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Oil roundup notes several deep Texas ventures and dry holes
West Texas oil round up lists Chicora Modesta as the deepest 17 000 foot venture in Reeves County near Balmorhea. American Quasar Petroleum Co. files to drill Ford Chapman west of Fusselman gas field. Multiple dry holes include Ward J Sweat No 1 Budaley and Grice Deep near Mentone and six miles west of Imperial. Exxon completed McBirney Unit extension with a 550 000 cubic feet per day gas rate in Ward County. Gulf Oil reports Keystone Cattle Co. production in Winkler County with acids and perforations. Additional wells and prospects spread across Pecos, Loving, and Ward counties with various depths and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton W. Williams Jr
Midland
West Texas
Chicora Modesta
South Reeves
Balmorhea
H&gn
Pee-Reeves
American Quasar Petroleum Co
Ford Chapman
Fusselman
Moore-Hooper
Loving County
W&nw
Ward
John W. Sweat
Budaley
Wildcat
H&tc Survey
Imperial
Loving — American Quasar Petroleum Co
T&p Survey
Mentone
K.K. Amini
Sealy-Smith
Kermit
Winkler County
Arenoso
Samedan Oil Corp
Wight
Winkler
Gulf Oil Corp
Keystone Cattle Co
Keystone
San Andres
Exxon Corp
McBirney
Ellenburger
Block 16
Ward County
H&tc
Pyote
Taurus
Monsanto Co
Block 34
H&tc Savey
Rojo Caballos
Pecos County
Cayanosa
J.W. Atkinson
Sun Valley
Girvin
Hanson Corp
Carl Oil & Gas, Inc
University
Pecos
Renaud & Tunstill
Fort Stockton
Mobil Oil Corp
North Pecos
C. Myrick
Joe H. Warren Jr
Mobil-Fee
C.F. Lawrence & Associates, Inc