The Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 139, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 11, 1953 Page: 2 of 6
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PAOt TWO
Thf Dally Dun News, Levelland, Texas, Sunday, January 11. 1963
Wew Wildcats in Yoakum, Cochran Mark Week's Oil Activity
Harper A Huffman of Midland
No. 4 A. M. Brownfield la a new
wildcat location in Northeast Yoa-
kum,. County. Projected depth is
8,500, to test the lower Clear Fork.
Rotary tools will be moved in and
drilling will begin at once. Loca-
tion.., is 1,980 feet from north and
660 feet from west lines of section
320,,,block D, J. H. Gibson survey
and 10 miles northeast of Plains,
if ti1 on a 640-acre lease
H.'-L. Lowe of Lubbock has stak-
ed Ideation for a San Andres wild-
cat In Central Yoakum County. It
is No. 1-L Webb and is located 660
feet from north and west lines of
section 4T7 block D, J. H. Gibson
survey. ThAt makes it one mile
south and t#b miles west of Plains
Rotkiry tools will be used to drill
to contract depth of 5,400 feet. Op-
erations will begin at once. Drill-
site is on a 480-acre lease.
J<D. Wrather Jr., of Dallas No.
1 Stella Thompson is to be drilled
as a 12,500-foot rotary wildcat in
Southwest Cochran County. Oper-
ator staked location for the project
330 feet frbm west and 660 feet
from north lines of section 12
blook Z, psl survey and 15 miles
southwest of the town of Bledsoe.
Location is. on an 80-acre lease.
Operations .are to start at once.
J. D. Wrather, Jr., of Dallas No.
3 Culp-Hobby, Southeast Cochran
County wildcat tested an unidenti-
fied deep lime section at 10,050-
106 feet and found salt water. It is
now drilling below 10,310 feet in
Pennsylvanian lime and shale.
The tester was open one hour.
A 1,000-foot water blanket was
used. There was a strong blow of
air at the .start of the test. It grad-
ually decreased and died at the
end of 35-,minutes.
Recovery was 60 feet of drilling
mud and 7,>00 feet of salt water.
There wer* no shows of oil or gas.
Open flowing bottom hole pressure
was between 1,800 pounds and 3,-
800 pounds. Shutin bottom hole
pressure after 30 minutes was 3,-
850 pounds. It is contracted to 12-
200 feet to explore the Devonian.
Location is at the center of the
northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 10, block Z, psl
survey. It is 16 miles south and
slightly west of the town of Bled-
soe.
The Louisiana I .and and Explor-
ation Company of Midland and
New Orleans is to start operations
at once on its No. 1 Edward L.
Howell, scheduled 7,500-foot Ellen-
burger wildcat in Central-East
Scurry Cbfinty. Location is 1.518
feet from-’eaat and 2.081 feet from
south lines of section 70, block 2,
H&TC survey. It is three-quarters
of a mile east of the Fisher County
line. The drillsite is two miles
northeast of Camp Springs and 14
miles east and slightly north of
Snyder. This prospector is being
drilled as a result of a deal made
between The Louisiana Land and
Exploration Company und Ameri-
can Republics Corporation. Amer-
ican Republics had a block of
2,741 acres of leases in that area.
It made a deal with Louisiana Land
for that concern to drill the Ellen-
burger wildcat. In return for drill-
ing the project the latter concern
is to receive a one-half interest in
the 2,741-acre block. Rotary tools
will be used. The location for LL&
EC No. 1 Howell is eight miles
northeast of the Hermleigh (Kllen-
burgerl field.
Humble No. 1 A. A. McMillan,
northeast extender to Ellenburger
production in the Buffalo Creek
field of Central-East Scurry Coun-
ty, has been completed for a daily
flowing potential of 440.30 barrels
of 43.1 gravity oil. Production, is
coming from perforatins at 7,532-
7,654 feet. C.as-oil ratio was 511-1
and tubing pressure 300 pounds.
The flow was gauged through a
16-64-inch choke. Completion was
natural.' Location is 660 feet from
north and west lines of section 100
block 3, H&TC survey. It is three-
quarters of one mile north and the
same distance east of the discov-
ery well of the field.
Bill Roden and associates No. 1-
532 J. J. Be lew has been completed
as a discovery frbm the Ellenbur-
ger in Northeast Borden County.
The flowing producer was comple-
ted for a 24-hour potential of 307.92
barrels of 36.4-gravity oil plus 10
per cent drilling mud. No forma-
tion water was made with the oil.
