Perry R Bass No 5 yields oil in Seminole area test
Tobe Foster wildcat six miles southeast of Seminole in Gaines County bottomed at 11 320 feet after yielding oil on a straddle packer drillstem test in the Wolfcamp zone between 9060 and 9135 feet. The test recovered 485 feet of 30 gravity oil and 412 feet of oil and gas cut water. Initial closed-in pressure was 2876 pounds.
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Perry R. Bass
Tobe Foster
Seminole
Gaines County
Wolfcamp
Labor
League
Dawson Csl
Bottonfield
Deb
Former Odessan Russell Smith Named VP at Royal Coach Inns
Russell Smith, a Dallas native and Odessa business figure, has been appointed vice president of the franchise division of Royal Coach Inns, Ltd., with offices in Dallas. He will coordinate land acquisitions, architectural and construction work, and franchise packaging between corporate and franchise divisions, after returning to the area from Mexican resort ownership and Dallas work with Beck Companies.
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Odessa
Russell Smith
Royal Coach Inns, Ltd
Dallas
Arthur W. Beck, Jr
Smith
Mexico
Beck Companies
Royal Coach Inns
Fuel Record Set By Texas Motor Fuel Use
Texas highway users consumed a record 5.2 billion gallons of motor fuel in 1967. W B Edwards of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association cited U S Bureau of Public Roads data showing a 5.5 percent rise from 1966, with motor fuel tax revenues likely hitting $260 million for 1967.
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Dallas
Texas
W. B. Edwards
Houston
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Edwards
Wildcat Roundup Drilling in Eddy and Chavez Counties
Gettty Oil Co of Midland plans to drill to 8100 feet with a rotary tool to test the Cisco zone at a site in Eddy County designated No 1 Wilson Federal. The site lies 18 miles southwest of Lakewood and near the Indian Basin gas field. Midwest Oil Corp of Midland will drill to 2800 feet to test the San Andres zone at a Chavez County site designated No 1-N New Mexico State. The location lies near Twin Lakes field and Elkins in the southeast part of the county.
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Getty Oil CO
Midland
Eddy County
Wilson Federal
Lakewood
Indian Basin
Midwest Oil Corp
San Andres
Chavez County
New Mexico State
Twin Lakes
Elkins
Basin Andrews Pan American No. 1 EE University Drilling Update
Basin Andrews Pan American No. 1 EE University shows five and one half inches set with 12 448 total depth awaiting cement. Texas Crude No. 1 E Crews Mast drilling 10 580 in dolomite and shale. Numerous wells across Lea Pecos Eddy Reeves and others report depths logs fishing swabs and tests with completion underway and plugged back statuses. Sixty five wells listed with depths from 1 700 to 22 180 feet and varying rock formations including limestone shale dolomite and chert.
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Andrews
Pan American
EE University
Texas Crude
Mast
Et al
Chaves
Reid
Crane
Jack Reeves
Cowden
Eddy— Monsanto
Big Eddy
LEA — Pennzoil
Aztec
Superior
Hutcherson
Union of California
J. C. Williamson
Anderson
Signal
Loving
Clem George
Humble Johnson
Lubbock
A Hatchett
Pecos — Gulf No
C Neal
Roden
Bennett Oil Co
Reeves Gulf No
State School Board
UPTON
Doss
Val Verde
Shell
Mitchell Bunger
Ward — Shell
Houston
Winkler — Roden
McDaniel
Sinclair
Wolfe
Tubb
Yoakum
James P. Dunigan
Urge Gas Pipeline Safety Standards Move Ahead
Government witnesses urged Congress to approve a bill setting safety standards for natural gas pipelines to prevent tragedies. Secretary Alan S. Boyd and FPC chairman Lee C. White cited past disasters and said the Senate passed the measure 78 to 0, aiming for action early in the 90th Congress.
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Washington
UPS
Congress
Alan S. Boyd
Department of Transportation
Lee C. White
Federal Power Commission
House Commerce Committee
White
Boyd
Louisiana
Pittsburgh
Senate
House
Secretary of Transportation
Child Treated After Swallowing Medicine At Local Hospital
A 3 year old girl named Vicky Sue Whitehead was treated Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital after swallowing medicine. She is the daughter of Marilyn Whitehead who resides at 4605 North Golder.
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Medical Center Hospital
Vicky Sue Whitehead
Santa Fe Railway to launch multi million dollar computerized control
Santa Fe Railway will expand its computerized control of its 13 000 mile system. President John S Reed announced at the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce banquet that on Jan 1 the railroad will add a department to manage dispatching of locomotives and trains. The system will automatically identify each freight car as it passes key checkpoints and check itself into the central computer.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPS
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
John S. Reed
Reed
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Gas Men Protest FPC Dual Price Ruling
Natural gas producers from Texas and New Mexico urged the Supreme Court to block the FPC from area based rate setting in the Permian Basin case. They argue the two price system discriminates against wells and suppresses uniform gas value, while the FPC says higher prices incentivize exploration and could lower consumer costs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Texas
New Mexico
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Bruce R. Mervill
Houston
Continental Oil Company
Midhurst Oil Corp
Permian Basin
Commission
Richard A. Solomon
Solomon
California Public Utilities Commission
Magnuson push for first wide FTC home improvement probe
Sen. Magnuson plans a major government inquiry into home improvement fraud. He seeks $500,000 for an FTC task force to investigate racketeers in a $15 billion industry and promises hearings next year. FTC chief Dixon urges swift injunctions to curb fraudulent operators.
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Washington
UPI
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington Democrat
Senate Commerce Committee
Appropriations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Magnuson
Congress
FTC
Paul Rand Dixon
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