Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-02
REVIEW OF MID CONTINENT oP.
ERATIONS.
Marked Decline in September Field
Work Amounting Practically to
Shut Down.

Shut Down
Tulsa, OKLA, Oct J. (SpccinI)
Aflcr trying for year to reason with
producer, to keep drilling on bass
where the production of the Oklahoma
fields could be- handled satisfactorily,
the purchasing agency made a radical
reduction in the price Of crude oil.
Producer, at once stopped drilling ana
lbe first result Is seen in the decline
of field work in every producing aus
trict west Of the Mississippi river a
complctions and drilling wells and
conclusion Of reports for August
and September shows 30 per cent less
competitions and drilingc wells and
nearly A. great decline IN new pro-
ducton in September, the new work III
sight being 50 scattering as to virtual
y amount to shut down. lndlca-
lons now point to an increase IN drlII-
ing for production during the winter
months. The only cause that could
bring renewed activity is an advance
IN market quotations to % cents ana
that may not be until the llowers are
again in bloom. One contingency has
ighlcned encouragement a little, an
with some reason, and that is the pos
,ibillty of an outlet in Texas. An e'-
tablishcd consumption Of liquid fuel
there may be- turned to the advantage
of the Oklahoma fields and relieve the
surplus stocks and permit the market
to react Whenever adequate trans
portation is provided Texas will be
come a factor in the rcadlmstmenl oil
present conditions.
Kansas Operations,
Thirty fewer wells were completed
in Kansas during Septembor than iur-
ing Augustine number dropping from
II to AZ, and almost half of them ~
were gassers and II busters, leaving
only II that produced oil to the
amount of 252 barrels, the smallest
new production that the state has
shown in three or four years. Only
q wells are now drilling, drop from
.p5 a month ago, and the most of them
are for Gas, which is steadily incrcas-
ing in commercial value and indus
trial Importance. While Kansas nro-
duction has held its own pretty well
il has declined some until the Cha
mute district it is on a parity with
Texas Ioca rciincrics and fuel buy
rrs have trouble to secure their sup
plies and the quotations are inclined
upward.
Cherokee Deep Sand.
On the deep side of the Cherokee
complctions dropped from 63 in Aug
ust to 45 in September and only u
drilling wells and thcree rigs are re-
ported between the Kansas line and
Tulsa, a. against seven rigs and -
drilling wells on September |, New
production in September amounted to
2.235 barrels, in August 1000 barrels,
In August II dry holes and four gus
scrs we're reported, and in September
five busters and three gasscrs. There
is nothing in the way of drilling now,
Shallow Development.
The shallow field along the Verdi
erls river completed no wells that
furnished 1853 barrels new produc
ton in August, but the same districts
in September reported only A. wells
and Loco barrels new production,with
% wells drilling, compared with 2S IN
August A few wells are drilling in
the Big Creek district on the north 10
test the new leases and find north.
cru and eastern extension of the field,
1t is estimated that the shallow sands
could furnish the pipe line 10000 bar.
rcls day very easily In a little
more than year 2,3OO wells have
been drilled there, with as many more
locations that look profitable.
Nothing Doing in Usage,
Not since the Usage reservation was
opened ,o drilling for oil has it been
SO quiet as now, Only II wells were
finished during the month and the new
production has dWmdlcd to i9j bar.