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1955 BIGGEST YEAR YET .
Texas Oil Records Set
In All But Wildcatting
8-A
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Sapday Meraiag. January 1, P
SON OF IMMIGRANTS
Eastland Magnolia Man
Retires After 37 Years
Texas oil operators look back on failures ” ” | production tax 1. a major item on
this- Operators’ losses on dry holes the industry s tax billy it is only
totaled some $432 million. Robert- part of the industry’s total taxes
son estimated This represented which include other state levies
issued by expenditures on 3 964 unsuccessful; and-payments to local and county
wildcat, operations and 3.224 dry government and school districts,
vesopmem weals yeaned : the association said
The Texas economy gained $2.9
1955 as their biggest year in
tory. except in percentage of suc-
eessful wildcat projects
A year-end summary
the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and 1a
Gas Association shows that a rec | development wells drilled ’ - .
ord 314 billion was spent during The Texas economy gained $2 9 ) other Beneficiaries
the seat Ml drilling a record 23, -I biBion from crude oil sales in 1955 other beneficiaries, including
4 wells, far above the previous The association estimated Texas Texas farmers, ranchers and other
high of 20 123 wells put down in oil production for the year at 1 050.- royalty owners received directly
.„-, 000,000 barrels, far above the 1954 about $448. million as their share
The search for new reserves output of 981,722,000 barrels and of the production. The association
however, was disappointing topping the previous high of 1922 estimated that Texas landowners
French M Robertson of Abilene 000 000 barrels set ih 1952 - received between $75 million and
president of Texas Mid-Continent. The year's production figures in- $100 million for lease rentals dur-
"The Texas oil wildcatter had | dicate that Texas oil producers | ing the year
the poorest year since 1943 as at paid some $137,600,000 in crude oil A-dark side of the-petroleum in-
theto nna on in new territory production taxes into the state dustry picture in 1955 was in the
last Tear resulted in 90 per cent treasury. Although the crude oil gas wildcatting campaign Most of-
fieials-blame a slow-up in gas ex
--------------------------------------------------------------- - ploration on federal controls
“Operators are hopeful that the
new year will see passage of the
Harris Bill in the U.S. Senate;
Oi 7lec
Holman Sees Rivalry
Increase During ‘56
GEOLOGICAL OFFICERS — Abilene Geological Society has elected these officers
to serve during 1956. Left to right: Treasurer, John H DeFord, independent geolo-
which will remove natural was pro gist; president, Ben F. Hoffacker, Seaboard Oil Co.; secretary. R. B. Vickers, Texas
nuiehs from direct federal controls Pacific Coal and Oil Co., and vice president W. K. Kerfoot, Crown Central Petroleum
and restore the desire to hunt for Corp. (Staff Photol
gas reserves in Texas and else- ‘ .
where, “Wcbertson-said- ---
• New Gas Frid. Led County
Test Flows
NEW YORK * - The coming
year will be one of "further ir
tense competition" in the oil in
dustry, Eugene Holman chairmar
of Standard Oil Co. (NJ), declares
today He said the consumer will
EASTLAND, Dec 31 (RNS) -
After nearly 37 years with Mag-
nolia Petroleum Co., Victor
(Shorty) Grabowski, son of im-
migrant parents, enters retire-
ment Jan. 1
Grabowski was born in Pitts-
burgh. Pa., Dec 7, 1890, and his
first job was in the Pennsylvania
coal fields His parents had come
to America from Cracow, Poland.
Jones Test
Finds Show
in 1883.
At the age of 18, young
Grabowski went west He worked
for the Morris Packing Co. in
Oklahoma, and in 1911 married
Miss Maudie Ball of Hillsboro,
Texas. He later worked for an
electrical company, and then
joined Magnolia in 1919 at **
Healdton. Okla ’ * ,
He has spent all his time with
Magnolia in the natural gas divi-
. | sion. In 1936. he was transferred
to Desdemona from Healdton, and
moved to Eastland 11 years ago
Mr. and Mrs. Grabowski have
The Texas Company No. 1 Lee
Smith, offset to a recent Canyon
band discovery four and a half
miles northwest of Noodle in Jones
County, was drilling below 3.600
feet after a drillstem test in the
Noodle Creek lime.
■ Section from 2,565-75 feet was
tested, with tool open two and a
half hours Recovery was 110 feet
of oil and gas-cut mud and 180 feet
seven children, all daughters. They
are Mrs. Joe Luker of Dallas, Mrs.
Jess Mathis and. Mrs. Rex Raney
of Odessa, Mrs. Dalerin Roach of
; Abilene, Mrs: Kelsey House and .
| Mrs. D D Dunlap of Midland and
Mrs. Wayne. Vaughn of Goldsmith,
They have 10 grandsons, two ,
granddaughters and two . great-
grandchildren.
