The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-01

number Of wells actually drilling
In 1911 alone there are l25 wells
now drilling in township l'.ll
there are g7 wells now drilling with
many new locations and rigs wait
Ing for tho wOrkCrH TO gct busy ohtly
In this year,
NcUs In operation or In the
preparatory stage iu i2-l2, total 70,
In 1874. total 20, Ia 10 -. toial 10,
n AZ, Norris district total 10
IN 1915, total seven, booth shnd,
In I3-l1, total 20. in l3-I3. total lOt
total %, west Of Bald MI lh-l3,
total eight, old Bald Inn district
total nine, Haskell district 10,
total 80. scattered townships in-
Guiding I2l1, 1910, 1i-l3, lie
lI-1I ana other townships south
aud west. total moro than 100.
\ conservative OHtlmntr OF the Cost
of drilling an average wcN In ihe
Okmulgcc field h. sct at 1000, so
that the oil operators backing mo
present new work iu tbiH frld ara
putting up tG,OOO.OOO iu cash for tho
800 now wells now drilling or about
to start so othor section In the
United states OF IL Ike area can show
such record. Say tho oil men OF
Dkmulgrr
An official estimate of the aver
apa daily production OF Okmulgec
county alone for the month OF ocio-
brr. 1919. was 1890 barrels OF
crude. Sew production ~ OkWul 20
gsc county IN October 1919, accord
Ing 10 the on city berflckB figures
tutaIlcd 2U.JlA barrels In Novom-
bor tho new production In this coun-
IS was IIglg barrels. bec"mbcr. Is
now production will not be less than
~ 900 barrols 1t 10 estimated. lhls
Is In Okmulgco county alone. al -
B though considerable Of the area OF
/ the Okmulgee oil field is now out
/ side tho limits Of Okmulgec county.
/ WIN $4,000 barrels daily which
7 is conservative estimate OF tho
average production FOR tho ont'kc
. DkmuIgoo area, oil at 81 per barrel
/ viii bring the operators Of thus area
AN Inrona OF S52, 100000 IN the year
1890 and IA large per cent OF thIa
amount will como from within the
confines OF Okmulgcc county.
/ That the daily average produc'
J ton Will be further increased dur
| ing the new year Is the confident
prediction Of tho hundreds OF oper-
IAtors In this I. d that are backing
their predictions with their dollars
Tho old cry that the OkmulBcC
field was spotted" has been silcncet
by tho finding OF new sands in aroa'
whero the first sands drilled int'
wcro non productive and the steadily
| Increasing price OF crude VIII MAKE
valuable small wells which could no
bo profitabiy operated when th'
price OF crude was at lower levels
BESIDES the crude oil production
the sands OF the Okmulgco fields ar
returning big profits from naiura
gas and from gasoline manufacture
from casinEhead and dry gas. Tn
lCitics and towns within the area q
the Okmulgee fields were the onl
ones In the southwest that suffcre
no Inconvenience IN the matter q
fuel shortage during the cold spe
of December, 1919, before the cos
strike was settled. The untniling ga
suply proved It's worth then.
The gasoline manufacturing on
OF the petroleum industry has com
to he big factor Ia the Okmulge
fields where there arc 80 plan
now in operation extracting gasolin
from gas.
The refining business In due fc
| further expansion In the OkmulgI
D fields during the coming year ~
! cording to announcements alrcnd
t made by several OF the refining con
> panics.
! Form any angle or point OF vie'
ld920 for the oil men operating In u
I lDkmulgco fields and their associate
- " bound to be q happy and pro
O. ferrous new year