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 Wier No. 1 Oil Well
N 31° 16.964 W 102° 02.692
13R E 781336 N 3464705
A historic marker about an important oil discovery made in Upton County.
Waymark Code: WMK9MM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2014
Views: 4
This marker is located on TX SH 349 8 miles northwest of Rankin. Fortunately, signs give you a 1 mile warning that this marker is ahead.
Marker Number: 16
Marker Text:
Except for the original Yates Ranch gusher of 1926, most dramatic oil discovery in Upton County. Brought in December 6, 1961. West of this site 3.5 miles.
First quadruple completion of petroleum engineers the most important development of the year 1961-- and the most prolific discovery in many years. Drilled to depth of 12,432 feet. Plugged back at 9,925 feet. Produces from upper, middle and lower strawn zones, and from the bend, with perforations in lower detrital gas zone. Contractor was Brahaney Drilling Co.
Discovery made by E. G. Rodman, W. D. Noel and Odessa Natural Gasoline Co., founded by Rodman and Noel, and affiliated with El Paso Natural Gas Products Co.
Rodman and Noel, who began their Upton County operations in 1940, have been led in the establishment of a vast petrochemical complex in Odessa. This utilizes in the making of such things as plastics, many petroleum by-products once scrapped as waste.
Such leadership and such wells as Weir No. 1 have enabled Upton County to remain for many years one of the outstanding production areas in Texas. (1964)
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