Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-04
January Field
Operations

ICna1aCteIlZeQ ny SSuSioi NSShbS
| In nearly every section In the pro-
ducing regions. The unprece-
denied cold weather that prevailed
during January had a decided effect
In checking the drilling Of new
wells and the pumping of old ones.
The results will be more forcibly
revealed when the complete returns
of the various pipe lines are
summed up for the month.
December wound up a notable
year In the history of the petroleum
industry with a decline In com
pleted wells and work under way
and an increase In the new produc.
ton. The year 1903 was remark
able for the enormous activity dis
played In drilling operations. and
the small results achieved In the
way of the discovery OF new pools
and the tota, failure to increase
the supply of crude petroleum.
November recorded a small In
creased In wells completed and new
production and showed the largest
number of rigs and drilling wells
In progress of any month OF the
past year.
The Trenton rock oil fields of
Northwestern Ohio and Indiana re.
vealed big decline In wells COM
pleted, new production and field
work during January. The Buck
eve regions showed a decrease OF
444 barrels and the Hoosier Of 6oI
barrels. In December there was a
decline of 457 barrels In the former
and 6y8 barrels In the latter Sec
lions, making a total of 1850 bar
rels, which was 288 barrels less
than the gain that was recorded 10
the Pennsylvania oil districts dur
ling the same month. The total
decline In the new production Of
both the Eastern and Lima 1ndi.
ana fields In January was 3o49
barrels.
] In the various fields produ cling
Pennsylvania oil. 13I fewer wells
were completed In January than In
December. and 146 fewer In De-
cember than in November, so that
January Is 277 wells short of the
November record. Nine more
we'll were completed In November
than In October, while the latter
month was one ahead of Septem-
Der. September was 81 behind
August, which completed more
wells than any other month of the
past year. Nearly 1000 rigs and
drilling wells were under way In
the New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia. Ohio and Indiana fields
at the close of January, which Is
nearly goo below the number at
the close of the old year.
The yield of the new wells In the
Pennsylvania oil fields In January
was 1000 barrels less, while that of
the Trenton rock districta was L.
o4s barrels below the December
figures. At the same time there
was drop of Ise In the number of
completed wells. The new pro-
duct.on from the Pennsylvania oil
fields was I,43S barrels more In
December than In November, while
In the Trenton Rock fields 1t was
I1,1so barrels less. In November
the new yield from Pennsylvania
districts was 4s9 barrels more than
In October. In the Trenton reck
fields there was q decline of II wells
and q falling off of 1895 barrels In
the new production. This made a
net decrease of the new yield from
both sections of 736 barrels, while
the decline In the number of wells
completed was only eight.
In the Pennsylvania oil sections,
SAL wells were completed In Janu'
ary, including I19 busters and 50
gassers while the average yield OF
the productive wells was 12s bar
rels. In December 67S wells were
completed, inclusive Of 13I busters
! and sc gassers. The average of the
productive wells was 1874 barrels
In new operations there was de-
crease of "a, exactly offsetting the
gain OF a. recorded In the report
for November. Compared with
January, 1903, the month just
closed shows an increase of 81 wells
completed, accompanied by de-
cline of 767 barrels In the new pro
duction.
In the Lima oil districts So fewer