Lease Interest Acquired On Edge of Headlee Field
Texas Gulf Producing Company and Tide Water Associated Oil Company jointly acquired a one half lease interest in 1117 acres on the west side of the Headlee field in Ector County Texas The purchase from Jesse Jones interests of Houston totaled 600000 The agreement covers section 19 and 30 block 41 T2S T&P Survey and section 13 and south half of section 12 block 42 T2S T&P Survey The Texas Company holds the other half in the same blocks Gulf Oil Corp holds the remaining 14 interest in the other 214 sections
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Gulf Producing Company
Tide Water Associated Oil Company
Headlee
Ector County
Jesse Jones
Houston
T&p Survey
Texas Company
Gulf Oil Corp
Drops First Deer On His Birthday
POCOMORE CITY Md Billy Cottman, aged 13, celebrated his birthday by bagging his first deer before catching the school bus. He waits at the corner since 6:30 a.m. with a gun, and the animal arrived after dawn. His father later towed the deer home by tractor and Billy reached school on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocomore City
Billy Cottman
Billy
Eee Woods
Flamingos in San Diego Brighten on Lobster Shell Diet
In San Diego flamingos at the city zoo have become pinker and redder due to two years of grinding lobster shells into their food. Dennis L. Fox of UC Scripps Institute notes pigment from lobster shells remains in the birds alongside their regular diet of grass pellets millet rice and dried flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
San Diego Zoo
Dennis L. Fox
University of California
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Fort Worth Markets Cattle Hogs Sheep Mixed Quotes
Prices show cattle steady to good with steers 17.00 to 18.50 for top grades and calves 16.00 to 18.00 for good to choice. Hogs steady to 25 lower with 200 to 270 weight ranges around 11.75 to 12.25. Sheep steady with lambs 16.00 to 50, yearlings 15.00, ewes around 50, and stock lambs 13.00 to 16.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
D&D Club to Elect Officers at Odessa Meeting Tonight
The Odessa Desk and Derrick Club will elect new officers for the coming year at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Odessa Petroleum Club. The club also announces its annual Christmas party on December 16 at the Petroleum Club with tickets $5 per couple sold by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Desk and Derrick Club
Odessa Petroleum Club
Desk and Derrick Club
Petroleum Club
D&d
Dawson Spraberry oil shows logged at Kendrick prospect
Dawson Project logs record oil shows from Felmont Oil Corp No 1 A Kendrick prospect northeast of Snowden Spraberry field in Dawson County. A 30 minute drillstem test from 7 478 to 7 323 feet recovered 1350 feet drilling mud 630 feet oil and gas cut mud and 1 quart of 41.7 gravity oil. Coring continued below 7 563 feet in section 9 block 1 J Poitevent survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felmont Oil Corp
Kendrick
Prospect
Snowden Spraberry
Dawson County
J. Poitevent Survey
Deep Prospector Staked In Borden County
Republic Natural Gas Company and J. D. Wrather Jr. of Dallas filed for a drill of 10 100 foot Ellenburger wildcat No 1 J D Good at 14 miles north of Vealmoor Canyon reef lime field in Borden County The location is 660 feet from the south and east lines of Section 16 Block 32 T3N T&P Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Natural Gas Company
J. D. Wrather Jr
Dallas
Borden County
Vealmoor Canyon Reef
J. D. Good
T&p Survey
Things Really Buzz On Utah Highway
A truck loaded with beehives overturned on U.S. 91 during a snow storm 35 miles from Cedar City. Driver Francis Griffith 23 Belgrade Montana was unharmed and none of the bees stung anyone according to highway patrolman Gordon Farnsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar City
Utah
Here
U.S. 91
Francis Griffith
Belgrade
Mont
Gordon Farnsworth
New Refineries Begin At Delaware Flying A Refinery Site
Construction started on two new units a polymerization plant and a sulfur recovery plant at the Delaware Flying A Refinery site. The Tide Water Associated Oil Co facility processes 130,000 barrels per day and lies 15 miles south of Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delaware
Tide Water Associated, Oil Co
Wilmington
New Officers Named At Texas Co Los Angeles Unit
James T. Wood Jr. is appointed vice president of the Texas Co. at Los Angeles effective January 1, 1956. Board Chairman J S Leach also announced that Harris T. Dodge and Frank M. Dawson were elected vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James T. Wood Jr
The
Texas Co
Los Angeles
J. S. Leach J
Harris T.dodge
Frank M. Dawson
Nolan County Oil Strike Gauged at Odom Lime Field
