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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1960

Page

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Dawson Area Oil Tests Signal Two New Wells

In Dawson County two projects show oil flow on drillstem tests. Amerada No. 1 A. F. Miles recovered 10 feet of 29.3 gravity oil and 50 feet of very slightly oil in a two-hour test at 10,840 to 10,930 feet in the West Lamesa pool. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. No. 1-A Dupree yielded oil and water on a one-hour test from 9360 to 9380 feet with 190 feet of water-cut mud and five feet oil-cut mud, as drilling continued below 9454 feet. An earlier Spraberry test produced mixed mud readings and oil.

Dawson County Amerada Petroleum Company T&p Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Dupree Wildcat Lamesa Block M el& RR Survey

Reeves No. 1-KT tests higher in Delaware sand

Reeves County project No. 1-KT Reeves 18 miles west of Toyah to reperforate and test the Delaware sand. Earlier perforations 2540 to 3578 feet squeezed off after washing with 500 barrels of muc acid and fracturing with 20,000 gallons. The 24 hour flow yielded 533 barrels water eight barrels lead oil and gas at 321,000 cubic feet per day. Location: Section 35 Block 58 T-7 T&P Survey.

IML Oi Corporation Midland Delaware Reeves Toyah Reeves County T&p

Pecos and Gaines County Well Tests Abandoned

Pecos Test Quit Marcum Drilling Company abandoned No. 1 J D Sibley at 5524 feet in Pecos County after short test produced one gallon of oil and 480 feet of oil-cut drilling water during a one hour drillstem test at 5282 to 312 feet. No. 1-A Ashenhust in Gaines County reentry planned to clean out to 5600 feet as fourth producer in East Seminole field on 80 acre lease. Test originally drilled by Atlantic Refining Co was abandoned August 5, 1954.

Marcum Drilling Company J. D. Sibley H&tc McKee Hicks Pool Pecos County GMK Oil Co Ashenhust Gaines County Seminole San Andres WIRR Atlantic Refining Co

Pecos Project Tests Oil Pool Extension In Pecos County

Scouting Pecos Project flows load oil from Coyanosa lime pool extension in Pecos County. Recent 23-hour test produced 94 barrels of lead oil and 119 barrels of salt water through 1864 feet with choke and perforations between 4828 and 4838 feet after 500 gallons of acidizing. Gas-oil ratio reported as 529 to 1. Location in Section 41, Block OW TCRR Survey.

Sun Oi Company Coyanosa Lamar Pecos County

Basin drilling progress reports in Permian Basin wells

Permian Basin drilling progress lists numerous wells across counties including Andrews Loving LeBlond Martin Crane Pecos Upton Tom Green Winkler Lea Yoakum and others. Entries reference operators such as Devonian University Transocean Cities Service Texaco Mobil and Shell with bottomed, perforated, tested, cemented or abandoned wells and production or testing statuses.

Permian Basin CRANE Tevaco Ldq Dailine PECOS Haves Universit Sinth Wsling Midwest Dawsox Texas Amércen Dnistem Mobil Moore ECTOR Ashman & Hillard Icon Den Terrell Mobi Corter Teraco Terry Willamson Bunkies Ald Gaines Norman Finger Tevnen LH Jones Tom Green Shirk Wiliamsoni TrService McKisrack Upton Teaco Hare Midwest Winkler Teves Campbell Lea American Trading State Ing I Chambers & Kennedy Williamsoni Yoakust — Willumson i Brown Riling

Pan American begins casing at Woodford deepening near Buffalo field

Pan American Petroleum cements seven casings at 14 625 feet in the Woodford shale to deepen to the Devonian at No 1 West Tonto Unit about 3Y miles southwest of the Buffalo field in Lea County. Earlier gas flowed on a drill stem test from 13 314 to 13 377 feet. Monterey Oil takes over No 1 H State offset to Pure Oil's Devonian discovery. Texaco drills below 41 793 feet near Little Lucky Lake in Charves County. DST shows water and mud with some salt water. Devonian oil and gas trace reported earlier in 127 41 270 feet.

Pan American Petroleum Corporation Woodford No 1 West Tonto Atoka Buffalo Lea County Monterey Oil Company Pure Oil Company Pure Crossroads Pool Léa County Texaco, Inc C. E. Key Federal Little Lucky Lake Ellenburger Charves County

Third Producer Indicated In Tom Green Pool

Jake L. Hammon et al initiate action in Tom Green County North Extension to the Northeast Atkinson field with a 60 foot oil cut mud recovery on a 2 drillstem test. Toal open two hours at 5448 6 feet. Flowing pressure 380 pounds after 30 minutes closed-in. Drilling resumes below 5579 feet on a 5750 foot contract in Section 1 Block 20 HTC Survey.

Jake L. Hamnon Atkinson Strawn Tom Green County Toal

Upton Prospect Swabs New Ellenburger Oil

Atlantic Refining Co No 15 in Upton County reports testing three miles east of McCamey and one mile south of the shallow McCamey field. Upper Ellenburger perforations from 8535 to 8545 feet swabbed at 2.14 to 3 barrels per hour after mud acid wash. Acidized with 5000 gallons, 24 hours swab yielded 62 barrels oil 50 barrels downdip oil and 126 barrels acid water. Also indicated Ellenburger production from 8560 to 8570 feet and oil from Fusselman and Devonian formations. Location in Section 2 RT 1 Co Survey Abst 1055.

