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Ellenburger Discovery
Completed in Coleman
WESTEX OIL
Wildcats
Stakedin
5-A
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, March 6. 1957
Palo Pinto County Wildcat
CRUDE PARAGRAPHS Flowing From Conglomerate
4-A
Git
by Sherwyn McNair and Jim Eaton
Potential was taken at an El-spotted as a wildcat in central.open for hours, recovery' was 3 Counties
lenburger discovery one mile north Coleman County. The planned 20 feet of slightly gas cut mudA 1 IBA at ■
of Burkett in northeast Coleman 2,900-foot rotary test is two miles Proposed depth is 2 400 feet Four West Texas, counties have Organizational Meeting Wednesday
County, northeast of Voss. Site was staked --drawn new wildcat locations.INCHES I ‘9 WITUHOSUGY
It is Amerada Petroleum Corp 330 feet from the east and 2,307 L. H Wilson of Coleman No. 7. In Lynn County, Hancock Oil Co. „ , .
N IeIWa Harris. Block 2 feet from the north lines of H. N. Mrs. Camille H. Wallace. Section of Midland staked No. 1 Julia A Permanent officers will be elect- moved, Martin said.
* J Sanders ‘ Survey 162. Eldridge Survey 290 3, Block 1, GH&H Survey. was
M . MR ---.completed in the regular field 442
rels°of 387 gravityonr ana so per Warner et al. No 1 W. E. miles northwest of Santa Anna
cent water daily. The well is
pumping from 132 perforations at
3,470 to 3.516 feet with the casing
set at 3,545 feet, total depth Bur
• kett (Ellenburger) Field is the re-
quested name
Brehm. ETRR Survey 103. wildcat Daily potential was 26 barrels
two miles north of Shields, was of 43 gravity oil. It is pumping
drillstem tested at 2.011-19 feet in from an open hole at 550 to 560 feet
the Gardner Sand. With the tool pay topped at 520 feet.
Addison Warner, et al. of Fort
Worth No. 1 L. P Evans was
New Tannehill
Discovery for
Knox County
Manatee Oil Co. of Wichita Falls
has completed No 2 J W. Gaith-
er. workover project in southeast
Knox County, as a Tannehill Sand
discovery.
Location is 14 miles southwest
of Munday townsite, and two miles
west of Tannehill production.
Completed on a pump, it had a
daily potential of 100 barrels of 40
gravity oil It is producing from
24 perforations at 1,978-84 feet. The
hole is plugged - back to 1.997 feet
from depth at 2,020 feet Location
is in Section 133, Block 45, H&TC
Survey.
Three wildcats and five field
projects have been announced for
the county.
G. M. J. Oil Co. of Burkburnett
No. 1 C. G Yost was spotted as a
wildcat six miles northwest of
Munday. Having a proposed depth
of 2.300 feet with rotary, it is 330
feet from the south and west lines
of the north • half in Subdivision
4. D. G. Burnett Survey 12.
Same firm also spotted No. 1 S.
E Williamson as a wildcat seven
miles northwest of Munday and
slated for 2 300 feet. It is 330 feet
from the north and 990 feet from
the east lines of the south - half in
Subdivision 8. same survey.
7 J ft EL
Throck Draws 2
Tests, Gets Strike
Throckmorton County has drawn
two new wildcat locations and
gained one new discovery.
Deeper of the wildcats will be
J. B. Thompson of Throckmorton
No. 1 Mabel Richards, seven
miles northwest of Throckmorton.
Site is 3.010 feet from the south
and 2.350 feet from the west lines
of BBB&C Survey 214. Proposed
depth is 5.700 feet with rotary.
New Mexico Independents Schedule
A. J. Frazier and J P Lohan No. 3B Hamilton will be 330 feet
No. 1 L. E Seaman, prospective from the south and west lines of
Conglomerate discovery six miles the southeast quarter of Section
north of Brad in Palo Pinto Coun- 91.
In I
Adams, et al. as a 4 700-foot ro- ed and by-laws adopted Wednesday
tary test southwest of Southland afternoon at the formal organiza-
Site is 330 feet from the north and tion meeting of the Independent
east lines of the southeast quar- Producers and Royalty Owners As-
ter of Section 14. Block J. GWT&P sociation of New Mexico
Survey. The meeting is scheduled at 2
p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce
ty, was flowing and testing Tues-
day from open hole section at
4,304 06 feet Gas Drilling Corp. No 2 Saul Kauf-
From that interval, the project man will be a 5,000 foot re-drill
kicked off and flowed at the rate Project 12 miles northeast of Breck,
of 10 barrels of oil per hour enridge. .
through a 14-inch choke with pack-
PROMOTED — C. J Roberts, a er on casing and 250 pounds on
native of Anson, has been promot-tubing
ed to division chief attorney at . Ju „
Amarillo for Phillips Petroleum GB&CNG Survey. Abstract
Co. He replaces E. H. Foster, who
No 1 Seaman is in Section 5,
1030.
retired March 1. Roberts has been FASTI AND KI R nil Corn
. BASIL — ALD
with Phillips as a staff attorney
since 1946
MIDLAND — G S Green of office at Roswell.
