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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1954

Page

14

Los Angeles Millionaire Still Driving for Tideland Claims

UP FE L Cord of Los Angeles, a wealthy industrialist, pursues title to oil-rich tidelands off California and Louisiana despite a June 1 Supreme Court ruling. Attorney Edward D. Neuholt said Cord will push legal questions to the high court as seven suits challenge interior department refusals to issue land patents.

Washington UPFE L. Cord Los Angeles Supreme Court California Louisiana Edward D. Neuholt Cord Solcers Secretary of the Interior Seal Beach Pang Beach Newport Bay Oah Little Placer Mojave Desert Long Beach Long Beach Ot Development Co Toursiana Californian Co New Orleans Cord and Hes Commanes West Coast Development Co

Borden Wildcat No 1 V. OH Wolf Completed

Paul DeCleva of Fort Worth completed the No 1 V. OH. Wolf wildcat in Borden County after reworking the 1953 drill by Charlie Green. It depth was 6484 feet with five and one half inch casing set at 6434 feet. Output reached 145 barrels daily with 40 percent water and gas ratio 200 to 1. Perforations at 6395 to 454 feet. Location five chains northwest of Vincent near section 40, block 25 H and TC survey.

Paul DeCleva Fort Worth Borden County Charlie Green Midiang DeCleva H&tc Survey Vincent

Amerada Stakes Location Placed Near Vincent Howard County

Amerada Petroleum Corporation staked a site for 8000 feet wide four miles southwest of Vincent in Howard County on 840 acres. The claim centers on Ber Whitaker No 4, with tests planned along Cape Toe 5 and related lines, marking a formal mineral claim in 4 Jeger.

Amerada Petroleum Corporation Vincent Howard County Whitaker Bert Seri Ti

Odessan Schedules Sterling Wildcat

R D Githam an Odessa operator has staked a 1500 foot wildcat nine miles southeast of Sterling City in Strong County on a lease of life S Vie wildcat designated No. HeStog CC Clark marks 330 feet from the north and east lines of section L block TL SPR survey.

R.D. Githam Odessa Sterling Citwoo Steong County CC. Clark Sootan &L

Ham Jr promoted to assistant regional manager at Canoco

W O Ham Jr of Continental Oil Co has been promoted to assistant regional manager for Canoco's southeastern region, with headquarters in Fort Worth. He succeeds H S Stanner, recently named president with headquarters in Houston. Ham's career includes geological work across Ponca City Oklahoma Sintdene Midland and Fort Worth Texas.

WO. Ham Jr Continental Oil, Company Val Conovo I Fort Worth Ham H. S Stanner Neopresident Houston Tanaco Heomast Tf Vegis Ponca City Okla Sintdene Midland Fort Worth Tex Canoco

Seaboard Oil No. 2 Huntley Site Reported

Seaboard Oil Company tapped location for No. 2 B D Huntley 330 feet from the south line and 9.9 feet from the west line of section 12 14 PTR survey abstract 647. A 4100 foot petroleum wildcat test on Giorreta area lies four miles northwest of Peet on a 210 acre base.

Seaboard Oil Company B.D. Huntley PTR

Dresser Industries Sells Kobe Division

Dresser Industries announced the sale of one of its operating units, the Kobe division, part of its pump equipment business. The purchaser is not clearly stated in the fragmented text, but the notice notes the division focused on Kobe pumping hardware and related components.

Dresser Industries Kobe Ine Saturnavo Nebe Dresser Equipiuces Compras

Noel Owens Plan Trip To Memphis Discuss Petrochemical Potentialities

Noel chairman of the Chamber Industrial Committee and Chamber Manager Jesse Owens will spend two days in Memphis Tennessee next week to discuss the citys petrochemical potentialities with a leading research chemist. The conference was slated for Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.

Woo Noel Chamber Industrial Committee Jesse Owens Memphis Tenn Nasons ‘Eading Owens

3000-Foot Prospect Set For Garza County

3000 foot prospect staked in Garza County on a 160 acre tract. Location marks 30 feet from south line and 330 feet from west line of section 57, block 6, H&GN survey. Stakeholders Algierson and Clifton Vises filed the claim and expect a 3000 foot run to be surveyed with cable tools.