Asked how he plans to spend
his time after retiring. Grabowski ;
said: I'm going tn id the young,
er fellows worry about balancing
_i of salt water. Flowing pressure was
Tre» pounds,. and 20-minute share
in pressure was 985.
. The project is in Lot 29. Mark
TV Dikes Survey. It is a northeast
•offset to same operator's No. 1'
FAM National Bank of Merkel, the
discovery well.
the budget and all that sort of
thing, and just take it easy.
Independents Due
Another Good Year
A Drilling below 3,567 feet in shale
BUTLER STEEL
BUILDINGS
Gas producers drew heavily on
I already-discovered reserves to fill
| delivery commitments by drilling 1
1.109 gas development wells, an in-
I crease over 1954 of 102 wells The
-wildcat campaign, however, show .
ed only 87 gas field discoveries, I m Alamn
===== - n.Mollcamp,
the worldicthe Dreroceeding at a were completed as oil producers: 1 South Four Lakes Unit, wildcat
and services 15 proceeding 1,196 as gas wells, and 7,188 were 15 miles west of Tatum in north-
ton oi dry holes This compares with 12. west Lea County, New Mexico,
rise of 031 oil wells. 1,119 gas wells, and flowed oil heavily.
6,827 dry holes for 1954.
— Of the: 4,455 wildcat attempts: and 9.899 feet, when total depth 1
successful completions accounted
high rate"
Noting that U S consumption of
oil showed an unexpected 1-. -
8 per cent in 1955, Holman said
demand for oil in the other non-
By CHARLES HASLETS
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 P—Ir
dependent oil and gas producer
look ahead to another good year
There's a hedge? They say jus
how good it will be may depend
upon the outcome of some prob-
lems such, as imports and gas
legislation. .
ral level of business being slightly and sand was The Texas Company
gher in 1956. the Independent No. 1-A Claude Smith. Noodle
Petroleum Assn of America Northwest Field project four miles
IPAA) estimated total demand for I northwest of Noodle in Lot 9, Mark
petroleum will be about 9 million W. Dikes Survey. It is slated for
barrels daily in 1956, an increase 4 175 feet
of 34 per cent over 1955 | Plugged at. 2.175. feet Was L.A.
Increase Possible
4,
benefit from it.
“New organizations have entered
__the industry and are striving for.
a substantial share of the market,"--------
Holman said in a yearend state-Communist, nations of the world
went “Longer-established compa-increased more than 11 per cent
Nies are making strong efforts to In 1956 the industry can expect
hold and increase their market po-to be called on to meet another in-
-sitions. The ultimate beneficiary of | crease of about four per cent in
all this competition is the consum- the United States," he said "Else-
er.” where in-the free world, our fore-
Prices to Hold .leasts indicate a gain of around
The head of the world s largest seven per cent
oll company said oil prices are Greater Research
likely to hold at present levels, “at Stepped-up competition in. 1955
- least for the immediate future," “spurred still greater research ac
despite higher operating costs tivity and has led to further ad-
He said the industry had a good vances in petroleum technology.
1955 and is entering the new year Holman added "Some problems in-
to a sound condition which will velyed in drilling in substantial
enable it to meet further increases depths in the offshore areas are
to demand for its products. being overcome.”
“The generally prosperous con Holman said the new year "finds
dition of the country has been re- the industry in a strong position
■acted in operations of the petro- in respect to crude oil reserves,
leum industry m. the United refining capacity and handling la
states.” he said, "and it appears cilities. Some of this capacity is
mat the economy of this country at. times in excess of immediate
will continue as a good level, needs. Although carrying such ca-
-___—---------parity is expensive, some margin
of this kind is necessary and de-
sirable. One has only to recall the
for only 404 oil wells and 87 gas
wells. The remainder were dry in
1954, there were 4.379 wildcat wells
drilled resulting in 664 oil wells, 112
’ gas wells and 3.603 dry holes.
At the end of the year, Texas
had 164 oil wells producing from
5,140 separate fileds, some 10.000
more wells than at the end of 1934.
The total includes an anticipated J Winters
Basing predictions on the gen - domestic demand of 8,669,000 bar- nthwact .
Usi58 straddle packters at 9.8704
was 9 960 feet, operator tested one
hour and 44 minutes.
Gas surfaced in three minutes
and oil came to the top in line.
