, 1935-09-11
TWo New Tests On
Sand in Hidalgo s
S~amfordyce Field

Land a. Livestock Co, 600 feet be-
yond production and $500 feet
northwest Of discovery, will drill
plugs Thursday in the areas north
west outpost. Sand cored at 2.796-
2,8.6 feet made 1850 feet OF oil
without pressure on l4-minute drill
stem test and casing Is set and
cemented on bottom. Production
will be sought through gun-per-
forations at 2.797-2,6 0 feet.
HenShaw 81 Rotert's No. 2 Seabury
ct al, Hidalgo Co, $500 feet north
west OF discovery, Is waiting on
cement preparatory to drilling in
and seeking completion In sand
cored at 2.804-09 feet.
Skely Oil Company will start
making hole beneath 2Ol feet OF
i0-inch surface casing in its NO. 5
Seabury ct al, as soon as blowout
preventer arrives and Is installed.
Location Is $500 feet northwest Of
discovery. just east Of the Henshaw-
Rothert test.
About 900 feet north OF discovery.
Ralph z. Fair, Inc, king oods)
No. z Francisco Guerra, Is rugged up
and awaiting orders.
Rogers Oil a Gas Company's No.
B-2 Seabury ct al. Is due to spud
IN Wednesday night or Thursday
morning.
Two new tests In the eastern e
ton OF the field are coring the
sand and another Is ready TO start
coring for the pay.
The fields eastern outpost, K. d.
Harrison Double d Oil Companys
No. 4 Mrs. Lula George, 300 feet
east Of production and 1900 feet
east Of discovery. has the following
revised sand record: upper gas
sand. 2.698-2.725 feet; Shale al
2,725-4s feet. lower sand at 2,749-5i
feet. Drill stem test OF the lower
five feet OF sand Tuesday showed
nothing but gas. 4O1 pounds pressure
In four minutes, and the test viii
be cored deeper.
About $500 feet east OF discovery,
Harrison Davis Bishops No. 4 Fran
cisco Guerra. cored the top OF the
upper gas sand at 2,735-4l feet late
Tuesday and continued coring.
CorteZ Oil Corporations No. !
Francisco Guerra. about $500 feet
east OF discovery. Is drilling in stickv
Shale around 2.700 feet and will
start coring shortly.
The fields no-thernmost test
Mundy-Stephen's No. I Francisco
Guerra. ran Schlumebrger test Sun
day. which showed total depth ID
be 3027 feet. After roaming down
Monday, three feet OF blue shale
was cored Tuesday to put the bot
tom Of the hole at 5000 feet. The
test is now shut down while await
ing results OF the Schulemberger,
1t is n OF the most important tests
yet drilled in the northeast section
OF the Samfordyce area, being 2,l0C
feet north Of production.
Activity In Starr county Jagged
early this week.
After experiencing considerable
difficulty with surface gravel and
high water from the flooding Rio
Grande, Evans a. James abandoned
their No. ] II. +. Ferry, west Of Rio
Grande City. and skidded to new
location for their No. 2 Ferry. l20U
feet south of State Highway 4 ana
200 feet west Of the east lines OF
Porcion 76. The test Is now rigging
up.
In the Rio Grande City pool. two
new tests are moving in and a third
Is waiting on cement before drilling
plug and attempting completion.
Hiram NJ. Reed is moving IN for
the NO. z Doyno a. Chatfield, block
8, tract 81, porcion g., Jurisdiction
OF Camargo, and Sioux-Heard's No
3 Goodrich Is moving In at the
south edge Of the pool In block ),
tract S, porcion 81.
Plug Is to be drilled and compile
ton sought Thursday on the w. w
/ Zimmerman No. 2 Frank Doyno
about 1000 feet north OF discovery
which has sand at 1883 feet.