Dual Strike Is Finaled In Andrews Oil Fields
Andrews County reports finalization of a dual discovery in the Ellenburger and Devonian sections, with two wells producing from the Pennsylvanian and Wolfcamp. The Pennsylvanian well yielded 276 barrels daily through a Y inch choke with 480 psi casing pressure and 1161 gas-oil ratio. perforations at 8954 84, 9006 12, and 9002 28 feet. The Wolfcamp well produced 204 barrels daily through a 4 inch choke with perforations at 8514 60 feet and tubing pressure 125 psi. gas-oil ratio 727 1. A Continental Oil Co No 1 Grady test surfaced gas in six minutes and mud in 55 minutes, producing 254 barrels oil in one hour with 355,000 cubic feet gas daily. later tests showed 49.6 barrels oil reversed out and varying flow pressures. The well was drilling at 8675 feet in lime.
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Pennsylvanian
Cine Wolfcamp
Continental Oil Company No
Grady
Wolfcamp
Council to Air Road Widening Proposals
City Councilmen Tuesday will study widening East Eighth Street beyond County Road East. A report will estimate costs for buy ing right of way. If approved, funds come from $500,000 Streets tax bonds recently voted by Odessans.
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Eighth Street
County Road East
East Eighth
Lea Wildcat Flows Oil Near Lovington New Mexico
A Lea County northwestern wildcat near Lovington New Mexico shows preliminary production from the Pennsylvanian with oil flowing. Tennessee Gas Transmission No. 1-A Kemnitz produced 79.4 barrels of oil in four hours with no water, from a 28 64 inch choke. Tubing pressure 25 pounds, casing 150 pounds, gas to oil ratio 1850 to 1. Perforations at 10 742 to 780 feet with 152 shots preceded the test. the well swabbed in and flowed. The location is 14 miles west of Lovington in Section 30 16 34 with a total depth of 11 537 feet. DST did not show commercial oil.
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Tennessee Gas Transmission Company No. 1
Kemnitz
Lovington
Re-Elected to Board of Texas Health Association
Mrs Belle Holm, Odessa College faculty member and director of women's physical education, was re elected to the executive board of the Texas Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation at the group’s annual convention in Waco last weekend.
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Belle Holm
Odessa College
Texas Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Waco
Four Oil Trade Groups Meet This Week in Permian Basin
Four oil trade groups plan meetings this week in Midland and Odessa. NACE will install several officers for 1957 and hear talks by John C Watts on pipeline maintenance and corrosion. ISA Permian Basin will hear E W Jenkins of Shell Oil discuss telemetering basics. Geophysical Society will elect officers in Midland and API Drilling Practices will discuss torque converters versus hydraulic couplings with Ed Phillips and Ross Colbrook.
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Lincoln Hotel
John C
Permian Basin
Watts
National Association of Corrosion
Permian Basin Geophysical Society
American Serion Hall
Midland
American Petroleum Institute
Humble Building
Ed Phillips
Vance Supply Co
Ross Colbrook
National Supply Co
County Commissioners Hear Plans for Perimeter Road System
Regular monthly bills were paid at a County Commissioners' Court meeting held Monday. Members discussed plans for the proposed perimeter road system and related funding.
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County Commissioners’ Court
Boys Town opens in Trieste to house 120 orphans
A boys town modeled on the Nebraska institution opened in Trieste on Saturday. It will shelter 120 Slovene and Italian orphan boys and teach trades including agriculture carpentry engineering and handicraft.
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Trieste
Italy
Nebraska
Upton Outpost Proposed Drilling Plan Details
Horace Coon Jr of Houston has filed to drill the No 1 Anna Egolf in Upton County near Crane. The 80 acre lease sits 10 miles south-southeast of Crane and 0.8 miles southwest of production in the Meither Grayburg field. Projected to 3900 feet, the operation uses rotary gear. Location places the site 1652 feet from the south line and 330 feet from the east line of section 3, block X, J H Gibson survey.
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Horace Coon, Jr
Houston
Anna Egolf
Meither
Grayburg
Upton County
Crane
J. H. Gibson
Drilling Report Highlights Multiple Texas Wells and Tests
The report lists numerous wells across Texas and New Mexico with drillstem tests, depths, and fluids. Highlights include Texaco 1-BS State preliminary tests at 11,665 to 17,793 feet, recovering gas and mud, and Sourcelike results from Humble and Shell wells with oil, salt water, and sulfur-bearing mud. Some wells show cementing, acidic treatments, and logs in progress.
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Barnes
Phillips University
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BS State
Texas
Upton
BU State
Counties Map Wildcat Drilling in Seven Texas Counties
Seven Texas counties Loving Fisher Nolan Runnels Irion Crockett and Tom Green have wildcat drilling staked. Operators including Harry P. Hubbard J W King William Moss A W Cherry Tucker Drilling Pan American and others plan deep tests with depths from 2 500 to over 12 000 feet. Several drill stems have reported gas or oil shows and ground elevations range around 2 300 to 2 437 feet.
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Irion
Crockett
Tom Green
Harry P. Hubbard
Midland
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Block
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T&p Survey
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Abilene
Tom Hefner
Fisher County
Roby
H&tc Survey
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C. E. Boyd
Nolan County
Market snapshot from San Antonio and Fort Worth cattle reports
San Antonio market shows cattle steady with cattle and calves trading mixed. hogs and sheep with varied returns. goats at steady levels. Fort Worth readings reflect calves weak to steady, steers and yearlings 15.00 to 18.00, fat cows 9.50 to 12.00, slaughter calves 14.00 to 17.50, stocker cattle 12.00 to 17.00, and sheep mixed with lambs 16.00 to 17.00.
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San Antonio
Fort Worth
Wildcat plugged and abandoned near Snyder
Roden, Williamson and Brunner No. 1 Layne in Scurry County six miles southwest of Snyder has been plugged and abandoned at a depth of 6890 feet.
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Williamson
Weapons Charge Dismissed Here
Odessa High senior Mike Gaddy, 18, had a prohibited weapons charge dropped by Judge Harvey I seven after a conference with Police Chief Cariker. The pistol was an old model .25 and the chain did not belong to Gaddy. a traffic fine of 15 dollars was paid but 309 dollars on the weapon charge remained unpaid when the case was dismissed.
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Odessa
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Lee
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Gaddy
Police Chief Obertz of Suburban Inn Speech Sparks Sentence
In St Louis the police chief oxhn J Obertz sparked controversy after a speech at Suburban Inn. He faced a verdict that included a day in jail for a disputed choice of sitting out. The incident drew attention from local officials and residents.
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Winkler County Drill Finds Oil On Test
Humble Oil and Refining Co. No 2 Waddell Winkler County logs a drillstem test at 9728 60 feet with gas surfaced in 10 minutes. Free oil measured about 4500 feet of 32 degree gravity, no water, flow pressure 200 to 980 pounds, closed-in pressure 4150 pounds.
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Humble Oil and Refining Company No
Waddell
Winkler County
Crane Weli Plugged Midwest Oil Field No. 1A
The Crane Weli oil well in Crane County near Imperial has been plugged and abandoned. The site description notes it lies about miles northeast of Imperial and at a depth around 5370 feet. No further operations are listed.
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Crane County
Imperial
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