The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-12
Mesid as a Menace


u menace Ia the price Of crude, II is
beginning 10 he understood that
there are limitations To even this
great field. and the limitations are
%! :: :::.a:: :ha: a-a a:s..ae.ily rcas-
surfing; and VIII, " properly under
stood. leave the timld ones with n
lot more courage M to the future
OF the industry.
The fact that there IN "a fault run
ming through the field. has been
amply proved, by the drill; and In
many instances ID will make Some
OF the operators wish there had
never been Mcxia field; as the sand
cuts OFF so very sharply In some
spots where tests have been made,
az for instance:
Around the Kirby Petroleum
company's No. Bass. there have
bccn four dry holes west and north
west, two OF which are on the same
no acres. Further northeast SlInons'
F'ishpopd well. produced from the
3,0O0-foot level. while less than a
half mile northwest the Freeman
well found It's sand NJ 3.33S feet; u
heavy flow OF gns was encountered
In thiss well which exhausted In n
few days, and unless something II
found at greater depth, the well
~ now n failure. The Trottcr wcli
In this snmc vicinity stopped nt
3.232 feet and the well has been
ahn ndoncd for the time being.
The most interesting news that
has come from McNin ~ the depth
OF sand found In the doe Kennedy
well In the southeast part of the
pool, where 100 feet of WOodhine
sand was encountered with u fair
showing of oil nc lcast before driil-
Ing into wnter. So far NJ IL known
this Is the only test that the depth
of the sand has bcrn measured and
In this instance, salt water was
! finally encountered. u all leads TO
the conclusion that gcoioIgsts ought
10 bc able 10 measure the oil In the
Snnd very accurately, and have
probably done so.
, There is n story going around that
;hc temperature of the DcscnhcrG
wells owned hy the Magnolia varies
from day tn day, and thnt II II NJ
of rather high temperature. but II
would seem that the story about
the variation In temperature must
he fake, because there would hc
no reasonable explanation whatever
N there is n gradual increase In tcm-
pcraturc, Il would Head one To be-
lIcNr ttlnt " fHiNtS lIbu wv S'"''
ally cncronching water coming from
great depths.
To be sure there nrc numerous
other big wells showing the
Humphreys Pure OIL company's No
1 on the Thomus farm, the inrtheS'
| southwest extension "a the McNlH
field. which II now flowing at th'
rate ui $50 barrels per hour. Ih'
| Magnolia Petroleum corporation
No. 3 Dcsrnbcrg T. flowing 3hO bhr
-r,s nar honr, and the iiumhic pl
A Refining Compnny's No. Ihnmp
son Is flowing $50 barrels per hour
This all means that the whole thin'
win bc tested out mighty soon, nnt
viii he thoroughly outlined before i
has had time "a affect the pricr
The worst feature of the whol'
thing nppPars to be the Coniidcn''
which the Gulf Producing comWh'
Is playing for an extension io"ur'
the north up In Kaufman COUNTY
where there are several deep Nv
holes, and nothing 10 show ior ~
extension Of the McNia iie'u W ,'"
direction, not even "cr'cho'"sS,,
Tbis concern Is paying ns high a
s,as nm acre for small tracts nn'
4. payIng S3S, per acre Tor hfg
hlnrLs OF leases. which would indi
cntc that the Gulf people nave uls
covered the McXia structure hh'
think they know where they are y"
tug 10 nick up thnt rich sanh nS'i,'
The fact L.. Il u mighty di'tlcm
for the average mnn 10 undcrsl"n'
how STRUCTURES can he tonhu W
trained gcologists, where no reil"oi'
or continuous Outcroppihgs "'' "
be found.