, 1935-08-12

all interest i'm the Lower Rio Gran
de Valley oil area this weekend,
while the Samfordyce field of south
western Hidalgo county reported an
other producer and several tests
under way.
One deep wildcat Is coring below
$500 feet, another is swabbing be-
low 400 feet and a third was
abandoned below 5000 feet, each
being in a different section Of Hi
dalgo county.
Swabbing 10 Begin
One Of the most interesting wild
cats ever drilled in the Hidalgo area
Is Downey & Morton's Csame as ID.
M. G. Oil Co.. No. / Osca Daskam,
in block "a, porcion 40. jurisdiction
Of ReynoSa, II miles west Of Mis-
sion and five miles northeast OF the
Samfordyce field. Plug raj drill
ed in a weephole job Saturday. and
swabbing was To get under way
through tubing Monday. The test
is seeking production from nine
feet OF sand at 4,l05-14 feet, a 1877
foot inner string, the lower nine
feet perforated In the sand section
given, having been set and cement
ed in the bottom Of tn hole to
shut off salt water flow from q
sand just above the oil sand shown
on Schlumberger test. "A small
tubing bit with which plug was
drilled in the 3-inch liner in the
bottom of the hole was removed
Sunday and tubing rerun Sunday
night.
The single abandonment Of the
past week in the Valley area was
Maddox Turnbull : Twins No. !
John II. Shary. in tract q, Shary
subdivision. porcion So. jurisdiction
OF Reynosa, five miles south Of
Mission. One or two minor shows
were encountered in the hole.
Nearing its 6,000-foot contract
depth, drillers cored hard. dry
sand at 5,947-58 feet and hard, red
sandy shale at 5,958-6,009 feet,
where the hole Is bottomed and
abandoned after running Schlum-
berger test.
Eight miles northeast OF Edin-
burg, Gulf States Oil Company's
No. / John G. Engelman, hailed
ten days ago as discovery well of
a new deep pool but which start
ed making nothing but gas when
choke was reduced from quarter
inch to L-inch, Is again making
distillate. A flow Of 10 TO Is bar
rels daily of pale yellow distillate
started again Saturday from two
sands between 6.670 and 6.740 feet
through is-inch choke under 1900
pounds pressure. No new loca-
tons nave yet been made in the
vicinity OF the wildcat, which Is Is
miles northwest Of the Union Sui
phur company's Mercedes deep pool
and which is bottomed with cement
plug at 6.770 feet.
Mercedes Area Busy
Three Union Sulphur company
rgs are steadily making hole in the
Mercedes deep pool.
Unions No. / American-Rio
Grande, about one and a quarter
miles northeast OF discovery, Is
coring at 1903 feet in red shale. the
same formation having been cored
from 7,440 feet. The well is log
ging ITO fer low on the structure
In accordance with findings In
subsurface exploration.
Unions NO. a American : Rio
Grande, a mile and a half south
west OF discovery. is drilling around
6,4O0 feet in hard shale.
Unions No. 5 American-Rio
Crande, 600 feet northwest Of dis
covery, is drilling in shale at 1886
feet.
In the S~amfordyce area, another
busy week Is promised.
The 78th producer in the field II
Gen Oil company'S No. B-2 Seabury
ct al, about 400 feet northwest OF
discovery. The well shows plenty OF
oil but insufficient gas pressure TO
make IL flow naturally. Cpl flow
valves have been installed and allow
able Is being made with gas pres
sure from fuel lines. Production Is
through casing perforation at $500
III feet and b-inch tubing choke.
Lack of gas pressure Is explained by
the fact that the well Is seven feet
low on the Samfordyce structure. ap-
parently indicating a curving of the
structure to the north. Proponents
of the dome theory in the field be-
lieve this is another indication OF
such a structure.
At the eastern extremity Of pro-
duction. CorteZ Oil Corporations Nc.
CT c. +. Smith. $500 feet east OF
discovery. is spraying four to five
barrels OF oil daily through A-inch
tubing choke with tubing working
pressure of $50 pounds and closed-in
easing pressure OF lips pounds.
About 6.100 feet east Of discovery.
Harrison Davis Bishops NO. 3 Fran
cisco Guerra. pulled liner Sunday
night preparatory to taking In ev-
eral more feet OF sand. setting a short
inner string as n weephole job and
accomplishing deeper III the satura-
ton. The hole has sand at 2.745-53
feet with casing set at 2.74S feet. The
well ran wild while preparing to wash
I'm and after being brought under
control and washed in made moth
ing but gas and drilling mud
The fields northeast outpost. En-
nest Powell's NO. ! Mrs. Lula George.
In 1000 feet northeast Of discovery
Az drilling below 1880 feet after cor
ing shale and sandy shale nc the
1.B00-foot gas sand level.
Four Other Tests
Four ether tests are getting I'M
der way in the area. two Of them In
semi-wildcat territory.
neutrality-suspicious. No. I Francisco
Guerra. about $500 feet northeast
of discovery, began drilling plug IN