, 1935-08-05
ANOTHER NEW
TEST FLO " s
FOR HIDALCO
Five Others A r e On
Sand; Compilations
Expected Within
Short Time
Especial to The Herald)

G14bO CUuAALg QIAu1B Tic
srd five other tests are on the sand
OF In various stages Of completion.
Three Union Sulphur company
tests in the Mercedes deep pool Of
eastern Hidalgo county showed pro-
g-ess in weekend reports while
production In the Gulf States Oil
Company'S No. / John Engelman,
discovery well or Hidalgo county's
second deep pool, was choked in
for further guAging. No new loca-
tons have been announced in the
vicinity OF the discovery. which Is
eight miles northeast Of Edinburg.
In the Mercedes pool, Unions No.
l American-Rio Grande, a mile and
"a quarter northeast OF discovery, Is
drilling cement plug in casing string
let and cemented at 6,972 feet.
Drilling will be resumed immediate
ly.
Unions No. 4 American : Rio
Grande, a mile and a half south
west of discovery. Is drilling IN Shale
and lime at 6y9l2 feet and Is the
most rapidly drilled hole IN the area
to date.
Unions No. 5 American : Rio
Grande, about 600 feet northwest
of discovery, set and cemented sur
face casing Q2h Inch O. ID sun
day at l,224 feet.
The Gulf States No. ! Engieman,
was placed on k-inch choke Sun
dAy and production on that choke
was guaged at 30 barrels daily. with
working pressure of about 900 pounds.
The production Is still q pale yellow
6istillate. along with about eight
to ten million cubic feet Of gas.
Production Is from two sands be-
tween 6,670 and 6,740 feet.
At Samfordyce, w. T.. LacyiS No.
1 Seabury ct al, about 1850 feet
northwest OF discovery, Is making
its allowable through b-inch tubing
choke with 100 pounds tubing work
ing pressure and no guage on cas-
.4ng from sand at 2.76l-64 feet. The
Msrll Is the fields 10th flowing pro-
= Queer.
Five other tests are on the Sam
fordyce sand.
Harrison : Davis = Bishops No. 3
Francisco Guerra, about 500 feet
east of discovery, listed late last
week as the fields 18TH producer,
was apparently ready to be turned
into the tanks when II began max
iI.q large amounts OF gas and some
drilling water Sunday. The well Is
now cleaning on 3-32 inch tubing
choke with tubing working pressure
of ais pounds and cloSed-in casing
pressure OF 1850 pounds.
Removal of the above test from
49, -w@l,r~Axlr rsrr wn|nrnI the nIm-
Der of producers to Is, but addition
or the Lacy producer Sunday again
raised the total TO rs.
One OF the fields eastern outpost
wells, Cortez Oil Corporations NO.
CT G. 4. Smith, about $500 feet
east of discovery. Is making some
oil on k-inch tubing choke through
casing perforations at 2,750-52 feet
end 2.753-55 feet. The well failed
tn develop sufficient gas pressure
10 flow after ~perforating at the
latter depth and perforations Sat-
urday at 2,750-52 feet resulted in
675 pounds tubing working pressure
and 1850 pounds cloSed-in casing
pressure.
Two other tests cored the sand
during the weekend and another is
waiting on cement.
The fields western edge we'll. Gem
Oil Company's No. BE- Seabury ct
mi. about 400 feet northwest OF dis
covery. cored the upper gas sand at
2.775-83 feet. shale at 2,783-2, SOC
feet and saturatNn at 2.8O6-2, Sll
feet. Casing Ginch 0. d. was set
and cemented on bottom Monday
and will be gun-perforated for pro-
duction.
About 500 feet north Of discovery,
King Woods Oil company's No. 8
Francisco Guerra, is reported to have
set casing at 2,765 feet after coring
the Samfordyce ~Saturation Satur-
day az 2,763-69 feet. These figures
are subject to correction.
Waiting on cement. rs Harrison
Double DIS No. 3 Mrs. Lula George,
ABOUT $500 feet east OF discovery.
REhich has the sand at 2,746-57 feet
and casing set at 2,752 feet.
About 1000 feet east and slightly
north Of discovery, Ernest Powells
No. 1 Mrs. Lula George, started
making hole Sunday beneath surface
casing set and cemented at 205 feet.
Two extremely important semi
wildcats will get under way al Sam
fordyce during the present week.
Henshaw AZ Rothert's No. ! Sea-
bury ct al Is reported TO have been
located 248 feet from the north and
midway between east and west lines
of the northwest Is acres OF the
south 1888 acres OF tract ESQ, por-
cion SO. about $500 feet northwest
OF discovery and 1850 feet north
west OF nearest production. This
semi wildcat has the possibility Of
extending production about 1850
feet northwest and will be one OF the
most carefully watched tests yet
drilled in the area Henshaw Bros,
have the drilling contract, and are
now moving in machinery from the
recently ompleted Henshaw-R othert
No. ] c. Z. Smith in the eastern sec
non OF the Samfordyce area.
Mundy1Stephens' No. l Francisco
Guerra, about $500 feet northeast
Of discovery and $500 feet north OF
production has completed derrick
and is now rigging up. The test Is
contracted TO 1000 feet or produc-
ton and will seek to prove or dis
prove the dome theory OF the SAM
fordyce structure. 1t is located on a
sem-circle believed by some opera
tors to be indicative OF a dome.
Two other wildcats In the Lower
Rio Grande Valley are were below
5000 feet Sunday.
About five miles south OF Mis-
sion, Hidalgo County, Maddox
Turnbull- Irwin's No. I John II.
Ehary. Is drilling In extremely hard
rock and shale around $40 feet.
In Willacy county. King-Woods Oil
company's No. ! Santa Rosa, Is max
inr hole in hard Shale at SPAS feet.
"A new southwestern outpost test
ccred the Rio Grande City sand in
the Rio Grande City pool during