Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-16
Young County Well
Is Good Producer

eussisi 10 Ths Ns~s
FORT WORTH Dec. i5.-Announce.
ment that the Prairie oil ara Gas
company has curtailed It's pipe line
runs In Kansas and Oklahoma thirty
per cent IN regarded here M certain
10 presage n reduction In the price OF
crude throughout the Mid Continent
field. Including the North Central Tex.
AZ producing areas. Congestion IN
given an the reason for tho holding
back OF the oil. but II In now gcner.
ally believed that the inaistent demand
for readjustment Ca a lower price level
VIII compel n lower level for fuel al
just aa In all other lines.
AZ any rate operators ana producers
ir North Central Texas fields are ex.
reetlng reduction, either imme.
diately or around January /.
Reports from the new producer In
the South Bend district Of Young
county. the ~. X. Graham No. a
the Chapman-clark syndicate. indl.
cate that II In a better producer thaa
at first reported. II IN now estimated
TO be making 1000 barrels daily. al.
though IL has no: been completed. flow.
ing from the new 2i0O.foot sand. II In
now only few feet In the sand.
In Wichita county an unusually
large completion 10 reported from the
kemp-Munger'Allen company. In the
northeast part " the company's lease
IN block 30. which In flowing $50 bar.
rels daily. II offsets tho company's
No. 10 which was completed "A few
aLa g. -. -. LII
Southeast of the K.M.A field, IN the
new Matte Parker district. the Parker
No. Of the Cline OH company has
been drilled five feet into the 1900.
foot sand and will h. put on the pump
In n few days. Tho first Cline well
there was good for 100 barrels ami
this apparently will be equally pro
ductlve.
In the South Bosque county shallow
field operations arc increasing rapidly
The Kercheval a Stroud Production
company has just contracted for the
drilling ~ twenty-five more wells In
that locality.
Despite the delay in testing out the
Rogers well Of the Humphreys Petro-
leum company. In Limestone county.
II Is reported that other operators arr
going ahead with immediate plans for
the drilling Of that territory. Plans
now are being made to start as many
ms sixteen wells In the Mcxia district
and II may be presumed that there
Will be others IN short while. A..
though the value Of the field In not yet
known there will be no delays In the
drilling campaign.
In Pecos county the voelko well OF
the Reilly Texas Acreage company. the
first deep test started In the county.
has been abandoned an dry at sees
feet. The Devlin well OF the Pima.
Dome OIL company Ii now drilling at
400 feet.
In Loving county the deep test of
the Toyah BELL OIL company is said
60 have had showing OF gas at $500
feet. This IN the deepest test yet made
IN that county and In attracting mucn
Interest.
A report from waxahachle states
that the shamrock OH company. with
a capital OF i,25N0o0. and the Chap.
man-Ciark-liarbin interests. with q
capital Of si.soo.oo have been merged
into the shamrock company, having n
combined production Of about 5000 ban
r-ls daily.
II. ID. McCnckin. superintendent "
the pipe line department OF the Trans.
continental oil company. has declared
that he had heard nothing Of the re
lorted deal BY which the Texas Pa.
diic Coal ana oil company would Oh.
tain an interest IN the Transcontb.
mental and the United Producers pipe
line from here to Ranger. Ut In DO.
ileved. however. that the negotiations
are nder way In New York.
II 10 reported that tho capacity az
tho big refinery OF the Empire com.
Tany at Gainesville will 10 enlarged
shortly. II now has capacity Of IT,
COO barrels.