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Volume: 45 (1961)

Issue: 6. (June)

First Page: 847

Last Page: 852

Title: Developments in West-Central Texas in 1960

Author(s): W. A. Womack, Jr. (2)

Abstract:

Total drilling activity decreased 8.3% in 1960. In 1959 a total of 2,561 wells were drilled as compared with 2,140 wells in 1960. Exploratory wells totaled 577, a decrease of 14.4% from the 674 of the previous year. Development drilling during 1960 decreased 9.2% with 1,563 wells as compared with 1,683 wells in 1959.

Total oil production decreased 4.4% from 48,197,523 barrels produced in 1959 to 46,122,658 barrels in 1960. This decrease is due to a decline in exploratory and development drilling and to a decrease in allowable days from 10.25 days in 1959 to 8.66 days in 1960.

Geophysical activity decreased 37.8% with a total of 209 crew-weeks in 1960 as compared with 336 crew-weeks for 1959. Subsurface geological methods were credited with the majority of new discoveries.

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