Operations near Kerens, northeast of the Powell field, on the East Bazette structure, were begun in the spring of 1924 by the Boyd Oil Company now Humphreys Corporation, and three deep wells, whose locations were based on surface geology, were drilled in the Morris Webb Survey (see Plate 26.) The first well, Conner No. 1, was completed as a gasser; the next, McCown No. 1, was dry, although a good oil sand had been cored; and the third well, McCown No. 2, was dry. Because of lack of surface outcrops, diamond drilling was then undertaken for determining the extension of...
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