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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1960
Page
2
Area exploration moves expand as five West Texas wildcats are reported in Dawson Pecos Winkler Yoakum and Tom Green counties Husky Oil Co No 1 Eoff drills a new 12000 foot wildcat in Dawson County six miles northeast of the town.
Rowan Drilling Co seeks to drill No 1 Douglas Oil Co a 8900 foot wildcat seven miles southwest of Iraan Pecos County near the Toborg field. Standard Oil Co of Texas to drill No 1 B fe Sealy Smith a 5800 foot rotary wildcat nine miles north of Monahans Winkler County. Shell Oil Co tallies Yoakum County No 1 Kleiner 3600 foot test six miles east of Plains. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co plans No 1 Stanford 6600 foot test seven miles southeast of San Angelo Tom Green County.
TIPRO presents recommendations from its May 10 meeting to Under Secretary Elmer Bennett. John Hurd of Austin says a revised base for total demand could reduce imports and argues for total demand tied to domestic crude production. He contends eastern west coast disparities stem from a national formula that ignores domestic supply and urges restraint on noncrude imports.
In Lea County a completed oil discovery was reported while in Eddy County gas flowed from a Devonian strike as testing continued. Continental Oil No 14-B M E Baish and Shell No 1 Henshaw Deep Unit reported oil and condensate flows with chloke sizes and acidization details, plus saltwater and oil recovery observations from multiple perforations and swabbing operations in the Delaware sand and Devonian pay zones.
Sinclair Oil and Gas announces new Midland Division districts at Monahans and Andrews started functioning. Monahans oversees Crane Royalty and Kermit while Andrews covers Shafer Lake and Odessa sub districts. Andrews superintendent is R A Bonnell and Monahans head is C G Confer.
The Camar mulipay field in Schleicher County gains its third Strawn oil producer with Skelly Qi Co No 2 E M Clancy eight miles northwest of Fort McKavett. Projected daily flow 425.04 barrels of 34.2 gravity oil, waterless, gas oil ratio 600 to 1. Six hour test yielded 106.26 barrels through a 20-64 inch choke. Acidizing details noted and location given as Section 24 Block 8 TWE NG Survey.
Runnels County No. 1 J. P. Knight well in Elm Creek area near Hatchell re opened Palo Pinto production. The Anderson Graham Midland operation shows a daily pump of 30.29 barrels of 40.1 gravity oil with minimal gas oil, after perforations at 33.47 to 33.35 feet and 6000 gallons acidizing. Top pay at 3342 feet on a 1702 foot elevation belly, original 4048 feet depth drilled in 1952 in Section 346 BBB&C.
Casper AP report says the master of ceremonies at a Wyoming Truckers Association convention mistakenly asked the crowd to sing Ive Been Working on the Railroad and received only boos from the audience as a reaction during the event.
The Chaves Country wildcat well in Honolulu Oil Corp No 1 North Mullis Unit has been abandoned at a depth of 10 475 feet. No details on the operator or fiscal implications are provided.
Bright & Schiff of Midland performed production tests at No. 1 State of Texas in Reagan County 12 miles southeast of Big Lake. They set 44 inch casing to 9149 feet, perforated 9123 to 941 feet, and acidized pay with 500 gallons. A three hour drillstem test yielded 8000 feet oil and 148 feet water with 820 psi flow pressure and 3360 psi closed-in pressure. The well lies 34 miles northeast of the South Barnhart Ellenburger well in Section 20 Block 48 University Lands.
Scoutina. The Basin: county drilling updates on significant Permian Basin wells. Listings include operator and well names such as Bever 1 Lotus, Felmont 1-A Lotus, Texaco LDU State, Mobil State Barrett, Humble 1-C Argo, Texaco 1M State, Union 133 State, Midland-Texaco 1 Bryant, and many others with depths, drilling statuses, and fishing or swabbing notes. Entities include Texaco, Humble, Shell, Sinclair, Mobil, Union, and various county prefixes like Andrews Cranes Crane, Odessa area references, and total depths reaching into the several thousands feet.
