New-York tribune., 1920-06-13
Production of Oil
Increases; Few New
Gushers Reported
Extensions to Pools Made
in Old Fields and Good
Results Obtained in Ex-
periments i'm Wildcats

Extension of oil production fields
gained encouragingly last week, al
though few gusher wells were reported
according to the weekly summary of
"The Oil City Derrick" Development
in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Mexico,
Colorado and Montana progressed suf-
ticiently to assure new fields.
The new development is not being
done wholly by local concerns, but by
the large companies after careful geo.
logical examinations of the country,
says the paper. "Ths fact leads to a
belief that the work is based on the
Judgment of experienced oil men, and
not being conducted in haphazard
way. While few gusher wells we're re-
ported in the news, the general average
of the completions was good and SUI
ficient to maintain the output in all
divisions.
oklahoma fields were less important
IN the weeks news than for the last
few weeks. This was partly due to the
condition of the roads which were put
in impossible shape by the heavy rains.
and prevented the fieldmen from reach
ing the leases. The Usage district had
many completions of fair producers.
and an unusual percentage of dry holes.
Numerous failures were also reported
from the Pawhuska section. Okmulgee
County had only small wells among the
new ones, and big percentage of dry
holes In fact, the failures and gas
wells featured the weeks report.
Extensions to Pools
Extensions to pools were reported
from Oklahoma, Northern Texas. North
Louisiana and Kentucky, and discoveries
OF good showings in wildcats in all these
states pointed to new fields to he opened.
Kansas reported several fair pro-
ducers among the compilations in the
Butler and Marion County pools, but
none OF Importance. The usual num-
Der of dry holes were found.
North Central Texas is interesting
from the number of showings found
in tests being made over larpe lJura area
OF territory. While the new comple-
tlons were not extra large, they were
OF average size, with an occasional one
reported near the gusher class. One
OF the features of this division is the
good results obtained from shooting
wells in the black lime in Stephens
and Eastland counties. A shot in one
WIN n had no sign of oil resulted in
an initial output of 1000 barrels. OF
course, the staying qualities of such
well are problematical Another well
was mace to increase from bar
rels to 45O barrels with a shot.
Large Wells Come In
North Louisiana had more large
wells than any other division in the
weeks news. The most important was
the Standards in the Homer field, mah
ing 1900 barrels in the shallow sand
and extending the productive area to
the north
eastern Texas and Arkansas are
being given more attention by the oil
men, and the prospects seem good for
the development of paying fields in
these territories.
Gulf Coast fields are becoming more
active, and the daily production for the
week showed gam of 6.175 barrels.
bringing the total up to s2,49o barrels.
Large wells for the shallow terri
tory are reported from Western Ken
lucky. Some of these start at above
500 barrels, and their staying quality
has been shown to be good. The ter
ritory about Bowling Green and from
there into Tennessee is being dcvel-
oped as fast as the work can be Cone"