How North Andrews jAnaconds Co Anderson Prichard Andrews County Arg Ou Fang Edi jAunco Ashland Oil Texaco Inc Cobb Allante Baldwire Lima Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Braniff Aubines Chrysler Motors Colorado Fuel & Iron Continental Pete Ceucible Steel Riser Mills DuPont el Faso Ford Water Co Foremost Dairies Freehaul Trailer Gardner Denver General American Oil General Dynamics General Electric General Motory General Haluturton Thterlake Fron Sy Vines & Laughin Rasen Aluminum Lochhead Lone Star Cement Lone Star Gas Monteres New York Central Andrews Wit Dey Galtons Cities Service Oil Co Wichita-Alag Bany Ellwood Mitchguell County Wildcat Amercan Aviation Svoethern Saseses Penn Ratroad Phillips Pete Plymouth Pure Oil Radio Corp of America Remubhe Steel Sears & Hoehuck Royal Dutch Shell OW Smetair_ Ol Skelly Socom Mobile Sierry Rand Standart Cal Standard of Indiana Standard Eves Studebaker Packard Suir Oil Luna SteHtt & Company Temco Tennessee Gas Trans - Teras Company Texas Gull US Steels Western Union American Stock Exchange American Petrofina Creme Petroleum Helmerich & Payne Dette Taylors Desilyn Briskey Miami Window Northwest Tides Sabre Pinon Texas Vail Pote Westbrook Courtess Atlantic Refining Co Robbins Upton County McCamey RT 1

Andrews Failure at 4495 Feet Near Littman Pool

Andrews reports the No 1 Humble-Sims abandoned at 4495 feet and located in Section 16 Block A 29 PSL Survey. The site lies two miles south and slightly west of the Littman San Andres pool of Andrews.

Charles D. Sands Humble - Sims Littman San Andres Andrews County

Irion County Field Opener Logs Oil Flow

Irion County reports a lower San Angelo sandstone discovery with 11 barrels per day oil at Tucker Drilling Co. No. 1 Vosburg Hail nine miles northeast of Mertzon. Tests were made between 850 and 860 feet after an earlier 19 barrels daily swab. Location in Section 678 J F Christ Heirs Survey. In Runnels County, a Capps discovery shows gas and oil in a Jack B Herring well with 84 feet gas 45 feet oil and 4 feet mud cut oil on a 25 minute test. Closed-in pressure 920 psi. Project slated for 4900 feet, drilling below 4578 feet. Section 35 H GN Survey.

Irion County Runnels San Angelo Tucker ‘Drilling Co., Inc Mertzon J. F. ‘Christ Heirs Survey Runnels County Karl Hoblitzelle Dal Las Jack B. Herring Elslenburger Wildcat Norton Canyon Motley H& GN

Ward Test Yields Oil In Wolfcamp Ward County

Ward County drilling near Wickett logged pay in the Wolfcamp. A three hour Wolfcamp test at 10,400 436 feet yielded 5000 feet gas oil not observed. Flow pressure zero. 30 minute closed pressure 65 pounds. Earlier tests at 10,156 255 feet and 9890 9709 feet produced varying oil gas muds with pressures noted. Location 660 feet from section center lines, now west side of Yates gas in South Magnolia Sealy field near Cherry Canyon production in West Magnestia Sealy. No nearby Wolfcamp production. Socony Mobil Oil No 1510 George Sealy planned 11,000 foot exploratory test north.

Ward County Wickett Wolfcamp Wolf Camp G&mmb&a Yates Gas Magnolia Sealy Cherry Canyon Magnestia-Sealy iWelfcamp Socony Mobil Oil George Sealy

Domestic Oil Production Up

Tulsa AP report shows weekly US oil production rising to 7 320 425 barrels, highest since late 1956. Texas led gains with 96 375 barrels added to 2 761 375 and Louisiana rose 14 925 to 1 086 375. 1960 production now 266 213 200 barrels versus 267 184 620 a year earlier.

TULSA Oil and Gas Journal Suez Canal Texas Loulisiang

Hope Schedules Wildcat In Coke

Alvin C Hope is listed in Coke County near Blackwell with a 244 mile distance noted. Lease terms cover 00 acres with a depth plan of 6300 feet. Reported increases span rotary tool figures and various monetary values across multiple state lines including New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Arkansas, with figures around 129 500 to 81 800 and a notable 308 survey reference.

Alvin ‘C. Hope Kate N. Kirk Blackwell Coke County Fori Rotary Tool New Mexico Colo Fado Okla Jworth Jhoma Arkansas Joel Holleman

Wildcat oil discovery in Spraberry fields north of Big Lake

Beal, Trobaugh & Associates No. L Crews reports an oil-filled Spraberry wildcat in Reagan County about 13 miles north of Big Lake. The well flowed 143 barrels of oil in 24 hours after fracturing, with a total depth of 10,290 feet and a plug back at 6891 feet. Operator testing underway near Wellsite 330 feet from section lines in GC and SF Survey.

Beal, Trobaugh & Associates No. L Reagan County Big Lake Gc&sf

Oil Trade Groups Meet in Midland and Odessa Tonight

Permian Basin oil and gas groups hold meetings in Midland and Odessa tonight. Topics include repairing oil well casing with glass patches and a talk on vintage depletion effects by Leonard Villalon of Halliburton. Speakers cover marine seep detection and other geological tools, with awards planned for accident-free operators at the Odessa venues.

Permian Odessa Desk & Detrick Club J. S. Thomasson Lincoln Mian Basin Geophysical Society Shell Gil Co Thomas Per- Leonard Villalon Halliburton Oilwell Cementing Co Sohn Bradley Atlantic Re Okla Permian Basin Association of Oilwell Servicing Contractors

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