Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-04
OIL FIELDS IN SEPTEMBER.

s,emhe comneted August In the PennYl
yapa oil fields but behind the June record On new production
and ne month OF the current year
since 1900 rigs and wells drilling oeen uhu
way The oil fields likewise reveal heavy list OF com
peed wells decline In new production ana neo acv
The er confined to of Northwestern Oho Indiana
,ro oan in new work month preceding The list OF ory
holes In unusually large and the fact combined win The
waning operations Ohio indicate that the limits OF the Nc"
of productive territory opened up inc past sue " e
reached.
Rce county, West Virginia with Its two Keener sand pools on
Bic Knot and Wolf provided the centre greatest interest oI
oil PRODUCERS the past Several large strikes were made
bu both pools apparently their maximum
the drilling In of shooting of the older ones are
capable keeping the yield for more than Day or TWO
Some very good also found In Wetz and Tyler and
other counties Mountain State Southwestern ono
an unusually large number Of wells but none OF ne were
markable either for their size or location ~ ,
Five more wells were completed the Pennsylvania oil heds IN
sptembe than August there Increase OF over oa
res The production While the productive wells all cnon
of the fields averaged nearly 1917 barrels eacn In sep
tebe the August was but 1914 and the July IS " W
we'll There were 40 completed In Pennsylvania oil held
than In Iuy but falling of in the new produ on
Tu completed wells than June and there was an
of 4os production The effect OF the eush strikes IN
new territory daily yield the SIG
wells to barrels apiece In September year ago. 729 Wells "e
ned and the new production amounted barrels little
over I, barrels we'll when the busters eliminated
The senember operations Pennsylvania oil fields revealed an
increase 81 rigs and drilling wells showing there Is no ndca
ton of an immediate In field work The gain appeared
GENERAL In all parts field August operations made gain
rios and 20 wells drilling of July and the increased activity
was confined exclusively to the Southwest and
Ohio uly operations suffered loss of rigs and made gain
wells drilling that there was net decrease OF seventeen
The new territory In the Southwest showed increased activity
but II was more the decline the operations In the older
districts 50 that this great division of the producing
ou Is very nearly field operations concerned
with the preceding The work the close OF September
1901 was composed 339 rigs and $40 drilling wells
In the oil fields of Northwestern Ohio and Indiana twelve more
wells completed In than August but the ne"
ton made drop barrels Indiana passed the Buckeye State
In new production wells much larger while press
Ing for first place volume of operations In August "a
more wells were completed than July with gain OF Oh barrels
the production July completed AZ fewer wells nSn uo anu
showed an barrels production Forty fewer
Trenton rock oil fields of Ohio and
In uy than June September the Buckeye and
fields completed wells with e72 barrels ne" pro-
ducon only barrels less thar the past months record
month there decrease ~ rigs and gain
of drilling making decline of 20 In operations Tor
the month of Sepember.-Derrick