, 1935-07-29
Compilations
Expected Soon In
S~anfordyce Field

gun-perforabed Tor proouction.
About 6,I00 feet east OF discovery.
Eenshaw & Rothert's No. l G. E
Smith, Is also waiting on cement
after coring the gas sand at 2,735-
80 feet, shale at 2,T39-4O feet and
s~aturation at 2,740-43 feet. OIL sand
m the test made an unusually good
slowing.
Five other tests are getting under
way or are drilling at Samfordyce.
The fields new western edge well,
Gem OIL company,s No. b. Sea-
bury ct al, about 400 feet north
east Of discovery. Is drilling just
beneath surface casing, 202 feet OF
lc-inch o. d. set Saturday.
About 500 feet north Of discovery,
King Woods Oil Company's No. 0
Francisco Guerra, spudded In Sum
CAV night, the second OF six new
tests on King Woods proven leases
in the field.
In the eastern section OF the field.
Harrison : Davis = Bishops No. 3
Francisco Guerra, about 500 feet
cast of discovery, will be completed
as soon as new derrick Is completed
over the hole. The test blew out and
ran wild last week while being wash
ed into production, blowing two
joints Of liner, 500 feet Of drin stem
and the kelly out OF the hole, wreck
iEg the 96-foot steel derrick and
raging uncontrolled for As hours
before being capped by H. l. Pat
ton and hts wild well lighting crew
from Houston. The test has set and
cemented casing at 2.748 feet after
coring saturation at 2.745-53 feet.
Also about $500 feet east of dis
cCvery at the fields eastern extrem-
ity, HarriSon-D Double DIS No. 8 Mrs.
Lula George, Is drilling below 1900
feet.
Nearly 400 feet north Of the Har-
rison-DD. Ernest Powell's No. / Mrs.
Lula George, spudded In Sunday.
In wildcat areas Of Hidalgo coun-
ty. two new tests were getting start
I'd Sunday and several others were
drilling.
About five miles south OF Mission.
Maddox -TurnbuIl = Twins Nc. I
John II. Shary, Is making hole slow
II in hard shale below 4,840 feet.
Three miles southwest Of Mission.
Bluff Petroleum Company's No. l
Pcrcion Land Co. Is due to resume
Tuesday at $3.50 feet.
A new semi-wildcat at the north
east extremity OF the Samfordyce
field and about $500 feet northeast
Of the discovery well is expected to
spud in late this week. Derrick Is
going up for Mundy-Stevens No. ]
Francisco Guerra. The hole viii be
carried to 1000 feet unless produc-
ton is obtained at lesser depth and
win attract wide attention because
If the location.
In the Mercedes deep pool OF
eastern Hidalgo, Union Sulphur
company is drilling ahead on two
tests and spudded In another sun
day.
Unions No. I American = Rio
Crande. a mile and a half south
west Of discovery. Is making hole
below STAB feet.
Unions No. 5 American : Rio
Grande. 800 feet northwest Of dis
covery. was spudded In Sunday.
About IS miles northwest Of the
Unions deep pool. Deering az Kay
ser's Csame as q. q s. Exploration
company recemented surface string
Saturday to shut off flow Of fresh
water outside the 1o-inch surface
ripe. Drill stem was also cemented
inside the 10-inch Saturday and the
test will start bailing through the
drill stem Tuesday. Drill stem and
testing tool remain stuck In the
hole around 6.700 feet, q hook wall
packer failing to operate properly
and causing the string TO stick while
coming out after drill stem test.
The hole originally was drilled 10
7.50S feet. then plugged back TO
6.87s feet. A 500-foot string OF Z
inch casing was set atop the cement
rug at 6.S73 feet. An 80-foot Sec
ton OF the finch was perforated
somewhere between $3.50 feet and
c.773 feet for drill stem test. Drill
stem with testing tool was run into
the short string in the bottom OF
TIE, hole and set for the test with
tho hook wall packer. After the
sest was made, which showed Moth
ing at the top OF the ground. the
packer failed TO operate properly
and drill stem and tool has been
stuck in the hole for a week. The
hole began making fresh water and
gas three days after the string be-
came stuck. When the water flow
was mudded off. the string. which
was loosened by the water flow and
gas pressure. was again found stuck.
The wildcat Is considered one OF
the most unusual In this section Of
the state.