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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1970
Page
6
The roundup covers Alco Oil Co Odessa No. 1 Murphy in Pecos County, Cameron Oil Co Oklahoma City No. 1 Mc Donald in Wichita Albany trend, and several Ellenburger and Fusselman tests near Barstow Ward and Reeves counties. It notes formations, depths from 4,350 to 25,500 feet, production figures, gas flows, and planned acidizing and drilling ahead with multiple operators including Gulf, Superior, Phillips, Shell, and Humble.
The Shell Oil Odessa Refinery earned praise from Mayor Jim Reese for adding air pollution controls during its turnaround. The upgrades include a new external plenum chamber, two stage cyclone separators, after burn to reduce CO, confined alkylation and vacuum flasher vents, and a larger distillation tower and heater. About 425 workers completed the largest refinery job to date in roughly a month. The plant also received NPRA safety honors for 365 days without a lost time accident.
Imperial-American Management Co of Midland plans No 2 Pecos County Airport as a 3 4 mile southwest outpost to Ellenburger production in the Gomez Wolfcamp and Ellenburger gas field of Pecos County 3 miles northwest of Fort Stockton Drillsite for the 23 000 foot project is 1 320 feet from north and 673 feet from east lines of section 20 block 146 T&StL survey J C Barnes Oil Co of Midland completed No 1 State-Rehmeyer as sixth well and an east north east extension to the J C B Clearfork pool of Pecos County 4 1/2 miles east of Imperial It was finaled to flow 41 41 barrels of 36 gravity oil per day with gas oil ratio 1 856 1 through an open choke and perforations at 3 807 3 891 feet It spots 660 feet from north east and southeast lines of tract 12 section 30 block 9 H&GN survey
Pennzoil United Incorporated reschedules a rights offering to holders of United Gas common stock. United will acquire Pennzoil's retail gas distribution in Texas Louisiana and Mississippi under an SEC order. The record date is June 3 1970 or later if the post effective amendment becomes effective. Eight rights subscribe to one share of United.
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