Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02


following report for the May OPP
erations in this State and South
eastern Ohio, where nearly three
fourths of all the high grade oil
was produced last month. The
Derrick says: May in the Pennsyl-
vania oil districts was character
lied by the completion of more
wells than April, but in new pro-
, duction there was a drop of about
$50 barrels. Field operations are
again picking up and a net in
crease of 81 is shown by the ia
bles. April made a decided gain
over March in new wells and new
production, while new operations
were very nearly a standoff.
March revealed a heavy increase
of wells completed in all fields,
but the gain in new production
was small, and there was a gen.
eral decline in the rigs and wells
drilling under way. Fewer wells
were completed in February than
during any month since January,
1903, and the new production,
while in excess of January, was
below the average of many months
of last year. Extreme cold
weather was an important factor
in checking field operations, both
in January and February, but its
effects were greatest in the Tren-
ton rock oil district. The most
important strike of the month
was located in Southeastern Ohio,
in the Jackson Ridge district,
northwest of Woodsfeld, in Mon
roe county. 1t is the George Vail
farm No. I, and appears likely to
open up a new Keener sand pool
of considerable area. Another
good we'll near Dillonvale, in JET
ferson county, was found toward
the close of the month, which
makes the outlook for that section
look more promising. The Vel
low creek district also attracted
some interest during the month,
but the late results have been
small and somewhat discouraging
for the operators who were look
ing for a gusher field in that Sec
ton. West Virginia supplied q
S93 barrels out of 6,147 Of the to-
tai new production of high grade
oil in May, or over 40; South
eastern Ohio about 5000, while
the remaining 1870 came from the
older sections of the producing
region in Pennsylvania and New
York. There were 127 productive
wells completed in West Virginia
in May, 1873 in Southeastern Ohio
and 1926 in the fields to the north
east. Of the latter number l36
were credited to the Venango-
Clarion district, and averaged less
than three barrels each. The loss
of 451 barrels in the new produc-
ton of high grade oil during
Nav was accompanied by a gain
of ,1S1 barrels in the yield OF the
new wells of the Trenton rock oil
fields, making a net gain OF 73O
barrels. The Hoosier districts
were responsible for this increase,
as the Buckeye districts, like
Pennsylvania, revealed decline.
The Indiana increase was 1,53S
barrels, while the decline from the
Buckeye and Pennsylvania oil
sections amounted to 80S barrels.
, While more wells were completed
in the Pennsylvania oil districts
! in May than in April, the number
of dry holes was smaller, which
combined with the lesser amount
of new production brought the av-
erage yield of the new wells down
! to about 1912 barrels. The April
average was about 1214 barrels,
as compared with 111s barrels in
| March and Is barrels in February.
There were 537 productive wells
completed in April, 1903, and their
average yield was liza barrels.
In the Jackson Ridge field, in
Monroe county, the Southern Oil
company has given its test well on
i the George Vail farm a shot and
;,oroosad ;ts nroduetion to 10 bar