Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-13

from West Virginia and Southwest
Pennsylvania. while the addition TO
Oh, new production came from But
.,r county This county also fur
ulsh,d the only excitement of this
division when 90 l2J-harrcl we'll was
struck ON q town lot at Evans city,
and caused the Luruug OF active
work \ good well was also COM
plctDu i'm the Cabin Greek district hut
as 10 is ou the large acreage held boy
the operating company, is not lm-
portant I'M increasing operations, nor
is its size such as To affect production
except locally Elsewhere i'm this di-
vision the work was OF a routine
nature, and growing less The close
OF the month showed "a fewer RIGS
mp and wells drilling than on April
80. The efforts TO find new territory
In Southwest Pennsylvania, West Viz
UinIa and Southeastern Ohio resulted
in bl dry holes out of 223 wells com
pletcd Allogauy and Bradford were
fortunate lu having no failures, white
NcIonru and Clarion reported seven
and Butlcr six
Work In the gas fields Of Ohio is
increasing slightly owing 10 the gas
companies testing ont territory ON
which they have been paying rental
for long time. The Cleveland gas
field is failing fast. and the operators
there are now hoping for an oil pool
to make up their losses
No New Fields.
ln none Of the other fields Of the
central west were there any discover
les 90 attract the attention Of the
trade. Work is growing less. aud It
IS confined more to defined territory
than formerly
Gushing is sul the unsolVed prob
lem of the oil industry The early
part of May II was confidently he
Iieyod that the production would
how a steady decline affected only
occasionally by the striking OF some
rusher ON inside locations. The dis
cuvery OF oil deeper I'm the sand or I'M
a. new sand, has upset calculations.
The new pay furnishes Eusher wells,
and the production has been increased
TO over two hundred and slNty-tivc
thousand barrels a day gain Of
some thirty thousand barrels i'm two
weeks. Work In the Mid-Coutinent
field shows the slight increase of 20
i'm the total and 5S fewer wells were
completed than I'm April Considerable
wildcat work was done in May, and
there are prospects that another pool
has been found north of Cushing,
where small well was struck Mid
Continent producers were fortunate i'm
their operations, as the report shows
less than one dry hole for each seven
competitions.
The Thrall field was the most iu-
tcresting of the Texas pools i'm May.
! Operations were active and a fair
field has been developed. Present in
dicdtiUns are that ii will not be- of
large area, and the rapidity with
which it is being drilled will prob
ably cause it TO decline quickly i'm
output. The Gulf coast division had
l6 more competitions than in April,
and its new production showed an
Increase of G,9S5 barrels. This was
all due to Thrall. as there were no
important wells elsewhere. wildcat
work is extensive throughout the
state, and these ventures make up a
large part Of the work under way.
More than oue-third of the wells com
plcted was dry.
one Dry Hole.
The CrichtOn field of Louisiana is
maintaining its good record of pro
duCcrs with no failures. Five fewer
wells were completed i'm Louisiana
during May than in April, but as only
one dry hole was found the new pro-
duction showed an increase Of Gs5
| barrels.
In the Texas Panhandle field there
We're four fewer competitions and new
| production showed a decrease Of rs
| barrels OF the 20 wells drilled in
nine We're failures and one gas
well, which makes the poorest show
ing Of any division The Strawu pool
promises TO hc am important one for
this section. The wells are not