El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-07
Mexico Has Greatest Potential
Oil Production In The World
Great GuShers Line East Coast


The production or petroleum in the
United States OF this year was about
1,025,000 barrels a day while the po-
tential production OF Mexico is 1,500.-
900 a day. according TO an article in
the Review OF Reviews by Albert w,
Atwood. The actual production Of
Mexico in the month Of June. accord
ing 10 this authority. was 10000
barrels
BY potential production IS meant
what the gage can show wells ca
pable OF producing, but which can
not be turned loose because It IS not
practicable TO handle the output OF
wells which can produce from 100000
TO 100000 barrels a day. Besides. =
such wells were allowed TO 1OW at
full capacity, they might turn into
veritable oil volcanoes as did the IA
nous Dos BOcas well Of the Tamplco
fields when 1t flowed 100000 to
100000 barrels several years ago.
Mr.. Atwood goes on to say that
practically all MeIico's oil producing
fields are located In the state OF Vera
cruz. the most productive part OF
which IS a strip . miles wide run
ming south Of Tampic0, the admins
trative center Of oil affairs. for a dis
lance OF about 100 miles 10 The town
Of TuNpam-
Described By II Paso Sian.
Interesting data Is furnished by J.
ID. Peacock Of the Two Republics De-
Telonment company OF Fl Paso-
EEL Aguila" COMPANY. one OF ne
Lord CoWdray concerns owns the
Portero del Llano No well in the
Tuxpam section. II is reported TO
have produced 100000, 900 barrels OF
oil in II years with a casing head
value OF 50 cents a barrel Computed
in gold this would be a production
when refined Of over 80 tons as net
profits. The well is 1000 feet deep
and has a gas pressure Of $40 pounds
20 the square inch This well was
drilled by Samuel Weaver Of Tam
pico and he IS given credit By the
operators OF the Tampico oil fields
for mechanical genius in drilling.
handling and successfully Gaping
these biggest gushers in the world
Northeast Of the POrtrero del Llauo
and a short distance is the luan ca
siano vel No Z. belonging 10 Cali
f0rnia interests whose stock was sold
In Los Angeles as low as cents and
it IS now worth S211 The well is IL
years old and is said 70 have pro-
duced a, 100000 barrels
Romance OF the OIL world.
The famous Dos Bocas wen near
the two mentioned is the romance or
Lue oil MoFlQ. no NEeGllL4Qu uaN
been taken TO cement the casing TO
control the flow Of oil, as IS the law
in Mexico now. when the drill en-
tered the oil sand the driI came up
with mighty roar and the tremen-
dous rush Of oil carried away the rig,
killing two men, a column OF black
oil shot 200 feet into the air Every
one fled from It. When the wind
shifted the gas and oil caught fire
and the oil estimated as high as
500. 600 barrels a day burned for 81
days. The services Of many men was
required TO tunnel under the burning
river OF lake Of oil 20 get at the wei
and stop the flow.
The Portrer0 del Liano well. ceu-
trally located IN the lower Tuxpan
field, has a producing capacity Of
100000 barrels a day.
The Cerro Azul No. 4 well in The
same general section, but a Few miles
shows a potential production
Of go. 900 barrels day A little
farther 10 the north are the 4Ewi Re
filming company's two wells. the
Amatlan No I and Amatlan No. ..
with a capacity Of $4,000 and 100000
barrels a day respectively.
The Beu-MeE on company has a
Wen farther 70 the south which has
a capacity OF 10000 barrels and the
waters Pierce interests have Q Wen
on their Topila holdings capable OF
producing 100000 barrels.
The Agwi company recently brought
in a well on its Chiconciuo holdings