Wednesday, July 6, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 |Vork started to up /V&M well production by Angel Stokes t Battalion Staff ree of the four oil wells d on the Texas A&M dairy lile, savsiPP are at the maximum allow- hatcai )le production, but the fourth qJ .)! ell is having trouble flowing, . j ys Ed Wells, chief operations nQar iJneer for North Central Oil •t aretliM) j n Houston. ’ “at atey\ells said that equipment ve said J|be brought in on Friday to work refracing the well, work should take 12 to 15 T the™ ics.' o belieifj standai d be alyj i t be m is, even r candi like racing — the process of hyd- Ically inducing cracks and [tures in the walls of the well holding them open with is supposed to increase productivity of wells. The first attempt didn’t work,” Wells said, but he can’t be sure the second attempt will be successful. Clyde Freeman, executive vice chancellor for administra tion, said the first well began producing oil in April, two others began in May and the fourth well began in June. The three wells that are pro ducing at maximum capacity are roughly averaging 418 barrels per day, he said, but the fourth well is only averaging about 80 to 90 barrels per day. The oil leases were approved by the Texas A&M Board of Re gents in February. North Cen tral Oil paid the University $1.28 million for the drilling rights to more than 1,000 acres or University property located at the dairy farm and Flensel Park. No other wells will be drilled on Texas A&M property, Wells said. Texas A&M will receive 30 percent of the first $ 1.07 million in revenue from the first well, while North Central Oil will keep the remaining $750,000 as payout. Payout is the money needed to cover the costs of drilling. After payout is reached, the company will keep 25 percent of the proceeds from production and the University will receive 75 percent. The money from the lease and producing wells will be placed in an endowment to be used for building improvements and construction on campus. ‘Mercy killing’ claimed Ruling may set precedent United Press International HOUSTON — A prosecutor says he will not necessarily seek a prison term for a man accused of killing his comatose father, but the defendant’s attorney be lieves the state will play on emo tions and try to set a precedent. “I will not recommend either probation or pen time,” said Prosecutor R.K. Hansen of the trial that began Tuesday for Bil ly Ray Clore, 25. “It is something that should be decided on an individual case basis,” Hansen said. Clore’s family contends the defendant loved his father, 63, Robert, and shot him March 21 to put him out of misery. The elder Clore suffered from a kidney ailment and had been hospitalized for four months. He lived for two weeks after being shot. Defense attorney Jack Zim merman said he believes Han sen will seek prison time. “It is a very emotional case with emotional issues,”he said. The family is supporting the younger Clore by helping pay his legal fees because they say the death was a mercy killing. Clore began working with his father in the family tire business when he was 13, and relatives said the two men were very close. Slaying suspect surrenders exas holiday traffic atalities lead nation gfi United Press International It vas led the nation in traffic fties for the Fourth of July Tend, with alcohol, high and pedestrian accidents Iprime contributors to the age. The Department of Public peiy had predicted that 49 j)le would die on Texas Is and highways between 6 friday and midnight Ipnday. But the DPS count at 8 p.m. ojiclay already showed 49 traf- di aths, and spokesman Larry id said he fully expected the 1 number to be higher. ’ifteen of the people who were pedestrians, most of j.m struck as they tried to cross <