Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-30
VALLEY OIL SHUTS Off
WATER UNDER SHALE
CoaIinga Company Meets with
Success in Second Sand
of First Well

COALINGA, Aug. 29.-The Valley Oil
company, section 80, 20-15, has shut off
the water on a shell, twenty-five feet
under the heavy blue shale; the silt
in the blue shale will settle around
the casing and make it watertight.
This was done at 1896 feet in a heavy
six and a quarter inch casing This is
the second oil sand that the manager
was after. The water was bailed down
100 feet, in the morning there was
ZOO feet of oil on top of the water in
the well coming in faster than 1t could
be bailed out, bailing from the top of
the fluid The agitation caused by
running the bailer made the we'll flow
for some time; the hole is not yet
drilled into the sand an effort will Q
made to pump for a time with open
bottom to try the we'll out before drill
ing into the sand, as the pressure Of
the gas has thrown lot of coarse
sand and oyster shells up into the pipe
Ad Pierce, the superintendent, IS very
confident that they have a big well,
at least a 800 barrel or better. The
four and half inch casing will be put
in a little later and the well finished.
SILVER TIP ON BEAM
The Silver Tip, section 6, 21-15, well
No 2 is on the beam, making about
200 barrels per day of twenty-eight
gravity oil.
The Pacific States, on same section,
has well No / producing twenty
eight gravity oil. which is sold on the
car, at the Lucille loading rack, on
section g. 21-15, for refining purposes
at a price much above the fuel oil, as
the refiner says this oil "splits" very
easy, that is, the gasoline breaks away
freely, making the oil very desirable
for refining purposes. The Phoenix
refinery, at Bakersfield, is taking the
oil at 60 cents per barrel, f. o. b. cars
at the Lucille loading rack.
The Union Oil company, operating
what is known as the Guiberson lease,
on section 4, 20-15, being the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter,
and the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, is installing COM
bination rotary standard rig to re-
place the standard. This section of
the field is suitable for the rotary,
the sand strata, known as the Etche-
goin blue sand is very thick here and
the rotary is far the best rig to sink
a hole. in the stuff. The rotary will
be drilling within ten days
DORCHESTER CEMENTED
The DORCHESTER, section IS, 21-15, ce-
mented off the sulphur water, the last
water in this formation, as shown by
the log of the De Luxe well, at 2730
feet in eight and quarter inch casing.
The cement will be left for ten to
fifteen days to set, then the cement
plug will be drilled out. The men about
this well appear to have confidence in
the outcome.
William Reilly sold his automobile
to Jack Cypher, taking his pay in Boy
chester stock, the result of a little
bartering and joshing about the well.
The Esperanza Land and OIL COM
pany, section 30, 21-15, has cemented
49, L., all 10, nf fnnf
with six and a quarter inch casing
the hole is 1850 feet deep. The bit
passed through over 100 feet Of sand
below the sulphur water sand. In or
der to save this sand the manager
backed up and put in heavy bridge
in the sand. On this bridge the ce-
ment was set to shut off the water in
the heavy blue shale. Considerable
gas has shown in the hole for over
1000 feet
The Ell Cerrito, section IA, 23-17, that
drilled a hole 4100 feet deep, starting
with a ten inch and landing the heavy
four and a quarter inch casing at 410O
feet, has reported a dry hole The
company is dismantling the property,
the pipe is being pulled, the four and
a quarter, six and quarter and the
eight and a quarter has all been pulled
out except about 200 feet of the eight
and a quarter; the ten inch is now
being pulled. 1t is stated that the
company will sell the material consist
ing of a lot of timbers used as as
sessment work on several locations and
the material used on section IA in the
sinking of a well.
The Southern Pacific and the Asso-
ciated are running all the oil they can
secure in this field. Orders are COM
ing in urging the delivery of all oil
possible. There seems to be urgent
demand for fuel oil by these companies
at this time, which seems like very
cheerful news to oil men.