The Leader (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1954 Page: 17 of 32
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TALBERT & HARPER
DRILLING CO.
Oil Well Drilling
Contractors
Phone 3-2746
WiCHITA FALLS
Hats Off To
Archer County
COMPANY
We Serve The Oil Fraternity!
Production and Rotary Equipment
Phone 3-3197
Iowa Park Rd
Wichita Falls
NEW WEAPON
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» It fords swampy streams as above, crosses bogs that would not
support a man, negotiates rugged trails. Built for Gulf Oil it is
Can«ci-endnt0 d£uble or trip[e the sPeed with which the vast north
Canadian muskeg area can be explored for oil.
Haphazard Methods - -
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perforators or by other means.
Others set the pipe to the pay
section, cement it, and then drill
on through the pay zone without
casing it.
This latter practice, called
“open hole production,” is com-
mon in Lea county fields which
| in most instances are lime and
i provide an anchor for blowout
j dolomite formations, hard ei.->ugh
j provide wails that will not cave
in. The absence of pipe, even
though it’s perforated, also gives
the oil a better opportunity to
drain into the hole.
Inside Tubing
The next step is placing the
tubing inside the casing. This is
a two-inch string of pipe up
through which the oil flows, or is
pumped.
In this section of hardrock pay
formations acid is often used in
the bottom of the well to develop
production. This is from 15 to
20-percent solution of muriatic
acid. The amount used varies ac-
cording to the formation, with
some wells responding to as little
as 250 gallons and others having
been treated with as much as 10,-
000 gallons.
After acidization, if this proce-
dure is used to bring the well,
the “Christmas tree,” . a complex
arrangement oT valves and pipes
to control the well, is constructed
at the top of the tubing on the
surface.
A “potential’ test is run and
the results are submitted to the
state oil conservation commission.
The board will set the “allowable”
size of bits, others use another
and what holds true Xu.'* .k- is
for the well, which is the amount
of oil it will be allowed to pro-
duce daily. The amount decided
upon is determined,by depth and
other factors, so that the producer
will be given an equitable oppor-
tunity of making a profit from
the enterprise.
After its completion the well is
connected by a pipeline to stock
tank. From there the oil is taken
by pipeline to the refinery where
gasoline and other by-products
are extracted for a multitude of
uses. *
Pushbutton Petroleum
The oil industry, noted for its
progressiveness, has been experi-
meting for years with remote
control of the flow of oil and gas
from a field of wells. A few fields
in the United States already have
automatic system which allow
partial control. Now electronic
developments may put one man
in control of the output of a string
of well* without ever being there.
The new system is said to aliow
an operator in the control station
to change any well’s flow rate
any time he wants to without
making a trip to the well. Such
experiments and studies occur
every day in the progressive oil
industry as it keeps ahead of its
growing job of supplying Ameri-
cans with oil and products.
Today, the American people ac-
count for 62 per cent of the free
world’s conscription of crude pe-
troleum and petroleum products.
No two oil refineries are ex-
actly the same. They vary in na-
ture, depending on the types of
crude oU they process and the
kind of end results in which they
specialize.
* * *
More than half of the oil wells
in the United States are still pro-
ducing, although some are more
than 50 years old.
Congratulations To Archer County
On Its 15th Anniversary - - /
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FAIN & McGAHA
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Greetings To Archer County
As It Nears Its 75th Year
Of Progress
E. C. DeMontel
Wichita, Falls
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The Leader (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1954, newspaper, December 10, 1954; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708478/m1/17/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.