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share, compared with $30,500,000, crude oil production resulting from
or $1.01 a share, in the same quar- new wells in Louisiana, West Tex-
ter last year. as and ths Four Corners area
Burns said the rise in profits where Utah, Colorado New Mex-
reflected an 11 per cent hike in ico and Arizona meet._________
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, April 24, 1959
Stephens Oiler Completed;
" r IN THROCKMORTON
New Well for Shackelford Localion Is Announced
4-A
Shell Earnings
Increase Shown
A northwest Stephens County No 6-15 Ackers is to be drilled C. B Snyder Heirs is a planned
wildcat was completed seven 150 feet from the south and 1.173 1,000-foot cable tool wildcat five
miles southeast of Woodson. feet from th eeast lines of the miles west of Moran.
It is Ransom Horne Jr. of Dallas northwest quarter in Section 15. Site is 400 feet from the north
No 1 Ham Estate, et al, Section ----and 330 feet from the east lines of
3, Sarah Blythe Survey Roy Sharrock of Albany No. 1 Section 38. LAL Survey.
Daily potential was 77.32 barrels ----------------------------------------------------------------------
of 40 gravity oil. Flow -wasa p A
through a 10-64-inch choke with a 0Al . A
1,080 pounds casing and 550 pounds A ■ g l 161
tubing pressures. Production is AL
from perforations 4.155-59 ■ S 4 S . 4 T 1
feet with the casing set on bottom • :
at 4,248 feet
Gas-oil ratio was 600-1.
NEW YORK (AP)—Shell Oil Co.
boosted its earnings for the first
quarter 13 per cent over the first
p a I a three months for 1958, President
A inn sni WAAaP H. S. M. Burns told the annual
for 4. / UU'lOOI WIIQCdI meeting today
He said profit for the March
A wildcat is slated for 4.700 feet A 1,000-foot cable tool test was quarter was $34,500,000, or $1.14 a
with rotary 14 miles south of spotted nine miles southwest of
Throckmorton in Throckmorton Throckmorton
County mrockmorton.
It is C. C. Beasley,
Throckmorton, No. 2 W H. Ever-
ett.
Drillsite is 750 feet from the
It is McCarty & Franklin of
ost No. 1 Irwin. Site is 1,000
set from the south and 925 feet
•om the west lines of W. E south and 150 feet from the west
Crump Survey 1, A-182.
lines of TE&L Survey 1615.
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pleted in a new producing area 14 WWTH HAT OT O
miles west of Albany. The oiler
Second drillstem test was taken u
4,050-79 feet at Bander & Couch
Abilene No. 1 W. H. Batchler,
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TE&L Survey 2117. The wildcat
is 12 miles east of Throckmorton
With the tool open for one hour,
recovery was 25 feet of gas-cut
mud.
Another test was run at 4,081
to 4,162 feet. With the tool open
one hour, recovery was 15 feet
of drilling mud.
is Continental Oil Co. No. 2-15 L.
J Ackers. Section 15. Block 13.
T&P Survey.
No. 2-15 Ackers had a nine-
hour potential of 102 barrels of 40
gravity oil. Flow was through a
30-64-inch choke with packer set Potential has been filed for an A Nena Lucia 'Strawn Reef Oil flowed in 39 minutes on a
on the casing and 310 pounds tub- Ellenburger discovery well com- Field well was completed six drillstem test at 4,032-50 feet in
ing pressure. Production is from pleted 10 miles southeast of Sweet- miles northcast of Silver The oil- the Caddo.
four perforations per foot at water in Nolan County, er is Humble Oil & Refining Co. No. 1 Batchler was drilling
1,622-30 feet It is Sojourner Drilling Corp. No. 8 Jahew Jameson. Section 88. ahead toward proposed depth of
Having a gas-oil ratio of 243-1, and Great Lakes Carbon Corp of Block 1-A, H&TC Survey, 5,000 feet.
it is bottomed at 1.670 feet: Abilene No: 1 Dill Pace. Section Daily potential was 301 barrels ----
---68, Block 20, T&P Survey, of 47.4 gravity oil. Flow was Ray Gardner Drilling Co.,
Continental staked two new lo- No. 1 pace had a daily po- through a 16-64-inch choke with Wichita Falls, No. 2 Forman is
cations, both slated for 1.750 feet tential of 55.35 barrels of 40 gray packer set on the casing and 530 a planned 1,500-foot rotary test
with rotary ity oil, plus three per cent water, pounds tubing pressure Produc- nine miles northeast of Throck- |
Site for No. 5-15 Ackers is 764 ft is pumping from perforations tion is from 24 perforations at morton. Site is 1,500 feet from the
feet from the north and 2.106 feet at 6,280-96 feet 6.900-12 feet with the casing set at south and east lines of TE&L Sur-
the east lines of the northwest Casing is set at 6.380 feet and 7.036 feet vey 3017.
quarter in Section 15. the hole bottomed at 6.532 feet.The hole was drilled to 7.050
feet, and plugged-back to 6.986
feet. Gas-oil ratio was 1,563-1.
