Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-25
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FORT WORTH. Dee. 2i.--Althougl
the holiday lull has settled over mos
fields of the North Central Texas Of
territory. there were several Emporium
developments In stephens county dur
Ink the week. Late reports from IN,
field show that a Wide district ~ shallow
production b. being opened In the south
fern part ~ the county. similar To IN,
ilolleman field IN the northern part oi
! Eastlard county. These districts are
only few miles apart and possibly viii
BE- merged into continuous production
/ by later drillmgs.
just now this field has b,cn broughi
prominently into the limclight by the
complotion Of the bcst well there 10 date
II rs the Nancy Walker No . Of the
White OH Corporation. which has an Inf,
tiat, flow of $50 barrels daily from the
StraNn saad at . 200 feet and rs report.
cd tn be- holding up steadily. Some lime
ngo the first well ~ the White CurpUr.
alton ON this tract was drill Il In Tor
about 100 barrels daily but the new
producer makes n look like much
more prolific field than was first indi.
Gated
Watch Stephens
At any rate, all ~ the PRINCIPAL opor.
ntorH of the stephens couatv fields are
now paying particular at;cn.iun to the
new territory, Those Dnu now are
operating there incluGo the sinclrir
Consolidated oil CORPORATION Vulcan
Oh Company. Ouch..a Ranger oil Com.
pany Texas Pacific Coal and Oh Com.
pany Fidelity Oil Company ana Thmnp
son & Davis.
Besides the Nanny Walker well. scy.
rral others are noW un the mnd aud are
expected Ia Do dri!;,d II rhlrly. Til"
No. uf the Fidelity oil Company is now
hcinE drilled In. 80. Of Thompson 4
Davis now h. down 800 feet and tho
No. . Of the Ouchi,a Ranger OH com.
pany II drilling az 2.cOp feet. ho,n uf
which should b. brough, In within
week
\ still more important development !n
Stcl-hcns county, however. wac the open
INK ~ a new field uf biz production in
he northwestern cornur ~ The county.
one mile east Of Crystal Falls. which
was effected by the drilling In If the
". II. Green we'll ~ the Texas Pacific
'ual aId on Company AT about the
ssunl depth Tor stephens county. The
wCll Immediately started flowing al the
rate 81 1000 barrclsi daily end later
Nas shut down 10 await storage. II
yl.l hc completed In the next few days.
Tho Green we'll IN Important not only
~ the dincovcror Of a new field but
because Il has proved fully three
'uuths of stephens county is produc.
live II oil. Throughout the county.
With the exception at the southwest
quarter. there ~ almost continuous
production, although OF course. there
are breaks between the principal
!nols. In some eases because there. has
cen no drilling.
Green Well
Tho Green well y directly between
the Hall we'll of the RoXana Petroleum
'ompuny tu the southwest and the
Black BROTHERS wells of the TcNns
company ON the northeast. II II scv.
raj miles from either. however.
In the Breckenridge district the op.
'rators again are facing state Of
lycrproduCtiun and the storage and
pipe line facilities are again found In.
adequate. Al storage In the fiold now
~ virtually filled and although the pipo
lines are taking III eco 10 100, 0oO har.
rols uf oil out ~ the county daily. the
wells ARE making so
much oil that the existing lines are un.
able 90 take care ~ a. This h semo.
what surprising in Wow of the fact that
the Texas and Prairie Companies only
'cccntly have completed new lines into
that field, but the addition 81 new pro.
luctiOn has come 50 rapidly that even
hoy have been unable a. care Tor II.
There Is ROW some curtailmcnt az pro.
iuction but II h. hoped the CONG siion
win be cleared UP before the field l.
again face To face with a more Nrloua
problem.
II Is reported thni operators have
AIKEN steps 10 gct additional lines into
he field % n to- prevent recurrence
4 the difficulties.
The week has brought relatively hut
Few competitions In stephens. IN addi.
Ion iu th" two previously mentioned.
ut there have boon two other hig wells
IN the Breckenridge district Our IL
III Burton 81 upingiup No. on block
, ut tho tuWnsitc. Witch a. flowing 800
larr rs daily from the TOP of thc.eand
nd tho WALKER Caldwell Ne. / uf Fr,d
icci, iusi 90 the east ~ the tuWnsiic.
which Is making "A similar flew although
lnly u few feet in tie Eaud Both NJ
hose wells are located among gushcrs
mi ar, expected ip Doe brought IN Ter
!. coo t. J.o0u barrels each
New i,ragn, Field.
In IN" new Bazos field of lalp Pluto.
'our;y n ire h1s hccn an Important ~.
tension toward tn south. AFFORDED by
h. Rob Wheeler Ne ! of owens. Burk.
Il q wheeler The we'll reached the
'op ~ tho sand az 3's9 tltt aud Is
both oil and say. and sior.
igc Is being assembled preparatory 20
drilling II into the pay Tho rand IN
tn NhcelOr discovery we'll was en-.
'ountcred az 3.S25 fc,t aad the now ,.cll
\ expected "a hptOmc a god Nrll when