, 1935-05-08

pCNecu "Wednesday 70 peI1OrdLe cas-
ing in two or three tests in the
Valley area before attempting COM
pletion.
On the west edge Of the sam
fordyce field, G. <. Smith Frank
DayvaultS No. / Seabury ct al,
about $3.50 feet northwest of dis
covery, expected to gun-perforate
casing Wednesday at 2,8l3-l5 feet
IN seeking production from the upper
Samfordyce gas sand.
In the southeast section of the
field, n test Is cleaning and an
other Is waiting on cement.
About $500 feet east OF discovery.
Rogers Oil & Gas Company's No. 4
Francisco Guerra, is slowly cleaning
through 1872 inch tubing choke un-
der tubing working pressure Of 225
pounds and cloSed-in casing e
sure OF lao pounds. The test, on an
inside location. Is expected TO be-
come the fields Sind flowing pro-
Queer.
On the extreme south edge Of
production, II. j.. Porter ct ais No.
! G. z. Smith, about $500 feet south
east OF discovery, set and cemented
casing on bottom at 2,766 feet after
coring saturated sand at 2.752-63
feet, Shale at 2.763-64 feet and a
lower sand at 2,764-66 feet.
Three new tests will get under
way shortly, two being northwest
and southwest outpoSts for the field
and the third being located on the
extreme eastern edge OF production.
Sicily OIL Company,S No. Al
Seabury ct al. in the southeast cor
ner of the east u acres OF the west
a. acres OF the north l20 acres OF
the south 263.80 acres Of tract ESQ,
porcion 38, about $500 feet north
west Of discovery, has Skidded der
ricl and Is rigging up for immediate
spudding.
The fields new southwestern out
post, T.. A. Davis Ell ais No. / Tomas
Flores, IN the northwest corner OF
tract 312, porcion 80. about $500 feet
west Of discovery. will spud in short
~. Derrick has been Skidded by
Mundy a. Son from the Shafer-
Mundy No. / TabaSco In Tract go
TO the new location and the snew
test IS now rigging up. II offers a
possible extension of about 800 feet
west and south Of present produc-
ton.
AT the extreme eastern edge OF
the field, Cortez Oil Corporations
No. CT G. Z. Smith. in the north
west corner of the northeast 40 acres
OF Tract 3-B. porcion Al, about $500
feet east of discovery. is moving in.
In the western section Of the
field, w. f. Lacy's No. / EuSebio
Flores. is making hole at 100 feet.
Nearly 300 feet north of the
Samfordyce discovery. another semi
wildcat was temporarily abandoned
Tuesday. IL is K. T. Smith Oil Com
pany'S No. ! Alexandra Flores de
Flores, which had eight feet of hard.
ory. red sand at 2.830-36 feet. and
which Is bottomed al 1904 feet, the
contract depth.
Considerable activity is reported
in Starr county generally with ev-
eral new tests getting under way,
mostly in wildcat areas, and an
other effort at completion sched-
uled for a possible extension Of the
Barbacoas pool.
Gun-perforators were expected
wednesday TO perforate casing in
Armstrong, Emanuel a. Adams No.
l Starr County Cattle company.
about one and a half miles south
of the Barbacoas pool in southern
Starr. The test has sand at 2.704-
Is feet and perforations will be
made through cement, liner and
casing.
About is miles north Of Rio
Grande City, Sun oil Company
Humble Oil g. Refining Company's
No. / Mantor a. Briggs. set and
cemented surface casing Tuesday at
2O3 feet. The test will 60 TO 1000
or 5000 feet. location being strictly
in wildcat territory.
In the Rio Grande City pool,
Sioux Oil Corporations No. 8 Good
rich, seeks an extension OF about
800 feet to the south. The test is
making hole below l,170 feet and
location is about $500 feet south
west Of the Sioux No. / Goodrich,
discovery well OF the pool.
About two miles north Of the
rool, John II. Clopton's No. / Dioni-
cia Tijerina, has moved in another
Zig and is rigging up to resume
drilling at 1,750 feet after being
shut down for about three weeks.
Another deep wildcat in southern
Starr is moving in and a second
II nearing completion Of its 1000
foot contract.
John II. Clopton's No. / Kelsey
Pass is completing derrick and has
on the ground for spud-
ding within the next few days.
Water line Is being completed.
In western Starr. Sun-Ray Oil
Company'S No. / Munoz is drilling
below 3.840 feet on a 4.0O0-foot
contract.
The Lower Rio Grande Valleys
first important pipeline Is expected
to get under way within the next
few weeks as the result Of a per-
NIT granted Tuesday by the Texas
Railroad commission TO Cortez Oil
Corporation Of Mission and Fort
Worth. The permit was issued for
a 6-inch line from the new Mer-
cedes field in eastern Hidalgo coun-
~ to the ports at Port Isabel and
Brownsville. 1t is anticipated that
the line will cost about $780, 900 and
viii handle about 1000 barrels OF
crude daily. Bert +. Weekley,
precedent Of the Cortez, was out Of
the Valley Tuesday and could not
be reached for further details.
A group Of East Texas financiers
applied Tuesday TO the Hidalgo
county commissioners court for a
permit TO construct a nineline