El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-04
The Geological
Reason Why oil
Should Be Here
Gas North Of Us, Seeps
East and South; Mother
Pool Should Be Here.

J. W. Denny, field man for the
1 Delaware Oil Basin Co. writing Of
oil possibilities in the Tularosa basin.
north Of FL Paso. says:
THE head driuer for the Hueco
Basin OH company whose we'll is now
down about zoe feet and going at the
rate OF % feet daily. says he is very
much pleased with the log OF the well.
as it is almost identical with that Of
the Ranger wells. The formation in
the Hueco well IS practically the same
as ours. CHueco Basin being at the
lower END Of Tularosa Basin-)
From all geological facts il seems
certain that there is an enormous
pool OF oil in the TularOsa Basin. In
the Pecos county easu and south Of US
they have numberless seeps Of oil
ranging all the way from one barrel
70 10 barrels per day. That oil is the
very highest grade and has sold for
as much as $3.50 per barrel Just as
it came out Of the wen
That quality OF oil only comes
from seepage from the mother pool
The lighter, higher quality oil perco-
lates through the porous rock and
leaves the main body OF oil in the
original reservoir.
Reasons OH should Be Here.
Il am acquainted with the geologi- +
cal formation for miles i'm every
direction around the Pecos district. :
and in no place does the formation
justify the belief that there is pool
or OIL except In the IularOsa Basin. {
The southeastern part OF this basin
seems TO have all the physical con- /
ditons requisite to this large pool
Of OIL
south OF as we have granite
dyke running across the country.
East north and partly on the west 4
we have the Guadalupe mountains
Southeast Of us where the dyke !
and mountains cross. there seems TO I
be a break which would permit the 1
lighter oil TO pass through 10 the 4
Pecos district.
Ideal For on.
by going down 1850 from tina, 4
to 2000 we would have an ideal in I
cline for the oil 10 ascend II we found I.
* In the Pecos valley at the depth I
OF from $50 TO 1000 feet, which is I
the depth at which the seep is en- /
countered- There they find the oil, Z
they do not find any gas TO speak Of 4
This seems TO prove that this oil Is .
a seep and that the outlet from the .
mother pool is below the gas line, +
Otherwise they would have the gas
Taking tho fact that there is no gas
.
would seem TO prove that there is .
an enormous pool somewhere from .
which this oil is coming.
In the southeastern part OF the
Iularosa Basin the stratificauon is (
almost perfect for distance Of
about 30 miles in length aBd a num- 4
Der o. miles wide. In this distance
there is not an upheaval nor an ig-
neous rick TO be found. This proves 4
that the sea floor has not been
arupted nor the oil burned out But
we do find as wei developed anti
clines in this region as you are Ike
ly TO find anywhere.
Why We Should Have II.
AT the head OF the Tularosa Basin,
at Tucumcari, ~ II, they have re-
Gently struck quite a showing OF gas
In the MCGEE vel In fact the gas
was so strong that at one time IL
lifted the drill bit 200 feet from the
bottom Of the well
Further north IN Union county
hey struck a very fine gas WelL, but
II neither place did they strike any
lil 70 speak Of which fact brings us
20 the conclusion that they are at
he head Of the oil pool
Now II they, az the north and
lbove US, strike the gas and no oil
md the Pecos district being located
properly TO get the seep OF oil and
,ur location and elevation being
roper between the two extremes and
Fe having an almost perfect geologi-
al formation for such a pool OF OIL
{ seems that the possibilities are
GOD Tor the Tularosa Basin