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Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1976

Page

4

Oil Roundup Highlights Multiple Ward County Finds

The report outlines several oil and gas discoveries in Ward and Winkler counties. Key items include a Devonian pay in Beall field with 2.4 MMSCFD gas, 40 barrels oil, and 25 barrels water over 20 hours at BTA Midland No 2-7286 JVS Wedge. Other notes cover City Service Wolfcamp hits, Shell Sealy-Smith Monahans extension, Sun Oil Ellenburger and McKee gas plays, and a Reed Reeves-HNG wildcat dry hole near Balmorhea.

Beall Ward County BTA Midland Montoya Section Block 16 Als Pyote Cities Service Oil Co Wolfcamp University War-Wink Southfield Shell Oil Co Sealy-Smith Foundation Winkler County Monahans Winkler Sun Oil Co. N M.J. Hill Kermit Ellenburger Sunray D-X Mid-Continent Oil Co Devonian Ellenburger Pays Hallley Northeast PSL Survey Sun Oil Co McKee Halley Wink

Permian count down by 3 rigs

The Permian Basin rig count dropped by three units from the year’s high of 259 two weeks ago. Last week 245 rigs were active, while August last year had 248. Lea County led with 124 rigs after gaining two, Eddy County followed with 20, Pecos and Ward tied at 17 each, and Andrews rose to 13. The county table lists August 27 and August 20 figures for multiple counties including Andrews, Eddy, Ector, Crane, and Dawson.

Permian Basin Reed Lea County N.M Eddy County Pecos Ward Andrews

Bentsen warns on drugs for stolen U S weapons from Mexico

Senator Lloyd Bentsen urged new federal rules after citing DEA and Customs evidence that guerrilla groups in Latin America, especially Mexico, trade stolen U S military arms for narcotics. He cited cases of M 14 rifles traded in Mexico for marijuana and planes loaded with weapons sold to drug traffickers.

Washington, D.C Lloyd Bentsen U.S Mexico Bentsen Defense Department Drug Enforcement Administration U.S. Customs Bureau Latin America Indica

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