Pan American Reports Prolific Gomez Field Gas Well
Pan American Petroleum Corp No. 1 Buzz Gas Unit in Pecos County’s Gomez area is valued for an estimated absolute open flow of 510 million cubic feet per day from perforations between 20 853 and 22 162 feet. The 1 1/4 mile from Fort Stockton reference well sits nine miles NW and 9 miles NE of Ellenburger gassers with Gulf Oil Phillips Petroleum Abell McCall Williams as working interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Ellenburger
Pecos County
Ellenburger Gassers
Pan American
Gulf Oil Corp
Phillips Petroleum Co
George T. Abell
Jack O. McCall
Midland
Clayton W. Williams Jr
Fort Stockton
Wildcat Drilling Plans From Union Texas Petroleums in West Texas
Union Texas Petroleum Corp of Midland re enters and targets Wolfcamp production in the Jack Herbert Field at the No 10 R C Windham gas producer site 16 miles northwest of Rankin in Upton County. The well will be plugged back to 9750 feet and lies near the depleted Wolfcamp area. Triton Oil & Gas Corp of Dallas will drill a 3900 foot wildcat the No 2 Mary Benson in Runnels County near Tract 23 Bays Survey 444. The site lies near the No 1 Benson and Wilmeth fields one mile northwest of Canyon Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Texas Petroleum Corp
Midland
Jack Herbert
R. C. Windham
Rankin
Upton County
Ccst&rgng
Wolfcamp
Triton Oil & Gas Corp
Dallas
Winters
Runnels
Mary Benson
Henery L. Bays Survey
Benson
Wilmeth
Jennings and Canyon Field
Basin drilling reports and depth updates in Pecos area
Scouting The Basin updates show multiple wells with depths and casing. Notable lines include Skelly No 1 Reed at 16 500 feet and Reeves-Pennzoil United No 1 15 Couch casing at 40 feet, while Texaco No 4 Reeves-TXL Fee reaches 19 756 feet and WARD Roden No 2 Middleton approaches 20 550 feet.
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Pecos
Signal No
Price
Skelly No
Reed
Superior
Reeves-Pennzoil United
Couch
Powers
Texaco No. 4
Reeves-Txl Fee
Ward-Roden No
Middleton
Shell No. 1
Sinclair No
Hill
U. S. National
Winkler-Pennzoil United
Warwink
Permian Basin Rig Counts Decline for Second Week
Fracking activity in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico shows a continued drop with 168 active rigs as of Friday, down 15 from the prior week. Lea County leads at 43 rigs, Pecos at 21, Reeves at 14, and Ward at 11. county totals include Andrews 5, Brewster 1, Crane 6, Ector 0, Eddy 4, Glasscock 2, Howard 3, Lea 43.
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Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Reed Drilling Tools
Lea County
N. M
Pecos
Reeves
Ward
Rotary
County
Andrews
Borden
Brewster
Chaves
Cochran
Coke
Crane
Crockett
Culberson
Dawson
Dickens
Ector
Eddy
Fisher
Glasscock
Hockley
Howard
Irion
Kent
Kimble
Lea
Getty Promote Oil Executive
J Earle Gray of Getty Oil was elected a director, filling the seat vacated by Ernest B Miller Jr who left after becoming president and director of Skelly Oil. Gray, joined in 1955 with Tidewater Oil, led the Western Division and later became group vice president on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. Earle Gray
Getty Oil Company
George F. Getty I
Gray
Ernest B. Miller, Jr
Skelly Oil Company
Tidewater Oil Company
Texas
Humble Pecos Devonian discovery eyed in Pecos County
Humble Oil & Refining Co shut in No 1 Elsinore Cattle Co Pecos County after flowing gas at 10 million cu ft daily from a Devonian potential. Gauge run through 24 to 64 inch opening from 14 172 to 14 401 feet. surface pressure 2 422 pounds for 16 hours. 75 barrels of water accompanied the gas. No 1 Elsinore drilled to 17 686 feet and tested Ebenburger section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil & Refining Co
