The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-05
INTHEOIL FIELDS
Office: gal W. H. PECK Residence 2442
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The Situation in Texas.

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DALLAS. 1"AtH, stay uu'pu'
" high grayIy crude petroleum 300
T,Aas which multiplied .,, uw,a ln
the tNrcn mouthh prrrri,ur Nu,h
10. 1913. M expected soon fp begin
in,rcdHiuR again
fur Jh, llst SIX wrrN the output
has hung around an average u' lHu.
900 lo l1t.UuO barrels dh.y
Two or tire" square uI.". Of u'"
torrtury recently added foe 'hr tprN
burnett pool iuurlh TrAuHl uiuriH
most Of Toe grounds fur authoritative
opinions thai the nigh Ert,lfy fields
oi he stale VIII probably o." pro.
ducIng zoo 600 bartca duIy ur more
before the end uf the summ,r II
the deep tiuds uf north central
IuNas should Auorp than hold ih'It
own In m" next four uT fNc muulha.
The probability of q big iuDt'tSr lu
general totals would bc ETcdlcI. bat
tae ducp sands ato proving su crriilc
that calculations br 10 lh'ir iumc.
diatC future iH gursawork lhorc are
a. many probable locations In iho
western edge Of the BungrI pool
alonc a. IN alt the Burkburucu t,r.
IuutS but hcuhubo uf the fact mat
the Hanger wells are twice ha deep
as those OF lurkhuruott me deep
sands pool VIII ho 80 slow IN com
pletlng wells that Hurkburuott IN all
probability viii have bcuu drilled up
and long past ilS hish Iidr before
Ranger stops dnliing In me Nur.
wood extension.
The situation NJ 1iurkburncu.
The Burkburnott pool il shaped
Ike TAT Cucumbcl. about three
miles long from uaAi to west, and at
lis wildcat point a mile auroAA. The
townsltc lis about The middle of it's
producing area within tho llmitB
OF the territory outlined lhcre are
approximately 500 producing wcl'~
wnose average daily output now h
about 200 sbarrcls This Ia the
new Burkburnott pool Beginning
at point about three miles south
west OF the town ana running west
for riS or seven miles ls the old
Burkburnett pool with many hum
dreds OF wells producing about
10000 barrels daily Northwest OF
the town OF Rurkburnett. about "a
little more than two miles, tone and
one-half miles northwest OF the
nearest welD ~ the Golden Cycle
OIL company No u Henncr, now a
week old, and flowing more than
1000 barrels daily Half mile on
northwest Is the Thrift oil company
No. Brannon. now four days old,
and flowing more than 1000 barrels
Half mile stfll on northwest In
the Burk Wasgoner No, Maxcy,
now nine days old flowing about
2,b00 barrels
These three wells whose initial
output compare fayorabiy with tho
average big well In either the CuBh.
Ing or Ranger pool are In straight
line one mile long. pointing toward
and away from the iownsilo. North
and west OF this line there is prac-
tically unlimited territory, South ot
the three wells and IN between them
and the old Burkbsrnctt district are
NO many dry holes that there Eeems
little possibility Of any connection
years ago). The ncg or townsito
pool "a not necessarily cut oN from
the extension, although bounded
Immediately on the west. and at It's
western end. on the north. BY dry
holes. Thercais room enough for "a
connection from the north west tern
extremity 10 the townsite pool The
big wells being completed by the
humble ON company and Gilliland
OIL company, at tho Western end OF
the townsitc pool have more re-
semhlance IN their initial perform.
ance to tha three wells In the cSteu-
aon than 10 their neighbors east Of
them
fifty-one wells have already been
started among ana around tho three
gushers In the northwcal extension
Rig builders are working at night
their bonuses for quick work are
sometimes more than their wages.
Every indication n that tho tcrri-
tory In tho extension viii I've drill~i
with extraordinary rapidlty.
AtYhntlgh ha -
is expected In itself to double the
present output OF the general Rurk
burnett district, thore are Htill Rcorcs
Of good locations In the western end
NJ the townste pool on the Hardin
land whore wells have come In re
Gently as high Hs 2.lOO harrc's. in
itial, ana on the west side OF tho
town, and In the tovnate itself.
there are still many drilling loca
iions, which VIII materially assist at
least TO maintain output Of the town
site pool while the extension is in
creaslng the output of the general
district
The Handicap of the Deep Sands
The concurrent development ~
the Rurk burnett pool and tho Ran.
ger deep sands has afforded much
room for e study " the anomalies
OF the business OF producing crude
oil The Rurkhunctt pool, with ifs
few square miles ~ territory. has al.
ready once passed the great Ranger
pool, am now seems likely not only
10 pass It again. nut perhaps to Gro.
ate an output as great ss tho entire
deep sands territory. that be- for tho
umc being lu other. Wur1. a. b..
probable that before the rnI ,f rho
summer tho four or fNp .Yu,r,
miles a. nurkhurncu. h,rcfofurn ,