Oil activity shows 116 rigs in Southeast New Mexico
A weekly survey reports 116 active rigs in SE New Mexico with 24 rotary rigs on 59 field wells and eight wildcats plus 25 field wells using cable tools. Gulf Oil’s Seven Rivers Hills Unit flowed 1,160,000 cu ft of gas daily at 10,096 ft through a choke. Abo reef tests at Wilson No. 1 indicate gas and oil yields. Patois Corp plans a 4,400 ft Delaware sand wildcat in Eddy County. The petroleum landmen program includes speaker James M. Landis addressing regulatory agencies and the industry.
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Jim Collins
New Mexico
Gulf Oil Corporation
Seven Rivers Hills
Eddy County
Carlsbad
Abo Reef
Honda Oil & Gas Company
Wilson
Lea County
Cities Service Petroleum Co. No. 2
Patois Corp
Wright
Petroleum
James M. Landis
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Landis
Gulf Oil workers honored for long service in Roswell district
Arthur Oldham senior clerk at Gulf Oil Roswell district office received a 15 year service award on June 7. His career began with Devonian Company as a roustabout in Kel lyville Oklahoma on June 7, 1946. Gerald J Savage senior production geologist of Gulf Oil Roswell district office earned a 10 year award on June 11 after a Gulf career starting as a Fort Worth geologist on June 4, 1951 and moving through Midland to Roswell by August 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Oldham
Gulf Oil Corporation
Roswell
Devonian Company
Kellyville
Okla
Warren Petroleum Corp
Gulf
Gerald J. Savage
Fort Worth
Tex
Midland
Houston to Host Over 1000 Petroleum Landmen Meeting
More than 1,000 petroleum land men from the United States and Canada will converge on Houston June 21 to 24 for the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. Leaders in the nation's petroleum industry will participate in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Houston
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
Petrole
Tulsa Gains End To End Control Of Petro Pipeline
A Tulsa based operator at the Skelly Oil building runs a 1683 mile main line from Hobbs New Mexico to Conway Kansas to Janesville Wisconsin linking 28 plants with 501 miles of connecting lines. The system uses automated controls with a central board and electronic recorders. If trouble occurs pumps shut and bypass is used until a technician arrives within two hours.
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Tulsa
Okla
Skelly Oil Co
Conway
Kan
Pine Bend
Minn
Janesville
Wis
Mid-America Pipeline Co
Hobbs
N. M
Mid-America
Williams Brothers Co
New Mexico
Texas
Texas and
Oklahoma Panhandles
Levelland
Pampa
Tex
Beaver
Wellsford
Iowa City
Iowa
R. F E. Thomas
Control Board
Thomas
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Break location guidance from air patrol on pipeline leak
The air patrolman can pinpoint the leak after the general area on the big board is identified. He should locate the approximate stretch between two pump stations and mark the general location for precise pinpointing.
Perry Decides He’ll Continue Tromping DA
Hollywood notes report Perry Mason star Raymond Burr will remain with the series after contract talks. Burr explains the show requires heavy dialogue and long hours, and producers agree on a revised schedule of five days on and one day off per week to preserve his health and sustain the program’s future.
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Perry
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ferry Mason
Raymond Burr
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason
Burr
Grass or Ivy Battle Rages in Daly City Westlake
In Daly City Westlake, the Grass versus Ivy dispute pits Jack Klein, an Ohio electrician, against the Westlake Subdivisions Improvement Association over ivy plants and nonconforming landscaping on Klein’s corner lot. The association seeks injunction to remove ivy and restore grass, arguing property values and covenants. Klein resists as Judge Branson hears arguments for a possible ruling on grass or ivy.
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Westlake Subdivisions Improvement Association
Klein
Kleins
A. R. Branson
Redwood City
New Mexico DeMolay Holds Albuquerque Convention
About 350 DeMolay members from 17 chapters gather in Albuquerque as University of New Mexico campus facilities are placed at the group’s disposal for the convention.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
University of New Mexico
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Lions Club International
Clovis
Bill Rives
T. J. Graham
Las Cruces
Cap Parkinson
Lovington
Clovis News-Journal
Gaines
Daly City
Calif
Jack Klein
Improvement Association
Westlake
San Francisco
Klein’s
Toledo
Ohio
Hahn
Sarah
Pittsburgh
Parker
Com Oorationery CO
N. Richardson
East College
North Atkinson
DIAL
Montgomery Ward
Avenue Interiors
College Park
E College
N. Atkinson
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