Nolan County
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WEST TEXAS OIL
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Irion Wildcat Is Staled;
Sulton Draws Test Well
Howard Test
Cements Pipe
J. C. Williamson and J.
Barnes, both of Midland. No.
Bluebonnet Oil & Gas Co., et al. Block A. GWT&P Survey,
of San Angelo staked No. 1 Mrs —
J. H. Clark, et al. as a proposed
4,500-foot rotary wildcat in Irion
County.
It is eight miles northwest of
Mertzon. Site is 660 feet from
the north and east lines of Section
27, Block 1. H&TC Survey.
SUTTON — Saturn Drilling Co., vey.
RUNNELS — Three locations
were staked in the Clarkirk (Cross
Cut) Field near the west city
limits of Ballinger.
Ambassador Oil Corp. No. 2 W.
R Clark is a planned 4.100-foot
rotary project Site is 2.400 feet
from the southeast and 1,400 feet
from the west lines of Charles
Osgood Survey 365. . ,
MENARD - Thomas Drilling ---A drillstem test in the Fussel-
Co. of San Antonio is to drill No. J. I. Goforth, Abilene, is to man, topped at 9.292 feet surfac-
1 R. S. Winslow Estate as a wild- drill the other two ventures They ed gas in two minutes and recov-
cat 18 miles northwest of Menard slated, for 4 000 feet with . eced 750 feet of oil and 350 feet
Having a proposed depth of 2,100 are slated for 4,000 feet with ro- of oil and gas-cut mud.
feet with rotary, it is 1.980 feet tary. Flowing pressure was from 170
from the south and west lines of No. 1 G. G Morrison Unit is to 450 pounds, and shut-in pres-
Section 14. Block 2. TW&NG Sur- 3,438 feet from the south and 1.120 Sure in 15 minutes was 3.745
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SERVICE FOR 8 PLUS 5 SERVING PIECES
The wildcat, bottomed at 9,384 , ennneh
feet, set the pipe at 9,380 feet 2AND INCLUDED
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NO MONEY DOWN
Dallas, plans a 3,000-foot wildcat
29 miles southeast of Sonora. It is
No. 1 Frank Warren.
Location is 330 feet from the
north and east lines of Section 83.
feet from the east lines of Charles pounds The section tested was
Jones County
Test Spotted
■ 38. T-3-S T&P Survey, and 26 miles
Rhodes Drilling Co., et al. of southeast of Midland.
• 6 Osgood Survey 365. from 9.245 to 9.325 feet, with
MIDLAND - Humble Oil & Re- site for , piomt
fining Co. No 7 Audrey Hutt is a Site for No. 2 G 0 Morrison tool open two hours.
new oiler in the Spraberry Trend Unit is 2.643 feet from the south Location is in Section 33, Block
Area Field in southeast Midland and 330 feet from the east survey 31, T-1-N, T&P Survey, seven
County. . lines, miles northeast of Big Spring.
On 24 - hour potential test it
pumped 72 barrels of 36 gravity
oil plus 47 per cent water, through
perforations from 8,087 to 8.126
feet, after a 10,000-gallon fracture
treatment
Location is in Section 17. Block
: OPEN EVERY
- THURSDAY NITE
- UNTIL 9 P.M.
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south and
T&P Surv
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was drille
of Brown
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southwest
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Jones Sui
Abilene staked a Jones County ---
wildcat location 1’2 miles north- The TXL Oil Corp. No. 1-R Mid-
west of Truby. land, project in southwest Mid-
It is No.1 Wiley Norwood, land County, has been completed
slated for 2.700 feet with rotary, in the Sweetie Peck (Devonian)
Drillsite is 1.840 feet north and Field.
330 feet east of the southwest Operator finaled the well for a
corner triver) of J. W McKissick daily flowing potential of 358 bar-
Survey 204. . rels of 48 gravity oil, through a
— 20-64-inch choke and perforations
Jones & Stasney, et al. of A1- from 12,252 to 12.284 feet, after a
bany No 2-A C P Amerson was a
staked in the East Hamlin Field 30.000-gallon fracture treatment
seven miles east of Hamlin Location is in Section 15. Block
Having a proposed depth of 41. T-4-S, T&P Survey,
3.300 feet with rotary. it is 1.220 —--------------------------------
feet from the north and 3.019 feet D :
from the west lines of Section 65. F roject slated
Block 2. SP Survey. In Pecos County
W W F Oil Corp d Lafayette. The Chenot (Wolfcamp) Field in
La No 1 H K Clifton was spot- east Pecos County, 10 miles south-
ted in the regular field three west of Girvin, gained a new proj-
miles southwest of Anson Pro- ect with staking of Standard Oil |
posed depth is 4.300 feet with Co. of Texas No 4-1 Southland ■
rotary Royalty Company and others.
ft spots, 730 feet east and 2.150 Scheduled for a 5,300-foot bot- |
feet north of the southwest corner. . . . .
of Section 20, Block 2 SP Survey, tom, it is 1,980 feet from north ■
ft is a southeast offset to W W and east lines of Section 4. Block
F. No. 1 Joe Teague, a producer. 228, A&NW Survey.
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