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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1954

Page

15

Garza Glorieta Discovery Finaled

The Edwin L. Cox No. 4 Hunt ley well in the Glorieta discovery area five miles northwest of Post has completed for daily flowing potential of 134 barrels of 37.2 gravity oil with no water. Production came through a 1/4 inch choke from perforations at 4 020 to 4 027 feet in 5 1/2 inch casing cemented at 4 093 feet to total depth 4 346 feet. Top pay at 4 020 feet, elevation 2 930 feet, with tubing pressure recorded and packer set. Location is 440 feet from the south and east lines of H G Brandon survey No 4.

Edwin L. Cox Huntley Glorieta Post H. G. Brandon Gulf Oil Corp Amacker - Tippett Strawn Upton County Hunt Oil Co W. T W. R. Tilman Andrews County Texaco Texas Co. - Mabee J. E. Mabee Mabee North Wolfcamp Fusselman Andrews Wolfcamp Crockett County Pure Oil Co Egc&scrr Co Vaughn (Ellenburger Elelnburger Ector County Fran Drilling Co G. W. Glass T&p RR Fran-Glass Spraberry Reservoir

House Group Sets Price Insurance for Wheat and Cotton

Washington June 19 UP The House Agriculture committee approved a plan to insure against sharp drops in government price guarantees for wheat and cotton. A proposed set aside authority would ignore up to 2.5 billion dollars worth of surpluses when calculating minimum price support levels under a flexible program. The measure would be mandatory only for wheat and cotton, requiring 400 to 500 million bushels of wheat and 3 to 4 million bales of cotton to be set aside.

Washington House Agriculture Committee Clifford R. Hope Rkans

Waterflooding Projects For Ward Pecos Counties Now Being Studied

Three more waterflooding projects in Ward and Pecos Counties move forward as Railroad Commission engineers study bids from Buckles Hostetler and others. Projects cover South Ward Field and Pecos Valley Low Gravity Field, with injections planned in Grand Falls and Yates sands to boost recovery estimates ranging from 3,350 to 30,000 barrels per acre and initial injection pressures around 200 to 300 pounds.

Austin Ward Pecos Railroad Commission Buckles and Hostetler Yates South Ward Ward County G. L. Buckles Herb McCracken Bease Caile Weilais Orosin E C. Rach Commission Grand Falls Rustler Killough R. J. Reishman Iowa Realty Trust Pecos Valley Co Pecos Valley orQary Tas

Tom Gordy Begins Serving Sentence for Horsemeat Sale

KERMIT Texas Tom Gordy began a two year term in Winkler County Jail after a conviction for selling horsemeat for human consumption. He was fined 1000 dollars and appealing the Winkler County conviction to higher courts.

Tom Gordy Kermit Winkler County State Courte Amdoon Uoos Supreme Tares Peces

Basin Oil Pipeline Firms Granted Okay For Construction

Two firms received authority from the Federal Power Commission to build natural gas pipeline systems. Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. of Houston was approved to construct a 3160 million system moving gas from the San Juan Basin to markets across Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho Oregon and Washington. Pacific Northwest will run 1466 miles of main line 106 miles of supply laterals 327 miles of sales laterals and 14 compressor stations from Tonoco Colorado to Bellingham Washington.

Washington Federal Power Commission Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp Houston Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwest Pipeline San Juan New Mexico Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho Oregon West Coast Transmission, Inc Wilmington Dela Trans- Northwest Gas West Coast Commission Colorado Interstate Gas Co Colorado Springs Weomuing Tonaco Colo San Juan Basin Bellingham

SACROC District Water Deal Details Linked to Test Draws

The Colorado River Municipal Water District reports SACROC began testing water delivery from the Lake J. B. Thomas system. Initial rates for the canal area will rise to eight million gallons per day, then stabilize. Snyder Big Spring and Odessa anticipate expanded supply as pumps and filtration come online, with Big Spring potentially receiving up to fifteen million daily.

Big Spring Sacroc E. V. Spence Colorado River Municipal Water District Scurry Area Canyon Reef Snyder J. B. Thomas Spence CRMWD Odessa Lake Thomas

West Texas and Environs Land Status Reports This Week

Readable fragments outline mineral rights and drilling activity across Texas counties including Andrews, Reeves, Howard, Lubbock, Gaines, and others. Units show rotary footage, FSL and FEL holdings, wildcat mentions, and summaries of abstracts and leases associated with various companies and individuals.

Seven New Basin Fields Get Formal Recognition

Seven new oil fields in the Permian Basin received formal recognition from the Railroad Commission on June 19, with three additional fields submitted for consideration. Named fields include Hughlene Ellenburger in Upton County and Fullerville Clearfork in Scurry County, among others, while discovery rights were requested for Mabee North, Vaughn Ellenburger, and Fran-Glass in various counties.

Austin Permian Basin Railroad Commission Commission Hughlene Ellenburger Upton County Texas Co Texas Fullerville Clearfork Scurry County Fuller

Terry County Wildcat Drilling Plans 11,500 Feet

Stanolard Oil and Gas Company seeks to drill the No. 1 J. J. Gaston wildcat in western Terry County about 16 miles west of Brownfield and near the Tokio South Wolfcamp Pool. The 160 acre lease well will reach 11,500 feet with rotary tools. Location places it 660 feet from the south and west lines of section 50, block D-14, C&M survey.

Stanolard Oil and Gas Company Terry County Brownfield Tokio South Wolfcamp J. J. Gaston C&m

TIPRO Seeks Study on Oil Imports Tariff Protection

The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association executive committee says oil and gas independents will petition the U S Tariff Commission for a study of the oil imports problem. They seek to determine if the domestic industry is entitled to tariff protection under the escape clause of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act.

San Angelo Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association U. S. Tariff Commission

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