The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02
MONTHLY OIL REVIEW.
More wells Were Completed Than In
Any Other Month.

more WellB Were GomplsLeo IMAM AZ
Any Other Month.
There were more wells completed in
the pennsylvania oil fields in October
than during any previous month in the
history of the oil industry, says the OH
city Derrick. in rs review for October.
The record for new production. how
ever. is held by October 1891. when the
Mcdonald held was at the zenith of It's
phenomenal career The activity in
aeld operations likewise continues, and
there is no nook nor corner of the
known oil territory that Is escaping the
producer In his search after 81 So oil.
The most interesting features of the
past month have been the strike on the
Camden tract, in Lewis county. W. Va.
and the well on the Brlcker farm, near
Cadlz, in Harrison county. Ohio. The
first named promises to bring to light a
new pool OF Big Injun sand oil,while the
latter seems to denote the opening of
another Berea grit pool that is des-
tined to rival sclo in the immediate fu-
ture. The Garner development, near.
Proctor, in wetzel county. w. Va, re-
mains in statu quo, although an oil
field of considerable Importance in this
part of this country Is very strong
possibility
The scio pool, in Southeastern Ohio,
is rapidly going the pace of all the old
err producing districts. The new wells
completed from month to month no lon
ger are equal to supply the decline that
is taking place in the older wells. At
the close of the month, there were only
thirteen rigs and ten drilling wells un-
der way In the scio field, while at the
close of February, the count showed
flfty-three rigs and nlnety-seven drill
ing wells In operation. There were thir-
ty-flve productive wells completed in
the Sclo oil field in January. eighty-two
in February, lis In March, ninety-eight
in April. ninety-nine in May, eighty
five in June, seventy in July, slxty-two
in August, fifty-nine in September. and
forty-flve in October.
In the Warrington district, ninety
one productive wells were completed in
October, with an average yield Of about
forty-three barrels each. The Manning
ton district completed fifty-two produc-
ers in September, Of an average calibre
of fifty barrels each. against sixty that
averaged nearly ffty-seven barrels
apiece in August. 1t supplied about
one-third of the new production the
past month. In the northern oil dis
tricts, Venango and Clarion proved the
most active. completing 147 productive
wells, with an average output of about
three barrels.
In the Pennsylvania and Lima oil
fields, 1886 wells were completed in
October; the new production was 1850
barrels, and there were 2S9 dry holes.
Compared with September there was an
increase Of sixty-two wells, 1856 bar
rels production and thirty dry holes.
During September 1884 wells were
completed. Including 200 dry holes and
gassers. and the new production was
1884 barrels. Compared with August,
there is an Increase of eighty-Ave wells
completed, seven dry holes and de-
cline of 377 barrels new production. On
the last OF October. the eastern and
western oil fields contained T26 rigs,
and 1924 drilling wells, a total of 1850
and gain of 10 rigs and fifty-sIx wells
drilling over the September report. The
report for September 80 showed GIG rigs
and 1.O6s drilling wells, which was
gain OF elghty-three rigs and seven
teen drilling wells over the figures for
the last day of August.
In the Pennsylvania oil fields, octo-
Der witnessed the completion OF $3.50
new wells. including 1870 dry holes, and
the new production was 1880 barrels.
The increase over the preceding month
was eighty-three wells, twenty-five dry
holes and 2,16l barrels production.
There were 500 new wells completed in
the Pennsylvania oil fields in septem-
Der; 1875 found their way In the dry hole
list and the production OF tho remain
der was 9,679 barrels On the last day
OF October the count showed 5O4 rigs
and 7l6 well drilling under way, which
was an Increase of seventy-two rigs and
twenty-three drilling wells over the re-
port Of the preceding month. On Sep
TENDER 30. the Pennsylvania oil re-