Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 20

MB CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Wed Jan IS 1956: Starr Draws Locations For Four New Wildcats San Patricio Has Three WENTZ PROPERTIES BOUGHT BY SOMICO FOR $15 MILLION Wildcats Dual Strike Southern Minerals Corp has paid (1512000 cash for producing and nonproducing jninrrnl and royality interests from the Three new wildcat have been' Betty Thoms fee on the amith slated for San ratrieio County I Atlantic Refining Co has the e'iest nt the three i a 6700-fnnl Marie Root fee to the cast and Frio Drilling Co haa the Stiba fee on the west If Ilowell of Corpus Christ! has scheduled a 6000-foot wildcat a mile southeast of Mathis at the No 1 Hutchinson This test Is located 467 feet from venture planned hv John rich nn J' of Corpus Christi at the No 1 Carcia four miles northeast of Taft Ivalion is MO fret from the noilh line TIO feet from the west ine and 000 feet from the east fee on the northenst and southeast A Frio Drilling Co Inc crew of Corpus Christi was waiting on cement after setting 10'4-lnch surface rasing at 319 feet at a new 6 500-font wildcat right miles east-southeast of Mathis Card Oil Co of Cnrpu Christi is operator for the No i Herbert the northwest and northeast lines! A Johnson which is located 467 of a 50-acre lease In Block 10 from the north and west lines trustees of the Lew Wentx Estale The purchase involves 535 properties in 39 counties and parishes in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Louisiana and Kansas Purchase contract was entered inlo on Sept 26 1955 and tide to the properties passed Vo Southern Minerals Corp yesterday Except for a management fee all income from the properties since Sept 1 1955 has accrued to tlie purrliasrr The deal involves fractional miners and royally Interpsls under a total of 98131 acres Of this total 34458 acres are pro-duel ive 4 Snmico will convey one third of the properties acquired to Graridge Corp of Brrckenridge retaining a payment out of production along with olher consideration "Management of the properties in West Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas will be handled by our Midland Texas of fire while the properties in Louisiana will be under Ihe supervision of our Lafayette Louisiana office" staled Somico President Maslrai Nixon These mineral interests mostly perpetual are located In very active trends in West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma It Is to be expected that there will he substantial additions to income Moss hold the Alvarez fee on tha soulh Alvarez and Alvarez fees are on the east Sun Oil Co No 17 do Garza North Sun Field well 324 miles northeast of Rio Grande City has been completed for 6975 barrela of 414 gravity pipeline oil daily1 Production la from 24-shot perforations at 54034)9 feet through 54-Inch casing at 5557 feet total depth Flow la through 112-inch choke with tubing pressure 875 pounds and gas oil ratio 6T2-1 Location Is in La Sal Colorado Grant on a 119036 acre lease a 4494-acre lease In Share 9 Porcino 72 State Highway 83 forms ilia northeast lease line Shallowest of the four ventures is a 1 900-loot test seven miles northwest of Rio Grgnde City planned by Owen and Moss of Ilnuston The No 1 Garza Is located 330 feet from the south and west lines of the 190-scre lease in Share 23-B Portion 72 It la shout 5000 feet southeast of Stardust Oil Cb No I Alvaros oiler in Share 38 Stardust has the Alvarei fee on the north end west Owen and line of Lot 5 Sertion 23 Third Addition of Taft farm Land on an WVarre lease It is 1600 feet northwest if Southworth and Mos-ser No 1 Garcia a 6915-font duster and shout' 2300 feet northwest of Morgan No 1 Anna Stlha oiler Tex-Penn Oil and Gas Corp has the A Dimmick fee on the north Arkansas Fuel holds