In Nolan County a strike at Odom lime completion produced 230 barrels per day with 800 psi tubing pressure. The well, near Section 91, Block 1-A, H&TC Survey, drilled 6,990 to 7,020 feet, washed with mud acid, and shows a 42 degree oil gravity with a 1550 to 1 gas oil ratio. Operator proposes West Nena Lucia as a new field name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Norsworthy Jr
A. S. Force No
Compton
Nolan County
Odom
Nena Lucia
Silver Creek
H&tc
Nobel Prize Won by Cornell Professor in Stockholm
Professor Vincent Du Vigneaud of Cornell University travels to Stockholm on Wednesday to receive the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry from the Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is honored for his work on sulfur compounds and for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Cornell Univrsity
Vincent du Vigneaud
Vignead
Swedish Academy of Science
Basin Oil Project in Crockett Yields Wolfcamp Test
In Crockett County the Shannon area 20 miles southwest of Big Lake and 14 miles southeast of the Shannon field sees the Wolfcamp tested at Basin Oil Company No. 1 Shannon. The well drilled to 6,680 feet and perforated 6,640 to 6,641 feet, yielding 540 feet of fluid including 300 feet of 35 gravity oil and 240 feet of oil and gas-cut mud. Flow pressures ranged 1,050 to 1,250 pounds. a 30 minute closed in pressure was 1,350 pounds. A second perforation 6,637 to 6,657 feet prompted tubing tests underway. Crockett also reports a Grayburg discovery at Thompson-Powell-Derrick Drilling Co No. 1 Maggie S. Neal, pumping 98.08 barrels of 30.7 gravity oil from perforations 2,225–2,268 and 2,306–2,320 feet fractured with 20,000 gallons. Maggie Neal is the proposed field name, location Section 66, Block BB, GC and SF Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Strawn
Wolfcamp
El&rr
Crockett County
Grayburg
Thompson-Powell-Derrick Drilling Company
Et al
Maggie S. Neal
Fisher Project Logs Oil Shows at Unrice No 1
Fisher County prospect Green and Fisher County drill ahead after two drillstem tests. A one hour test at about 5960 to 6000 feet surfaced gas in 14 minutes with 40 feet of oil cut mud 20 to 40 percent oil. Flow pressures 180 to 200 pounds. 30 minute closed in pressure 2380 pounds. The two hour test at 5975 to 6010 feet yielded 650 feet of heavily oil cut mud 20 to 40 percent oil. Flow pressure 220 pounds. closed in pressure 2440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Fisher County
Midland
Gulf
Scharbauer Jr
Husky
Upton
Magnolia
U-Tex
Sunray
Neal
Texas Company
Shirk
Wilshire
Sun Oil pledges support to train scientists in America
At the dedication of Sun Oil Company’s new Sun Production Department laboratory in Richardson Texas John G Pew vice president in charge of production warned of the critical shortage of engineers physicists and chemists and urged industry action. He noted that 26 000 engineers were produced this year vs an estimated 35 000 to 40 000 needed and cited Soviet gains in professional training. F L Johnson Sun director of Production Research and Development said more students should be attracted to science and that Sun would keep doors open for student visits. Pew added the firm is expanding its research facilities because research is a paying proposition and patent success gives competitive edge in a race among companies. The dedication marked the start of a five day Sun program tied to the lab opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Texas
Sun Oil Company
John G. Pew
Sun Production Department
Pew
America
Soviet Union
F. L. Johnson
Sun
Pew and Johnson
Monahans 4-H Awards Slated for Saturday Night
Monahans 4 H marks its Achievement program with Gold Star honors for James Parker and Joan Barton of Ward County 4 H Club. Tommy Barton to receive Santa Fe Scholarship and Educational Award guiding a trip to Chicago for National 4 H Congress and the J T Rutherford award established by the 16th district congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
James Parker
Joan Barton
Ward County
Tommy Barton
Santa Fe
Chicago
J. T. Rutherford
National press cooperative bank to be based in Bandung
Bandung to host a new national press cooperative bank with headquarters in the western Java city. It will provide financial assistance to newspaper publishers and their employees, supporting the regional press industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandung
Indonesia
Wildcat Plugged at Lyster Reeves County Site
A wildcat well named American Trading & Production Corp No 1 at Lyster Reeves County nine miles southeast of Pecos was plugged at a depth of 5710 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Trading & Production Corp
Lyster
Reeves County
Pecos
Outpost Planned for Crockett County by Cities Service Oil
Cities Service Oil Company filed for approval to drill its No 2 6 Shannon as a 15 mile south outpost to production in the West World Strawn pool Crockett County. Location center of northeast quarter of southeast quarter section 18 block Q EL&RR Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Oil Company
Shannon
Crockett County
El&rr
