Rotary Drilling Remains Steady in U S and Canada
Rotary drilling activity in the United States and Canada stayed steady for the week ending June 22. A total of 2436 rigs were running as of Monday, matching the previous week and marking increases from both one month and one year earlier per Hughes Tool Company report to the American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors.
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United States
Canada
American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
Hughes Tool Company
Scouting the Basin drilling progress in Permian wells
Report reviews significant wells in the Permian Basin with numerous drilling and bottoming actions across Andrews Borden Chaves Crockett Ector Lea Eddy Garza Hockley Lea Santiago Midland Pecos Reeves Terrell Upton Williamson Winkler Yoakum and surrounding fields. Notable entries include Texaco, Gulf, and British American developments with depths ranging from 6,000 to 13,000 feet and locations like Denver City Mallamar Snyder Spraberry Towle and Hamon Carter field. corrections noted for a Lincoln shale-like location.
Andrews area oil wells and proposed drill sites detailed
The report lists multiple drilling activities near Andrews and Welch in Ward and Crane counties. Entries include Wilson States Ward Wildcat Andrews sev eral fields with depths around 4600 to 9500 feet, PSL surveys, and nearby Pan American Petroleum, Crane Gulf and Tidewater involvement. Also notes a No. 267 well by Wilson Exploration Co in Ward County and a 4900 foot proposed depth, with precise survey coordinates and distances from field markers.
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Andrews
Sever Drilling Co
Parker
Pan American Pet. Corp
Cowden
Dollarhide
Harley
G Parker
Parker Field
Honolulu Plans Hockley Project
Honolulu Oil Corp. will drill the No. 324 Elwood Estate as a southeast outpost to Strawn production in the North Smyer pool. Scheduled depth is 10,200 feet with location spots 1980 feet north and 660 feet east from Section 18, Block A, R. M. Thompson Survey in Hockley County.
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Hockley County
Honolulu Oil Corp
Eilwood Estate
Strawn
North Smyer Pool
Phillips Expands Sahara Interests With New Hassi Chaambi Permit
Phillips Petroleum and French partners win a new 148,262 acre Sahara permit named Hassi Chaambi in Algeria, 390 miles south of Algiers and 60 miles southwest of Hassi Messaoud. Phillips holds 25 percent, Copefa operates, linking to El Morr block expansion. first Sahara exploration well Hassi Touareg No. 1 began May 23.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Sahara Desert
Algeria
K. S. Adams
Paul Endacott
Hassi Chaambi
Algiers
Hassi Messaoud
el’ Morr
Phillips
Copefa
Compagnie Des Petroles France-Afrique
Ominirex
L’omnium de Recherches Et Exploitations Petrolieres
Algerian Sahara
Sahara
Hassi Touareg No. 1
Hassi Messaoud Field
Chaves Prospect Flows Distillate And Gas Show
Texaco Inc No. 2 Peery Federal in Chaves County logged an Ellenburger 24 hour test flowing 66 barrels of salt water with trace distillate and 218.00 cf gas per day through an 18/64 inch choke from perforations at 12 070 133 feet. Zone acidized with 30 500 gallons. Earlier Devonian stage completed at 332 barrels per day of 60 gravity condensate through 15/64 inch choke from 11 140 199 feet after 500 gallons acidizing. Gas condensate ratio 1910 1. Wellsite in Section 29 15S 30E.
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Chaves County
Texaco Inc
Peery-Federal
Completion Due In Hockley Test
In Hockley County a completion attempt is planned from San Andres perforations between 4711 and 4740 feet in the Big Spring Exploration Inc No 1 Lawson. Operator cemented 514 inch casing at 4743 feet. A San Andres core test from 4714 to 4743 feet yielded oil-saturated dolomite and lime with good porosity from 4714 to 4724 feet. Location is Labor 31, League 74, Haskell CSL Survey, 114 miles WSW of the South Yellow House pool.
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Hockley County
San Andres
Big Spring Exploration Inc
Lawson
Labor
Haskell Csl
Chaves County To Drill No. 3 C Levick Post
Hanson, Watters and Williamson will drill the No 3 C Levick outpost in Chaves County at 950 feet depth. The location sits 2310 feet south and west from the Section 15-11S-27E lines, a mile north northeast of the Cyote sand pool near the newly opened pool.
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Chaves County
Hanson, Watters and Williamson
Eddy Offset Planned in Culwin Pool No. 3-E Federal
J.1. O Neill plans a southward offset from the Queensland discovery in the Cul win pool. The operation targets Federal No. 3-E with a contract depth of 3500 feet. The wellsite sits 1980 feet north and 660 feet east of the Section 1-19S-30E line.
