The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 171, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1959 Page: 6 of 36
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2 Wildcat Operations
Set in Runnels County
CA THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
O-A Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, December 4. 1959
4 New Oil Wells
Finaled in Taylor
nowine potential of 216 barrels of Tokyo Deluge .
oil through a 15-64 • inch choke . .
and perorations from 5,650 to TOKYO (AP) - * *
1,171 feet, soaked Thursday by the heavier
Gas-oll ratio was 1,060-1. Gray- December rain in Ma history. The
ity of the oil has not been report- Cer ral Meteorological Board re-
Chambers & Kennedy of Mid-ed.. ported 3 1-3 inches of rain fell
Winkler County.
Strike Completed
Runnels County has drawn a of Wharton CSL Survey 516. Pro-of Ballinger in Juana Hernandez John Mills & w. E Butler of Lake Kirby Field. It.is in Sec
new wildcat location four miles posed depth is 4300 feet with r Survey 35. ___Dallas completed their fifth well tion 14., LAL Survey.
southeast of Rowena. * ... drilled Bun Drilling Co of Wichita in a new Flipper Sand production Daily potential was 16 barrels
„ “ . Ahtex Production Co ..Peede, m E Ananame and FansSlugged% 5.121 feet the No area miles west of Buffalo of 38.4 gravity oil, pumping from
miles Gap in Tay or County 84 perforations at 1,882-1,903 feet,
r rean The oiler is No. 5 Bert Young. Casing was set at 1,969 feet. To-
Thorp. Section 1 ELRR Survey It is in tal depth was 1,970 feet Pay was
OP the regular field. 1 ‘ — — "— - —a
Daily potential was 77.93 bar ____-
Brownwood rels • of 40 gravity oil. flowing Ratz Oil Co of Abilene No. .
through a 10-64 - inch choke and w a Farmer, regular field pro-
36 perforations at 2,670-2.676 feet ject two-miles southwest of Po-
was set on casing, and tosi, was plugged at 1,599 feet.
tubing pressure was 30 pounds it was in Section 46, LAL Sur-
Casing was set at 2.730 feet, total vey
depth. Gas-oil ratio was 250-1
-----* I JONES — V. C Perini Jr., et
Bridwell Oil Co. of Abilene com- al, of Abilene plugged at 2,124
pleted No. 1 Ruby Parmelly as a feet the No. 1 Irene Young, wild-
producer two miles west of View cat two miles southeast of Haw-
in Frederickson (Capps) Field It ley in H. Millard Survey 243.
is in Section 5. Block 120, Guad- —_
alupe CSL Survey SHACKELFORD - Riley G
Daily potential was -119.86 bar-Maxwell Co. of Abilene No 1-J
rels of 40 gravity Oil. flowing J. H. Nail Estate, wildcat 10
through a 10-64 - inch choke miles northwest of Albany in Sec-
with 750 pounds of casing pres- tion 137, ETRR Survey, was
sure and 280 pounds of tubing plugged at 1,571 feet.
pressure. Flow was from 60 ---------------------------------------------------
forations at 4.470-4,486 feet. Cas- a
Ting was set at 4.588 feet, with 2
hole bottomed at 4.595. Gas-oll J
Draw Sites
For Wildcats
land and Gulf Oil Corporation No. The new field opener w as between midnight and noon. P.
i 1 Sealy - Smith Foundation has drilled to a total depth of 13.175 lce reported 3.565 homes flooded,
been completed as a Clear Fork feet in barren Ellenburger, and ue t temporary, t
oil discovery in southeast Wink plugged back for the Clear Fork city street ass mm ME
ler County completion ed P PL mom
The strike. 14 miles southeast of Location is in Section 29, Block traffic
Kermit, finaled for a 24 - hour A, G&MMB&A Survey__-----------------------------------
It will be Abtex Production Co to 3.755 feet by W E. Anthony and Falls plugged at 5.121
of Abilene No 1 Edward Som-plugged ui December, 1354 2 Sam Seay project five
mers, spotting 2.430 feet from the ---northwest of Norton in the Pearl
north and 467 feet from the west w W West of Midland plugged Valley Field. It is in A A.
lines of H H Howard Survey 6 at 2,382 feet his No I Opal Boul- son Survey Abstract 731 „
Proposed depth is .5,000 feet with din. wildcat three miles northwest ----
rotary . of Talpa in A G Wills Survey 3 Horace E White of
___- ___No. 5 Ralph Parker, project six,
Walter Lafoon, et al of Abilene Earl Fain Jr of Dallas plug- miles north of Ballinger in Absa- Packer
filed application to re-enter a wild- ged at 4:419 feet the No 1 B Lyle lom Jet: Survey, was plugged at
Currie wildcat eight miles west 2,596 feet
cat U miles northeast of Win-
ters in Runnels County.