The potential was gauged through,
a 16-64-inch choke. The Ellenbur-
ger was,topped at 8,361 feet, ele-
vation 2,690 feet. The oil is coming
through perforations in casing
from 8,360 to 8,364 feet, The sec-
tion had been treated with 500 gal-
lons of mud acid. Location is five
miles west fothe twon of Fluvanna
and 4 miles west of the Fluvanna
field which produces from the Mis-
sissippi. Location is .1,980 feet
from east and 660 feet from north
lines of section 37, block 30, T-4-N
T&F survey. Cosden Roden and
Tri-Service each have a third in-
terest in the Well. It was drilled
on a farmout from The Texas Com-
pany. The new discovery well will
be produced as Ctlsden No. 1 Be
lew.
Continental No. 2 Brown Smith,
Southwest Stonewall County wild-
of acid.
cat in Northeast Hale County,
DeKalb No. 1 W. B. Pool, wild-
cat in Northeast Hale County is
drilling below 1,204 feet in redbed
and anhydrite. Location for this
G. E. Kadane & Sons of Wichita 3,600-foot venture is 330 feet from
south and west lines of northeast
cat, was abandoned on total depth
of 4,002 feet in lime and shale. It
was drilled 660 feet from'south and
1,980 feet from east lines of section
414 block D, H&TC survey.
Falls have plugged and abandoned
their No. 1 Arvilla Smith South-
west Stonewall County wildcat fail-
ure on A total depth of 6,656 feet in
barren Ellenburger. $fo fluid of
any kind was encountered in the
Ellenburger. Top of that formation
was called at 6,526 feet. Location
was 660 feet from south and west
lines of the northwest quarter of
section 271, block D, H&TC sur-
vey. It was six miles south of the
town of Peacock..
Robert F. Mead of Dallas No. 1
F. 0- .Masten, stepout of produc-
tion at the west side of the Level-
land field of Southeast Cochran
County, is drilling below 4,800 feet
in lime. Location is 660 feet from
rorth and east lines of labor 8,
league 152 Randall County School
Land survey, abstract 125. It is 21
miles southwest of the twon of Mor-
ton.
Magnolia has completed a new
producer in the Anton-Irish field of
extreme Southwest Hale County as
its No. 1 Garnet Reeves, 330 feet
from north and 1,980 feet from
east lines of section 28, block DT
HL&RR survey. The well pumped
24 hours to make an initial pro-
duction of 154.35 barrels of 27.6-
gravity oil and no water. Gas-oil
ratio was 530-1. Top of pay was
5.985 feet and total depth was 6,119
feet. Five and one-half inch casing
is set at 5,985 feet. Open hole sec-
tion was treated with 9,000 gallons
Parachute to Safety
PITTSBURGH Jan. 0 (ft- Two
Air Force officers escaped with
minor injuries as they parachuted
to safety before their T33 jet train-
er crashed and burned last night
near Claysville, 40 miles southwest
of Pittsburgh.
The men are Capt. James P.
McMullen, 30, the pilot, St, Peters-
burg, Fla. and 1st Lt. RSchrd C.
Stevens 33 East Smethport Pa.
The ship was on a 1,000-mile
nonstop routine flight from Connel-
ly AFB, Waco,'Tex., to the Great-
er Pittsburgh Airtport.
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will
quarter of section 5, block D-4 and
three and one-half miles northeast
of Plainview.
Honolulu and Signal No. 2 T. L.
Matthews, northeast offset to a
Pennsylvanian discovery in South-
east Hockley County, is at total
depth of 4,600 feet and is waiting
on cement to cure on a string of
9 5-8-inch intermediate c a s i n
When cement sets, operators
drill out plug and drill on toward
projected depth of 9.500 feet.
The Texas Company No. 2-G
Mallett Land & Cattle Company,
wildcat in Southeast Cochran Coun-
ty, is drilling below 11,936 feet In
lime. It is located 660 feet from
south and west lines of section 9
block G, psl survey and 14 miles
south of Whiteface. It was origi-
nally projected to 10,000 feet but
operator filed an arqended appli-
cation with the Railroad Commis-
sion asking permission to deepen
to 12,250 feet.
Stanolind is drilling deeper af-
ter a drillstem test in the Wolf-
camp on its No. 1 Thompson, wild-
cat In Southeast Hockley County.
The test was.taken from 8,522 to
8,574 feet. Tool was open one hour.
Recovery was 6u feet of slightly
oil and gas cut mud with no shows
of water. Top tf Wolfcamp is 8,520
feet and elevation is 3,438 feet. It
is at the center of the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter
of labor of the rohthwesto—foBm
of albor 27. league 21 McCulloch
County School Land survey, A-1154
and on a farmout from Shell. That
makes it six miles southwest of
the Ropes (Pennsylvanian) field.
