, 1935-06-09
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Especial to Ths HerAldl
MISSION, June a. Validating
IL three Lower Rio Grande Valley
counties was considerably delayed
curing the past week as the result
OF heavy rains In Starr, HidalBo
and Wilacy counties but several
tests in the area were making hole
and others were getting under way.
One wildcat abandonment each
was reported In Starr and Hidalgo.
The Samfordyce field Of south
western Hidalgo staged another
revival during the week with three
competitions reported, two other
tests on the sand, another coring
below the Samfordyce horizon after
finding the saturation and others
drilling.
Drilling got under way Friday On
Buff Petroleum Company's No i
Porcion Land Co, about three
miles southwest Of Mission, which
set and cemented 3l5 feet Of surface
casing Wednesday. The test Is { n
tracted to 5000 feet In virgin ter
ritory.
About five miles northeast Of the
Samfordyce field, d. M. G. OIL COM
pany's No. ] Osca Daskam, Is stand
ms Lottomed at ala feet afOer
showing salt water and traces OF
81 early last week. The I I nad an
OIL sand at 4.090-4.l14 feet, but on
completion made a considerable
quantity Of black, high gravity OIL
and then began flowing clear salt
water with 1 show Of oil. : Is ex-
nected that q short inner string VIII
be set in an effort TO shut OIL the
water flow.
A highly important semi-wtldcat
began coring Friday at the north
east extremity of production In the
Samfordyce field in an effort 70
open I'D a new sand at arou q
1850 feet. The test is * D.. Har-
rison-Double ID Oil Company's NO.
4 Mrs. Lula George, about $500 feet
east of discovery. 1t oored the
thickest sand section YET found IN
tho Samfordyce area WeoneSo Z.
revised figures showing the UPPER
! Samfordyce gas sand at 2. ll-5o
| feet and saturated oil sand az 2.TSo-
81 feet. with nc water showing 10
the cores. The test will make an
excellent well in the Samfordyce
horizon but started coring Fl y
Al 1858 feet toward the 3!O00-foot
sand. The old Chancellor-Hall Wild
cat drilled IN 1888 and 1884 TO q
total depth OF 3.8l5 feet. mad a good
oil! showing IL sand at S.074-87 feet
or location several hundred feet
east OF the Harrison Double d test,
In the new Mercedes deep pool
or eastern Hidalgo county. two
Union sulphur Compdny rigs con-
tinued working.
Unions No. / American-Ric
Grande. was still cleaning out
around 900 feet. 1t was orig lly
drilled 10 6.43l feet and will
deepened for a test o. the Saturatior
al 7.477 SO feet from which the
Onion No. 3 American. the pool:
discovery, Is now producing. The
RIO. / is about one and a quart
miles northeast of the discovery.
Unions No. 2 American, about
200 feet southeast Of discovery. L
whipstocking at 4.095 feet prepare
tory TO deepening and seeking pro-
auction from the deep sand.
The only abandonment in Hidalgc
county during the week was Z. L
smith Oil Company's No. / Astru-
berto Flores. which ceased opera
tons when found dry az 4,518 feet
Il was the third and last Of q
three-well drilling obligation un-
dertaken BY the Smith firm, Two o
whose tests on the northeast anc
north edges OF the Samfordyce fie
went 10 5000 feet. The No. l Fore:
was 9.400 feet northwest Of dis
covery.
In Starr county. two new test:
got under way and others were
drilling in widely separated section:
OF the county. One abandonment
was reported during the week
About 1000 feet southwest OF the
Rio Grande City pool discovery
Hiram M. Reeds No. 2 'yno q
Chatlield, is drilling Glow l,.N
feet. The test is on the west edge
of production.
About five miles west Of the field
Hughston Oil Company's No. Al
Gregg Woods, about 1900 feet north