New-York tribune., 1918-11-06
October Oil
Output Shows
General Decline
Fewer Wells Completed
Than in September,
Survey Reveals

The oil wells completed in New York
State and in the counties of Mexican,
Warren. Elk, Forest, Venango, Clarion,
Jefferson and Butler, Penn, during
October totallcd 147. showing de-
crease of seven, compared with. the
September figures. according to "Thc
Oil City Derrick"
nc loss IN competitions was small
Tor each district, with the exception
of Butler. which showed gain of one.
New production for the month cqualled
276 barrels, loss of % barrels COM
pared with the preceding month At
the end of last month there were 81
rigs in the districts considered and 1873
wells drilling-a total of 1874. This to-
tai revealed net loss Of four-l6
fewer rigs and II more drilling wells.
Influenza Retards Work
October operations in the south
west Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
southeastern Ohio fields show at The
close of the month more wells COM
pleted than in September. giving a
slight increase in new production. The
number of compilations in October
would have been still greater had it
not been for the shutting down of many
drilling wells on account of the cpl
demc Of influenza. The increase OF
the new production was due to the COM
pletion of two good wells on Kellys
,~x~ - N;~vsv,so Tn
tember this pool completed no large
wells.
During October the southwest Penn
sylvania fields completed 50 wells and
the new production amounted to l4S
barrels. More than one-third of the
aggregate was supplied by q sing le pro
Queer in Washington county. In the
list of competitions there were II dry
holes and Is gas wells, leaving 26 cred
tied to the oil producing list. This
was an average Of 913 barrels. In
September the same fields completed
81 wells "a dry holes and Is gas wells>
and the average was Is Y barrels.
"West Virginia did not complete as
many wells in October as in September
and gave a little less new production.
There were 1872 completions in Oc-
tober. The new production amounted
to 1.245 barrels. In the list Of com
pletions there were twenty-five dry
holes and thirty-fou gas wells. De-
ducting dry holes and gas wells leaves
seventy-three producers of oil, having
an average of about seventeen barrels.
In September there were 134 compile
tions (twenty-seven dry holes and
thirty-six gas wells) and the average
was about 1SA barrels, as shown by
an aggregate production of 1926 bar
rels. Two 30O-barrel producers on
Kellys Creek prevented the new pro-
duction in West Virginia from falling
first of the year.
Southeast Gains
"The completions in the southwestern
Ohio fields were two more in October
than in September. There were 21 dry
holes and seven gas wells in the list
of 100 wells completed. The new pro-
duction amounted to 1924 barrels,
which, after deducting dry holes and
gas wells, gave an average of a little
less than IS 1-3 barrels. In September
the same fields completed ninety,,ei ght
wells (twenty-six dry holes and two
amounted to 917 barrles, an average Of
13 Ito barrels
"The three divisions completed 2S2
wells in October. The new production
amounted to 2,717 barrels. There were
ffty-seven dry holes and fifty-four gas
wells. The average for October was a
little below sixteen barrels. In Sep
tember there were 266 completions
(fifty-seven dry holes and fifty-three
gassers) and the new production
amounted to 2,445 barrels, an average
of about Is 2-3 barrels.
"At the close of October the three
divisions showed an increase in rigs
and a sharp decrease in drilling
wells. The southwest Pennsylvania
fields had fourteen rigs and sixty-one
drilling wells. This was decrease Of
six rigs and three drilling, as COM
pared with the close of September"