It is projected to 10,500 feet.
Sohio No. 1 S. M. and J. R.
Swenstn, 7,599-foot wildcast in ex-
treme Northeast Garza County is
making hole below 5,610 feet in
lime and shale. Location is 1,869
f^et from north and 860 feet from
east lines of section 60, block 2,
H&GN survey. It is five miles
southeast of the town of Kalgary
which is in Southeast Crosby Coun-
ty.
Dan Auld of Kerrvilie No. 1 J. A.
Timmons Northwest Lynn County
wildcat, is making hole below 9,-
365 feet in lime and shale. It is
1,980 feet from south and 660 feet
from east lines of section 142 block
12, H&TC survey and 15 miles
northwest of Tahoka. It is sched-
uled to be drilled to 10,000 feet to
test the Pennsylvanian lime.
Stanolind No. 1 Classen stepout
to production in the Mungcrvillc
field of Northwest Dawson County
1s drilling below 7,169 feet in lime.
Location is 330 feet from south j
and west lines of northeast quar-
ter of section 96, block M, EI.&RR
survey and 16 miles northwest of
Laincsa.
COMPLETIONS FOR THE
LEVELLAND KIEI.I)
COCHRAN COUNTY
Starnes & Felty of Gladewater
No. 2 Starnes-Reed 440 feet from
south and east lines of lease in
section 3, H&R survey* pumped 24
hours to make an initial produc-
tion of 44.62 barrels of 30.5-gravity
oil plus 20 per cent water. Gas-
oil ratio was 480-1.
The pay section between 5,083
feet and 5,059 feet were acidized
with 6,000 gallons.
Cochran County
Amended: Slaughter — Warren
Petroleum Corporation Oil Divis-
ion No. 8-A-12 T. B. Duggan. 580
feet from south and 510 feet from
west lines of labor 12, league 55
Oldham CSL survey rotary to 5,-
125 feet. To deepen.
Psychological War Against
Reds Waged In Philippines
By MARIO II. KOXAS
MANILA, Jan. 10 (if) A psycho-
logical war against communism is
being waged in the streets of the
small communities in- this, island
republic.
There has been only skirmish-
ing so far. As more ammunition
arrives from the Philippines capi-
tal and the United States the’war
will spread to every community
where communism lurks.
The weapon is a community cen-
ter where the uneducated masses
of Filipinos will learn the meaning
of freedom.
There are but three of these
centers now. By the end of 1953
sponsors hope to have 100. They
expect to see 50 more finished in
1954.
The program was launched by
the National Movement for Free
Elections (Namfrel), which helped
to promote a clean election in The
Philippines in 1951.
Namfrel did so well that it de-
cided to keep the organization
alive and try to see what could
be done about battling commu-
nism. Communist Huks are in
armed revolt in The Philippines
and the problem is pressing.
Namfrel says it believes (he com-
mJrilty center idea can become
“a pilot project for the whole of
Southeast Asia.”
The centers, equipped with
books, magazines, movies and ath-
letic equipment will be put up
in every area considered vulner-
able to Communist infiltration or
influence. Most of these soft spots
•ire in the Central Luzon nrtvinces,
where the Huks are most active,
ftach center is expected to serve
j30,00D to 50,000 Filipinos.
The movies and lectures will
point up the freedom possible un-
der' a democratic form of govern-
ment and the tyranny of commun-
ism.
There will be demonstrations on
modern agriculture methods and
the raising of livestock. There will
be instruction in health and sani-
tation.
California Oil Companies Decide
To Landscape Oil Fields Soon
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (44-To
be good .neighbors, some Califor-
nia oil companies are dolling up
their producing fields tt look like
landscaped' parks.
Pumping installations have been
rendered odorless, noiseless -even
invisible. Drilling operations have
been soundproofed.
The idea of beautifying oil fields
began getting serious condieiation
after the Avar when companies de-
cided to tap pools underlying pop-
ulated areas. ,
The firms predicted—correctly—
vjhat home owners would be hostile
toward the clatter and whine of
unsightly equipment and the un-
pleasant aroma of oil fresh from
the grund.
Improvements Costly
Eliminating these nuisances
meant adding thousands of dollars
to the cost of each well. But the
companies felt the extra dollars
would be well spent because they
would pay dividends in commu-
nity good will.
A pioneer in the art of glamor-
izing oil wells was the Union Oil
Co. of California. It has prettied
up nearly 100 wells drilled in La
Habra Heights, a district or ranch-
es and fine homes east of Los
Angeles.
