The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-19
OIL In
FLORIDA
BAKER OIL DRILLING COM
PANY GIVES THE GEO
LOGICAL REASONS WHICH
PROMPT THEIR DRILLING
FLORIDA-ACREAGE.
THE LOGICAL REASONING
is GOOD.
BY c. o. NEFF, President.

(Pald Advertisement
u would be ,unWise for us TO civil
the specific reasons for out Ioeat;on
IN Walton County, Florida, which is
IN the south center of Section ia
Township 8, Range 20, West.
We will ask, first, that readers rea Z
son with us a little. We would as,.
them to take any map which shows
the Gulf of Mexico shore line and then
to commence at Sofa La Marian. Mey-
leo and follow the coast line to Ance
La Butten, La.
II at all familiar with the produc-
uon OF Oil in the various oil fields Won
VIII note that practically the entire
Instance between these points. and
even over into lower Mississippi. have
proven productive territory for the
driller.
The first Gulf Coast oil field ever
Drought IN was at Beaumont nineteen
years ago. This well came in at IA. 900
barrels per day. Since the Beaumont
Well came in we have had nineteen and
one half years of experience in various
oil fields along the Gulf Coast to look
back over in contemplating any new
development. These records are vital in
Importance.
All of the Gulf Coast of Mexico
SHOWN in dark on the map below is
Eogenic Marine" and "Quartenary,,
formations and all the stratas which
have produced oil in these formations
nave been what is commonly called.
the salt Dome type. All of the domes
IN the Coastal Region are not salt
domes, and a novice would have diff
Guilty in determining the difference be-
tween Salt Dome and a sand dune.
NOW look at the map as you read
and check up the following points:
me Gulf of Mexico is a mother pool
OF OIL. 1t is covered with too much
water to be drilled. but it does consti
lute In our opinion the original base
OF supply for all the coastal oil fields.
The natural revolution of the earth
beng to the east, banks UP the heavi-
est liquids on the west; hence the pro
duct1on of oil on the Mexican coast is
heaviest; Louisiana lightest and Texas
coastal oil is between the two. Florida
should be high grade and gravity.
Let's then go a step further The
tidal wave at Galveston in 1900 was
the result of the gaseous uplifts under
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. tt
allowed Oil from the lower PaIezoic
and Masozoic ages to migrate to upper
stratas by creating assures in sub
stratas. 1t thus created the fields of
South Texas, Louisiana and Florida.
The subsequent tidal waves, the
of Mexico recently, and all
are traceable to the great
Mother Pool of the Gulf-not a pool
like water pool-this is only a figure
of speech.
Now, with the record OF the Gulf
Coast fields and such great strata up
heayals, does not seem reasonable
that Florida will produce oil? You
can't get around such logic.
Ten thousand barrel wells are COM
mon in Gulf Coast territory; $4,000
barrels daily was the record of one
well, and numerous $4,000 barrel wells
have occurred.
Such profit paying production de-
mands attention and study We cant
afford to fail to consider logical facts. |
These big wells are all found along the |
Iulf Coast, and upon Eocene Marine |
and Quartenary formations with salt |
Dome structure. What has occurred |
once under similar conditions should /
occur elsewhere.
Blow-outs, salt domes, gas b1isters |
Ind very few seepages showings con-
itituted the surface indications and not |
lodges Of Surface Rocks. Remember
his.
Success demands attention and COM
hands respect. Continued success can
lot be the result of haphazard guesss-
ng. The Coastal territory has proven
uccessful continuously Think 1t over.
The Standard and its large subsid-
aries are the real Gulf Coast produc-
RS. In Louisiana and along the Gulf
coast of Texas they control nine
enths of the acreage and production.
While lesser operators have tried the
did-continent and have been satisfied
With two barrel to 500 barrel produc-
ion, Gulf Coast Companies waxed fat
n larger production and paid millions
n dividends, and are yet doing it reg
IarIy. No wonder they stay along the
coastal formations.