Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-02
June Field Operations.

IeSt&DllSuSu ny may SoIuS WcIS
notable In wells completed and new
production and the wonderful ac-
tivity witnessed the preceding
month continued In the Pennsyl-
vania oil districts but showed a
considerable falling off In Indiana
and slight decline In northwestern
Ohio. The gain In the Pennsylva-
MIA sections was sufficient to more
than counterbalance the losses In
the Lima fields and a general In.
crease In new operations was the
result. Over two thousand rigs
and drilling wells were under way
In New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio and Indiana at the
close of the month. In addition a
goodly amount of work Is under
way In Kentucky, Kansas, Indian
Territory and Texas.
While wells completed were In
creased 124 In the sections produc-
Ing Pennsylvania oil, the gain In
new production was only 476
barrels. The Trenton rock fields
gained IS In wells completed and
1893 barre's In new production.
The average yield of the new wells
has been gradually declining for
several months. The territory that
Is now being drilled IS not of the
gusher kind. The calibre of the
new wells coming In, notwith-
standing their increasing number,
Is not large enough to check the
waning yield of high grade petrol
eum.
TheIJune increase In wells COM
pleted In the Pennsylvania fields
was 124 and in new productions
476 barrels. During the month
new rigs showed an increase of Is
and wells drilling of So, making a
total of69. There were 81 more
wells completed In the Pennsylvan'
la oil fields In May than In April,
but there was a decline of Isl bar
rels In the new production. AT the
same time there was an increase of
21 rigs and 80 wells drilling max
Ing a gain of 1o4 In new operations.
The April report recorded I69
more wells completed In the
Pennsylvania fields than In March,
with a gain of 1885 barrels produc.
ton and an increase of rigs and 10
wells drilling In field work. Eigh'
teen fewer wells we're completed In
March than In February and new
operations made a gain Of eight
rigs and 81 drilling wells. In Fet.
ruary 20 more wells were completed
than In January and the gain In
new production was nearly 700
barrels. The new operations for
the last of january summed up 500,
for the last of February S24, for the
last of March 1874, for the last of
April eo7 and 1,oSo for the last of
June.
The Trenton Rock oil fields of
Ohio and Indiana completed IS
more wells In June than In May
and made a gain of 1893 barrels
In new production. Indiana COM
pleted only nine wells less than
Northwestern Ohio, but exceeded
the latter In new production by
over one thousand barrels. The
two sections combined completed
7e5 wells, which was within a.
of the number completed In
the Pennsylvania district, while
In the amount OF their new produc.
ton they surpassed Pennsylvania
by 4,5o5 barrels. In May the dis
tricts producing Lima oil made
gain of 123 wells completed and p
271 barrels new production. The
two sections combined completed
only FIVE fewer wells than the Penn.
sylvania districts and exceeded
them In new production by 3,4SS
barrels.
June work In Lima oil fields was
behind May by IS. The greatest
loss was made In new rigs. Drill
Ing operations In both states
showed an increase over May, but
the gain of al wells drilling was
more than counterbalanced by the
declille of 76 In rigs up and build
Ing. The May operations In the
Trenton rock fields were ahead of
April by SO rigs and drilling wells
and behind the Pennsylvania record
by only 81. These were heavy
figures and 1t may be long time
before they are equalled again.
In April the Lima oil fields com.
pleted 80 more wells than In
March and the new production was