Union says the opposition it met
when drilling plans were an-
nounced hais alfnost completely
disappeared because residents
found their fears of gushers, jun-
gles of derricks^ fires, dust and
odors were groundless.
Wells Hidden
Instead of spacing wells at in-
tervals over the surface drill sites
were located wherever possible
behind hills or in canyons. And
the wells were clustered in "drill-
ing islnds,” squares perhaps 200
by 300 feet, then angled outward
from the center.
Access roads were surfaced with
material that neither grinds into
du&t nor churns into mud. Truck
travel was restricted to daylight
hours.
Before drilling began, all noisy
equipment wag enclosed in sound-
proof material— fireproofed canvas
padded with glass wool. Even the
towering derricks were "dressed.”
Some In Cellars
Aft dr that, sounds that might
have parried s mile were barely
audib)e 100 feet away.
When drilling was completed,
pumping equipment was also care-
fully Jsoundproofed. Eelectric in-
stacdj of Inetmal ctmbustion mo-
tors ftver* used. Machines that
vibrated got special padding.
Pumtfs were sealed so odors could
were Installed In underground con-
not os caps
Sonje units class to dwellings
iron heating far ventilation.
Units an the surface were paint-
shrubs Ware planted nearby and
were installed in underground con-
crete "cellars," covered with an
with the landscape. Some were
sprinkling systems intalled.
ed neutral shades so they blended
screened with lattice fences, tth-
ers by row's of trees. Grass and
Drill on Studio I/il
The art of oundproofing wells
has progressed so far that one
company. Universal Consolidated,
has won permission from 20th Cen-
tury-Fox to drill on the studio's
back lot, less than half a mile
from sound stages where movies
are made.
However, after receiving com-
plaints from hundreds - of nearby
residents, the City Planning Com-
mission denied the firm's drilling
ed workers plant a row of trees
to hide pumping units from u;j
front porch view wasn’t happy.
He asked that the trees be • re-,
moved so he could see the pumps.
Said the sight of their silent up
and down motion intrigued him.
QUITS U. N. . . . David Za-
blodowsky, $10,800- a - year
director of the United Na-
tions Documents Publication
Division, qqit his job. He is
Under fire pf a U. S. congress-
ional inquiry into Coming-
nism. (AP Wlrephoto)
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TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE? NOT WITH
HAROLD . . . Harold, a twe-headed water turtle
found by a fisherman near Morgan City, La., is com-
pared in size to a silver dollar. Harold’s life is one of
confusion because of his heads controls two of his
legs. When one head wants to snooze, the other might
want a choice morsel of food. The result . ,r .'Hare^d
crawlB around in a circle. Dr. William O. Sadler; bio-
logist at Mississippi College, Jackson, Miss., said each
head has independent action and controLs.ith sid<*tif
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Plea to All Americans
of All Faiths!
Read these important “Crusade For Freedom” Messages
from 3 Noted Religious Leaders . .
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44 ‘And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free’—these
words of Jesus are a great source of hope and inspiration to captive
churches and nations. Radio Free Europe is keeping alive the spirit of
freedom among the victl <s of the Communist imperialism. It is not only
a privilege but it is a duty for all of asProtestants, Catholics, Ortho-
dox and Jews—to support wholeheartedly the cause of liberty and de-
mocracy in captive countries which is being espoused by the 1952
Crusade for Freedom.
44 Having lived and fought against the Godless terror of the Commun-
ists behind the Iron Curtain, I know how they use the weapons of hate
and ties and torture to gain control of the hearts and minds of men. Over
Radio Free Europe, on which I am privileged to broadcast to my im-
prisoned countrymen, the spirit of hope and freedom is kept alive.
Through the Crusade for Freedom all Americans can support the cam-
paign of Truth against Communism. 99
TTTK REV. BLAHOSLAV HRUBT
Secy, of Eastern District of Natl Union of Czechoslovak Protestants in USA and Canada
MONSIGNOR BELA VARGA
President of the Hungarian Natl. Council of the Natl. Committee for a Free Europe
44 We, together with our fellow Americans of all faiths and races, are
deeply grateful to the Almighty for the greatest measure of freedom
we enjoy here in Americp. We join all liberty-loving men and women
throughout the world in a prayer for a new dawn when freedom will be
granted to those people of all faiths now imprisoned by the Communists
behind the Iron Curtain. The Crusade for Freedom is fighting for this
new day and I heartily urge all Americans to support its goals.
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r RABBI SIMON O. KI
K RAMUS
PretideHi 0/ the Synagagua Council •/ America
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