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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
2
Western Co announces hydraulic perforating to erode a hole through pipe cement and into formation by pumping fluid and abrasive. The process allows deep, clean perforations with selective pay zone testing and potential for full well stimulation in one setup.
A Lea County Penn discovery seven miles southeast of Caprock shows potential as a Pennsylvanian function with 304 barrels of oil per day and a gas oil ratio of 980 to 1. Completion used a 30 64 inch choke, perforations at 10 744 770 feet, location 660 feet south and 1982 feet west of Section 16 115. In Chaves County Texas No 2 Peery Federal produced 332 barrels daily from Devonian Ellenburger, no water, with a 1910 1 gas oil ratio. Total text notes further tests at Texaco Heflin Federal Brushy Canyon eight miles northwest of Jennings pool and shows 56 barrels oil plus 198 barrels sulfure water in 24 hours.
In Stonewall County W T Waggoner Est finished casing 54 inch at 3202 feet in the Swastika No 1 Swenson. A ten minute test from 3200-3214 feet produced gas in two minutes mud in five and oil in seven with no flow estimate. Recovery included 780 feet oil, two feet mud-cut oil and two feet water. Site in Section 123 BBB&C Survey northeast of Flat Top pool. U.S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co took over Fusselman test of Ray A Albaugh No 1 Louis Hutto north offset to Hutto Wolf camp pool opener.
The 5070 foot Pennsylvanian pay in Coke County extends 34 miles WSW with Humble Oil No 4 A F McKinley, 10 miles NW of Robert Lee. It produced 124.32 barrels of 44.5 gravity oil daily with 1 percent water through a 5/32 inch choker and perforations at 5133 138 feet. Gas oil ratio 485 to 1. Location 1980 feet from north and west lines of Section 482, Block 1A, H&TC Survey.
Bryce McCandless and party from San Antonio plan a 1900 foot wildcat in Coleman County six miles southeast of Santa Anna. The location sits 4600 feet from the south line and 2750 feet from the west line of Section 495-1 A H Cleveland Survey as No 1 Howard Kingsberry.
The Howard County project in the Southeast Luther Siluro Devonian field has been plugged at a depth of 10 050 feet. Winston Kil Patrick and the Howard County team reported completion of the plugging operation.
Two Garza County prospects yielded oil shows during testing. Burford & Sams and Ray Smith Drilling Co No. 1 Scott Storie bottomed at 9152 ft in Ellenburger with 6300 ft gas and 1285 ft oil in a two hour drillstem test. Lora N Sims well swabbed three barrels per hour oil from Mississippi perforations at 8148-64 ft and acidized with 500 gallons then 2000 gallons and swabbing.
Texas-Hanover Oil Co. No 1 well in Pecos County flowed gas on a drillstem test from 5691 to 5782 feet. The 14 minute test produced 10,000,000 cubic feet per day plus an unreported distillate. Flow at 30 minutes showed 1570 to 1870 pounds pressure with a 2670 pound closed-in reading. Location in Section 24, Block 12, H&GN Survey, 15 miles southeast of McCamey.
Cosden No 1 Hunt well bottomed at 10005 feet and perforated between 9117 and 912 feet. After acidizing with 500 gallons, it flowed gas at 1,320,000 cubic feet per day through a choke with water yet to be reported. Testing ongoing. Location 1980 feet south and 660 feet east of Section 2, Block F, GC SF Survey.
Howard County prospect seven miles northeast of Big Spring continues testing. The Fusselman interval at 9302 12 feet yielded 82 barrels of oil and 12 barrels of water in 24 hours. Location: Section 33, Block 31, TIN, T&P Survey.
The stock page shows Dow Jones industrials slipping by 1.80 points to 62819 with scattered gains and losses across major companies. Notable movers include American Airlines and Texaco, with several industrials like Bethlehem Steel and Ford Motor listed among price shifts and percent changes. The overview references the American Stock Exchange and over‑the‑counter bids and asks for several energy and mining firms.
