Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-06
May Field Operations.

oil fields during May, and 1t applies
to everything connected with field
work save the single Item of new
production from the Pennsylvania
regions. Here there was a small
decline, but 10 new wells, new rigs,
ETC., the gain was most pronounced
At the close of the month the fields
producing Pennsylvania and Lima
oils presented nearly two thousand
rigs and drilling wells In operations
This number has never been
equalled before and marks the top
notch thus far In field activity.
Taking the operations for oil In
Kansas, Indian Territory and
California into consideration 1t will
be seen that the petroleum industry
has never before approached Its
present magnitude. Never before
has their been such an enormous
demands for oil we'll machinery and
appliances of every kind, and
never before has there been such
an army of oil we'll drillers, tool
dressers. plumbers and we'll work
ers of every kind employed In
the varions sections where petrol
eumIis known 10 exist.
April was the first month OF the
current year to present upmistak-
able signs of increase and 1t gains
over March In field work was
notable but March was an unfavor-
able month and fell below the aver
age. recording the smallest number
of completed wells of any month OF
the current year. Compared with
February, April completed more
wells, but was behind 1t In point OF
new production, and the short
month Is usually considered to
touch low water mark In field
activity.
In active operations, both In the
Pennsylvania and Trenton rock oil
fields. April made a remarkable
record, which has only been sur
passed by that of May. The re-
suits, however, In the quantity OF
high grade petroleum produced
were not so satisfactory. Not
wltnstanding an increase of I69 In
the, new wells In the Pennsylvania
regions, the new production was
only little more than a thousand
barrels IN excess of March and 187
barrels less than that of February.
Few strikes of magnitude In the
West Virginia districts were made
during May and none of the large
wells revealed anything remarkable
In their staying powers. No new
pools were developed, although
there Is no let up In experimental
work and the search for fresh terri
tory and extensions to older Sec
tions continues undated. The list
of 17S dry holes In the districts
producing Pennsylvania oil tells
the story of many a promising and
interesting wildcat venture.
There were 81 more wells com
pleted In the Pennsylvania oil
fields ir Nav than April, but there
was a decline of Isl barrels In the
new production. At the same
time there was an increase oil
FL rigs and 50 wells drill
Ing making a gain of Io4
in new operations. The April re-
port recorded 169 more wells COM
pleted In the Pennsylvania fields
than In March, with a gain of I ,o35
barrels production and an increase
of three rigs and 10 wells drilling
In field work. Eighteen fewer
wells were completed In March
than In February and new opera
tons made a gain of 8 rigs and 81
drilling wells. In February % more
wells were completed than In Janu
airy and the gain In new production
was nearly 700 barrels. January
completed 1877 fewer wells than
December and the increase In new
production was 597 barrels. The
new operations for the last of Japu
airy summed up s66, for the last Of
February S24, for the last of March
Se4, for the last of April 9o7 auc
the last of May 1,oI1.-Derrlck.