The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-03-18
Expert Foretells Big
Oil Field Promise of
This Entire Section
BvT1. r, WEBSTER, Jr.


Pamela. Shelby. Eastern Rusk and
Northeastern NacostlOcles counties. Is
the scene Of great oil activity. Never
in the history Of Eastern Texas was
there greater anxiety than now Is ht.
ing displayed. due to the oil activity
in the entire eastern part Of the state.
That Eastern Rusk County Is Oh the
Sabine l'plift is proven by reason OF
the RoXnna Petroleum Company getting
in the chalk ut 1881 feet. and going out
| of same at 1850 feet. =,
Oil Is the topic Of conversation III
| this section Of the country In hotels.
business houses and at every public
gathering. Farmers and ShOp-keeperS.
their wives and children have all been
infected with the oil fever. and the
common expression with those inter-
eSted Is. When we strike Il gusher."
The doubt has been removed from
their minds and truthfully it can he
said that every one agrees that at some
place or places in these counties an
other great oil pool or pools will lie
found that will bring to this section
| NVitIlt. AhlSNluss tftVoAS
of the biologists that Eastern Texas
will be the next great oil field of
America. are twenty eight oil conilM-
MES putting on Il drilling campaign,
costing more than one million dollars.
Looking over the map Of the eastern
tier of counties showing the location
Of the various oil companies. one can
draw from his Imagination visions Of
another Caddo. Bull Bayou or. Homer.
which will be another link in the chain
of pools on the Sabine Uplift. There
Is total Of twenty-eight rigs erected
in this district. twenty Of which are
how drilling.
All Of the major companies, includ-
ing the Gulf Production Company, Tex
as Company. Sinclair Oil Company.
Roxana Petroleum Company. Big State
Oil Company. National OH and Gas
Company. Hope Oil Company. Tex
Caddo Oil and Gas Company. South
western Gas and Electric Company.
along with other big interests. have
large holdings in this district Oh which
they are now drilling.
1t has long been thought by ge0lO-
gists who have made a study of this
tier of counties that the western rim
of the Sabine Uplift would be as pro
ductive Of oil and gas Us the eastern
rim. which produced the Caddo pool,
the Nub0rtoll. Crichton and Bull Bayou
districts. together with the Cross Lake.
Cedar Grove and Elm Grove gas areas.
OIL GEoLOGY-A HAZARD REDUCER.
Geology has not relieved the oil and
natural gas producers of all the ex-
l,ellSe of drilling dry holes in their
constant search for new supplie>o 1t
merely has reduced hazard. 1t Is l'e-
yond the powers Of natural man to
| foretell absolutely whether any par
ticular we'll will yield oil or gas in
, commercial quantities. However, are
full biologists or any practical oil man
can eliminate many Of the factors of
uncertainty. and thus limit the search
to regions having Il peculiar geological
structure where experience has shown
that the occurrence of oil and gas l.
most probable. But, further than this
| CtllIOl anu SNAiOA SSoAo
siSt has ever claimed otherwise.
THE BETHANY STRUCTURE.
The Bethany District embraces al
of the area east of the Sabine River
i'm Pamela County. The southeastern
PARTON Of Harrison County, the south
! western portion of caddO Parish ant
the northwestern portion Of DeSOtt
: Parish are known as the Betllan!
J Structure and is considered the larges
I known semiproven structure Oh th'
! Sabine Uplift No portion Of the Sa
| bine l'plift has been more thorough!
+! examined by geolOgistS. nor more gen
I orally recommended. There have beel
j: Il sufficient number Of wells drilled OF
; the edges of this structure for tn
!: practical oil man. as we'll as the seOlo
I gist, to fairly we'll define same.
The Bethany District has to its cretli
: seven gas wells with Il total production
' of 1O9.:OO.OOO cubic feet. initial test
+ Five of these wells are producing froI
the HNO-foot stratum and two of tn
wells producing from the 1WOfOo
stratum in the "Nacatoch'' sand
Three wells have been pumped froI
!; the 24lO-foot sand which average al
I: proXinnltely six barrels per day. Tll
: Gulf Production Company has recent
completed its TrOSper No. = This we
-, will he pumped ut Il depth Of 2i34 fee
!: 1t is believed that this well is by f;'
: the best well drilled in this distric
|: The Texas Company also has Il prOdu'
: ing we'll Oh it's Waterman Lumbe
Company tract. with an initial produ'
: ton of fifteen barrels per day from til
blossom sand ut 1900 feet. Therefor
!. there are already four proven produ
., ing strata in this field. and 1t
IS confidently believed that the chal
rock ut 1900 feet and the Trinit
- sand ut 1000 feet will also prove pr
-. luctiun Of both oil and gas In lar:
quantities.
The major oil companies have locke
!: ulon this area with longing eyes t,
many years. und Just recently the Gu
Production Company has shown !
faith In this district by closing Il CO
/: tract with the Werner Sawmill Con
lmny for IL. 100 acres. all checkerb0ar
cd In panolu County, east Of the Sabli
River and IN Southwest Caddo Paris
bordering OH the state line. 1t Is u
/: lerStood that this lease carries with
an obligation to drill u well on els
1000 acres under penalty Of farfeitur
-: This program calls for an expenditu
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