Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-19
STANDARD OIL ENTERS
VENTURA COUNTY FIELD
Rumor Says Big Company Will
Operate Through Medium
of Small Concern

Has the Standard OIL company en-
tered the Sespe field of Ventura coun-
ty? is a question being asked.
There seems to be more than hear
say to substantiate the belief that this
great institution has decided to &c
after the light gravity oil that lies in
the hills back of Fillmore, and a land
owner in the vicinity who is in a po-
sition to know declares that this COM
pany is now making its entry to the
field through the medium of Penn
sylvania capital recently invested In
the field.
This being true, the Sespe country
will receive probably the biggest boost
of it's history. The country has as yet
only been scratched, and the wells
that were first drilled, some of them
over twenty years ago, are still pro-
ducing, showing practically an mex
haustible supply of oil in the ground.
The Crown Oil company, which is
operation at the convergence of the
Big and Little Sespes. has gone back
upon the formation in drilling it's first
well, and this we'll is making history
for the field. 1t has already passed the
upper oil sand and reached q depth of
1925 feet, where the bailer brought up
several gallons of light oil from the
second sand. This we'll is being drilled
a point where it probably intersects the
Modello shale, both of which are proof
of the existence of light oil. the Modello
containing even higher gravity of oil
than the Fernando shaie.
BACK ON FORMATION
The Crown people are now preparing
for their second well, which will be
drilled still farther back on the forma-
ton in the Modello shale. 1t is the
settled belief in the Sespe country that
the farther back on the formation a
well is drilled the lighter will be the
oil and more productive the hole.
The Brownstone property, which ad-
Joins the Crowns north line, has
struck In its we'll No 8 the first oil
sand at a depth of $50 feet This we'll
is being drilled back on the formation
in 100 foot depression. Therefore, by
comparing results here with those OBJ
tanned In the Crown well, it is obvious
that the formation is regular and pro-
ductive all the way through
The Standards advent into the Sespe
field probably will do more to advertise
1t as a producer Of the highest gravity
oil in the state than any other agency.
The Crown Oil company, which Is also
operating In the gusher zone of the
Midway Maricopa territory. has been
the chief booster of the Sespe country
for the past five months and has
backed its belief with intelligent and
comprehensive development work.
The Crown controls in Ventura coun-
ty 800 acres in all. This land includes
the best part of the oil-producing lands
on the western slope of Oat mountain,
three and one-half miles north of Fill
more on the Southern Pacific railroad.
In the Midway field the crown controls
100 acres in section 80, 1896, located
east of the Lake View and the Stand
ard gushers and southeast of the Hon
olulu.
This company, while operating in
two of the best oil fields Of the state,
Is made UP chiefly of Los Angeles men,
with headquarters in the w. p. Story
building, from which the great devel-
opment work now in progress is being
directed.