Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-07
West Virginia

West Virginia sulplsseo aii 'uS
other sections of the Eastern oil
fields In the amount of new produc-
ton during December, but was
surpass I'd by Southeastern Ohio In
In number of completed wells.
In December, West Virginia
completed 154 wells which included
38 dry holes and II busters. leav'
Ing los that were productive. The
new production was 3743 barrels
which was an average OF above IS
barrels to the we'll. Compared with
November, there was decrease OF
4S wells completed and an increase
of I.o74 barrels new production.
At the close of December. there
were 145 rigs and 339 wells drill
Ing under way In the West Wiz
ginia oil districts, which was loss
Of four rigs and a gsin OF 20 wells
drilling as compared with the No
yember figures.
West Virginia's record for No
vember was 1873 productive wells,
81 dry holes and IS gassers, max
Ing a total of 2o2. There was a
gain of eight wells completed and
goa barrels production. The new
wells averaged 20 barrels apiece.
There were 14o rigs and 3II wells
drilling In West Virginia at the
close of November. which was a
gain of AZ rigs and a loss OF II
wells drilling from October. Octo'
Der completed 1874 wells In the
West Virginia oil districts; there
were IS busters and rs gassers and
the new production was 2,465 bar
rels. New operations at the close
of the month revealed decrease of
20 rigs and a gain of IS wells drill.
Ing, making net decrease of ID.
Of the total yield of 6 ga barrels
of new production IN December,
West Virginia furnished 3,743
barrels or over 81 per cent, while
Southeastern Onio supplied 1856
barrels, or over IS per cert. The
remaining FL per cent came from
New York and Pennsylvania.
There were los 1productive wells
completed In West Virginia, with
an average yield of over SIS barrels,
1,4 in Southeastern Ohio that aver.
aged over IS barrels to the well,
while all the other sections Of The
Eastern oil fields completed 276
wells, with a total yield of 1895
barrels, or an avera.e OF i've bar
rels apiece.
In November the Mountain state
supplied 1860 barrels of the total
of new production of S 4Se, or
about AZ per cent; Southeastern
Ohio furnished 1884 barrels, or
over "a per cent. while the remand
er, 1888 b,rrels, came from the old
producing districts of Pennsylvania
and New York. The I33 produc
tive wells in West Virginia aver
aged 20 barrels. the 1s2 In South
eastern Ohio averaged less than 9
barrels, while 3aI In the upper, or
Northern oil field, averaged about
az barrels to the we'll.
Southea,tern Oil.
Only ~ wells were completed
In tn producing districts of South
eastern Ohio lin December and SO
were busters and four gnshers,
while the new production amounted
to 1886 barrels. There was a
decline of 40 wells completed and
an increase of 454 barrels new pro-
duction. On the last of the month
1e2 rigs and III wells drilling
were under way, which was gain
of six rigs and a loss of 20 wells
drilling as compared with the
figures of the preceding month.
Southeastern Ohio completed 226
wells In November, IS of the num-
Der were dry and nine were gas
wells, while the new production
footed up 1884 barrels. This was
an increase over October of 46 wells
and 22o barrels production. Only
$50 wells were completed In the
Southeastern Ohio districts In Oc-
tober; there were 54 busters and
gassers and the new production
amounted to TIA barrels. while
completing % more wells In De-
cember than West Virginia, the
output of new production was
e57 barrels less-Oii City Der
rick.
Wonderful W0rk.