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1 MONDAY, DKCEMBm 12, 1966 gal compressors slightly above atmospheric pressure and is discharged at 1,233 pounds per square inch. The final stage of compressor to the 4,000 pounds per square Inch injection pressure is handled by existing reciprocating machines. P. E. Fletcher, district manager said the inert flue gas, injected in place of natural gas to maintain reservoir not only will Increase ultimate yield, but also will release natural gas for consumer use.

'--f "Eliminating the purchase of natural gas makes the plant's operation less expensive and will result in increased oil re-' covery through an extension of the economic limit." The generator system supplies in excess of 54 million cubic feet of inert gas per day for injection along with 28,000 amounts toxabout 14 cents, per cubic footX The process saves hydrocarbon gas, increases return from the multipay reservoirs and It is cheaper to operate. Flue gas is generated by burning natural gas which creates a 10-fold increase' in volume. Combustion facilities include four boilers with a combined capacity of 300,000 pounds of steam per hour. One brake horsepower of steam energy. The gas is to be pumped into mainly the Devonian and parts of the Connell formations in the south part of the field.

There is no storage. At present there is about 2 million cubic feet of excess gas burned daily. The company has 97 producing wells in the field and has been using the injection process since 1949. During this time there has been an estimated 250 billion cubic feet of gas accumulated. The use of flue gas should return this gas to the company for commercial use.

By CARL DINGLER -V I Americas Oil Writer CRANE. Engineers who designed the new gas complex at Atlantic-Richfield Co. Black 31 Plant, 6 miles west of here are popping a few buttons off their shirts with pride. They have every right, for through their zeal and confidence they have come up with the world's largest secondary recovery flue gas generator system. However, what they are really beaming about is that they, started from scratch, using their originality and individuality to come up with the multi million dollar (more than three) design and they did it without a pilot project or any pattern to go by.

It wasn't all roses, however, for until recently the engineers have had many problems to contend with such as centrifugal compressor train, instrumentation and the flue gas generators. "We knew it had to work and We knew we had to make it work," a much happier and relaxed engineer said last week on a tour of the plant. The plant has now operated seven weeks without a shutdown or failure and it appears well on its way to success. The plant actually is three plants in one. The' flue gas plant is erected on an 8-acre plot just south of the existing Block 31 gas processing plant.

Every detail has been planned with the plant being self sustaining. It even produces its own water from itsjown condensing system and every safety precaution has been taken. If anything goes wrong the entire plant is automatically shutdown. Also, the plant expansion brought 41 new families into the community during the last three years. There are now 58 employed at the plant headed by George Caroway, formerly head of the plant at Loving-ton, N.

M. However only 10 or 12 people have been added because of the flue gas operation. And what is flue gas! As one engineer put it, "It is simply gas that goes out the flue." A flue, then, is a chimney that conveys flame and smoke to the outer air or a passageway for conducting a current of heated or foul air from one place to another. Why should anyone be happy over producing foul air and moving it from one place to another at a cost of several million dollars? The most ready answer is that it saves money in that the flue gas is being substituted for natural gas. Actually there is still some natural gas used in making the flue gas but the savings this process was, to maintain pressure on an oval trapped in anticline reservoir of gas.

The formation is more or less flat under Block 31 with the flue gas acting like a ram pushing the oil and gas out ahead of it Atlantic Richfield also inaugurated the industry's first miscible displacement pro. gram early in the life of the life of the field's Devonian formation. When oil is miscibly displaced by gas, the oil and gas are soluble in each other, so that the oil essentially is washed from the rock.) "Miscibility is obtained by injections of higher pressure gas, which is now replaced by the much cheaper flue gas. Thus as the engineers go about their job of heating and condensing (the gas is condensed 7 times during the process) and beaming at their accomplishments of being first, they also have proved that J'wildcatting" isn't really a thing' of the past after all. Engineers estimated another boiler is used solely for steam power and the other three are used to generate both steam and flue gas.

A fifth boiler is planned for installation next spring. An integral part of the flue gas injection facilities is a train of cenrifugal driven by a large steam turbine. The turbine uses 208,000 pounds of steam per hour at 600 pounds per square inch and 750 degrees and supplies 28,000 brake horsepower to the compressors. Flue gas enters the centrifu 30 years of production from the field with 60 per cent recovery. They Declined to specify how much gas and oil they will get 'from the pool or exactly how much money the new plant cost.

