Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-05
APRILFIELD
OPERATIONS.

competed ANU new OpStdtlOuSI uuS
1t must be remembered that the
preceding month fell below the
average and presented the fewest
number Of completed wells Of any
month of tie current year. Com
pared with February, April,
completed more wells, but was
behind 1t In point of new production
and the shor; month IS usually coa-
sidered to touch low water marx in
field activity.
In active operations, both In III :
Pennsylvania and Trenton rock oil
fields, April leads all others OF the
present year. The mouth on the
whole, vas less favorable than that
of March, but the producers in
general took advantage Of the
three.ce mt advance In the market,
and made the best effort they could
In the attempt to discover fresh
sources of new production. The
results, however, were far from salts
factory. Notwithstanding an 10
crease of 100 in the new wells In
the Pennsylvania regions. the new
production was only little more
than a thousand barrels In excess
of March and 1877 barrels less than
that of February. In short the
figures were nearly staEdof with
those of March year ago.
No new pools were discovered In
the East during April and little was
done In the way of extending pres
ent producing areas, Big strikes In
the West Virginia districts were
| few and far between, and although
there has been no let-up In the
work under way, there Is nothing
at all prom sing In the outlook.
The result of the wildcatter's efforts
at finding new territory can be seen
In the dry holes that are scattered
through the report. There were a
number Of good wells struck In the
Folsom, Whisky Run, Pine Grove,
Fallen Timber Run and other sec
tions of the Mountain State, but
none of them were to be compared
In size or staying qualities with the
Warrington gushers of few years
ago.
The April report records 16e
more wells completed In the Penn.
sylvania fields than In March and
an increase Of three rigs and ~
wells drilling In field work. Eikh.
teen fewer wells were completed In
March than In February and new
operations made gain of eight
rigs and 81 drilling wells. In Feb.
ruary 20 more wells were completed
than In January ard the gain In new
production was nearly 700 barrels
January completed 127 fewer wells
than December and the increase 10
new production was 597 barrels. In
December 1I2 fewer wells were
completed than In November, and
the decline In new production was
$50 barrels. The new operations
tor the last of January summed up
866, for the last of February 824,
for the last of March SEA and for
the last of April 9o7.
But the greatest activity OF the
past month was displayed In the
Trenton rock fields of Northwest.
ern Ohio and Indiana. These
fields completed 50 more wells
than In March and the new pro-
duction was increased go barrels.
Indiana Is fast catching up with
the Buckeye State In Wells COM
pleted and new work and appears
to contain a large amount of terri
tory that possesses great attractions
for the average operator. At the
close of April these districts con-
tanned 81 rigs and 800 wells drill
ing than at the close of March.
Indiana alone made gain of 112
drilling wells over the previous
month, and her total OF new opera
tons was only 81 short of the re-
cord for Northwestern Ohio. In
March 81 more wells were compile
ted than In February and the gain
In new production was ga barrels.
The new work showed a net de.
cline of O. Indiana, with 81 few
er wells than Northwestern Ohio,
was slightly ahead of the Buckeye
State in the yield of her new wells.
February showed an increase of 48
wells completed and 4o7 barrels In
new production. And at the close
of the month there were eight
more rigs and 46 fewer wells drill