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Volume: 30 (1946)

Issue: 6. (June)

First Page: 930

Last Page: 957

Title: Developments in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico in 1945

Author(s): E. Hazen Woods (2), C. L. Chase (3), J. E. Bucher (4)

Abstract:

West Texas:
In all, 1,744 wells were completed in 1945, more than in any year since 1941 and 72 more than in 1944. Of the 278 exploratory wells, 47 were completed as producers of oil or gas. Ten new Permian pools and 20 new pre-Permian pools were discovered.

Andrews County was the most active county, with 364 wells drilled, including 219 in the Fullerton field; and most prolific with Devonian production found in the Bedford, Dollar Hide, Fullerton, and Three Bar pools; Simpson production in the Martin 8,700 pool; and Ellenburger in the Bedford and Fullerton pools. The TXL pool in Ector County was the most active newly discovered pre-Permian pool, with 40 producers and 2 dry holes completed in the Devonian (8,000 feet), and 11 producers completed in the Ellenburger (9,800 feet), together with 29 wells drilling at end of 1945. In Crane County, 12 wells were drilling around the new dually completed Devonian and Ellenburger discovery well in the Block 31 pool. Silurian and Devonian oil was found in Winkler County and Ellenburger oil in Crocke t County. Forty-six producers and 1 dry hole were completed in the Keystone Ellenburger (10,000 feet) Winkler County pool in 1945.

Pipe-line runs were 175,540,000 barrels in 1945, an increase of 14,760,000 barrels over 1944, the highest previous year. Production from 40 pre-Permian pools increased from 4.92 per cent of the total in January to 11.39 per cent in December.

New Mexico:
In all, 393 wells were completed in 1945, including 67 exploratory wells of which 19 were producers, resulting in discovery of 9 new Permian fields, of which Paddock was most outstanding; and 1 pre-Permian, Brunson (Ellenburger 8,000 feet). Pipe-line runs for 1945 were 36,870,000 barrels, a decrease of 2,160,000 barrels from 1944.

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