Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-06-27

<~saiuS OIL lne petroleum produced in
west Virginia in the year 1913 was
close to S29,O00,OO0, which was by far
the greatest value for oil produced
IN the state In any year since oil was
discovered and an increase Of almost
90 per cent over 1912. This is account.
ed for largely by the high price of
Q which prevailed during 1913, for
the production decreased slightly in
quantity from 1912. These figures
were given out today by the Geolog-
zeal Survey. The actual figures for
tie State for 1913 are; production H..
!G7,299 barrels, valued te $2S,S2S,S14:
compared with the following figures
for 1912; production 12,12S,96 bar
rels, valued at $19,927,721. The IN
crease in the value Of the production
amounts to 44.67 per cent, while the
decrease in production from 1912 was
4 G} per cent.
The average price of oil for 191"
was $2.49 per barrel, compared w t.
the average price Of $1.64 for 1912
With the price Of oil down far belov
what it has been for some time an"
production declining also the outlook
for West V:rginia's oil production fo:
1914 it not SO good as it was in 1913
Petroleum is produced in 3 coU
ties of West Virginia" says a repoi
CT the Geological Survey, made pu!
the east to the western state lin
the east to the western State linz
and from Pennsylvania southwest t.
Mingo county. This state, which i
the home of the anticl:nal theory, 4
developed by DR.. l. O. White, Stat
Ceologist possesses ideal structur'
for the storage Of oil over SO large a
area that many pools have been deve
loped ard the drilling Of wells yield
ing as much as 1000 barrels a day O:
initial production is still frequent.
"COnditions are still favorable IL
the State for the development Of ne"
prolific pools that would bring the
total yield Of the State beyond the
development of the Blue Creek pool.
ir Kanawha county, Increased the
total production for that year to 12,-
12G.962 barrels. During the year the
pool declined and SO great a result
in 1913 was not to be expected never
theless the total reached II, ,567 ,299
barrels, a loss Of only 4.63 per cent.
This good record was due to the eH-
tention Of the Blue Creek pool, and
chiefly to the increase in Roane coun-
ty. where the Berea Grit and Scaffold
Run pools, in the Spancer district,
developed a product Of over 1000 bar
rels a day early in the year and IN
creased as the weather became better
for drilling. Harrison, Peasants,
Wood, Monongalia, Ritchio, Gilmer,
and Brooke counties added many gu
shers yielding from 200 to 1000 bar
rels a day While no pool equivalent
TO the Blue Creek was developed dur
irg the year, drilling was more active
than ever before owing to the high
prices for OIL
The decrease in the production IN
West Virginia was more marked than
in the rest of the Appalachian field,
embracing New York, Pennsylvania
West Virginia southern ONO ana
Kentucky, the decrease in the Appa-
lachian field as whole being but LIZ
per cent, compared with 4.63 per
cent in West Virginia. Similarly the
value of the oil produced in the ap
Ualachian field as whole lncreaS'l
4S.5S per cent, compared with an ln-
crease in West Virginia of 44.67 per
cent The average price per barreI
for the entire appalachian field in
creased from S163 in 1913 to $2.46 In
1913.
result of this process New YORK
"The increase in the price OF petro'