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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
1
Scouting THE BASIN reports drilling progress across multiple Permian Basin wells. Locations span Wickett, Ackerly, Crane, Odessa, Goldsmith, Levelland, Men tone, Bakersfield, and Pyote with depths from hundreds to thousands of feet. Notes include field names such as Hendrick, Running W, Martin, Devonian tests, and amended locations.
A long list of oil well activities across Texas reports Skelly Oil Co and partners. Drilling, drilling tests, casing, cementing, and bottomed or abandoned wells are noted with multiple operators including Texaco, British American, Parker and others, plus specific depths and test results.
Industry continues cost cutting across oil production with shifts of idle equipment, more efficient pumps, and computer aided optimization. Oklahoma leads in carbonated water recovery while fire floods progress in California and Texas. Underground nuclear tests for shale oil may be tested in Garfield County Colorado next year.
Cosden Petroleum Corp No 1 Whitmire in Howard County capped a Fussel man discovery 244 miles south of the Big Spring pool. The well finaled for a potential daily flow of 142 barrels of oil and 18 barrels of water with gravity 42 degrees and gas oil ratio 907 to 1. Production came from perforations at 9542 54 feet on a 320 acre lease in Section 37 Block 32 TI T&P. In Gaines County Tennessee Gas Transmission Co No 1-A P G Northrup wildcat seven miles west of Seminole logged oil and water on a drillstem test in the Devonian. a 24 hour test at depth 11 734 768 feet yielded 1 023 feet of gas plus 40 feet of oil and gas cut mud and 328 feet of slightly oil and gas cut sulphur water. Flow pressure ranged 85 230 pounds. closed in pressure was 4175 pounds. At last report the project bottomed at 11 768 feet as operator prepared to drill stem test again. Location Section 295 Block G WIRR Survey.
Three Lea County prospects yielded oil on tests. Amerada Petroleum Corp No 1 Q State tested in Tubb with 77.7 barrels of 35.5 gravity oil and 25.8 barrels of water in 24 hours through perforations 6455 to 6508 feet. Gas-oil ratio 828 to 1. The project is a 2 Tubb discovery in the Monument field and shows field pay through perforations 3750 to 4070 feet. The Grayburg well flowed 38.6 barrels in 24 hours through a 14 inch choke.
Reports detail Pure Oil Co. No. 1 C Federal drilling results with a one hour drillstem test at 14 599 to 14 622 feet yielding 10 gallons of oil and 1900 feet of gas and oil mud. Total depth 14672 feet. Texas Crude No. 125 McNeill two hour test at 4210 to 4373 feet recovering 950 feet of oil and 850 feet of sulphur water. Total depth 4300 feet. Operators preparing to run pipe at another location near Section 25 19S 37E four miles east of Monument.
Humble Oil and Refining No 1 B Armstrong prospect one mile south of the Means Wolfcamp field tests after plug back from 13 962 ft to 9662 ft Acidized through perforations at 9395 9404 ft Swabbed 151 barrels of oil and 539 barrels of water with slight gas show Location in Section 19 Block A 45 PSL Survey Ralph Lowe Morgan four miles northwest of Block 12 field logged additional pay in Devonian DST from 8840 94 ft recovered 180 feet gas and 95 feet oil and gas cut mud Flow 80 pounds 30 minute closed in 400 pounds test drilling below 8965 ft Last report test drill site in Section 1 Block A50 PSL Survey Anderson Prichard No 2 6 University plugged back from Devonian to test Dean sand perforated 9595 9720 ft fractured with 25 000 gallons oil and 75 000 pounds sand Recovered lead soil last report pumping 30 to 35 barrels of new oil per day.
A field well completed in the Moose Queen section of Ector County as J. C. Williamson No 347 TXL reaches 4605 feet. The pay zone fractured with 20,000 gallons and 118 barrels of 31.5 gravity oil were pumped. Location about nine miles southeast of Odessa, 990 feet north and 1650 feet east from Section 47, Block 42, T-3-S-T&P Survey.
R B De Witt will drill the No 1 Bradley 244 miles northeast of Fife on a 320 acre tract. Scheduled depth is 350 feet using cable tool at location 1063 feet north and 1052 feet east from Section 607 lines. Alexander Mitchell cited in the notice.
The Devonian fracturing was planned through perforations at 14 535 and 14 565 feet with tests resumed at Pan American Petroleum Corp No 1 Ethel Corder a 17 353 foot Ellenburger failure 34 miles south of Bakersfield in Terrell County. Previously acidized with 3000 gallons swabbed to 13 000 feet below the surface the wildcat yielded 65 barrels of acid residue with no shows. Location is in Section 30 Block 12 CCSD ERGNG Survey.
Frank B. Conselman a geologist from Abilene will oppose Mason L. Hill of Richfield Oil LA for vice president. Leading the 1560 slate for president are Gordon I. Atwater and Ben H. Parker. Grover E. Murray seeks re election as editor and Louis H. Luckert as secretary treasurer. Balloting by mail. new officers to be installed April 28 at the 45th annual AAPG convention in Atlantic City.
Pan American Petroleum Corp. will drill the No. 1 Gordon Cravey on a 207 acre lease located 19 miles northwest of Clairmont in Kent County. The contract depth is 6600 feet rotary. Location spots are 330 feet north and east from Section 6, Block B, PSL Survey, near the LMS Canyon field, 144 miles southwest of a 7277 foot dry hole.
Fletcher Oil and Gas Drilling Corp. plans No. 1 Clara E. Lacy well one mile NW of Miles in 193 acres. Proposed depth 5200 feet to military. Wellsite 467 feet north and 2742 feet east from Section 81 lines, T&NO Survey.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises to 644.23, up 4.98, with the 20 industrials index up 0.99 as gains spread through the New York Stock Exchange and American exchanges. Major names listed include Alleghany, American Tel & Tel, General Electric, DuPont, Kaiser, Standard of California, and U.S. Steel, among others, reflecting a broad rally across sectors.
The Mound Co. will drill No. 1 O. J. Estes in Irion County on a 600 acre lease ten miles southwest of San Angelo. Contract depth 1000 feet with location 660 feet south and 990 feet west from Section 7, Block 17, H&TC Survey.
The King Test Dry Pan American Petroleum Corp No 17 Masterson formerly B A Duffy Abilene No 1 F Master son in King County 134 miles southeast of the Tom B field has been plugged and abandoned at 6174 feet.
Horace E. White plans No 5 Ralph Parker drill as a northwest offset to No 2 Parker, a third producer, extending 54 miles southwest to McMillan sand in the Elm Creek South multipay field six miles north of Ballinger. Proposed depth 2900 feet. Location 1263 feet west and 808 feet south from Section 4 Block 8 Absalom Jett Survey lines.
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