Houston-based OXY USA WTP has received permits from the Texas Railroad Commission to drill three new oil wells within a short distance of each other southwest of Welch.All three of the new wells in the West Welch Unit will be drilled as vertical wells reaching a depth of 5,200 feet.Located 2.5 to 2.8 miles southwest of Welch, they will be located in Section 69, Block M, of the EL&RR Railway Co. Survey, Abstract 301.Halvey Energy of Midland recently received a permit to drill the No. 2 King as a vertical well about five miles southwest of Lamesa.That location will be ...