Saga of an Oil Well (The Horseshoe Gallup Field Sacrifice Zone Part II)

Tracing the lives of two oil wells and the companies that operate them

Note: This is Part II of a two-part series on the Horseshoe Gallup oil field in northwestern New Mexico. Read Part I.

State Senate 002 well in the Horseshoe Gallup field. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Arizona Exploration drilled the Petro-Atlas Bolack 1 well in 1956, marking the first oil and gas development in the Horseshoe Gallup Field in northwestern N…