the Matrenhnugh Subdivision and Delgado Grant A-4 It is 1600 fret from the southwest line of Lot 5 (State Highway 9) and 467 feet from the northwest line of the lot Howell has the A A Turner fee on the northwest and Charles Dau-bert holds the Hutchinson Wildcat in Nueces Gases at 8331 Ft OIL NE WS of a 320-acre lease In Section 26 George If Paul Subdivision of Welder Ranch Drill site is 2600 feet west of Calvert and Manley No 1 Miller a 6139-foot ditsler and about a mile north-northeast of operator's No 1 Max Schneider discovery with a potential of 12125 barrels of 40 gravity pipeline oil daily from perforations at 5790-91 feet Calvert and Manley have the Miller fee on -the east and other acreage on the north Skinner Corp has the Johnson fee to the south and Skelly and Carrl Oil are also on the east Petkas of Houston No 1 Percy Hartman Wilimsn (gas) Field lost a mile southwest of Mathis has hern dully Starr County has gained locations far four new wildcats Appell Drilling Co of Allot has scheduled a 6000-foot venture 15 miles northeast of Rio Grande City at the No 1 Virginia Cdx de Guerra Estate Drill site la 1320 foct from the southwest line and 330 feet from the southeast line of a 610-acre lease and Section 49 It is 1090 feet north-northwest of Texas State Petroleum Co No 1 Guerra a hole and 1300 feet west-northwest of operator's No 1 Ola Simpson wildcat currently testing oil and water from perforations at 4141-45 feet Jake Hamon has the de Guerra fee on tha southwest Appell is on the southeast on the Mrs Ola Simpson fee Texas State Petroleum has acreage also on the southeast and the Guerra fro la on the northeast John Pichinson of Corpus Christi will be operator for a shallow project eight miles northwest of Rio Grande City The proposed 3000 foot test to he carried as the No 1 Alvsm and others is located 990 feet from the north line and 330 feet from the east line of a 177962-acre lease and Share 11-D Por-cion 71 Pfrhlnsnn and others have scheduled another 3000 feet project 10 miles west of Rio Grande City at the No 1 Marla Guerra Location Is 130 fert from the northwest and northeast lines of Jim Hogg Comity Has Wildcat Trio Refugio Field Has Dual Frio Opener Arkansas Fuel Oil COrp No 1 Slate Tract 14 Nueces County wildcat three miles southeast of Portland in Corpus Christi Bay has set 7-inch cuing at 8331 feet with total depth 8356 feet ln directional hole Permit depth la to 10500 feet Burdette Graham II Helden-fela Trustee Fischer and 11 Mosser No 1 Edward Kle- 518 gravity pipeline nil through P-39-inrh choke from 16-shot perforations at 7357-61 feet In 54-Inch rasing at 8387 feet with total depth 8418 feet Gas-oil ratio was 647-1 Republic No 1 Gallagher flowed 130 barrels of 542 gravity pipeline oil daily through P-41-inch choke from 20-shot perforations at 7353-58 feet In 54-inrh rasing at 8420 feet 31 feet off bottom Gas- 330 feet to the location It Is 990 feet northeast of Winn and Shelly No 1 de Flores a dry hole Winn holds the de Flores fee on the west and -the Carinta Guerra fee on the aoulheast Killam has the Don Marsh fee on the aouth killam No A-l Don Marsh gas discovery 10 miles south of Randado has been shut In ungauged Production is from perforations st 2397-400 feet casing sit at about 2450 fpet 11 dMlKntrdi Sam Wilson Jr of Cropuslga plus 35 barrels of 634 gravity With rasing art on hot- jfjj p'rnrtion at v243 he wri1 duced dry gas frm casing aide FirId gix mi rorfomhons at 33340 feet sndifugi haa taen has been shut in tingauged under I 3300 pounds casing pressure un 7478 feet with total depth 7512 feet Shutin pressure was 3342 pounds Location is on a 2055-acre lease in John Malone Survey Tri-Mark Oil Co No A-l Jamie Fmmtiihl 157-83 terrel of 435 grav- "ifert tlwatrike Piprline oil throlieh 4-inch rSldinta fm section at 7295 to 