around 13 000 feet southeast of Crane, with location 1 980 feet from north line and 660 from west line of section 72 block YTCRR survey. McElroy Ranch State No. 1 in 187-F CCSD RGNG surveyed to 12 000 feet west of No. 1 McElroy Ranch. No. 1 McElroy Ranch State in 182-E CCSD RGNG reports 12 058 feet in dolomite after a water test. No. 2-H McElroy is plugged and abandoned. Sheardy A Lamb to drill Sutton test as Mrs W Faulkner No. 1 about 31 miles east and four south of Sonora, location 330 west and 2199 south in section 81 A 81 Survey on a 480 acre lease.
New York December 2. National Society of Professional Engineers reports a survey of 495 companies with 106 000 engineers showing shortages. They anticipate 11 000 needed this fall and 8 000 by spring. pooling experiences and re assigning tasks can turn shortages into surpluses. Technical assistants and better planning cut routin e duties for engineers.
Tulsa reports a weekly U S crude oil and condensate production peak of 6 663 000 barrels for the week ended Nov 29 per Oil and Gas Journal Total 1952 output now 2 078 690 425 barrels up from 2 053 381 350 a year ago Oklahoma up 5 700 to 538 600 Illinois up 4 400 to 168 300 Wyoming up 3 290 to 196 000 and Michigan up 1 800 to 39 100 Losses were in Kansas down 4 000 to 348 100 and Arkansas down 1 200 to 76 506.
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