, 1935-03-10
Especial to The Heraldl

MISSION. March. Q. - Wildcats
In both Hidalgo and Starr counties
held virtually all attention in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley oil area
during the past week while the
Samfordyce area of southwestern
Hidalgo county was completing an
oil we'll and q gasser and getting
several new tests under way.
During the weekend. all atten-
ton viii again be conferred on a
wildcat about Is miles northwest
Of Mission the Double d OIL COM
pany's No. ! Brock e. Showers. in
lot 4. block IL. porcion 30. Ancient
Jurisdiction Of Reynosa. Casing will
be set and cemented on two Starr
county wildcats In an effort To eX-
tend the Barbacoas pool Of South
central Starr In two directions.
The Double d wildcat which was
started as the w. l.. Clary No. !
Brock a. Showers, created a senSa-
ton on February is when 1t was
announced that a heavily-saturated
core had been recovered at 3.053-5S
feet. Since that time. chain tongs
we're lost In the hole and the pres
ent operator took over the test. The
test was plugged back TO about
2,9O0 feet and sidetracked at 1908
feet. It picked up a sand at 2.824-
SO feet Thursday which showed
nothing but a small amount OF salt
water In the bottom. The test Is
drilling at 2,974 feet in shale and
expected to core the saturation
originally reported sometime dur
ing the weekend.
In Starr county, new production
is sought in two wildcats.
Armstrong. Emanuel 81 Adams
No. / Starr County Cattle company.
in block 81, Jeffries- Lambeth sub
division. porcion 80. Ancient Jur-
iSdiction Of Camargo. about one
and a half miles south Of the Bar
bacoas poo. set and cemented a
short string Of 4 Ia inch I. d.
casing at ALL feet. the bottom Of
the hole. Sand was cored at 2.706-l1
feet. Regular 7-inch o. d. casing
had originally been set in the hole
at 2,570 feet when the pools 2,500-
foot sand was cored and tested,
thus accounting for the small
string is the bottom.
About two miles east OF the pool.
r. H. Vice expects TO set and ce-
ment casing this weekend at about
1882 feet on his E. B. Carruth, in
share LIB, porcion 81, Ancient Jur-
iSdiction OF Camargo. The test.
drilled TO q contract depth Of 4,109
feet. was plugged back and side
tracked at 2,766 feet, and Schlum-
berger test showed a sand section
at 2.883-2,9l7 feet. The test has
cored a sand az 2.S82-2,903 feet
which showed favorably, although
drill stem test failed to give salts
factory indications.
On the north edge OF the pool,
MeTren. Bond a. Johnson's No. 1
Starr County Cattle company in
the south 20 acres Of block "a, JEFF
fries-Lambeth subdivision, porcion
SO, Ancient Jurisdiction Of Camar-
go. is being drilled deeper and is
now making hole below 3.l00 feet.
The test had sand at 2.735-54 feet.
with a slight shale break at around
2.74l fet. Drill stem test showed
small amounts Of mud and oil and
IL was believed that the showing
was insufficient for production. The
test will be watched closely for
possible discovery Of a deeper pro-
ducing horizon in that particular
section Of the county.
In the Samfordyce field. a new
oil well and a new gasser were
completed during the past week.
several tests are drilling. three tests
are. waiting on cement after cor
ing the saturation and several new
wells are under way.
The competitions were:
Reserve Development Company's
No. 2 Seabury ct al, in the south
west corner Of the north % acres
OF the west 38 acres Of the south
east $3.50 acres Of tract 256, por-
cion 80. about 2.500 feet west and
slightly north OF discovery, gagged
10 barrels in "a hours on l-8 inch
tubing choke under tubing ..orking
pressure Of $50 pounds and closed
in casing pressure Of 225 pounds
from s~aturation at 2.765-72 feet.
Navarro Oh Company's No. 3
Seabury ct al. in the northwest
corner OF the north Is acres Of the
southeast 81 acres OF tract 256. por-
cion 80, about AGO feet northwest
Of discovery. vas completed as a
wet gasser with pressure Of more
than 1000 pounds or tubing and
casing from sand at 2,768-72 feet.
Production Is from the second side
tracked hole which was whipstock-
ed out Of the original hole after
the latter showed salt water in
cores Of the sand.
Now waiting on cement TO set are
the following three tests:
Hill e. Hills No. | G. 4. Smith in
the west end Of the south 10 acres
OF the northwest 26.29 acres o.
share 3-B. porcion Al, about $500
feet southeast Of discovery. which