Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-08
MANY NEW COMPETITIONS DURING
WEEK, SOME HEAVY PRODUCERS

speeisi 10 The Nsws.
PORT WORTH. Dec. IA wei
with phenomenal production from the
sGo-ioot sand II reported from the east
aide of the Electra field In Wichita
county Wtob Is proving something
81 a sensation In North Central TeNts
oil circles. II In the Burnet and Lloyd
No. II az the Gladiolus oil company
which has an initial flow OF go har'
rels daily. This Is also the third gu"i
well In the territory 10 the east ~ the
main part ~ the Electra field during
the past week and leads most opera
ators 90 the belief that there viii BE-
O big revival Of drilling In that poo'.
one o. the oldest IN Texas. Tho fact
il that there II more interest showr.
BY oil men In that district now than
n manifested In any part 81 the War
Eoner district. opened only two years
ago. The Electra field has been one
Of the most remarkable In the annals
Of oil development and still has the
vitality 10 indicate n long extension
Of the territory with big production.
South of Clara the Ramming No.
u Of the Panhandle Refining com.
pany has reached the sand and Is
showing for 40 10 SO barrels daily. IN
che Munger field the Panhandle also
h drilling IN It's second producer IN
the ioSofoot sand and Il is showing
Tor fair production.
Another blg well Is reported from
the Breckenridge townSite pool ~
Stephens county. II is syndicate
well located on block 90 and Is max.
ing 1000 barrels with the drill forty
feet In the pay. II IL located In the
heart Of q group OF gushcrs wherv
the pay sand In eighty feet thick and
Il In expected 10 be a big well when
drilled In and shot. A light shot h
required IN nearly all Of the wells
there 20 loosen the sand up 20 full
capacity.
Gas Pressure strong.
In the South Bend district 81 Young
county. the McClusky No. OF the
Panhandle Refining company. which
has hen the center % interest tor
several days. the gas prssure has BE-.
conc 70 strong that further drilling
d impossible. ard the well has been
shut m ~ a gasser. II u making
be.eo0. 600 feet Of gas daily. with some
Oh, hut II now seems IL will ret make
an OIL producer as had been hoped.
n 10 located only a short distance
from the two big wells Of the dis,ric:.
ths HcClusky No. 81 the Panhandle
and the Graham well Of the Oklahoma
Petroleum and Gasoline company.
which came In for more than 1900 har.
rels each.
Operations throughout the South
Bend district are on the increase and
q 10 reported that az least fifty wells
now are drilling. with many OF them
hearing the pay sands. The Panhan.
die company has several other wells
which should he completed soon and
other tests which are nearing crit.
cal depths should give early indica.
tons u the extent OF the new pool.
Mexia Well Flowing.
Reports from the new Limestone
coanty field. opened recently by the
Rodgers well 81 the Humphreys Pc
troleum company. Just 10 the IVES; "a
Mexia. state that the Rodgers has
again broken loose and made a flow Il
oil over the derrick. although efforts
are being made 10 hold Il in until sui.
ficient storage has been provided. The
fiow lasted for twenty.three minutes.
The Humphreys company already has
announced thre locations for new
wells. on the Burleson. Kennedy and
Ksllman farms. and II II expected that
drilling win b. started shortly.
II 10 also reported that the Hum
phreys company has closed deal for
q considerable amount Of acreage In
the 0roesbeck vicinity. eight miles 10
the south and that IL will start one
or two wells there.
Negotiations Of the Humphreys com
pany with the Texas company 10 builc
q branch pipe line into the new field
are reported 20 have been closed ant
this win greatly accelerate the test
tng out Of the new territory. In the
first place Il will provide for imme.
date completion Of the Rodgers well
which viii give an indication to the
value Of the new field. Altogether.
there h no reason for an extended
delay In drilling In the Rodgers wen.
and Il n expected this week.
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