, 1935-10-17

Grande Valley oil operators looked
forward Wednesday to one OF their
busiest weekends OF recent months
with three wildcats in widely separ-
ated sections Of the area preparing
to make production tests and three
new tests at Samfordyce coring
the sand and setting casing. A new
well In the Rio Grande City pool
Of southern Starr is also waiting
on cement after coring the sand.
Cement was being drilled out
Thursday In casing set and &C.
mented at 1880 feet IN the r. *.
Irwin ct al formerly A. Nix No.
I Starr County Cattle Co. Drillers
reported gas sand at 2.300-O8 feet.
shale at 2.308-12 feet and oil sand
at 2.3l2-20 feet. and 8 ID inch o.
ID. casing was cemented on bottom.
Casing will be gun-perforated Fri
day morning, according to present
plans. Schlumberger log shows "a
26-foot sand section IN the hole at
2.320-46 feet. Location is one and a
half miles south Of production in
the Barbacoas pool and Is miles
northwest Of Samfordyce.
Cement will be drilled out Friday
In the $. j. Sloan ct al No. / Brock
a. Showers. 10 miles northwest Of
Mission. Casing g 3-16 inch o. d.
has been set and cemented at ATS
feet and win be gun-perforated for
production test In a solid sand sec
ton showing on Schlumberger test
q gas sand az 4.630-46 feet and oil
sand at 4.646-69 feet. ~"cording to
reliable information
In rank wildcat territory. King
Woods Oh company's No. / Santa
Rosa. expects to start running
casing late this week. Officials OF
the company announced arrange
mentS have been completed to set
and cement 5 3-8 inch O. d. casing
at $500 feet and production test
win be made Of the lower $40 feet
OF the hole where three sands show
ed on Schlumberger test between
6.242 and 6.448 feet. They were
separated by shale streaks and
sandy shale Of varying depth.
6amfordyce again loomed large
IN the Valley oil spotlight as a
number OF oil men watched the
Porter a. Pickens' No. B-l Garcia
Land a. Cattle Co, on $500 feet
north OF production. This test is
highly important, not only because
OF the possibility OF the northern
extension OF production at Sam
fordyce but also because OF indica-
tons that the producing area may
be curving slightly northward
instead or continuing It's thus far
steady northwest trend. Sand was
cored In this test Wednesday at q
feet and the hole IS bottom
ed at 2.801 after coring shale at
2 .793-2.80i feet. Drill stem test viii
be made Immediately.
On the southwest edge on the
S~amfordyce area, Ralph +. Fair.
Inc. King Woods) No. l Seabury
Ell al. 2.400 feet west Of discovery, Is
waiting on cement after coring the
sand at a7665-69 feet and cement
ing pipe at arcs feet.
In the eastern section OF the
field. Harrison Davis Bishops No.
5 Francisco Guerra, $500 feet east
Of discovery. Is ready to set and
casing at 2,754 feet after
the upper gas sand at 2,7l2-
40 feet. oil sand at 2.740-605 feet.
Production will be sought from the
lower six feet Of the section
on the north edge OF production,
Mundy-Stephens' No. 2 Francisco
Guerra. 2,l00 feet north Of produc-
ton and $500 feet northeast az
discovery, Is still washing with oil
In production attempts from sand
nc 2.9S7-51 feet.
Three other tests In the field are
drilling.
About 1900 feet northwest Of
discovery. W.. II. Lacy's No. / Sea-
bury et al. viii start making hole
night or Friday below
casing u0-inch o. D. set
and cemented at 205 feet.
Skelly Oil company's No. 2 Sea-
bury ct al, $500 feet northwest Of
discovery. is waiting on cement
setting 10 "a inch O. ID.
surface casing az at feet.
About 1000 feet northwest Of
discovery. Phillips Barnsdall's NO.
! Yturria Land a. Livestock Co, Is
making hole below 800 feet.
About two miles northeast OF
discovery and $500 n. northeast OF
1roouctict. Unions No. 8 American
Rio Grande. is drilling In red shale
II AIS feet.
In the Rio Grande City pool OF
southern Starr, one test Il waiting