7301 potentialed for 102 harrpl of 29 berg proposed 7500-root wildcat nu ratio was 12500-1 and casing six miles north of Banquete in' pressure 2100 pounds Herrera Grant was drilling be- Mnran Minfrala Corp 1(T laed Gallagher slated 8500-foot at 6490 feet TVre were no hWlBaldwin two and of Clarkwnod in from 5400-30 feet Smith Survey 25 was drilling be- A Ray Boyd crew of Alice low 5832 fret was preparing to move ln at Rock Hill Oil Cb and other gravity pipeline oil daily on 6-64- feet Gas-oil ratio was 1216-1 and Jim Hogg County has drawn lo cations for three new wildcats Gorman-Gierhart-Howe of San Antonio have srheduled immediate drilling of tlieir No B-l S- East 184 miles south-southwest of Hebhronville Projected to 5000 lert from a ground elevation of 6377 feet this test is 330 feet from the north line of Block 19 Hallmark Qil Co Subdivision El Randado Grant and 5000 feet from the east line of a 5000-acre lease and Block 20 It is 2950 feet from the west lease line and Block 18 and is 2190 lent southeast of a dry hole in Block 11 Gillring Oil Co and Richard King Jr operating out of Mission plan a shallow wildcat 16 miles south-southwest of Hebbron-ville at the No 2 Mrs Sarita East From a ground elevation of 700 feet this test will be projected to 3800 feet Location is 2640 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the west line of Survey 44 A-279 on a 349940-acre lease Winn of San Antonio will The strike is located on a 19762-1 sere lease In Share M-6 Las UMI The casing side yielded an open Cuevltas Grant Location i on a 100-acre Imx0 cuhlff fret of shown a working presrjre of 1150 Hynes indicated gas opener three miles northeast of Refugio has Zapata Wildcat Below 5690 Ft pounds in 10 minutes in drillstem testing perforations from 3666-69 feet for one hour through U-inch chokes in and Delgado Grant A-4 Kirkwood and Co of Alice Nol Gertrude Guy wildcat 14 miles Kleberg Project Tests One Set Wildcat Tests In Live Oak No 1 Edith White Cslslien Field test 34 miles west of Cblallen wu running open hole drillstem test at an unreported depth after reaching a total depth of S41S feet Several tests have been run with oil rut mud and salt water recovered at 7131-46 and 6505-13 feet On a 10-minute test st 7431- Winn Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp and Sunny Mid-Continent Oil Corp No 1 Oliver Stone deep wildcat 24 miles west of Robs-town Permitted to 9100 feet this test is in Block 24 George ujiMiuFie uwwiiik wcntjig Aud' 1 0 i Paul Subdivision of Driscoll pound and stoltin pressure same Bottomed at 6410 feet thelj 8 7 Carrl Oil and Spartan Drilling project has 54-inch casing at S'W0 lPft 1 Inc No 1 WL Lewi Es- permit south of Taft was drilling below 3600 feet' in sticky shale with sand streaks on a 6500-foot permit It Kleberg Jr and others Kle- Na 1 Hi Sellers Oak! ln Sectinn 70 George Paul hcrg Field test seven miles south-County Frio discovery 34 miles Subdivision Coleman-Fulton Pas-' east of Kingsville recovered 200 northeast of Lagarto was testing ure Qtmpany Lands feet of rathole mud and 2700 feet I c- eft- V80" laaA la TaakalU ri'Dalaia In Isabella O'Brien Winn No 1 Bode and! llted wildcat 54 with infh rhokel( 'and re- Winn b10- 1 Bnae ana hu wiui w-incn ruoKf ana Davey Crockett Field test Jwest of Claikwood Ita ug poujg working piTssure re- -others 15 mile east of Zapata has been io" 143' eovery was six gallons of distll- plugged and abandoned at 1498 ly with a Frio prilling Inc rlg jate Bottomhole flowing pressure am Natural Gas Co and Repuhlic was 2765-2650 pounds and shut feet The failure la in A Atwood Survey 434 Sclhy-Walkcr Corp Howell No 1 Ardoll Sclliff Drilled to a total depth of 5611 3' southeast inrt nniratinn JLn Lf IU1 feot it set 54-inch cuing at 2900' Section 90 Paul Subdivision oncing pressure nu