Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 12, 1983 Page: 7 of 28
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IKE POLE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY JUNE 12, 1983-PAGE 7A
Number of gas, oil discoveries increases
AlISTIN-Railroad Com-
misiion Chairman Mack
Wallace has announced that
Texas operators reported 126
gas and 72 oil discoveries in
May 1963.
One year ago, 97 gas and 56
oil discoveries were filed
with the state’s energy
regulatory agency.
Gas discoveries in May in-
cluded 38 deep South Texas,
32 in Southeast Texas, 20 in
West Central Texas, 14 in the
Refugion area I1 *h® San
Antonio area, three each in
the San Angelo area and
East Texas, two In East Cen-
tral Texas, and one each in
the Panhandle, North Texas,
and the Midland area.
Oil discoveries include 17
in West Central Texas, 12 in
the Midland area, 10 in
Southeast Texas, eight in
North Texas, secen in d^p
South Texas, five in the San
Angelo area, four each in the
San Antonio area and East
Texas, two each in the Lub-
bock and Refugion areas,
and one in the Panhandle.
In May, operators
reported 413 exploratory and
field tests wound up as dry
holes.
New applications for per-
mits to drill oil and gas tests
totaled 2,599 in May, as com-
pared to 2,266 during the
same month as a year ago.
Applications to drill,
deepen, plug back and for
service wells in May
amounted to 3,046 against
2,616 a year earlier.
Operators filed 809 amend-
ed applications to drill. A
year earlier they submitted
767 amended requests.
Tenth anniversary
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{ Tomorrow will mark the 10th anniversary of what persons
downstream of Lake Livingston Dam will remember was the
time the discharge of the dam reached its highest point ever-
75,000 cubic feet per second. This picture was taken from the
darn, looking south. The buildings at the left side of the
photograph are where Southland Park is now. The June 13th
Fain ends training
flood came after approximately M inches of rate fell at the
dam. Areas in San Jacinto County reportedly received bet-
ween 13 and 17 Inches of rain. Trinity River Authority officials
confirm the release has never since reached the 75,000 cfs
mark and expressed hopes H would never reach hit that max-
imum again.
NOW OPEN!
Livingston Tractor, Inc.
327-2414
9 miUM South of Looo on Hwv 69
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Good bargain
The tag on Minnie Pearl’s
hat shows a price of $1.98.
KELLY AFB.—Pvt.
James L. Fain, son of Harold
W Fain, Jr. of Rural Route
3, Cleveland, and Carolyn J
Davis of Rural Route 8, Liv-
ingston, Texas, has com-
pleted basic training at Fort
Ieonard Wood, Mo.
During the training,
students received instruc-
tion in drill and ceremonies,
weapons, map reading, tac-
tics. military courtesy.
military justice, first aid,
and Army history and tradi-
tions.
He is a 1981 graduate of
Livingston High School.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 12, 1983, newspaper, June 12, 1983; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790957/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.