Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-09
THREE HUGE TANKS ARE
FINISHED At COALINGA
Station Now Has $4,000 Bar
reIs Capacity-Forest of Der
ricks Attracts Strangers
BY GUY H. SALISBURY

geleS has completed the three 0o,OOU-
barrel steel tanks at Coalinga station
No. 1. The third tank on its contract
was completed and accepted Thursday
last and is ready for the oil of this
field. This gives the ProducerS Trans
portation company seven 55,O00-barrel
tanks at station No. l.
At one time during the building Of
these tanks a strike Of metal work.
ers was called by the strike committee
from Los Angeles against the Western
Pipe and Steel company. This held up
the work much to the detriment OF the
small producers of the field. The
Western Pipe and Steel company had
insterted the strike clause in its con-
tract, so it was not hurt by the delay.
The Southeastern Limited Oil COM
pany, operating on the east slope OF
the Coalinga anticline, is drilling we'll
No. 1 in the northwest corner of Sec
ton 1S-20-16. the hole being little
over 4e0O feet deep with 6A-inch
heavy casing. 1t has gone through 100
feet of very light oil sand Superinten-
dent Whealey expects to complete this
well before Christmas The water was
cemented off at 34S0 feet with SA-inch
casing. The combination rotary stan
dard rig is completed for No. 2. The
rotary will be carried to 2100 feet and
will be finished with standard tools.
The Southwestern has done much to
prove up the territory along the Co.
alinga anticline.
1916 DERRICKS IN FIELD
The sight that interests the stranger
who first comes into this field is the
many derricks first seen from the car
windows and the first question asked
Is, How many derricks are there in
this field?" There are 1916 dcrricks in
the entire field, taking in the drilling
and producing wells and the derricks
standing ready for the driller, and that
takes in the east, west and south side
fields. To newcomer it would appear
that there are many more. There are
today sixty-four companies drilling
and seYenty-three companies produc'
ing. The total number of wells drill
ing at midnight on November ! was:
West side, II east side, At; south field,
16. Total number of producing wells
West side, 373; east side, 254; south
field, l. There were 1856 producing wells
temporarily suspended at midnight on
November 1 and 81 drilling wells,
caused by temporary trouble, There
are 100 companies on the west side, "a
companies on the east side and 35 COM
panies in the south field. total of
1863 companies interested in the Goa
linga field.
The Canadian Coalinga Oil COM
pany has completed a combination ro-
standard rig on the southwest
quarter of section 8-21-15, near the
Boychester. A good, substantial camp
is building, q cottage for the superin-
tendent,' a cook house and a bunk
house. The company has 100 acres Of
patented land. The rotary will be car
ried down to hard shell, about 1900
I,AIo rrrf11 hn Af1iC
with standard tools. This is another
demonstra ton south of Warthan
creek, showing confidence in the ter
ritory, indications of which appear in
the work of the Blair on section II
and in the Boychester on section 1921
Is.
BIT IN THE OIL SAND
In the case of the Pluto Oil COM
pany, section 19-25-19, reports continue
to come in to the effect that the bit
is in the oil sand. Several parties
have gone down to the well to deter
NIL the exact condition, as strike
on this property means much to the
south field. The we'll has not reached
the depth indicated by the formation
where it is expected the pay sand
would be entered. The well has shown
up very satisfactorily to the many
stockholders of Fresno and this field,
and considerable interest has been
shown on the street here.
The Producers Transportation COM
pany is taking oil at Coalinga station
No. 1 at the rate of 5000 to 5000 barrels
a day. The three new tanks, $4,000
barrels each, are being used to receive
this oil, relieving this field that much.
The main pipe line from Maricopa has
exceeded what was supposed to be It's
capacity, which had been estimated 10
be $4,000 barrels a day. In fact the
pipe line has carried 10000 barrels a
day for the past forty days, which is
relieving the congestion of that field.
The Good Luck Oil company, sec
ton 22-19-15 has well No. cleaned
out, and drilling into the lower sands
finished UP at 1435 feet. Well No. 3
has been cleaned out, showing up hne,
and finished at 1902 feet. The electric
pumping motor is working very salts
factorily. Two more have been added
to the plant. The company is waiting
for new special belts to run an eight
inch pully on the motor. When these
belts arrive the three motors VIII be
pumping three wells.
While one hears complaints of work
in the field being slack, on account OF
the lack of transportation, one is sur
prised at the amount of material go
ing out into the field, being hauled out
with SIS and SIS to the west side, the
east side and over to the territory
along the Coalinga anticline. There is
considerable development work going
on through all parts Of the field, no.
ticeably upon the larger properties.
New derricks are spotting the whole
field. -
ENGINEER RESIGNS.
A. w. ALBRIGHT, who has done much
to bring the Good Luck property up
to its present production, has resigned
from the superintendency. ALBRIGHT
is a careful and effective mining en-
gineer and has made many friends in
this field. He will return to this field
after a brief rest in San Francisco.
The Valley Oil company, section 81
20-15, has we'll No. / improved OF late,
now making 500 barrels of 17-degree
B gravity oil a day. The sand has
commenced to move, giving the oil and
gas an opportunity to come in. The
we'll is producing from an upper sand'
which two sands underlie.
The Empire Oil company's we'll No.
1, section 32-19-15, is steady pro-
ducer at 225 barrels a day. Wen No. q
is 2465 feet deep with 8A-inch casing.
Formation sandy shale; well No. is
254O feet deep with SA-inch casing IN
the blue shale.
The Security Oil company's well has
been making a lot OF sand, which mas
all been cleaned out to bottom. The
well is now on the beam, making 4OO
barrels of nice, clean oil, free from
water and silt.
The Berkeley -Coalinga OIL company
operating with a portable on the
- Szf Il a.