Midland No 1 O'Neal will be a At a preliminary session last
4,900-foot rotary wildcat three week in Roswell, B. M. Keohane,
miles south of Midland 467 feet Roswell independent producer, was
from the south aid west lines of elected temporary chairman of the
Section 15. Block 39. T&P Survey.-association. Charles C. Loveless
___was named temporary secretary-
ReaGan - shies ON Co of “ WaCaricerea
Houston No. 1 . L Welch was temporary general counsel
spotted 12 miles northwest of Purpose of the organization, as
i Stiles as a 12,600-foot Ellenburger stated |,j. Keohane, is to represent
itest in the Spraberry Trend area, the interests of the state's indepen-
Site is 660 feet from the north and dent producers and royalty own-
east, lines of Section 8 Block 8 ers, with particular emphasis on
D&W Survey, the imports problem.
---"The current problems dealing wen Service Co in Anson Mrs
REEVES - Zapata Drilling Co. with importation of excessive Neas is the dauenter AN N
~ of Midland staked No 5 TXL as a amounts of foreign oil into this!?.” A T Hollis and
. .2,900 foot rotary project to test, the country as it affects this nation’s "riawiey
Pay was treated with 200 gallons Delaware sand 12 miles northwest security, is of vital concern in Roy or Denver
$ 5 of Orla Site is 330 feet from the maintaining a strong state and - ays «Denver,
south and west lines of Section 5, national domestic industry." Keo-has been promoted to assistant
---regional general manager of Con-
tinental Oil Company's southwest
region with headquarters in Fort
Worth. He succeeds W O. Ham,
JOINS CREOLE—Cyril V Neas,
son of Mr. and Mrs P M. Neas
of Abilene, has joined Creole Pe-
troleum Corp., Venezuelan affili-
ate of Standard Oil Co of New
Jersey, and is production super-
visor in the Tia Juana District on
the eastern shore of Venezuela's
famous Lake Maracaibo
Neas is a graduate of Abilene
High School and attended Texas
A&M College. Before joining
Creole, he was owner of Neas
STEPHENS — Fletcher Oil and
total depth Gas-oil ratio was 560-1:
Woodson Oil Co of Fort Worth Block T-1, T&P Survey.
No. 1 J. B Nichols has been com-
pleted from a second pay in the
Byrle Field three miles southwest
of Throckmorton The dual oiler is
in Section 227. BBB&C Survey.
From the lower Caddo, the well
Nolan County
Test Planned
Nolan County has drawn a new
hane said
LION MOVING,— Within 60 to
90 days, supervising personnel of
the Lion Oil Company's produc-
tion and exploration operations
will be moved from El Dorado,
Ark., to Houston, Texas.
----flowed 182 barrels of 41 gravity
Bridwell. Roach and Roach of oil in 12 hours through a 16-64-inch
Wichita Falls No. 1-A R. A. Brown choke Production was from 4 per
will be a 4,500-foot rotary test a foot perforations at 4,810-15 feet,
mile and a half northwest of Pay was treated with 250 gallons
Throckmorton. of acid. Gas-oil ratio was 1025-1. 0 .
Site is 1,263 feet from the south The project was completed ear It will be G E Radane and Rocky Mountain areas from Cana-
and 330 feet from the east lines lier from the upper c.ad Sons of Wichita -Falls No. 1 John da tn the Gulf of Mavinn Resian-
T. M Martin. Lion president,
said the crude oil and natural gas
production and exploration opera-
wildcat location seven and a half tions of the company have expand-
miles northeast of Blackwell, ed through the mid-continent and
Jr., who was transferred to Hous-
ton as director of organization
planning
Coles S Tinkler, senior landman
for the Midland division of Sin-
clair Oil and Gas Co., has been
promoted to division exploration
superintendent at Midland.
and 330 feet from the east lines
of Section 261, BBB&C Survey.