No. 1
Elsinore Cattle Co
Pecos County
Elsinore
Fort Stockton
Gc&sf Survey
Oates
Superior and Signal oil well in Pecos County yields gas and oil
A Reed, Pecos County wild cat drilled by Superior Oil Co and Signal Oil and Gas Co reached beyond 10,840 feet with a 5,000 foot water blanket. Initial gas flow began in 27 minutes, peaking at 5 million cubic feet daily with 5 barrels of 42 gravity oil. Final tests showed fluctuating pressure and oil recovery prior to continuing drilling below 10,933 feet southeast of Coyanose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Oil Co
Signal Oil and Gas Co
Reed
Pecos County
Wildcat
Ellenburger
Strawn
Coyanose
Pennzoil Reeves Delaware Project Planned Near Pecos
The Delaware operation by Pennzoil United Inc of Midland targets a 4 800 foot site in Reeves 12 miles north of Pecos. The location sits 5 927.6 feet from the southwest line and 660 feet from the northwest line of section 15, block 3, H GN survey, a quarter mile southwest of the Two freds Delaware sand pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennzoil United Inc
Midland
Couch
Delaware
Reeves
Pecos
Quito
Graham Pecos Abell Well Attempt In Pecos County
Bill J. Graham of Midland will attempt to drill the Yates sand formation at the Abell area in North Pecos County. The No 1 Geraldine well will deepen from 263 feet to about 1600 feet in a dry hole located three miles northeast of Imperial and 330 feet from the tract 12, section 25, block 9, HGN survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill J. Graham
Midland
Yates
Abell
Wofford-McKee
Pecos County
Geraldine
Imperial
H&gn
Pecos Grad Joins Shell in Houston Plant
F Charles Pape, Pecos Texas native and Pecos High School class of 1963, has joined Shell Chemical Company Houston Plant as an engineer in the industrial chemicals technical department. He earned a BS in chemical engineering from Texas Tech in 1968 and was active in AIChE. He resides in Pasadena Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Chemical Company
Houston
F. Charles Pape
Pecos
Texas
Pecos High School
Industrial Chemicals Technical Department
Pape
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
St. Witter
Pasadena
Holbrook Ward Delaware Venture and Brown Thorp Drilling Update
Oil field notes report several wells in Pecos County Texas. Holbrook Ward Delaware Venture near Pyote and Quito pool advances with 5 200 foot sand targets, while University Lands drills No 13 University near Bakersfield as a flanker to Cardinal West pool. Brown Thorp Oil Co completes fifth upper Clear Fork well and 1/2 mile north extension in Brown Thorp East area, with initial production 69 barrels daily after perforations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook and Midland Production Corp
Midland
Shropshire
Pyote
Ward
Delaware
Adobe Oil Co. of
No. 13
University
Cardinal
Queensand Gas
Pecos County
Bakersfield
University Lands
Brown & Thorp Oil Co
McCamey
Atlantic
Upper Clear Fork
Brown & Thorp
Tubb
Girvin
HGN
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pecos Co
Gomez Field
United States
T&sl Survey
Fort Stock
Permian
Martin Menard Mitchell Nolan Pecos
Reagan Reeves
Roosevelt Schleicher Scurry Sterling Stonewall Terrell Terry
Tom Green Upton
Val Verde Ward
Winkler Yoakum
Getty
Humble
World Book Lore
W. Somerset Maugham
Switzerland
Russia
Delaware Basin
Superior-Pecos
Cayanosa
Athey
Pennzoil
Graham-Pecos Abell
Charles Pape
Eenew Shell Engineer
Pecos Grad
Shell
Humble- Ward
Humble Oil and Refining Co
DG State University
Ward County
University Lands Survey
Reeves Counties
Holbrook-Ward
Delaware Venture
Enco
Tigeramarae
Ile Vista
Humble Oil & Refining Company
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