Wildcat Drilling Plans in Ward Runnels and Tom Green
Applications filed to drill wildcats in Ward Runnels and Tom Green counties. In Ward County Wilbanks and Hissom Drilling Company will drill the Nor Pyle at 5 500 feet two miles east of Barstow on a 240 acre lease 467 feet from the northwest and northeast lines of section 134 Block 34 H and TC Survey. In Runnels County Texican Oil Co Dallas will drill its No 1 C D Eubank as a 5 000 foot wildcat five miles northeast of Norton on a 141 acre lease 1 588 feet from the south and 5 127 feet from the east lines of John L Lynch Survey No 442 A 346. Ohio Oil Company drilled the Tom Green wildcat staking No 1 Loma A Woodward et al as a 7 800 foot test eight miles southwest of Christoval on a 640 acre lease 60 feet from the south and west lines of Section 5 Block 21 J M Tigert Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Runnels
Tom Green
Rutter, Wilbanks and Hissom Drilling Company
Midland
Barstow
H&tc Survey
Runnels County
Texican Oil Co
Dallas
Christoval
J. M. Tigert Survey
Oil Show Found At Hockley Test
Honolulu Oil Corp No 19 B El wood Pennsylvania prospect in Hockley County yielded an oil show on a core from 9 932 to 82 feet. Recovery was 48 feet of lime and shale with bottom 314 feet having good porosity and trace oil. Operator to drill stem test at 9 982 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu Oil Corp
Elwood
Hockley County
Landmen's Party Planned by Permian Basin Association
The Permian Basin Landmen's Association announces its seventh annual Christmas party set for December 22 at the Midland Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin Landmen’s Association
Midland Country Club
Oil well reports from Texas field notes and drill data
A sequence of oil and gas well entries lists operators, company names, and depth measurements in feet, noting formations such as lime, shale, anhydrite, dolomite, and chert. Several wells report casing set depths and cementing statuses, while others mention drilling activity, coring, or test operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Delhi
Taylor
University
Forest
Humble
Texas Company
State
Williamson
Lone Star Nelson A drills deeper in lime formation
Oil field reports show multiple wells reaching depths between 4 000 and 13 600 feet across Midland and surrounding counties. Drilling progresses include open hole intervals, drillstem tests, mud returns, and oil plus saltwater shows in lime, shale, and dolomite zones.
Building In Hobbs Hits New Record
Hobbs New Mexico saw a year to date building total surpass five million dollars as November permits reached 352 855 and the eleven month sum hit 5 327 525. Home building led activity with about two thirds of November construction, while six commercial structures valued around 50 000 were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
N. M
W. R. Grayson
Grayson
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Headlee Field
Tey -2
Aztec Oil & Gas
Beaver Lodge Oil
Black Stralls & Bryson
Canadian Delhi
Fargiy
Eine
Soo Frigikar Corp
Fritz Glitch
General American Oil
General Gas
Great Plains
Gulf Interstate Gas
J. Ray McDermott
Kewanee
Seeee
Kingwood Oi
Puheu Development Co
Republic Natural Gas
Sebre Uranium
South Shore Oil
Southern Union Gas
Texas City Chemical
Texas Fastern
Texas Eastern Trans
Nat'l
Pete Oo
Tennessee Gas Trane
Nat
Ultrasonics Corp
Weatbrook Thompson
Western Natural Gas
White Canyon Uranium
White Eagle Oil
Oil Page
Livestock
Southwestern Securities Company
Dow-Jones
Amerada Pete
American Airlines
American Tele
Anderson-Prichara Oil
Eos Orig Argo
Ashland Oil
Atlantic
Bethlehem Steel Coc
Chrysler Corpel
Continental Oil
Paso Natural Gas
Foremost Dairies Eee
Halliburton
Houston Oil
J.C. Penney Coa
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Monterey Oil
Northern Natural Gas
Northern Pacific Railway
Ohio Oil
Rilo Phillips
Plymouth Oil Republic Steel Steer
Reronolds Tobacco
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Oil
Sinclair Aes Secony
Standard of
Jersey
Indiana
Texas Gulf
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Texas Utilities
Tidewater Oil
TXL Oil
Aenee RS Union Oil of
Miasanae
United States Smelting
Steel
Warren Pete Ee
Werner
Woodley
Pete Ween
Dawson Project
Borden
Crockett
Superior Oil Company
Big Lake
Fisher Project
Wildcat
Hockley
Landmen’s Party
Amerada
Cates
Southland Royalty
Higginbotham
Cochran
Hamon
Thompson
Boyd
Concho — Union
Campbell
CRANE
Evans
Peyton
Cowden
Edwards
Ohio
Dawson — Felmont
Coring
Kirk Johnson
Grissom
Spud
Ishale
Monterrey
Vogler
Goldsmith
York
Stamplind
Midland Farmer AJ
Texas Crude
Wight
Texas Pacific
Cowden, Coring
Gaines
Corrigan
Lone Star
Nelson
U. S
Jenkins
Loving
Kyle
Martin — Chambers and Kennedy University
Hunt and Gulf
Elsinore
Tide
White
Baker
Sterling
Marston
Winkler — Richardson
North
Lee
Schenley Championights
Schenley Distillers CO
N. Y
Schenty
Std
N. Lee
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