Continental Oil Company has plugged back from 8418 to 7555 feet in the No 36 A Shannon Cambrian wildcat in Elkhorn Ellenburger pool. A three hour test of the Wilberns sand Cambrian and granite wash from 8334 to 8418 feet yielded 40 feet of very slightly salty water cut mud. On Ellenburger tests at 7273-7434 feet oil and some water were recovered. A 5/8 inch casing is set at 7554 feet in Section 21 Block UV GC SF Survey.
Cheyenne Oil Corp conducts a one hour test on No 1 A M Clayton well located 2144 miles northeast of Gail in Section 24 Block 31 T-5-N T&P Survey. Test at 8972 8990 feet produced 30 feet of oil and 120 feet of black sulfur water.
Fifteen papers will be presented at the second annual regional meeting of the Southwestern Federation of Geological Societies American Association of Petroleum Geologists in Lubbock October 8 to 10. Texas Tech professor notes a well balanced program with substitutes to fill the agenda for about 1,000 oil seekers.
Tulsa special report on the IPAA analysis of 1955 to 1957 returns shows domestic petroleum industry earning an average 9.97 percent versus 11.92 percent for all manufacturing. IPAA argues percentage depletion funds exploration and would raise gasoline prices if eliminated, citing three supporting points on investment in reserves and historical tax law intent.
Duffy sets 214 inch casing at 5640 feet in Strawn lime in No 1 F Masterson two miles east and slightly south of the Tom B pool in King County. Test from 5611 to 5631 feet shows gas mud-cut oil heavily oil and gas-cut mud with some salt water. Wellsite is in Section 57 Block A J B Rector Survey.
Horace E. White No. 2, Ralph Parker, located south of the southeast producer in South Elm Creek Mc Millan field, completed as an undisclosed discovery. It shows a daily pumping potential of 77 barrels of 45 gravity oil with 15 percent water through perforations at 2414 to 2419 feet, gas oil ratio 500 to 1, top pay 2410 feet, elevation 1725 feet, spot 330 feet north and 2196 feet west of Dyer Survey No. 1725, six miles north of Ballinger, in a field where pay tops at 2581 to 2600 feet.
AP Tulsa reports lower crude and condensate production as lower allowables shrink totals in Oklahoma and Texas. Texas output fell to 2,708,350 barrels while Oklahoma declined to 542,700. New Mexico dipped, Louisiana and Arkansas rose modestly. 1959 production projection rose to over 1.128 billion barrels vs the prior year.
J H Driggs manager of wire tape sales for Colorado Fuel and Tron Corporation will speak at the Desk and Derrick Club June meeting tonight. The session starts at 7 p m at the Holiday Inn in Houston where Driggs will present a discussion and a movie titled Indian Paint.
Applications filed to drill wildcat projects in Culberson Schleicher Lamb and Garza Counties. Culbersons No 122 Billy Prewitwell 18 miles northwest of Orla with planned depth around 2500 feet. Schleicher No 1 A Spencer will plug back old well 6510 feet deep to 4500 feet. Lambs No 1 George White lies 10 miles west of Littlefield on a 539 acre lease with 4500 feet rotary. Garza No 1 Francis Mae Porter et al, six miles south of Justiceburg on a 292 acre tract with 8400 feet rotary.
Midland Texas reports Loving County well, wildcat number 47-A TAL, five miles northwest of Menton, plugged and abandoned at 4412 feet. The operator Loving Test Dry Fred A. Davis is credited with the test. No further details available.
Scouting notes list wells drilled or in progress across many Texas fields. It covers Andrews Grover MacCurdy Knox and other operators, depths from 3500 to over 10 000 feet, PSL and FEL survey references, and mentions about drill stem tests, bottomed wells, and ongoing drilling activity in Foster, Turner, Newman, Robertson, Scarborough and other fields.
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