Flowed-to pits for one hour ami ,
30 minutes, the wildcat made oil •
at the rate of 84.36 barrels per !
hour, or at a daily rate ot 2.016
barrels
Total recovery from the test was t
__Many Bigs____156barrels of 49.7-gravity-oil. no
A heavy drilling program ac' water Gas flowed at rale of 2.-
counted for Texas having nearly a 500,000- cubic feet daily ,
third of the nation's operating rigs. Drilling continued below 9.988
according to 10-month figures feet in lime
Of the 1.457 rigs in the state. Location is 660 feet from north
420 were operating in West Texas, and 1.980 feet from east lines of
Railroad Commission District 8 section 2-12S-34E
District 9 had 249 rigs. District 7 B ----
Hedrick of Wichita Falls No. 1 S.
wildcat nine miles I
, , , northwest of Abilene in D. T Bruce
rels for. 1956 compared with 8.334 Survey 135.......
■ 000 in 1955 and exports of 328.000
barrels compared with 363.000 this
year.
i "If imports are held to the rec-
ommendations of the cabinet com-
mittee, domestic production of
crude oil may be 311,000 barrels
daily higher next year than in 1955
when it was 6,775,000 average,"
■ one independent oil official said. |
I The president's cabinet commit-
tee headed by Defense Mobiliter
Arthur Flemming has recommend-
1 led that the ratio of imports to do-
mestic production be held to the
I 1954 level Imports averaged 1,050,-
900 barrels daily that year, or 16.6
per cent of the 6.346,000 average
I daily domestic production.
For Industry—Commerce
and Agriculture
Ask For Bill Hyde
STANFORD
ENGINEERING CO.
1183 N. 2nd
Dial 3-4721
- Callahan Try
Pumping Oil
- Abilene headquarters had ’ 162 EDDY — Union Oil Co of Cali-
District 3 Upper Gult Coast). 145. fornia was preparing to set cash
District 7-C (San Angelo headquar- ing in No. 1-35 Federal-Wolters, |
ters 110 The remainder of the Northeast east Eddy County wild- 1
, districts bad less than 100 rigs cat, after drillstem test revealed
each.. 7 < shows of oil and gas.
“ The association also reported that Bottomed at 4 684 feet, the proj-
a survey of trade journal- indicat- ect tested from 4.611 to 4,684 feet,
ed that operators probably would with tool open 112 hours.
face a shortage ot tubular goods Recovery was 50 feet of slightly
outbreak of war in Korea or the
events in Iran in 1951 to realize in 1956 Suppliers were having some oil and gas cut mud .
the importance of a cushion of ex difficulty in meeting demand late
tra capacity for emergencies.” tin 1955. r
Location is 660 feet from north
and west lines
of Section
R P FISHER JR.
Lion Names
District Head
Hobo Questioned
In Hammer Death
TEXARKANA Ark. Dec 31 >r
- A young blond hobo was pulled
off a freight train here last night
- on a tip that he resembled a man
wanted in the hammer, slaying
of an elderly Illinois motorist.
but officers said today, "He
is not the man we want.”
Miller County Deputy Sheriff w
H Scotto said officers did not be--
lieve the man was the young hitch-
Expenses in Rise 1 ^ tre m was young iiucn-
If imports increase in 1956 by hiker sought since Dec. 8 when
the i—1.. si D. y Jobe was found
the same percentage as they did the body of P.
n. 1955, some independents contend 12 miles north of here in a
• there will be little increase in U.S. i alongside Highway 67.
crude production next year.
The association's cost committee
Thas reported that total expendi-
tures by producers in 1956 may be
some 20 per cent higher than they
were in 1953
One official said there art some
35-19S-29E, three miles south of the R P. (Jack) Fisher Jr has been
problems involving how much of
the expected increase in-markets
will be taken over by import's
rather than" by the domestic in-
• . Turkey Track Field, -transferred to Abilene from Mid- rather than' by the domestic in-
Ca ..t nt 4“fsnl -. land to become district landman dustry. Ot her problems, he said. |
1F V IJ I I =10 LI n 1V CHAVES — Intex Oil Co and here for the Lion Oil Co.- involve what Congress does with
VI IV VII VVI 1 John H Trigg No 1-26 Feder al. Lion Oil Co is now operating as House-passed legislation which
- . am, wildcat 13 miles southeast of Ros- a division of Monsanto Chem cal would exempt natural gas product 1
AllF F DusinA 1 Q S A well in southeast Chaves County, Co. T(,e two firms recently were ers from federal controls and what
IIIII 1 A Al UUlinU 10 pumped 41 85 barrels of oil on 24- merged is done concerning taxes, including
VIS COL PAISA VMII • hour production test. Fisher, who will head Lion’s dis leplection allowances.