Davis Payne opens Capitol Building offices in Midland to consult on property management well completions and workover ops while continuing via Dallas office J D Nunnally becomes Delhi-Taylor chief geologist Mier oversees global exploration Brantly to speak at Region Five Seminar on foreign operations Miller named manager of exploration at Delchi-Taylor Oil Corp and moves up.
Lea Test Dry project in Crockett County produced 88 barrels from a perforated 7063 feet interval fractured with 40 000 gallons of fluid and 40 000 pounds of sand. Wells west of Sheffield near Jar were plugged, with Chambers Kennedy No 1 location cited and Lea County drills retired.
General American Oil Co continues drilling No 163 A Koonsman Garza County after surfacing gas and flowing oil from Strawn perforations between 7311 and 8065 feet. Test lasted two hours with gas in five minutes oil in 30 minutes at 150 barrels per hour through a 14 inch choke. Additional recoveries include 7675 feet of oil and 270 feet of oil and gas cut mud. prior test yielded gas in 10 minutes and 4376 feet of oil plus salt water. Plans to test swath between 7833 and 7845 feet at No 1748 Koonsman Garza Canaky near Strawn pool.
Discovery wells were reported completed today in Noland and Stonewall Counties. Upper Strawn sand production opened in the Tompkins multipay fields of Stonewall County with test wells producing 185.60 barrels of 41.8 gravity oil daily through a 16/64 inch choke. Other pays include Bend, Caddo, Canyon, lower Strawn sand, Strawn lime, Ellenburger and Cambrian. In Nolan County, lower Tannehill sand producer pumped 1320 feet from the south, with upper Tannehill production in Beckham multipay field.
Oil and Gas Journal reports a rise in daily average domestic oil production from 6,820 to 6,820 barrels, with Texas up 46,000 to 2,461,908 barrels. New Mexico and Oklahoma show declines, while Colorado and Arkansas show small gains. Annual 1880 output estimated at 1,105,586,806 barrels, down from last year.
Magazine analysis from Petroleum Week warns the world oil buyer’s market will deepen over the next five to ten years. It cites rising surplus capacity abroad, with the United States likely to become a deficit area as overseas production expands. State controls and foreign investment growth could further limit export outlets, intensifying oversupply pressures.
An old market ad promotes R P Robison Drilling offering drilling, repair, and sale of new and used pumps and equipment. Free estimates advertised. Located near 1401 Third Street and 24353 area code.
The American Petroleum Institute announced plans to contact makers of foreign cars to ease servicing problems for imported vehicles.
In Nolan County the re-entry operation at Holbrook No 2, located 16 miles southeast of Sweetwater, has been plugged and abandoned at a cleanout depth of 4.033 feet. The well site is now listed as closed with no further activity expected.
Ohio Oil Co No 1 Lea Unit Federal multipay prospect sits 214 miles from Pearl field in Lea County. A 34 hour drillstem test at 14,275 feet logged gas and condensate with 240 feet condensate and 180 feet heavily gas and condensate mud. Pressure tests failed, another test planned. Production expected from Delaware and Bone Springs sands. location Section 12 20S 34E.
A Crockett County test well, designated No 1 Noelke in Ralph E Farr and S T Constantine, located 11 miles southeast of Irean, was plugged and abandoned at a depth of 1896 feet after operations.
Winkler County Outpost reports Standard Oil Co of Texas will drill the No 1 B 12 Sealy Smith well one mile east of the discovery in the two well Paladin Clear Fork field in Winkler County. Location details place it 16 miles east-southeast of Wink with coordinates 660 feet from the north and east in Section 12 Block A G M M & A Survey. Scheduled depth listed at 5800 feet.
Survey shows Active Cable Tool and Rotary rigs across major oil states totaling 2,273 and 345 on May 27, compared with 2,277 and 322 on May 20. Excludes North Arkansas to West Virginia. State tallies list California 115 1262, Texas 45 59 832 48, Louisiana 364 0 342 9, Oklahoma 303 86 309 89, and others with varied counts.
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