Algierson Clifton Vises Gaara Hye Ormeides Weston Bostee Fiele H&gn Surrey

Rules Adopted For Filed In Yoakum County

The Railroad Commission in Austin adopted rules for the Bronco Field in Yoakum County after a Santa Fe hearing, with 40 acre proration units and gas oil ratio limits. Atlantic Refining seeks to expand high pressure gas injection in Block 31 Devonian Field Crane County and adjust Rule 2 for production and injection rates, targeting 386 million cubic feet per day capacity and a 15 350 barrel per day target when facilities expand.

Austin Railroad Commission Permian Yoakum County Texas New Mexico Santa Fe Block Devonian Crane County Atlantic Refining Co Bronco San Andres Block 31 Hellrah iArah

API Publishes Primer of Oil and Gas Production

The American Petroleum Institute releases a 75 page layman friendly primer detailing daily oil field operations. It defines terms such as wiggle stick and stripper well, explains gas separation storage measurement and flow, and covers reporting records state regulations well testing and fluid reinjection.

American Petroleum Institute API New York Dallas Petroleum Extension Service The University of Texas

Andrews Offset Staked By Lowe In Ellenburger Find

Ralph Lowe, Midland operator, staked a northwest offset to the No 1 Southland Royalty Ellenburger discovery five miles southwest of Andrews in Andrews County. The No 1 Humble King offset sits 660 feet from both south and east lines of section 11, block A-46 PSL survey and will reach 12 500 feet on an 80 acre lease in the Deep Rock Ellenburger field. Elevation 3176 feet. The No 1 Southland Royalty well has drilled to 12 294 feet with five and a half inch casing to bottom and will be completed after cementing and perforating.

Ralph Lowe Midland Southland Royalty Company Et al Andrews Andrews County Rock Ellenburger Field Southland Ellenburger

Hanley Company Well Shuts In After Oil Flow

Hanley Company No 1 H D Beal wildcat in southern Borden County is shut in as storage facilities are built. In the last nine hours of test the well flowed 122 barrels of oil and 11.23 barrels of water through a 40 64 inch choke with tubing pressure at 100 pounds. Location 14 miles south of Gail.

Hanley Company Wildcat Borden County

Magnolia Stakes Midland Venture at Ellenburger Field

Magnolia Petroleum announces the No. 3 Reynolds-Parks rotary wildcat well in the Virey Ellenburger Field eight miles southeast of Odessa in Midland County testing the Ellenburger formation. The site sits between the operator’s No. 1 and No. 2 Reynolds-Parks wells, both Pennsylvanian producers, with the No. 1L discovery noted. The nearby War ren Petroleum No. 1 Wallin opened the field about three-eighths of a mile northwest.

Magnolia Petroleum Company Reynolds-Parks Virey Ellenburger Odessa Midland County T&p Survey Reynolds- Parks Warren Petroleum Corporation

Penrose prepares to fracture offshore well near Orla

crew plans to fracture open hole in the sand at 3510 feet from a bottomed bottomhole 3544 feet deep. The operation targets the No 1 Continental well of Neville G Penrose Inc located approximately nine and one half miles southwest of Orla with a 5.5 inch seating and 4.5 inch easing seat.

Neville G. Penrose

Crane Test Flows From Ellenburger Field in North Crane

The Texas Company No 1 Ellenburger well 9330-46 in Lea Multipay Field flowed 48 barrels of oil in two hours with flowing pressure 2345 pounds and gas to the face in seven minutes. It produced at 18 barrels per hour from Connell sand at 180 to 215 feet. flowing pressure 1475 pounds.

Texas Company Margaret L. Barnsley Lea North Crane County Connell

Dusters and Completions Rise in Oklahoma Oil Output

Oklahoma City special report shows 11 more producing wells last week, with oil completions up from 117 to 128 while dry holes rose from 43 to 54. Gassers fell from eight to one and total locations declined from 223 to 189.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oill

Stock Quotations From Odessa Market Wire

Odessa market reports filed by the Southwest Securities Company via direct wire services show stock quotations and brief market movements. The dispatch notes price changes and trading levels across listed securities with regional focus on Odessa listings and related financial activity.

Tiess Fara Southwestere Securities Company Odessa

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