The San Francisco call., 1910-07-27
Midway -SUNSETOIL
FIELDS EXPANDING
A. j. Po!Iak Co. Complies Sta
tistics Which Show Re-
Harkable Growth

Recent developments in the Midway
Sunset oil fields have extended great
Inc area Of producing territory.
summary Of the situation in this dis
u1co has seen compiled by the A. )
Poliak company OF petroleum engineer
and forms the substance Of their IN
itisl field letter. IN part the lette
says:
The Development Of the Midway
sunset oil fields for the month of
Juno has kept apace with the vast
amount of work done in these
heids during the last year. and now
that the Pickett bill has been def
nitely passed. the development viii
ne even greater than ever before.
as new derricks are springing up
ed lands
The total production Of these
- uelos for June was l,96S.540 bar
rels. of which amount the Midway
neid produced S24.2S0 barrels. and
the Sunset field produced l,l44.260
= barrels; and even though this great
amount was not up to the May pro-
ductiOn by a bout 65. coo barrels. il
was chiefly caused by the fact that
the month Of June has only 50 days
10 81 days for MAY. and also that
many Of the new wells brought in
VIII not give their full production
tation facilities have been made.
Among the new wells brought in.
most OF Them being IN the gusher
clasS are the Pacific Midway, Mid
way Northern, Consolidated Mid
way. Essex, Maricopa National X,
]. x O. Co. HaZelton Crude. and
. set field. and the Hale Mcleod,
American oil fields. G, c. VI. oil
company. Mammoth Standard.
Union, North American consolidat-
ed. NeVsd da Midway and January oil
company in the Midway field
The Coin oil company, in section
f-@l-22. is reported to have reached
prolific OF sand at $3.50 feet. and
Inc American oil fields company in
section j 3l-22 is reported TO have
q goOG showing Of light oil a. ] 800
ieet. Both these wells will. in a
measure. help TO prove the extreme
which heretofore has been consid-
cred rather doubtful
In the Buena Vista hills the
Honolulu Consolidated oil company
is drilling wells on eight different
sections. with an enormous show
ing Cf gas in several of the wells
20 The Standard oil company has also
faa several bis gassers in these
!ills. but no oil has been struck as
Set in any Of its wells
In the Elk hills there are a
great number Of strings at work.
with new derricks being erected
continually. but until several OF
these d~illing wells nave been sue
oeSSfullE brought in, no determine
lion can be made Of the prolific
nature Of the territory.
The Sunset fat is being contin-
ally proved UP by the bringing in
" Of new wells. and this region viii
undoubtedly help to make the Sun
set field one Of the largest pro-
- ducers in the state in the future.
even though the famous Lakeview
weN viii settle down to an ordi-
nary producer.
The Standard oil company has
completed its new pipe line from
- Midway 10 Bakersfield. which will
d double the company's capacity for
this field.
The production figures herewith
- given are approximate. and were
compiled from data obtained from
the various operating companies in
-, rhe field. The following figures of
producing and drilling wells In
these fields were compiled from
personal observation of the writers.
MIDWAY FIELD
VOLS producing Observation-Disclosures. 943
Wells brought in in June. -.--.....--. 2s
Wells drilling ..-...... ... 2I6
SUNSET FIELD