Injecting flue gas into wens Is nothing new. Pan American did it in Wyoming. However, GOUTING THEBASINI Midland Well Is Conf inner, n.j imiiinuwuijiminjiiii mi Following by counties are progress reports on sig- nificant wells being drilled in the Permian Basin ANDREWS McFarland, No 1-18 Etheridge, drlg. 6,280 in do 1-9 Bitler and Lowe, drlg. 10,090 Pecos Gets Pay in lime and chert 3 COTTLE Great Western, No.

1 Portwood, drlg. 3,487 in lime and shale. A confirmation well through perforations in the Detrital has lomite. MIDLAND Baxter, No. 2-21 Buchanan, drlg.

6,081. Mobile, No. 7 Freeman, drlg. 9,575. MITCHELL Humble No.

1 Elwood, TD 7,326 and preparing to drillstem test PECOS Bass, No. 1 Neal, CROCKETT El Paso Pro been completed in Pecos Coun ducts, No. 1 Schlinke, drlg, 378 in lime, chert and shale ty, and a confirmation well was Shell, No. 9 Mitchell, drlg. indicated after a drillstem test 622.

in the Wolfcamp in Midland Shell, No. 10-A Mitchell, drlg. drlg. 15,378. County.

2,670. El Cinco Production Co. con DAWSON Leland Davison, No. 1 Addison. Estate, drlg.

firmed a well through perfora Mobil, No. 1 Hodge, drlg. 12, 121. Mobil, No. 1 State Harral, drlg.

5,683. REAGAN Lone Star, No. tions in the Detrital- between EDDY Mobil, No. 1 Pardue TD. 13,935 and shut-in.

1-A University, drlg. 6,385 in 747 feet at a site 15 miles south of McCamey in Pecos County. On potential test it flowed 19 Pan American, No. 36 Poker sand and shale. Lake, drlg.

14,960. REEVES Pan American, Texaco, No. 65 cotton Draw, No. 1 Tenney, drlg. 6,016.

barrels of-27 gravity oil per day through a 16-64 inch choke with a gas-oil ratio measuring drlg. 14,747. Texaco, No. Reeves, GAINES Faskin, No. 4 Ril drle.

15,520. 350-1. Total depth of the well is 6,370 feet with 4 inch casing ey, drlg 200. Texaco. No.

2 Reeves txl GARZA H.M.H. Operators, Feet drlg. 15,846. set ar 5,824 feet The well, No.l University, is No. 1 Boy Scouts of America, Texaco, No.

3 txl Reeves drlg. 2,740 in anhydrite and State, drlg.46,284, located 1,980 feet from the shale. north and east lines of Section SCHLEICHER Capitan, No. HALE Mobil, No. 1 Lamey, 8, Block 16 of the University 1 Edmiston, drlg 4,090 in shale drlg.

3,230. and lime. HOCKLEY Texaco NO. 55 Land Survey. It is the second producer in the Teal Hayes Detrital field.

NEW PLANT The goose-neck quench tower is surrounded by steam pipes and flow lines as well es additive tanks at Atlantic Richfield Co. Block 31 flue gas plant. The gas is forced up through the top of the quench tower after being cooled. Mallard, No. 1-A Caroe, drlg 3,223 in lime and shale.

Montgomery Davies, drlg. 6,433. HOWARD Anadarko, No. After running a drillstem test, Tucker, No. 1 Thompson, TD U.S.

Smeltin, Refining and Min 1-A Gist, set 5 inch casing at 10,053 feet; TD 10,567 and 3,975 dry and abandon. up if "mm fm if "iin i fitr ing Co. was assured of a con TERRELL Pan American, i i ii 1 1 1 i waiting on cement. No. 1 Mitchell, drlg.

9,493, Wil 4 frontation well five miles southwest of Midland in i 1 a Cobb and Ruwee, No. 1 Hod- Permit Requests mil TOM GREEN Crown Cen nett, drlg. 5,487 in lime. If 111 County. I Will' i' tral, No.

8 Bryant, drlg. 3,060 LEA Ashmen and Hilliard, in shale and lime, The drillstem test was run in the Wolfcamp from 9,390 to MITCHELL COUNTY Mobil Oil No. 1 Clayton, drlg. 10,082 in UPTON Pennzoil, No. east line, section 15, Mock Survey, 15 miles west of Crane on 160-acro lease.