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Eddy County
O'Neill
Queensand
Culwin Pool
Six Wildcat Drilling Plans in Permian Counties
Applications filed for six wildcat tests in Permian Basin counties. L G Morgan to drill No 2 Gottschalk in Runnels five miles SW of Winters on 220 acres to 4750 feet. Texaco to drill No 1 J T Johnson in Borden one mile SW of GaI on 240 acres to 9440 feet. Pan American to drill No 1 J M Horton in Hockley 4.4 miles E of Yellowhouse on 680 acres to 10014 feet, then back to 9300. Hudson to drill No 1 Standard Owens in Pecos 10 miles SW of Iraan on 166 acres to 3000 feet. Ownby to drill No 1 Foster in Sterling 14 miles W of Sterling City on 160 acres to 2500 feet. Texaco to drill No 1 C Allison 13 miles NE of Sonora on 340 acres to 6500 feet.
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Permian Basin
Runnels County
L.G. Morgan
Gottschalk
Winters
A. G. Willis Survey
Borden County
Texaco Inc
J.T. Johnson
Gai
Labor 9
League 716
LCL
Yellowhouse
Hamnon
Pecos County
Hudson
Owens
Iraan
Gc&sf Survey
Sheffield
Sterling County
Ownby Drilling Co
Foster
Sterling City
H&tc Survey
Bade
Sutton County Texaco Inc
Allison
Sonora
Gh&sa
Blue Bennett Field
Stock Market Pow Jones Averages Rise Amid Utilities
Readout shows the New York Stock Exchange at 10:30 listing numerous stocks with varied performance. Key gainers include Aluminum Co, American Airlines, Argo, Armco Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Texaco, and Shell reflecting mixed sector movements and notable price shifts.
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Pow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Alleghancy
Aluminum Co
Amerada Petesescccoe
Bay
American Airlines
American Can
American Tel
Amaconds CO
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
Braniff
Chrysler Motor
ELF Cities Service
Esscccsweas
Eestassecsee
Oil Co
Colden Pete
Crucible Steel
Dan River Mills
Dupont Ceveevevencas
el Paso
Fairchild Eng & Air
Fedders Quigan
Ford Motor
Foremost Dairies
Freuhaus
General American of
General Dynamiem
Lockheed
American Petrotina Creole Petroleum
Fargo of
Humbbie
Cascessennetereewessasenssens
Ask Aztec Oil
Miami Window
Sesee
Westbrook
White Eagle Oil
Mente 2
Magneto Service Opens New Store in Odessa
Odessa Magneto Service and Supply opens a new location at 3307 West County Road with a 10 am to 8 pm formal event. Owner L. C. Cotton Wallace notes over 100 door prizes including a GE portable TV and a Briggs and Stratton powered kid car. The firm offers more than 50 lines of industrial equipment plus shop and field service.
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Odessa
West County Road
L. C
Cotton” Wallace
Wallace
Eddy Well Abandoned In Eddy County
Glenn Bennett abandoned at 3315 feet the No 130 Superior Federal eight miles southeast of the Malaga pool. Location was in Section 30 258 305.
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Eddy County
Glenn Bennett
Superior Federal
Malaga Pool
Oil Yields in 2 Permian Basin Tests
In Tom Green County Morgan No 1 Atkinson swabbed 28 barrels oil and 47 salt water in eight hours then flowed 14 hours to recover 16 barrels oil and three barrels water. Location 650 feet south, 1880 feet east from Section 1, Block 20 H and TC Survey. In Glasscock County Zapata Petroleum Corp and Hamilton Bros No 18 Clark bottomed at 9859 feet with five and one half inch casing. Initial potential 131.10 barrels oil per day through 1 1/2 inch choke plus 35 percent water. Oil gravity 49.1 degrees, gas oil ratio 1730 to 1. Tubing pressure 725 pounds. Wellsite 663 feet north, 330 feet west from Section 8, Block 32, T&P Survey in Garden City Fusselman field.
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Tom Green County
Glasscock County
Morgan No
Atkinson
H&tc Survey
Zapata Petroleum Corp
Hamilton Bros
Clark
Wellsite
T&p Survey
Garden City
Oil well plugged in Fisher County No. 1 D Bryan
Fisher County city oil operator Cities Service Oil Co. plugged the No. 1 D Bryan at 6440 feet. The wellsite sits in Section 13 of the Austin Williams Survey No. 349 about 144 miles north of the Coffin multipay pool in the county's northeast.
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Fisher County Cities Service Oil Co
Bryan
Austin & Williams
Coffin
Gladewater Lady Details Easy Weight Loss Claim
Mrs. Prince Ella Hooper of Gladewater Texas writes that Barcentrate is a weight reducer and energizer. She claims three bottles yielded about 15 pounds total loss and endorses it as a tonic for busy mothers teachers and housewives. Barcentrate is advertised as obtainable from Texas druggists.
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Prince Ella Hooper
Gladewater
Texas
Hooper
Safety record improves in gas utility industry
The gas utility and pipeline industry saw a 27 percent rise in employment since 1947 while its safety record improved 63 percent. In 1958 the accident frequency rate fell for the eleventh straight year to an all time low of 8.07 disabling injuries per million man hours worked.
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