Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-03

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wells completed In the Trenton
rock districts and an increase In the
new production of $50 barrels.
This enormous amount of drilling
has not been sufficiently rewarded
to bring about an increase In the
pipe line runs, and the supply of
of high grade petroleum promises
to be less than during July. Every
where there Is general complaint
of the scarcity of territory of the
first quality, and the great body OF
new work Is being prosecuted In
sections that were long since
passed over by the drill. At the
present time 1t appears Idle to ex-
pect any great increase In the sup.
ply of crude petroleum from the
felas that now occupy the atten'
ton of the Eastern producers. For
the past year or more all efforts to
extend the old pools or discover
new ones along the frontier of the
West Virginia developments have
been attended with surprising poor
results. Dry holes and small pro-
ducers continue to be found In
spots where heavy strikes were
confidently expected.
In the districts producing PENN
s. lvania oil $40 new wells were
completed In August and of this
number s. were gassers and I63
were unproductive of either gas or
oil. The rigs declined 40 and the
wells drilling made gain of 81,
Wells completed decreased So and
new production 554 barrels In July;
at the same time there was de.
crease of 80 In the number Of dry
holes. On the other hand rigs In
creased 80 and wells drilling IS
during the month, making net
gain of 90 In new work. The June
increase In wells completed In the
Pennsylvania field was I24 and In
new production 476 barrels. There
were 81 more wells completed In
the Pennsylvania oil fields In May
than In April, but there was de.
cline of Isl barrels In the new pro-
duction.
In the Trenton rock oil fields of
Ohio and Indiana So more wells
were completed In August than
In July and the gain In new pro-
duction was e5a barrels. The new
operations showed a net decline of
"a The two districts combined
completed only 20 fewer wells than
were completed In the Pernsylvan.
la regions, while the new produc-
ton was very nearly double that
of the producing field. The Lima
oil fields of Ohio and Indiana com
pleted As fewer wells In July than
In June and showed drop OF
zoos barrels In new production.
June completed 100 more wells
than May and made gain of .S57
barrels In the new production. For
July, the Buckeye fields completed
II more wells than Indiana, but
fell short 544 barrels In new pro
duction.
Kentucky showed a gratifying
increase In her new production tor
August, but operations appear TO
be at standstill In the sections
traversed by the pipe lines. The
older wells decline very rapidly
and there has been no decided gain
In the new production. Reports
from Kansas reveal great amount
of activity, but most of the new
wells have to be shut In on account
of lack of facilities for caring for
the oil. A large amount of prom
Using territory Is In sight, but any
estimates as to the actual amount
of production would be valueless
at this time. One hundred and
sixty-two wells were completed In
Kansas and Indian territory during
August, which Is 81 more than
were completed In July, and over
900 producing wells were reported
in these fields on the last OF the
month.-Derrick