pounas oprraon? JJ feet after recovering 120 feet ofh been plugged arid abandoned 'in 30 minutes and dropped to zero' BcIOW 92o 1 CCt at oil cut mud with 10 percent 5891 feet at end of test with botlomhde proposed wildcat a mile oil a drillstetiri test at 2851-57 Usry Drilling Co and others flowing pressure 825 and 1925 Trxqj Gulf Producing Cb No 1 aoutluthwest of Cuevitss 'cpf The strike is loealed on a 'No 7 Rlasehke-Mayo slaled 6AV) I pounds and shutin pressure 2290 Yturria Land and Livestock Cb' Drill site is AiO ft from the john MCMullin font Dynimith Field test five miles pounds Cameron County wildcat five miles westerly west line and 330 feet surVpVl A-30 i from the southeast line of a 63-1 prilling below 8306 feet on a acre lease and Share M-8 Las 10500-foot project was underway Survey and of salt water on a teat' elliffw'ldcat through 4-inch chokes from 85Z2'ip of Tynan in feet LiQlllCrOIl WllllCflt 1 SiiMli'liim Standard Oil Cb of Texas No 'west of Port Isabel was making north of Taft is 467 feet from the north and east lines of the south 952-K! SU TracTslated hole Wow 9254 feet The test Field test 30 miles south-jT- A- binder Survey A-270 is others have reclassified and re-completed three tests in the Baldwin field two miles south of Clark- Section 5 Wade Riverside Suhdl- is 934 feet from gas Mfcom Buys Firm WICHITA Kan Jan 17 if! 0f the Cardwell Manufacture on the casing for a 24-hour flowl production The No 1 Bevly was completed vision and liv'ca Inc WidiitaJohn'Mlof r-i rrnf a i i i per-Mecom Houston independent oil thi Cuevltas Grant A-Lo Also to lo-at Oil Cbrp and other No Fourth Addition of Taft Famiwwt of Port Aransas i to be mttted to 11000 feet operator was annnunred tor catB eu a i drilled directionally from Platform! Operator's No 1 Jack HerwigiThe consideration unofficially corner of Share MS go 1030 feet 18 miles southwest of George West 583 feet east of the No oiler located 471 feet from the west plated 11900-toot Vista Del Marjtimated at several million dnlli north thence 'in I shot es-j in dollars! 210 barrels of 496 gravity oil through P-38-inch choke from 20-today perforations at 7356-63 fert 7-lnch casing at 8497 feet with total depth 8919 feet Gas-oil ratio WILDCAT WELL LOGGING SERVICE Mad Logging Specialist ALICE TEXAS east at right angles Seale and Morris Survey iline and 335 feet from the south Field test nine miles east oflwas confirmed only as in excess ofiwas 1956-1 and casing pressure Nootto Scnmidt Midway (Main 4 Tract 947 to a bottomhole Brownsville was drilling below 6-la million dollars cash The com- 1400 pounds Mldwy tprt location which Is 467 feet from the933 feet It Is in Jose Ignacio de pany manufactures oil field drill- The B-l Bevly was completed for a daily flow of 190 barrel of ling and servicing equipment east of Taft has been abandoned at 5349 feet The duster is in Section 26 Gregory Farm Block north line and 660 feet from the Trevino Grant A-6 east line of State Tract 952 There are 12 wells on the 5673-acre lease Kirkwood Jim Wells Wildcat Cores 3865 Combs Succeeds Baker at Shell Gasser in Goliad STRAIGHT FACTS THAT CAN SAVE YOU A $3000 MISTAKE! Only the new Qippeu Series by PACKARD in the medium-price field can offer yon all the important features you are entitled to Take the Oipppn CHALLENGE RIDE and see Kirkwood Co No 1 Mitcher and others Jim Wells County wildcat four miles south of Alice was coring below 3865 feet on a 5500-foot permit Recovery was four feet of mud on a 10-minute drillstem test through U-inch chokes from 43 feet Bottomhole flowing pressure was 345 and 460 pounds with shutin pressure 490 pounds La Gloria Oil Gas Co No on bottom at 7464 feet Gas-oil ratio was 640-1 and tubing pressure 1145 pounds Location is on a 3500-acre lease in McKenzie Survey A-363A Sun Oil Co No 28 A