COCHRAN COUNTY Pan American Midland No. 91 Mary Foster, rotary in loton Eatt Howard lime and shale. Herrington, 4,735, in lime 610 feet. After being open three hours, it covered 1,000 feet of Cabot No. Pruitt, pre fioid, 3J0 feet from soutn line, 2,250 feet from west line, section 16.

block 29, T-l- Pet. Brawnf No. 63 Dean TYl f'l and chert Unit. 5.500-foot rotary in Slaughter field, 5, survey, miles southwest of paring to spud, 44.7 gravity oil with the gas-oil WARD Holbrook and Page Midwest, No. 3-D State, drlg.

440 feet from north line, 2,156 feet from west line of league 90, Lipscomb CSL survey, 10 miles southwest of Whitefoce No. 1 Olcott drlg. 8,100, ratio measuring 110-1. The 45-minute initial shutm 10,010 in lime. on 5J34-acre lease.

Shell No. 1 Morrison, set 10 Midwest No. 1-G State, drlg. pressure was 2,080 pounds, and Westbrook on loo-acre lease. REEVES COUNTY White Shield Oil and Gas Tulsa No.

1 Charlie Bailey, rotary In Ken Regan field, 1 feet from south line, 990 feet from west line, section 10, block 56, T-3, TIP survey, 10 miles south of Orla on 160-acre lease. BORDEN COUNTY McGrath and pon American nr. orowmieia No. 99 Dean Unit. 5.500-foot rotary In inch casing at 11,100 feet and 7,813 in lime and shale.

the flow ranged from 336 to 335 waiting on cement Slaughter field, 4,089 feet from south line, 1,516 feet from west line of league Pennzoil, No. 1 Gallagher pounds. The 45 minute final 90, Lipscomb CSL survey, 12Vi miles Shell, No. Reuss, set 10 v. southwest of Whitefoce on least.

inch casing at TD 11,001 feet State drlg. 7,383 in lime. Pennzoil, No. 1 Harris State, shutin pressure was 3,275 pounds, and at last report, they Pan American Pet. Brownrieia Smith, Midland No.

1 Griffin, 7.300-foot rotary In Hobo field, 447 feet from north line, 2,680 feet from east line, sec No. 27 looe Smith Operating Area, 5.500- and waiting on cement tnnt rstarv In Slauahter field. 1.400 feet drlg. 6,905 in dolomite. tion 35.

block 25. HYTC survey, 5 miles were drilling ahead. The well, No. 1 Roper, is lo northwest of Vincent on SO-ocrt lease. LOVING Natural Gas and from south line, 1J30 feet from west line of labor 17, league 56, Oldham CSL survey, 11 miles west of Sundown on SUTTON COUNTY Lone Star Prod.

DRS. LEACH acre lease. Oil, No. 1 Wilder, plug-back, at 16,496 and preparing to. acidize cated 1,980 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east Dallas No.

3-B H. M. Faulkner, rotary fn Ft. Terrett Ranch HOCKLEY COUNTY Pan American Pet Levelland No. 190 Levelland and HOUSTON line of Section 25, Block 40-T2S, with 6,000 gallons.

Unit. 4.950-foot rotary in Levelland field. field, 2,119 feet from south line, 596 feet from west line, section II, block survey, 33 miles east of Sonora 440 feet from south line. 440 feet from LUBBOCK Pan American, of the Survey. Located in Optometrists Dial FE 2-5113 west line of labor 3, logue 72, Vol Verde on 480-ocre lease.

No. 1 Fowler, TD. 9,905 and the Hi Lonesome Ellenburger Lone star proa. co. Dana no.

4 a. H. Shrover. rotoiy in Ft. Ter CSL survey, 3 miles west of Leveiiana on lease.

Aoache Midland No. 1 Post Unit, preparing to drillstem test 516 North Lee, Odessa field, there is currently only one rett Ranch field, 4,150 feet from north line. 2409 feet from east line, section 67, rotary hi Levelland field, 762 MARTIN Texas crude, wo. Wolfcamp producer in that field, Hock survey, 33 miles east of feet from south- line, 1,356 feet from east line of labor 12, league 21, Hood. CSL bonora en 652-ocr lease.

Lone star Proa. Donas no. a. survey. In southeast city limit of Level Innrf an mirr.

lease. H. Shrover. rotary In Ft. Ter DELBERT DOWNING Engineers Plan Annual Meeting The Permian Basin Chapter of rett Ranch field, 5450 feet from north LEA COUNTY, N.HL Ryder-Scott Management Co.

No. 3 Mitchell. In Mollamor field, '660 feet from line. 660 feet from east line, section 67, a Me belter block survey, 33 miles east Wildcat of sonora on uz-ocre lease. north and east lines, section 7-17-S-32E.

UPTON COUNTY Union Texos Pet. rnrn. Midland No. 3-10 Owens ROnCt). Lone Star Prod.

