The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-28

crude for its Tampico refinery,
which Superintendent Sporry has
made splendidly efficient
The crowd down on the Toteco-
Cerro Azul line" my friend says, els
drilling the devil out of the pool and
taking out about 100000 barrela a
day thru their own lines and by
saio to others who have laid their
own lines, and are Offering the sur
plus to any takers. The supposed
'gentlemen's agreement must have
been bunk" Offset rigs and drill
ing wells are pretty thick and in
junction disputes are also invoked,
the International Petroleum CONS
pany is trying To stop the Huasteca
(Doheny) when II started rigs on
the Toteco side of the county line.
! Bill Green, Huasteca superintendent.
keeps the turnpike hot between
TampiCo and Cerro Azul hustling
! the work, and other operators. now
on the side lines, rather expect some-
| thing TO pop off there before long
When G0,000- barrel territory shows
up they all carry on about the same.
no matter how big they are. The
Toteco- -Cerro Azul pool is the biggest
| one yet opened. as to area, but as
| the acreage FOR some miles is all
controlled by the Doheny and John
Hays Hammond interests there isn't
much chance for outsiders to get In.
| The Mexican Gulf leased $40 acres
! from the International and is quite
/ busy with the necessary offsets,
these two companies being In Toteco
| hacienda and the Doheny crowd
| holding practically all the land in
| Cerro AZul hacienda south l6 miles
/ to Chapapote NuneZ, where they
have Il 0.OO0-barrel well. the oil
from which is being taken by the
| Dutch Shell (Aguila) people through
| their Potrero del Llano pipeline to
Tampico. The Tide-Mex. people are
taking 35 900 barrels a day. through
their own line, from the lnterna-
tional as long as II lasts. The Con-
solidated Sinclair has substantial
stock interest in the Seaboard COM
pany that controls the international
AS the field stands now the Doheny
interests appear 10 have more In
sight In the way of productive acre
age than any other company In
Mexico,
The Toteco- Cerro Azul pool is now
furnishing all the live new produc-
ton of light oil In Mexico, Amatlan,
Naraujos and Zacamixtle producing
Il "stripper" oil ahead OF the rising salt
water, and lots l6 and II, right at
the village OF Zacamixtle, cover
mile narrow streak about half a
mile wide, Outside OF the new pool
daily production is about 10000
barrels, slowly shrinking. South and
west OF the Toteco-Cefro AZul pool
a little wiidcatting is going on and
II will be increased during 1929,
SOME of the scientific people think
salt water viii get the new pool In
seventy days, others give 1T six
. . t,, h, Az. Af
present proven territory there should
he two years of live production, as
the Doheny interests have 1t all to
themselves Many other sections of
coastal Mexico contain pronounced
seepages, which form the one sure
lirdication of oil territory in Mexico,
both on the east coast and on the
Pacific side.
The Panuco field is producing
about 1875, ,000 barrels daily in a mar
row area. both sides of the Panuco
river extending about 20 miles. with
the small Ebano field some miles to
the west. The EbanU pool still pro-
duces 5000 barrels n day and no
I wells have been drilled for years. the
; first wells having been drilled 20
! years ago, the oil Is very heavy and
is worked up into asphalt products
! Ia plant there, all owned by the
poheny people, In Panuco salt
water appears, but except In the
) occasional big gushers il does not
, Interfere with production as II does
: in the TuNpam district. PanuCo
wells flow for years, even after they
! decline materially. with pipeline
1 and harges, the wells all being close
to the river, marketing OF oil IL a
: much easter proposition than IN the
lower fields at "A distance from the
3 gulf and the inside lagoon,
The Texas company drilled In a
i, 7.000.harrer well on lot %. Eaca
Y mixtle, little better than 2,300 feet
| pretty low. and IL ~ being nursed
5 along carefully--as all wells I'm the
IhcamlNtle dip have, TO be; when
= water shows the pressure and tenn