Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-16
OIL PRODUCTION
IN MEXICO NOT
SLUMP INC, SAYS
"Bear Propaganda" Declares
WyIie Of Report That the
Output is Beginning to
Show a Decline.

New York, June 15.-Statements
that production in the Mexican oil
fields was declining, embodied in
q report by j. A. Phelan,, shlpplns
board export, made public yester-
day. were characterized as pear
propaganda" in a statement TO-DAY
bv II, G. Wylie. vice president and
General manager of the Pan-Amer-
iran Petroleum and Transport
company and the Mexican Petro-
leum company. H.,
"The secretary Of state" the
statement said. showed his good
Judgment in refusing to have MS
investigate or make
report on the possibilities Of tho
Mexican oil fields. as such business
Ia not usually considered within
the nlryiew of the state depart
mani and a request for such re
port from the state department. l
think, is Unprecedented
PheTan Not an Expert.
Mr. Wylie asserted that the re-
mort of Mr.. Phelan was NOT en-
ti+}nd to any serious consideration
because Mr.. Phelan Is not seo!o-
eist neither is he an oil expert.
"As | understand It," he added,
mha was sent to Mexico to report
to the shipping board on the az
disability of a supply OF fuel OIL IL
y. ,', not to he understood that when
an employe of shipping cohlpa',G y.
~ other commercial concern -
cent on such an errand, that ne Is
not expected to make a sclehL.lllilG,
Mort as TO the area of the llelu
and possible contents thereof Su ~
q thing is beyond the grasp u e,,e
Inexperionced. 1t must be . Ione
either by biologists or oy llo ~,
who have made the findlns u ,.S W
ond production of same their nc.
long business and who nave pee'
! successful ,.s,,
n,Yr phelan intimates that th'
,odncing area is forty square
~ iIi les This is quite misleading a.
i,.''r w. ADMIT estimates the Chlnanl
ns-AmatIan Naranjor Haca iliAoL'
distrlct TO be forty square IlllIes
Ifo It must be remempere,
4hot south of this field there ~
| far greater dlc'' r,,hicL hnI
nroven oil territory Whlcn hi,
barely been touched. the p ,Sor
iii area being many times Ia s ~
Mr.. Wylie quoted George 4 ~,
Smith. director of United sal ~,
Geological survey, as placing ~. IN
to+,1 nroyea area Of Mexico at ~
06o SQUARE miles and the estllna s,.s
t ooyi reserves Of the discoVerc'
fioid Of 4.500,O00 barrels. 10
nyyhot To n Reasonable PERIOD
M. Phelan is quoted as sayin n.
.,o+ the nroven oil fields Of Mex
,o a%' within a reasonable period. ar
~ n+oin "a go into salt water IS
Sen,ons troted fact This state
,ndnt cannot be contradicted, De
tmT of the qualifying eXpresslo
"a reasonable period ana tia Lt,o
tho meat of the whole quesa'o
under consideration. what ~ "a
reasonable period? George ~. ~
smith estimates this at more ina
one generation. The most con con
soryative idea that I have near
Srom those capable to judge IS Iroi
thirty to fifty years" ~
M{ Wvlie declared Mr.. Phelan
statement that new straws al n
being inserted into the pool WIN
can only contain a certain amour
~ oil and the day Of total depl'
lion may come at any minute ca
mot be considered anything olhe
than "bear propaganda"
''' Thought Is Ridiculous.
Gwen if the fields were on
what Mr.. Phelan would have on
believe-forty square miles-ho
could the end come so moomehtai
ny? The thought is ridiculous an
only worthy of consideration Whe1
II Is used for bear propaganda
I have suggested"
Mr.. Wylie asserted that no wei
safely within the limits of the o
field, had gone to salt water VIII
out that area having produced a :;
amount of oil greater than IN
most optimistic had reason to eS
meet, The wells reported as peln
oil in the morning and water
night, he added, never were o
, fields, but holes drilled on the eos
or outside Of the oil territory.