* The 0.1 was from pay opposite rine w no win nd” ----7-----—----|
I perforations tom La meet Lion threw ana : nan Sian. ^ Bids on Howard
| continl* % has been staff landman in the re Road Job Slated
====== ----- ======
4 and is a 1952 graduate of the 10-11 on five miles of grading.
Ollahoma-University Law.School.—structuresand—surfacingfrom
He studied pre-law at, Southwest- Fairview to five miles west on
ern Methodist College at Winfield, Farm Road 2230 in central Howard
Kans His wife, Zella, is a native County. . ,
E Callihan of Abilene No. 1 Her
bert A. Seidel, et ux. Callahan
County wildcat two miles east of
Hamby, was pumping at the rate
of eight barrels of oil and one bar-
rel of water per day on production
tests of the Tannehill
Testing was from perforations at
1,613-20 feet in the upper Tannehill.
The prospector is in Section 64,
Block 14, T&P Survey Operator,
drilled to total depth of 4.052 feet, by John W. Storey of Abilene, dis
then plugged back and set casing trict landman for Sun Oil Co.
at 1,658 feet. . I Storey’s appointment as West
Ir. die regular field five miles Central Texas Area Oil Industry
west of Cross Plains, Jeter—and Information Committee Chairman
King of Fort’ Worth staked No 4 was announced in Houston by, E.
Edwin Baum as an 1,800-foot rotary A Williford, state chairman
The ofi and gas industry's pub- .
, lic information and service pro-
gram for 12 West Central Texas
counties will be directed in 1956
project. Storey succeeds Zulus C. Motley
Location is 2.061 feet from the of Abilene
south and 778 feet from the east The American Petroleum Insti-
lines of Vigal Survey 798 , tute-sponsored program provides
Plugged at 1.226 feet was W. G supplemental teaching materials to |
Gathings of Baird No.-1 Odom hs- | junior and senior high schools, of-
tate, wildcat six miles southeast of fers program services to clubs and
Baird in Section .18, Block 5, SP organizations and keeps the public
Survey. . 1. raw. i abreast of the petroleum industry’s
, James E Hogle of Wichita Falls plans, progress and contributions to
plugged at 2,801 feet his No 1 Fin- modern living
ley, wildcat four miles east of
Baird in Section 76. BOA Survey
J. W. King Jr. et al, of Abilene
No. 1 Murry Harris, wildcat four
miles north of Baird in Section 114.n n
BBB&C Survey, was plugged at nels. Shackelford, Stephens and
1 2 field Projects
Slaked in Fisher
7. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co No
: Whitworth Unit will be a 5,400- foot the Panhandle
ditch
HUDSON-EADS,
INC.
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
J SERVICE
Subsurface Pressure &
Temperature Surveys
Fluid Level Surveys
Productivity Index Tests
Bottom Hole Chokes
—and—Regulators— —--
Tubing Fishing and Plugging
Kinley Tubing Perforator
Wire Line Cutters For Send
Lines & Measuring Lines
Paraffin Control Equipment
Gas Lift Equipment
Time Cycle Controllers
Phone 2-5331
2533 JEANETTE
Clilener " Slechuiclo
MOTORS AND CONTROL PANELS FOR OIL WELL
1325 Pine
2,810 feet.
Scurry Field
Gains Offset
PUMPING
involve what Congress does with
House-passed legislation which
Howard County’s project is in
Phone 3.3726
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Formerly Jimmy Partin Bldg. •
Jimmy Partin — Bldg Mar.
N. 4th & Cedar Phone 3 4235
of Winfield
Fisher was a scout for Lion in cluded in 658 miles of work on state |
and New Mexico, highways and farm roads on which |
Amarillo, before bids will be taken. Low bids for all
of the projects will total more than |
working from
rotary project in southern Fisher
County's Sweetwater (Can- moving to Midland
yor. Sand Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and their
| Slated for 5 wo feet with rotary, six-month old daughter, Nancy
it spots 660 feet from the south live at 602 Westview St.
and east lines of Section 13. Block ———--------------------------
$17 millions, department officials
estimated
22, T&P Survey It is lour miles p. , i i
north of Sweetwater Fie d Well Finaled
In the Raven Creek 14.9807 H S VII I HIOHUS
Storey will work with local oil.