Daiios no. A. El I OI atsss 1 1 Ii i -L. -1 H. Shrover, rotary in Ft.

Ter lniM-faai ratorv In A mocker Tiooeft, rett Rcnch field. 2.250 feet from most Roundup Southeast field, 1,90 feet from north line, 2,157 feet from west line, section 10, Mock 2. survey, 7 mile northwest of westerly north line, 660 feet from west line, section 67, block survey, 33 miles east of Sonora on 652-ocre lease. MIDLAND COUNTY Mobil Oil Midland No. 7 Bessie Freeman, rotary wildcat, 660 feet from Rankin on 140-oont lease, mnes norm CARL ENGEL, McCamey, the Texas Society of Professional Engineers will hold their annual banquet for the installation of officers Thursday.

The banquet begins at 6:30 a.m. with a social hour and a of production in 6-well field. mehapd COUNTY James P. Dunlgan, will drill a well to 225 feet with Abilene No. 1 Lefo Grondslaff, 2.90Moot north on east lines, section 27.

Mock 37, rotary Wildcat, tsa reet irom swrni i iinw, AA7 tmmt rAnt WMf tin Of W. C. R. cable tool to test the Toborg T-4-S, survey, 24 miles southeast of Midland on 643-acro lease In southeast oart of countv. surrounded by Droductlon Schmidt survey no.

mot, moo, imm at a site nine miles southeast of northwest of Menard on o-acre lease. in Sora Trend Area field, IVt miles dinner at 7 p.m. at the Sands Girvin in Pecos County. 2H miles southeast of Menoro-strawn ana Canvon gas and Cisco Oil field separated Restaurant in Midland. Delbert Downingformer man by deeo failures.

BUNNELS COUNTY Bright and Schlff, The well, No. 1 J. A. McDon Delias No. 1 Mitchell, rotary northeast of operator's No.

9 Preston, recent dual In Dean and Wolfcamp and 10 miles southeast of Azaleo-Strawn "leA COUNTY, N.M. Wilson Oil Artesia No. 21 State, rotary in Wilson field, 2,310 feet from south and east lines, section 23-21S-34E. Stoltz and Midland No. 1-B Sunrav, ald, is located 2,173 feet from ager of the Midland Chamber the north line and 2,310 feet wildcat, 660 feet from north nne, 330 teei from east line, section II, block 63, HT-ir nllM northwest of Winters from the west line of Section 28, on 360-ocre lease, 1 miles west of- recently opened Cisco Reef production In Winters, Norttt-Multlpoy field.

Block 11 of the Survey. It is surrounded by shallow fail separated bv failures. rotary In undesignated fleia, 1,980 feet from south and west lines, section 29-11S-33E. CHAVES COUNTY, N.M. Pan American Pet.

Hobos No. 5-D, Bmkett. 3.600-foot rotary in Cote field. GAINES COUNTT Uavia raran, m'o- of Commerce, is guest Officers for the new term are Mark Forrester of Odessa, president; Wayne Vaughn of Big Spring; first vice president; Jerry Davis of Midland second vice president; John Weir of Odessa, secretary treasurer; and Ja ures and is V2 mile northeast of I.M Mn A Pntwrt J. Rllev foot rotary In Bale field, 2,503 feet from an 840-foot Yates gas production rwell.

1,90 feet from south and east lines, section U-8S-30E. Pan American Pet. Hobbs No. 4 north line, zno teei trotn eon nnc. tiori 377, Mock survey, Th miles south of Denver City on 40-i acre Wesley, rotary in toio neia.

MAJOR AND GIEBEL, Mid 660 feet from norm ana east lines, sec mes Henderson of Midland, state tion 14-IS-30E. land, will drill a well to 10,900 feet with a rotary' tool to test the Wolfcamp at a site nine director. Leon Fontenot pi Midland is outgoing president. MENARD COUNTT oen rer. Midland No.

1-B John Troy Voug'm, rotary In field, 467 feet from north line, 1,717 feet from east line, sec miles west of Lovington in Lea tion II, block 2, survey, 13 miles north of Ff. McKovett on 15-aere Gas Discovery Is Reported SHREVEPORT, La. Mobil County. SCURRY COUNTY Standard Oil Co. of Texas, Midland No.

5 E. B. Keller, 7300-foot rotary In Kelly Snyder field. The well, No. 1 Austral State, Oil Bits 2,360 feet from south line, 1,350 feet rnm eat line, section 340.

block 97. is, located 1,980 feet Jrom the south and west lines of Section survey, 9 miles north of Snyder on 373-ocre lease. Oil Corp. has announced a significant gas discovery in e. No.

