O Neill plans 3300 foot wildcat in Winkler County
Joseph I O Neill Jr of Midland plans No 2 4 Sealy Smith as a 3300 foot wildcat in southeast Winkler County ten miles north of Monahans and one location south of No 1 4 Sealy Smith active test The location lies near section 92 block A GM B&A survey three quarters mile south of the Pat Bishop oil field and separated by a depleted Yates gas discovery The Pat Bishop field opened in 1962 and yields around 3238 feet The No 1 A Sealy Smith well was shut in for tank battery erection after flow of 21 8 barrels in 11 hours and gas 450000 to 500000 cubic feet daily with water spray and trace oil through a 12 inch choke and perforations at depths 2510 2540 feet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. O'Neill Jr
Midland
Sealy-Smith
Winkler County
Monahans
Pat Bishop Faulcen
Yates
Pat Bishop
O’neill
Sealy- Smith
PSL
Winkler
Ellenburger
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Howe
Ward County
J. Howe
R.O.C
Atoka
BTA
T&p Survey
Fort Stockton
MWJ Producing Co
H&gn
Oy Achewon, Inc
Haynes & V.T. Drilling
Boys Ranch
Clearfork
J.M. Huber Corp
ARCO
Huber
Wichita-Albany
el Cinco
Pecos County
H&gn Survey
McCamey
R. K. G. Engineering Co
Odessa
McDonald
Oil Well Fracture and Test Summary in GEMM&BA Area
The well showed incomplete test results with perforations at 2,709 to 2,723 feet after acidizing with 500 gallons and fracturing with 5,000 gallons and 5,000 pounds. A 30 minute swab recovered five gallons of oil. Additional perforations at 3,183 to 3,263 feet were not fully reported. The borehole reached 3,270 feet before being plugged back to 2,600 feet in 1/2 inch casing set at 3,267 feet in the north and west lines of section 92, block A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Block A
Gemm&ba Sur
Launch team begins moon countdown for Apollo 17
The countdown for Apollo 17 started at 8 30 a.m. EST as Saturn V power fed the rocket at Cape Kennedy Florida. Engineers planned milestones including pyrotechnics fuel cells and vehicle servicing ahead of a 9 53 p.m. launch next Wednesday. Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans prepared in simulators and medical exams before a 75 hour lunar stay with three surface excursions and a 23 mile moon buggy run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
U.S
Challenger
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Earth
Moon
Cernan
Schmitt
Signal Alexander Wolfcamp tests push gas yield in Pecos County
Production tests at No. 1 Signal Alexander in Pecos County show gas flow goals with 1,150 million cubic feet daily plus 47 barrels of water after acidizing. The well drilled to 20,930 feet, plugged back to 16,540 feet, with partial success in Ellenburger and Fusselman zones and a Devonian test yielding 1 million cubic feet per day. Drilling complications included a lost drillstem tool and partial water blanket presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Oil & Gas Co
Wolfcamp
Signal Alexander
Pecos County
Lone Wolfcamp
Linterna
Ellenburger
Fusselman
Midland hosts leadership workshop for high school students
The Midland TYLI region will run a December 16 leadership workshop at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church from 9 am to 6 pm. It trains 9th to 12th graders with criteria requiring leadership roles, top scholastic ranking, or a principal or clergyman recommendation. The fee is reduced to five dollars with scholarships possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Texas Youth Leadership Institute
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Austin
TYLI
National Leadership Institute
NLI
United States
Robert T. Davis
Davis
Illinois
Telehone
Cernan Aims To Return After Moon Missions
Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, veteran Navy captain and NASA astronaut, inspires the corps with pep talks and high pace. He recalls Apollo 10 near-moon flight and, reflecting on Earth from lunar view, says he is anxious to get back and lead his team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proviso High School
Maywood
Andrew G. Cernan
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
O’hare
Chicago
Purdue
Navy
Cernan
Miramar
Calif
Naval Air Station
U.S. Naval Post Graduate School
Monterey
Thomas Stafford
Stafford
John Young
Young
Earth
Texans to Attend National Forum on Aging
Two Texas state legislators W E Snelson and Don Cavness will join the 1972 National Forum of State Legislators on Older Americans in Washington D C December 4 to 6. Also attending is Mrs Carter Clapton and leaders from aging groups to address income housing health care and transportation challenges for seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Retired Person
National Retired Teachers Association
Washington
Bcs
W.E. Snelson
Don Cavness
Carter Clapton
Governor’s Committee On
Governnor
Munity
Arthur S. Flemming
U.S
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Senate
Special Committee On
John Martin
Census Bureau
Richard M. Scammon
Robert N. Butler
White House
Administration On Aging
National Legislative Conference
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Peu
Paris
Midland Worshop
Girvin, South Field
Skelly Oil Co
University
Strawn
Cities Service Oil Co
Gulf Oil Corn
Delaware
Waha
West
Reeves County
J.C. Trees
Cerman
Ellington Air Force Base
Tenorron
Texas
Honduras
Puerto Lempira
Honduas
Honduran Caribbean
San Pedro Sula
Rowan Drilling Co
Compania Petrolera Pecten
Shell Oilco
Venezuela
R.L. Rankin
Shell
Wallace’s Boot
Walthall
Ay Pe Fae A. Ea A AE Li
Anthony Co
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