It is the No. 2 H. H Williams,
spotting 2.277 feet from the west
and 1,819 feet from the south lines
Re-entry Due
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For Throck Brown County Test
No 1 N. Gray will be a wider Slated for 3 200
re-entry project four miles south- WIOICC ■ Vi VM
west of Throckmorton in Throck- -
morton County Brown County has drawn a lines of W. H. Bynum Survey 272 _
Slated for 4,700 feet, it spots new wildcat location one mile ~ . Union on & Gas Corp of
330 feet from the north and west northwest of Grosvenor Bro lWSod comieted No 2 Ruth Louisiana No I E F Shotwell,
- lines of the southeast quarter The test will be Sunray Mid. a regular field et al. is • new well in the reg-
of Section 249, BBB&C Survey Continent oil Co. of Abilene No. 1 producer Six miles south of Core- ular field six miles southeast a
-----The project — originally was Ruby Shelton, spotting 1.320 feet man in Section 8, Block 1, GH&H Abilene, it is in Section % LAL
drilled by J. B. Thompson in 1968 from the north and west lines of Survey. Survey. .
and plugged at 5.008 feet Section 36. HT&B Survey. Propos- Daily potential was 36 barrels. T Dotenill mas. 3 barrels
ed depth is 3.200 feet with rotary of 4i gravity oil and. 50 per cent # 224 choke 1$ Griggs on Corp. and Gulf Oil
COLEMAN-Davis & Davis: Inc. MaftoorD fr EA PeF oraliOCE pounds of casing pressure. Flow Corp. No. 1B W. A. Springer'will
MeMillin, wildcat 10 miles south et al. of Coleman staked No 2 at 212/14 totaldepth. was, from 144 perforations at be a 5.000 oot rotary wildcat 15
of Aspermont in Section 20, Block E P. Woodruff as a 1,990-foot ro- ’ ___1748-74 and 1,780-90 feet. Pay was miles southwest of Guthrie in King
V. T&P Survey was bottomed at tary project two-miles southwest EASTLANDw y Jarrell of treated with 500 gallons of acid. County.
6,351 feet in the Cambrian of Santa Anna in the Santa Anna Houston staked No. 1 Henry Exall peanasa th Location spots 660 feet from
Operator has set seven - inch West Brenekey Field. .& Continental National Bank of on rano feet. Gas-the north and 1,980 feet from the
casing at 6,344 feet and was pre- Location spots 542 feet from the Fort Worth as a 4,000-foot rotary
paring to test "the Ellenburger north and 2,400 feet from the east
Norman. & Johnson of Dallas
STONEWALL — W. M & A. P
Fuller of Midland No 1-A I S
TO SERVE ABILENE BETTER
project six miles northeast of Cis-
co in the regular field.
Location spots 500 feet from the
north and 330 feet from the east
------east lines of Section 176, Block
Same operator's No. 1 James F H&TC Survey
W. Vinson was completed in the * _'
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lines of Section 58. Block 4, H&TC
Survey.
Howard, Scurry
HOCKLEY - Hockley County
has drawn a new wildcat location
seven miles south of Anton.
It will be Western Drilling Co.
of Lubbock No. 1 Frank Motl, spot-
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cation has been filed for Elbert WOIS NUN VII vIJ ting 330 feet from the north and
Oil Co. of Abilene No. 1 H. L ,east lines of the southeast quar-
Beaty, wildcat four miles south of Cosden Petroleum Corp. Of Big ter of Section 71, Block A. R .M
DeLeon, making it spot 300 feet Spring completed No 14 M H Thompson Survey. Proposed depth
from the south and 1,650 feet from O Daniel as a well in Howard is-6,500 feet with rotary.
the west lines of Nancy Tevis Sur- County's Snyder Field. Location
vey. is in Section 29, Block 30, T+S,
The Marble Falls test is slated T&P Survey lana st
for 3,500 feet with rotary. _ Daily potential was 70 barrels sity as
of 32 gravity oil, pumping from seven miles northwest of Pyote
open hole at 2,570 - 2,686 feet. Location spots 330 feet from the
Formation was fractured, south and 2,310 feet from the west
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WARD — Dean H Stoltz of Mid-
land staked No
------lines of Section 14. Block 18, Uni-
Socony Mobil Oil Co No. I Sar- versity Lands Survey
ah Hyman has been completed as ----------
a dual producer in the Howard-
Glasscock Field It is in Section
■ 113, Block 29. W&NW Survey.
===== NEW WASHING DISCOVERY!
feet, total depth "e"-.
From perforations at 2,049-2,218
feet, it pumped 53.14 barrels of -
30.3 gravity oil and 37 per cent
water. Formation was fractured.
■ Same operator's No 3 Kelley 1
| Roberts was completed as a dual
well in Section 112, Block 29,
W&NW Survey
| Daily potential was 41 3R barrels
of 302 gravity oil and 41 per cent
water from perforations at 3.060
3.222 feet. Formation was frac-
, tured.
SCURRY — D&R on Co No
7 0. L. Burney is a new oiler in
the Sharon Ridge (2,400) Field.
It is in Section 146, Block 97,
H&TC Survey
Daily potential was 75 70 barrels
of 30.1 gravity oil, pumping from
open hole at 2,455-2,516 feet Pay
| was topped at 2,464 feet Form-
ation was fractured and acidized.
iGlasscock Gains
Queen Discovery
! S. C Currie and Hamilton
J Brothers, Ltd No. 1-S Clyde C.
Reynolds has been completed as
a Queen sand discovery in east
Glasscock County.
On 24 - hour potential test, the
well pumped 130 barrels of 30:
gravity oil, plus 865 barrels of
. water, through perforations from
1,883 to 1,891 feet
The strike ia 10 miles east of
Garden City, 1,980 feet from
north and 990 feet from west
lines of Section 22, Block 32, T4S
T&P Survey.
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Tuley to Attend
Maryland Meeting
R R (Bob) Tuley, district man
ager of the Social Security Ad.
ministration in the Abilene area.
will leave here Friday Hi attend 1 wet
a national conference of SSA in .
Baltimore, Md
Tuley and Alfred C Breacken,
district manager from Waco,
will represent a five-state region
at the conference made up of
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lou-
isiana and New Mexico.
The conference will be held
Med” thrommh Friday % next
Crisis Now Over
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