Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-07

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Colorado ..,..... sooooo lsupJ'
Total, ...... :J"'i.;'i :@Tll9'o'
: The total shows Iu Increase over
ihs production for 1913 oI iU,'p2,i?
barrels. The daily uy'vag" FOR ,hc
year was sSG,G:s barrels, Ju enormous
amount 'o be brought :" ibo 'U;l@Cu
each - nouYs for IH5 d"yF,
m" incroas" fo! Igit Sar1' "aiulN
from the Cushing pool - Oklahoma,
although California, tuE coast, Wy
omiug, Louisiana ana Indiana All "ho@
a greater "Utpm shan IN 1913.
Pennsylvania grade fields. which IN
ciudc New YORK, Penn Sylyania, west
Nirgiu.a and s"utheastsgn ONO. f''
! off 3.6sS,i09 barrels. This loss was
largely IN West Virginia, whiCh III
! 1913 had the advantage az the Blue
Creek field. with IT'S large production.
! This had defined by the beginning of
| 1914 so that 1t represented Al decrease
for that year, and n" N"w pools were
! found to maintain the production. Ia
! the older districts OF this division
there was very little difference In the
! production obtained from the old
wells for the past two years. Pennsyi-
vania and New York; which have the
! oldest fields, show u remarkable even.
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wells obtained serve to hold the out
put reasonably steady. Besides the
producers have been giving 3nore at
! tenti0n To their wells and Nursing them
with greater care
Lima and Inaidna Fields
! There was an Increase of 1862
! barrels In the production Of the Lima
and Indiana fields. This came mostly
! from the new pools of Indiana which
made up for the decline an the old
| leases and even for the loss by the
many abandoned wells. In the north.
western part Of the old Lima field a
number of good wells We're struck III
Isolated spots. which helped 20 main"
! tain tho total production
| Kentucky shows only 6,4i2 more
barrels than in 1913. The expectation
at the beginning Of 1914 that this
state would prove rich field for the
! wildcat operator did not matrIali2e.
| Western Kentucky, Oh which the
! hopes centereds proved disappointo
mento and has been practically abands
onedo Shallow wells in coNgested
pools, scattered through the state.
represent all the oil producing ino
dustry of Kentucky.
The production in Illinois for 1914
was 3,1S2,2T7 barrels less than IN the
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the only important one discovered
during the year, The Plymouth. exc
. element proved failure and the
activity of the wildcat operator failed
to add anything to the producing areao
although at the close of the year there
was a prospective spot near ST. Fran
cisville, which may prove of some lmo
portanceo
Oklahoma was the banner state of
] 70 p
! 35,032,960 barrels was mostly from
one field, THAT however, has been
the wonder field of the world and
Cushing will probably long remain
the one spot with which to compare
! others. The figures used in the table
are made up of runs by pipe lines, es-
timated shipments by tank carso and
the increase In stocks in lines and
field, the latter being a matter Of este
mate They may be assumed to rep
resent the output Of Kansas and Oko
| lahom. for the year. -as the great in
crease did not take place until the
last half of 1919,
The Texas Panhandle, In which is
| included the production at COrsicana,
showed the small increase of 356,669
| barrels over 1913. During the first
| few months Of 1914 the production
held fairly well owing to the opening
of new pools and extension of'some Of
! the old ones, but there was a general
! falling off in work and loss of pro-
/ duction during the last half.
Northern Louisiana.
! Northern Louisiana made a gain in
| 1914 Of 2,370I47 barrels. Work in
/ the old Caddo field held the produc-
! ton fairly steady, and there was
gain in De Soto and the Red River
] L. Il ~ nv.
! tension OF the producing area
! throughout the year, and many large
producers were struck. 1t Is ter
| ritory which promises to be promI-
nent for many years, with good pros
! poets for finding other prolific pools
| I'm the vicinity of Caddo and IN north
western Texas.
! The Gulf Coast made n good gain
| Of S,1l6.69S barrels. Sour Lake was
/ the prominent pool of this division
| during she year and at one period had
] a large production. Near the close
! Of the year a gas well at Corpus
| Christi attracted the attention of the
| oil men, and there Is a belief that an
other oil pool will be opened In the
! vicinity. The wildcat work has been
| only fairly successful, and the pro-
] ductiOn has been maintained by deep.
ening old wells and drilllng within or
close TO defined territory
/ California showed a gain OF 5,115,'
| 9? barrels over the 1913 output. This
gain, which does not represent the
probable amount OF some 100000
/ barrels pinched in. was due to- the
/ striking Of 'Lakeview Number Two
! Co.'s large gusher-Iv which later
sanded up-and several large wells I'm
/ the various fields. Overproduction
/ was as potent in California as In ok
/ lahoma, and resulted in the pinching
down OF many OF the large producers
I There was no important extension OF
any field.
wyoming made a gain Of /. $50. 900
| barrels for the year. Tlne develop
ment work was largely confined TO
/ the vicinity OF the old wells. Wildcat
ventures were generally not shccessful
At the beginning Of the new year
the trade anticipates such a decline
| IN the production Of Cushing that the
total output for 1915 will show a large
decline. This is based on the pre-
sumption that Cushing Is practically
| defined, and that the decline must be
rapid. IL is the only source from
which an overproductlon can be
| looked for at present. and the hopes
Of all producers for better prices rest
upon what may happen there.
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