Leo Vesenmeir, Jr. of Dallas
completed No. 1 Ross Sloan, Tract
her from the upper Caddo for a
12-hour gauge of 364 09 barris of
oil from perforations at 4.494-4,500
feet. Total depth is 5,234 feet, with
casing set at 4,920,
Staked in the Oink s Strawn
1, as a Mississippian discovery
six miles southwest of Woodson.
It is in Nancy Williams Survey.
Abstract 830
Daily potential was 183 barrels
of 42 gravity oil, flowing through
a 15-64-inch choke with 250 pounds
on tubing and 985 on casing Flow the north and 2.347 feet from the
was from perforations at 4,547-51 east lines of Section 2200, TE&L
feet. Casing was set at 4,551 feet. Survey. -
J. Cave, spotting 467 feet from the
southwest and southeast lines of
the southwest corner of Pedro Mar-
tines Survey 297. Proposed depth is
5,800 feet with rotary.
da to the Gulf of Mexico Region-
al offices at Denver, Wichita,
Midland and Shreveport will not
be affected by the change Ap-
proximately 25 employes will be
Field three miles northwest of El-
bert was McMahon - Bullington
Drilling Co of Wichita Falls No.
3 Ella Roach. Slated for 3.800 feet
with rotary, it spots 467 feet from
Baylor Due 4
Amended location was filed for
Placid Oil Co. of Shreveport No.
1 Dr. T. D. Young, 7,100-foot ro- ,
tary wildcat eight miles southwest Ivnlsatiame
of Sweetwater, making it spot 467 IXDIOI6TOII
feet from the south and 660 feet P-------
from the east lines of Section 82, Four wildcat locations were stak-
Block 23, T&P Survey It is eight ed in Baylor County.
miles southwest of Sweetwater. | L C. Young of Olney No. 2 Hen.,
G. M. J No. 1 J Wilde was spot
ted in the same survey and slated
for 2.300 feet. Site is 330 feet from
the south and west lines of the
east - half in Subdivision 14, D. G.
Burnett Survey 13. A-16.
Humble Oil & Refining Co stak-
ed two locations in the Voss (Tan
nehilb) Field 2% miles northwest of
Munday.
Both are on the Mrs. Mattie
Taylor, Callahan Each Draw
2 New Wildcat Locations
, Location spots 780 feet from the , . , .
Callahan and Taylor counties 435 feet from the north and 2.306 north and 540 feet from the east stake three locations nine n iles
: south Seymour. are on the
Scott Pre-emptionSurvey, A 1248. Survey. Munta ‘^ Estatelileaseca n d
Permit depth applied for is 1,750 . ---wed f 05 1 570 et with MAEXAth
feet with rotary George R Brown of Houston No. and ssoiree/test
---1 Kate Davenport wildcat the ANdeers
TAYLOR - Little 3 Drilling Co. miles northwest of Claytonville in 2 project is 330 feet from "the north
---ry Stavincha was spotted five miles
FISHER - General Crude Oil southeast of Bomarton. Drillsite is
Co. of Abilene No. 7 Ralph Collins 440 feetrom the north and 594
will be a 6,000-foot rotary project feet from the west lines of a 40-
11 miles west of Longworth in the acre lease. Permit depth applied
Claytonville Field. for is 1,550 fet with rotary.
N C. McCowen Jr. of Shreveport
have each gained sites for two feet from the east lines of J. E lines of Section 252, Block 3. H&TC
wildcats -
CALLAHAN — Spotted as
Partidge lease and slated for 2.-2,000-foot rotary wildcat was Tests
” from the -ouAnAN E & Me amant. #1 Answer KU ^ staked ihe Two Taylor Section I-Bloek P.HATCLSu * otea Tom Th* * EL TInEF ET
from the west lines of the north west of Denton. 2,378 feet from wildcats --/ *.ry. was drilling at 61 feet in the - - -
west 116 acres in Section 78. Block the east and 2.395 feet from the
2. D&W Survey Site for No. 3 is north lines of Section 16, Block 7,
990 feet from the south and 330 SP Survey
feet from the west lines of the
same lease. . , Two miles northeast of Denton.
.Spotted in the same field was Hack Drilling Co., et al. of Abi.