1 Raymond L. Brown well 13-16S-34E. It is 3'A miles east- OAKUM COUNTT MOOee KOVOI' ROBERT PRESSING has been ties. Midland No. 4-A Willard, southeast of the Hume Queen field: mile southwest of the appointed a vice president of foot rotary in wesson ana wasson.

Norm east field, 467 feet from soutn line, 759 feet from west line, section 741, block 8 miles southeast of Thornton Inj Limestone County, Texas. Eidson Pennsylvahian field; and the Linde Division of union Lar-bide Corp. E. A. GRAHAM has been named treasurer of Mara J.

H. Gibson survey, 10 miles northeast of Denver City on 4M-4cre tease. mile southeast of an Mabee Royalties, Midland No. 3-A foot dry hole. The well was tested at vari- thon Oil Co.

effective Jan. 1 to willard, rotary in Wasson and Wasson, Northeast field, 467 feet from louth line, 2,073 feet from wew line, sec-ion- 741, block J. H. Gibson survey. with Holiday Cash frdn COMMUNITY This Christmas, trim your tree instead of -your budget with a holiday loan irom us.

Then you'll have extra cash for, all the trim-mings gifts, entertaining, traveling, new clothes. Enough to clean up those end-of-the-year bills, too so you can really live a little better all through the season. Come in and get your holiday loan now! For immediate attention, just telephone today. ous rates during a 48-hour period. Maximum flow rate was 8.5 succeed K.

M. BURNS woo was elected to retire under the provisions of the company's retire 10 miles northeast of Denver City on 4M-acre lease. million cubic feet per day on a PECOS COUNTY Mccurrv, Easter and I EIIFEGIO Mccurry, Fort worth No. 17 M. A.

Smith 23-64-inch choke. The calculated A-2. rotary In Yates field, 1,200 ment plan. THE FEDERAL Power Com feet 'from south line, 1,908 feet from tost line, section 27, block 194, survey. open flow rate is 21 million cno- miles southwest of Iraan an 640-acrt lease.

l' ic feet per day. mission has received an appli-j WARD COUNTY Slonaf Oil and Gas The well was'drilled to a total Midland No. 1 Monahans Townslte, rotary In West Monahans field, cation by Northern Natural Gas Co. of Omaha, Neb. to build a 660 feet from south line, M0 feet from depth Of feet and plugged west line, section 60, block survey in Monahans townslte on 40-ocre tease.

r-' '1 I A 4 1 i I. I I i lis'li I 'l 'l I I ln1.1.f facilities costing $12.8 minion to meet the needs of existing customers in the Midwest Northern proposes to con Poit American pet. Corp. Monoftons No, 1 Pecos Countv Mercantile 4.50O- back feet Production is from' intermittent Cotton Valley sandtsone perforations be LOANS UP TO $1500 foot rotary in Shipley field, 661 feet from southeast line, 660 feet from northeast line of southwest 71 of section 15. Mock 5.

tween 9,664 feet and 10,104 feet. survey. I miles northeast of Grand- struct, 29 miles of 36-incn pipeline. tOTTS Ofl 324 OCf KQIti DAWSON COUNTY Leland Davtson. et the well is in the G.

Gard at. Midland No. 1 Addison Estate, ner Survey k-IYti located 95 miles south of Cotton -Valley foot rotary wildcat, 660 feet from norm line, 1,90 feet from west line, section 62, block 35. T-6-N. Gearaetown Railroad RENTACAR I survey, 7 miles north of Lomesa on 160- sandstone production id The Ope-lika Field.

Henderson Countv. ocre lease norm parr or county, miles northeast of Munoervflle-Pennsvl A NET gas-oil ratio rule, with net.credit for gas turned to legal use and a dally per well gas. limit of 1,000 million cubic feet has been approved, by the Railroad Commission for the North" Canyon field of Coke County. ll mXrJ5ZXy. and three miles west of Rode FINANCE THRIFT CORPORATION ofOdtsst 110 W.

Eighth St FE-2-0521 Swing tht people of Texas for over 20 Years'- tuns-toot fotiure. and Sligo nroductlon in' the reiki rmim-v on piuuuvuuu so no. 964 w. n. woddeii.

et oi, 4w-isouthwest portion of the OletHa foot rotary In Sand Hills field, 2,100 feet pipM from north east lint. 467 foot from ovth-lAlu 7:.