The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-04
FEW IN KANSAS.
February Production of Oil Not
So High as Usual.
Only "a Wells Drilled Last
Month i'm the State. r.
Is A BIG DEMAND, TOO.
Greatest Development Is in the
Territory Fields.
Were ~ More Producers There
Is A BIG DEMAND, TOO.
Were ~ More Producers There
Than in January.

independence, Kan, March 4.-The
price of oil advanced cent barrel
the early part of February and imme-
| diately there was an increase in the
| amount of field work More wells
We're drilled than in any month dur
| ing the six previous. ~
The increase in January. over Decem-
! Der was eleven wells. In February
there We're 81 competitions and 81 more
producers of oil. As about half of
them We're. in the prolific Glenn pool
the new production is remarkably
high. There have been many months
when more wells were drilled in the
midcontinent field, but never a month
when so much oil was developed. The
report for F'ebrYlaaPX shows 300 wells
64S barrels. Most of the Glenn wells
come in at from 500 to 600 barrels,
but how long they will maintain this
gait is a problem. OF the 300 compile
tons, 240 were producers, 40 were gas
sers and 20 were failures, finding
neither oil nor gas.
These figures represent an increase
of "a wells completed in the entire
field, and an increase of 81 producers,
II failures and S.472 barrels production,
as compared with January. There was
a decrease of two gassers. The aver
age production of the February pro-
ducing wells were 77.6 barrels, while
the average of the January wells was
SAT barrels, In December the aver
age was 90.7 barrels.
Development work in the Kansas di-
vision of the field is dropping off.
In January there were AZ and in De-
cember 43. In December, 1905, a year
previous, there were SO competitions.
OF the "a competitions last month 10
were for gas in Neosho county.
The Prairie Oil and Gas company
has been taking every barrel of oil it
could get in Kansas. 1t is not ques-
ton of a market, and it is not ques-
ton of being able to find oil.
Down in the Wayside pool it is sta
ted that there are several thousands
of practically sure locations for wells
starting off at from Is to 40 barrels
a day.. There is a. constant call for
fuel oil. These wells are shallow and
inexpensive to drill and operate. But
there is not a well drilling for oil in
that district. Down in the territory
where there is a congestion of oil, and
where the product is commanding less
money, wells are being drilled by the
hundreds. The hazards are a great
deal greater but the chances'fof max
ing quick fortune are many times
multiplied.
There We're II more wells drilled
south of the Kansas line in February.
the short month, than there were In
Us, and OF. theses i23dAs we're Successful
oil wells. Seventeen were sgassers ,and
q were failures. The estimated new
production reached 1896 barrels, The
average OF the Oklahoma
wells in February was SOL barrels: of
January wells, 81 barrels and of De-
cember wells 94.S barrels. ---t-,
AS already stated there were 50 more
successful producers in the southern
field in February and the increase in
production was S,431 barrels. Thus the
average of the additional wells drilled
during the month was 159 barrels. The
general average OF the Glenn wells was
POS barrels. This gives an idea of what !
the Glenn pool is doing. 1t costs about |
Sc, eco to put down a Glenn well and
put it pumping. If 1t will average 500 |
barrels day for month or more, as
it is claimed some of them will, it is
not hard to figure out how long it will |
take to pay for the we'll at 40 cents a !
barrel
In the Cherokee there were 1913 COM |
pletions in February and of these 165 |
were producers, eight were gassers, 20
were failures and the new production |
was $3.50 barrels. An increase of AZ T
wells drilled, 80 producers, one gasser, |
Ia failures and III barrels new pro- I
duction. The average of the wells was /
80 barrels, of the January wells 35.7 /
barrels.
There was a decrease in the amount
Of work in the deep sand side of the |
Cherokee and a big increase in the /
shallow sand side. In January there
were 146 compilations in the Cherokee,
10 in the shallow and "a in the deep