A new oil and gas field has been opened in Smith County, Texas, by the Phillips Petroleum Company in the completion of its McMinn No. 1. On July 4, 1944, the test was completed as an oil well from casing perforations at 9,918-9,929 feet. The official Texas Railroad Commission test was 281.08 barrels of oil in 24 hours through 10/64-inch choke. The gas-oil ratio was 6040:1, the gravity 45.8° Bé., and the tubing pressure 4,646 pounds.
History of exploration.—An anticline, trending north and south, appeared to exist south of Tyler in the subsurface, determined by test wells in...
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