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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
3
Warren Oil Corporation reports a No 1 Wallin discovery in Southwest Midland offsetting the Virey field. The wildcat flowed 583 barrels of oil per day from 13 280 to 13 310 feet after 4000 gallons acid, with top Ellenburger at 13 276 feet and drilling set to continue.
The record lists several exploration attempts across Upton Coke and Fisher Counties with mixed outcomes. Several wells reached depths between 6,200 and 11,575 feet. most shows were barren while some reported 16 oil or gas shows in Ellenburger and Cambrian sands. Several abandonments noted near Rankin Jayton Littlefield and Kent County areas.
A Pennsylvanian wildcat near Andrews County, west of the No 1-9-C and No 1-9-E University wells, shows oil flow with gas and mud at the surface. The No 1-9-E test flowed 15.85 barrels per hour after starting oil, with no water, and the hole deepened to 9 060 feet for another drillstem test.
To test Ellenburger oil and gas potential, Humble Oil & Refining Co plans an 11 500 foot wildcat well No 1 at W E Bristol. The site lies 20 miles northwest of Andrews and 1980 feet from the north and east lines of section 5 block A 37 psj survey.
Fullerton Oil Company and Peerless Oil & Gas Company No. 1 BF Pecos Valley site six miles west of Imperial. The 6,500 foot prospect lies 660 feet from north and west lines of section 22, block 10 within the Shallow Pecos Valley High Gravity field. Trebol Oil Company No. 1 Mrs G P Lilley to drill 2,500 feet two miles NW of Imperial on a 20 acre lease in section 16, block 9.
1 000 foot cable tool wildcat planned by D R Jarrell Dr Sam W Graves and others of Pecos No W D Johnson Estate. Located three and a half miles southwest of Toyah and 330 feet from the south end west lines of section 3 block 56 T 7 T&P survey.
Magnolia Petroleum completes No 1 Reynolds Parks as a south extender in Virey field Southwest Midland County. The well produced 284 barrels of 41.6 degree oil in 24 hours with no water from perforations at 10 233 254 and 10 270 300 feet after 1000 gallons of acid treatment. Gas oil ratio 1.94, tubing pressure 280 300 psi, depth 10529 feet, cemented 52 inch casing, plugged back to 10337 feet, located 22 miles southwest of Midland near section 26 block 41 T 3 S.
The Warren Oil Corporation plans an Ellenburger test well No. 2 Gray in Southwest Midland County about 22 miles southwest of It is 660 feet from the north and east lines of the southeast quarter of section 27, block 41, T-3-S, St. Paul and Texas survey. Operations start immediately.
The Phillips Petroleum Company reports completion of the second producer, Gaudy, in the Hoblitzelle Pennsylvanian field, East Hockley County. On potential test the well flowed 267 barrels of 44.5 degree gravity oil.
A new producer in a local field six miles east of Level land shows an 13 barrel daily water flow in 24 hours through a 1/4 inch choke from an open hole washed with 250 gallons mud acid. Depth 10 092 feet total, 10 070 feet cemented casing. Gas oil ratio 756 to 1 and tubing pressure 425 psi. Site is 330 feet from survey lines in Wichita County School land.
T R Wilson at the Pegasus field in North west Upton County prepares No 16-42 drillsite located 1980 ft south and 860 ft east of section 42 block 40 T-4 S T&P survey. Rotary tools to be used to reach contract depth of 10600 ft.
Gulf Oil to drill 7 500 foot Ellenburger wildcat Gulf Crockett No 1-E in Northwest Crockett County where location sits 330 feet from section lines in the southwest half of section 38 block 31 H and T C survey. Drill site one mile southwest of the Tippett Wolf camp field and drilling to begin soon.
Thomas G Shield of Dallas No 1 A N Hoffman to drill a 4100 foot wildcat in East Runnels County ten miles east of Ballinger. Site 2843 feet from the north line and 330 feet from the west line of Hamilton survey No 3 Abtract 999. Two and one half miles southeast of East Beddo Serratt Landfield. Operations to start immediately.
Taylor Oil & Gas Co and W Edward Lee of San Angelo complete No 1 George Foster Rust as a Strawn sand discovery in East Tom Green County. Daily production potential 62 barrels of 26 degree oil plus 25 barrels water from 3 871 to 3 882 feet. Location 660 feet from section lines, six miles south of Van Court.
Bridwell Oil Company No. 1-A Julia Kennemer and others in Northwest Tom Green County faced abandonment after wildcat failures in Tom Green and Kent Counties West Texas. The report notes plug and abandon actions on unsuccessful wells.
Shallow Wildcats Plymouth Oil Company plans two shallow wildcat wells in North Crockett County. No 1 Y University will be drilled 330 feet from the north and east lines of section 8, block 50, University Lands, 24 miles NW of Ozona. No 1 Z University, 26 miles NW of Ozona, is 330 feet from the north and east lines of section 5, block 50. Both tests target the San Andres and will be drilled to 2700 feet. Drilling starts immediately.
Cambridge University conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on Ruth Draper an American actress and monologist.
U. S. Representative B. J. Frazier Jr of Chattanooga refuses a Tennessee plate No. 13 for his car. He says constituents prefer No. 23, but he cautions against attracting superstition.
An armed robber followed a woman with a bulky payroll envelope into her office building lobby. He grabbed the envelope, pushed her into an elevator, and directed the operator to go up. The thief escaped with the envelope containing several blank order pads.
A Beatrice Nebraska motorist writes to police asking that 20 cents he says he squandered in meters on a state holiday be credited toward past parking tickets. He claims officers were not checking cars that day due to the holiday.
A U S Army 1st Infantry Division unit at Grafenwhr Germany rehearses a battle on Bavarian hills near the Czech border. The exercise features veterans from Omaha Beach, rolling tanks, and eight Swift Saberjet airstrikes with napalm and bombs.
In San Diego California Dick Sprouse an automobile salesman on a golf outing retrieved his trapped caddy after a club tossed in anger found a branch. Sprouse climbed the tree and freed the caddy with a careful rescue.
A colossal Douglas fir felled in Washington state measured 11 feet in diameter at the base and 196 feet tall, yielding 71,542 board feet of lumber.
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