Ca-ntile Tijerina Canales Blucher Field well four miles southeast of Premont has been completed for 8243 barrels of 404 gravity oil plus 384 percent of water daily Production is from 8-shot per- Comb has been elected Set To Complete vice president and treasurer of A Shell Pipe Tine Corporation suc- Kirkwood Co No 1 Willie ceeding A Baker who retired Hbff Goliad County wildcat 14 January 1 it was announced yes- miles south of Ander was pre-terday by Joe Dickerson presl- paring to complete as a gas well dent on 52-shot perforations at 8972-85 A native of Everett Washington' (bet in 54-inch casing at 9410 Mr Combs joined the Shell or- feet five feet off bottom The ganization in 1923 as a service sts- project is on a 1232-acre lease tion attendant in California In 1927 Kirkwood and Co of Alice No he was named an auditor in the A Lassman proposed 9415-foot Iinancial organization and roseWest Mission Valley Firld test 14 trough position of increasing re- mile eaat of Ander is 110 feet sponsibility in the Lo Angeles from the northwest line (Coleto San Francisco and Honolulu mar- jCreek) and 330 feet from the ketlng division and the Mar-southwest line Of a 60-acre lease tine California refinery in Robert Mllby Survey A-199 39 Blucher producer ini foratlons at 7239-41 fort through the Tijerina Canale Blucher Field four miles southeast hi Fremont was completed for a daily flow of 96 barrels of 39 gravity oil plus one percent water The flow was through 644-Inch ehoke from four shot perforations at 7200-01 feet in 54-inch easing 54-inch casing st 7916 fret with' a total Hrnlh 9 105 feet Flow is through 7-61-inch choke with casing pressure 1075 pound and 1260 pounds tithing pressure Gas oil ratio was 943-L Location 1 ln Section 345 CCSDARGNGRR Survey on a 328839 acre lease rpm trai more then over look twice brdlnra you buy -L any ear! 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Keep you going in mud snow and ice By Frink La Ron will begin Location Is In Survey 6L Houser of Laredo No 1 Laurel Estate Webb County wild cat 44 miles north of Oilton has been plugged and abandoned at 2855 feet Tha failure la in Co Survey 23 Block 2 Two-Way Radio Communications Te letter Ssrve Drilling Can-tract Oil Cempenlea and the Oil Industry Complete Oilfield Transportation Service Jake Hamon Na Reeder deep DeWitt County wildcat 24 miles east of Nordhelm in India-nola RR Co Survey wu making hole below 9955 feet The Wilcox text is permitted to 10200 feet Howell Ne 1 Sarah Earle Bee County wildcat five miles northeast of Beeville was coring below 3439 feet Permitted to 4690 feet thia test is in Mo-lina Survey A-39 Drilling below 6706 feet on a 7-OGO-foot project wu underway at Jake Hamon and other No D-l Colli Baker Karnes County Choate Field confirmation test one-half mile north of Choate in SHeckler Survey A-325 Lora-ton is 1159 feet northeast of operator's No 1 Nance 177-harrel oil discovery from perforations at 6866-70 feet Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp No 1 State Tract 260 Aransu County' wildcat five mile east-northeast of Aransas Piss was drilling below 7677 feet with mud logger at taehed The scheduled 9 190-foot test earlier ran log to 7500 feet Argn Oil dorp No K- Edrlnglnn Estate slated 9599-fnol McMullen County ei in an unnamed field eight mllej noriheast Seven Sisters was recondition-Ing mud after logging to 7808 feet It will attaeh mud logger and drill Ahead to tha Slick where coring i Write wMe you ride in your car then write while you take Ihe Clipper Challenge Fide Let Ihe difference prove dipper! relax fcig smoothness whk Packard-peeved Torsion-Level Ridel Let Your Handwriting Provo the 5moothneii of C'JlippohA TORSION-LEVEL RIDEI lulldnsri Metor Graders Trucks Tractors Heidi Bros! 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