The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29
O:iilIand.5.'GasH
STANDARDS RULING

81 -. ~ y fskl6Hi EMS OIL MEN
The Standard Oil Company OF New
York, having announced a reduction
OF Is points In the quotation for rein.
ed oil for export, both in bulk and in
cases, Is causing apprehension among
producers and inclines many to the
opinion that heEcrude market is by
no means on a firm footing. Eastern
operators are starting but very little
new work. and are not likely to dc
SO US long as conditions remain 50
unsettled. Weather conditions are
not such as to- inspire operators to
have a keen desire to get busy at this
time. Eastern operators and produci
ers still regard the Smid continent
fields as menacing. The eastern fields
have no territory that looks capable
of furnishing any consid erable amount
of new production. ~ "
The Weir sand territory In Kama.
wha county, West Virginia, and the
Ohio are the most likely. In the last
named section the late competitions
are very light, and as for the shallow
sand districts, very few OF the wells
are bettor than light bumpers!
In the Union Furnace district, Starr
township, Hooking county, the Rae.
coon Oil Company has nov; completed
q second test on the E. j. sudloW
farm. and has a show for S0:barrel
producer. In the same district ana
township the CHARTERS OH. Campany,s
No. IS on the. Hooking Valley Pro.
ducts Company's property, reported
dry a few weeks ago. has been shot,
and the hole has filled up 80 feet with
fluid. twill probably make very
light pumper. i5is r. ". I
In the northern end of the field in
Bowling Green township, Licking
county the y: ~ Puryis Royalty Com.
5panyl has drilled a second test onithe
Nathan Mack farm through the Gin.
ton sand. This is the second duster
found In thisscountySdur the week;
Shallow Sand II Territory.
In the shallow. said territory In the
Cow. Run district, Lawrence township,
Washington county, Edwardss& Com.
pany have drilled No. 4 on the John
Rush farm through the first Cow Run
sand. and have light pumper. III
the same district, L.@O. Daubers Il
Company are due in ttheysand at No.
> in the Katherine Dauber farm. The
last sixwellsy completed In this dis:
trtct have an average Of less than
three barrels at the time Of compile:
tion. 4 y, !. h :, :: Il
In the Marietta district, Washing.
ton county, Mallory, Eakas eco. are
due in the sand at a test on the n. n.
McKibbon farm, and AZ. ]. Wagner &!
Co. have. started to drill a test on the
George Barth farm. In Knox town
ship, Columbiana county, the Stocker
/ OIL and Gas Company has drilled its
test. on the Robert Kuntzman heirs'
farm, and has a small gas well, but no
~ West Virginia.
Very few compilations were report
ed from the West Virginia fields. In
the Weir sand development on Blue
creek. Elk district. Kanawha county
the South Penn Oil Company, has
drilled in its No. 8 on the j.. v. am
Anna G. Skinner farm and has a show
for 50.barrel producre. The same
company will be due to get the sand
this week at its test on the =. c. Alex
lander farm. The South Penn Com
pany Is also rigging up to sdrill a test
on the G. Il. Myers farm. Nos Il
and IL on the y. ". r. Skinner farm
are drilling. lnthe. same district. 3tht
Ohio Fuel Oil Company is7due I'M tfe
sand at No. 2 on the William Youne
heirs farm. and is down !. 400 feet al
attest on the Mary P. ohg franz! The
same company has the rig Fcomplet 81
for a test on the Hoover farm -
On Trace Fork. sDuvai district. LIN
coin county, the Wayland on and GA
Company has the rig completed for.
test on the i. r. Hanley farm. local
ed within 4 900 feet of the test bn m.
s. r. HanleyS farm. In the same all
trict the Hamilton Company's test ri
the Samuel Bowman farm Ia drillini
at 1900 feet. The ,Eagl on and ia.
Company is due I'm the sand at a sec
ond test on the g. B. Moore farm
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Indiana E q I. I. !. /. n "a
Illinois h. !. 7. h. !. 4 !. . " al s.
Kansas and Oklahoma .55 4
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