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Portland Oil activity picking up with new well on Shorty and Jimmy Rodgers

Leaseholder John Barksdale also has four producing wells in Gradyville Field
Three photos accompany story, including 1 of Speedy, the Oil Dog
By Ed Waggener
ed@epwbooks.com
An oil well was blown in today, Friday, December 23, 2005, at 8:35 a.m., in the Portland Field on the Shorty and Jimmy Rodgers lease, Pauline Rodgers road off Flatwoods Road in northwestern Adair County.


The site of the well is within two miles of the well-known Garnett Kessler & Sons General Store in Portland.

The well was drilled in yesterday by Don and Brent Yates of Yates & Yates Drilling Co. of Columbia, KY.

The leaseholder, John H. Barksdale, President of Rome Oil Co. of Lexington, KY, wouldn't estimate what production would be when the well is put on pump next week, after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Barksdale said he was please with what he has seen so far.

"There's a lot of natural gas with it," he said, and added, "that's a good sign.

Barksdale also has four producing wells on the George Havrist Lease in the Gradyville Oil Field.



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Portland Oil Field: Brent Yates & Speedy, the Oil Dog



2005-12-23 - Portland, Northwestern Adair CO, KY - Photo Staff. The sign on the doghouse says, "Yates & Yates, We dig oil," The two Yates are Brent, above, and his father Don, the fourth and fifth generations in the family. Crit Yates was the first Yates in the business. He was followed by C.C. Yates, and then came Don's father, the late Hugh Yates. If Brent's son follows the family business, he would be the sixth Yates generation of drillers. Brent is holding Speedy, the Oil Dog who is the Yates designated superintendent on the Shorty and Jimmy Rodgers lease. Yates & Yates blew in a new well there today.
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Portland Oil Pield: John Barksdale, Jimmy & Shorty Rodgers



2005-12-23 - Portland, Northwest Adair Co, KY - Photo Staff. John Barksdale, Rome Oil Co, Lexington, KY, left, is the lease holder on the new oil well drilled in on land owned by Jimmy and Shorty Rodgers,
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Portland Oil Field: Watching it blow



2005-12-24 - Portland, Northwestern Adair CO, KY - Photo Staff. With Don Yates at the controls (plaid fannel shirt) and Speedy the Oil Dog in the shed, from left, Brent Yates, barely seen, far left frame; then a Gradyville oil man in blue duck bill cap, then Dave Woolley, and Jimmy Rodgers watch the Rome Oil well blowing a mixture of oil and natural gas 35 feet. The well will be put on pump after the Christmas holidays.
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