Union Producing Co. No. 1 Yost, lene No. 2 Lucy K Whitehead
slated for 2.000 feet. Drillsite is 330 was spotted as a wildcat Site is
feet from the south and 990 feet_________________________________.__
from the east lines of Section 98,
a IScurry, Mitchell
Operations Slaked
Diamond Drilling Co. of Abilene
I wildcats 1vey. was drilling at 6,821 feet in the same Site for No 3 is
No. I H.’s wins is a planned shale after a drillstem test recov. 330 feet from the north and west
2,500-foot rotary test five miles ered 0,1 and gas. lines of a 40-acre lease in W M
north of Tuscola It spots 330 feet Section at 6.567-6,633 feet was Smith Survey A-290.
from the south and 1 403 feet from tested with tool open three hours ---
the east lines of the northeast Gas surfaced in five minutes and
quarter in Section 45 Block 1. SP recovery was 540 feet of oil, 210 COUNTY Hled
Survey , feet of oil and gas-cut mud and • "
730 feet of saltwater. Due New
The firm is to drill to 2,000 feet --NOW Iljel
with rotary No. 1 J. R Bovd. 112 Continental Oil Co No 9 Sterling Location for a Buzzard Peak
miles east of Potosi. Drillsite is Oil and Gas, Co., et al. wildcat Field project was staked 20 miles
330 feet from the north and east in the Round Top Field 10 miles southeast of Guthrie in King Coun
lines of the northwest quarter in west of Hamlin, was drilling be- ty
Section 34, LAL Survey low 5,802 feet in lime. The project. It is Denman & Null of Wichita
— . in H. L. Davis Pre-emption Sur-Falls No
Two miles west of Wylie, a wild. vey. is slated for 6,200 feet.
cat was abandoned at 4,450 feet --
A Permayes (Tannehill) Field
project was spotted 3% miles north-
west of Goree. Slated for 1.000 feet
with rotary, it is 3% miles north-
west of Goree. Drillsite was staked . e .__. , _ H—--------.--
330. feet from north and cuct staked No. 1 Shannon Hospital Es-The dry hole was Robinson-Puck-
lines of the southwest 80 acres in tate as * 3,000 foot rotary project Inc. & Jake t- Hamon of from voluntary contributionsof the 13. H&TC Survey.
Section 28, Block 2, D&W Survey in the Revile (Glorieta) Field IS Abilene No.1 H. T. Buchanan faithful.
The try is Tex - Star Oil & Gas miles northeast Snyder in ScurryCole Survey 51.___pence.”
Corp. Dallas. No 1 C. L. Mayes. County----------------------
Location spots 330 feet from the
south and west lines of Section
income of the Pope is derived
pence.”
known
••
“Peter’s
H Kempner Estate
Drillsite was staked 130 feet from
the north and west lines of the
160 acre lease in Section 99, Block
Permit depth applied for is 2,800
feet with rotary. *
Philip Johnson, s( al. of Lubbock
No. 2 J. R. King was spotted in
the JRK (Tannehill) Field lit miles
southeast of Munday. Slated for
1.965 feet with rotary, it is 330 feet
from the north and east lines of
the southeast M acres in Section
113. Block 45, H&TC Survey
33, Block 97, H&TC Survey
of Wichita Falls staked two proj-i
ects in the Jo Kiel (Caddo) Field
six miles southwest of Cisco. Both
are slated for 3,000 feet with ro-
tary and are in Section 91, Block
3. H&TC Survey.
No. 2B II. J. Hamilton spots
130 feet from the south and 990
feet from the west lines of the
southeast quarter of Section 91
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Abilene spotted No. 5 F. W. Hardee
as a 1,750-foot rotary project.
Location is 990 feet from the
north and 330 feet from the east
lines of Subdivision 15. O'Keefe
Subdivision, G. J Reiger Survey,
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R Is Pan American Petroleum
Corp. No. 1 M G. Reed, John J.
Green Survey 461.
A drillstem test was taken from
4,187 to 4,200 feet la the lower
Gardner Sand. The tool ws open
for M minutes. Gas surfaced in
five minutes, mud in 28 minutes,
and oil ftowed ia N minutes.
Operator reversed out 30 bar
rels of efl from the drillpipe Re
covery was 120 feet of very beer-
fly efl aad gas-cut mud, and 19
feet of muddy water with a salty
taste.
1,705 to 1,650 pounds. Flowing pres
sure was from 335 to 650 pounds
At last report it was drilling
below 4,290 feet.
The confirmation la a north off-
set to AB-TEX Production Co. &
J R Elliott No. 1 J F Nevins,
the field opener. No 1 Reed re-
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at 3,767-81 feet in the Morris Sand
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two miles southeast of Wingate
It is Wilson Germany & Paul Page
No. 1 A. F Harkins, John Early
Survey 449
From perforations st 5,045-64 feet
the wildcat flowed natural at the
rate of three barrels of oil per
Shutin pressure in one hour was hour.
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