men and women in Brown, Calla-
han, Coleman, Comanche, East-
I land, Fisher, Jones, Nolan. Run-
The West Central Texas area is a 5,100-foot rotary project A DeLong (Conglomerate) Field
| Taylor counties. - one of 16 geographic OIIC areas Location is 4«7 feet from the well was completed 812 miles north
. He will attend the state OIIC in Texas in which more than 1500 south and 2.190 feet from the east of Crystal Falls in Stephens Coun-
meeting Jan 4 in Houston where volunteer oil men and women lines nf Section 4 Block K. T4P ty ’
linal plans, for the 1956 program participate; * I Survey It is Woodson Oil Co. of Fort
worth No. 1-J. T.-McDonald, Sec-
tion 1023. TE&L—Survey-------------
Daily potential was 192.83 bar
rels of‘43.2 gravity oil plus 26 5
percent water Flow was through a
22-64-inch choke with packer set (
on the casing and 125 pounds tub-
ing pressure from 36 perforations
at 3,984-94 feet Casing is set at
4.195 feet Total depth was 4,484
feet plugged-back to 4.200 feet
JOHN W. STOREY
will be made
The West Central Texas area
Field seven, miles—northeast of
Trent Humble Oil and Refining Co.,
-faked No 1 Willard T. Lawlis as
a 5,100-foot rotary project
In Stephens County
‘WEST TEXAS'
OIL DIRECTORY
PHILLIPS & SON
ELECTRIC A ACETYLENE
WELDING
SHOP a FIELD WORK
Diel 4-9553
Night 4.9498 — 4.3*21
TEXAS STEEL PRODUCTS
STRUCTURAL STEEL
317 Locus
Ph 4.9716
/ t
THOMPSON
WRITES LETTERS
Governors Urged to Back
Natural Gas Legislation
. C THROC KMORTON - A well
lover natural gas producers would presently producing from the Cad
in no way protect or benefit the do is to attempt completion in the
1 ultimate consumer
Inter Oil Co. has completed No
1-151 Jeanne Bullard as an test
offset to the discovery well of the
Brantex Field of west Scurry Coun
The well pumped 94.08 barrels of .
9 gravity oil plus 10 per cent AUSTIN, Dee 31 — Railroad blow to the security ‘and safety of
. ,Commissioner Ernest Thompson this nation Thompson wrote,
water, on 21-hour potential Pro- has written governors in every. "We have in recent weeks seen
duction was through casing perfor | state urging their support of a bill the nation’s gas distributing utili-
ations at 2,638-53 feet, 2.622-40 feet | to prevent the federal government ties reveal themselves as the prin-
and 2,605-10 foot. Total depth was from fixing wellhead prices of cipal opposition to the hill
set 2.684 | natural gas . ‘Own Testimony’
‘ * ’ Thompson asked the governors The utilities, by the testimony
mew.ole. is nine rules west “to exercise the full weight of your of their own spokesmen, are seek-
9 Sayder in Section 257, Block 97, position to encourage the early ing to-extend federal controls to
H&TC Survey. --------------.....-
Would Hurt States .
Mississippian to try for dual com
pletion.
It is Warren Petroleum Corp.
He added that federal controls
at the wellhead would end effective oil division. No. IT West Hamil-
conservation and that federal well- ton, six miles east of Woodson in
head gas jurisdiction would dis- the John Anderson Field. Location
lodge the states from their authori- is 467 feet from the north and
ty to levy and collect taxes. west lines of TE&L Survey 1651.
Sun Oil Co. No. IE Shannon,
outpost to production in the Arah
(Ellenburger) Field 11 miles north
west of Snyder, swabbed and flow
ed for 10 hours, making 62 barrels
of oil and no water. Operator them
re-acidized with 500 gallons of mud
acid and was testing through per
forations at 8,110 8/122 feet -
The project is in Section 330,
plod ", HATC *•. .
passage of legislation to establish the wells for the purpose of pro-
a sound and prudent federal policy testing their competitive advan-
on natural gas." i tage over other fuels—not for the
Battle Looms 1 residential market but for the in-
A battle looms in Congress over dustrial market '
the Harris Bill It has passed the Thompson said the bill would
House. Its Senate counterpart, the would establish a workable and
Fulbright Bill, has won committee sound federal policy and perpet-
approval and awaits floor action uate a policy which has worked "Free men cannot long enjoy a
"Failure of the present Congress and will continue to work for the
to enact the Fulbright Harns Bill national security."
would be a direct and crippling Thompson said federal controll
"Should the long •arm of the A-490.
federal government dislodge the
states in this field, heretofore re-
served to the states, there could
$8 Billion Repaid
be a complete collapse of the WASHINGTON, Dec 31 P -
state's taxing competency," he The Veterans Administration esti-
said, mated today that eight billion
free economy when the fuel on
which that economy runs is not
free of federal price controls.”
WASHINGTON, Dec J1
mated today that eight billion
dollars has been repaid out of
about 33 billion dollars worth of
GI home Idans granted in the last
11% years..
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