Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-06
Developments in
North Texas Oil
Field Important
sp.eld 10 Tia News.

!. Opening OF new field Of deem
production On the stephens pslo pinto
county line by the comnlstion 81 the
j. n. j.. Hughes we'll Of the PraIrie
oil 4 Gar Co.. which has nm initial
flow OF 1900 bssseis daily from a total
d'-'h Of 3as5 feet.
Another remarkable Increase IN
the daily production ~ stephens coun.
". reaching new high mark ~ i2t..
lsV barrels daily. and AN Increase II
1900 barrels IN the daily production of
the fields an whole the increase In
stephens county more than offsettinR
all losses In other pools.
j Development OF an excellent
wildcat showing In the Black well n
the TeShoma Oh 4 Refining company
~ shackelford county. twelve miles
northeast Of Albany and only a shor,
usAnce west q the stephens county
line. NJ a depth 81 1900 feet.
!. Announcement; ~ pipe line com.
panies 81 cuftailnent OF their runs
which is regarded az an attcmpt 10
hold up the price NJ crude oil In the
Tesar iIelds.
The Hughes well II proving some
ming &c a sensation. since II Is located
tkfee or -four miles TO the east If Tho
nearest previous production. the Lee
Wen ~ the TcNas Pacific Cnal and on
company between Caddo aud the Elias
VILE district. There has been much
drillinF In that immediate vicinity and
several OF these wells hav" cncoun
tered favorable showings. hut this il
the first actual production there. The
well showed nothing when the drln
hrft penetrated the sand and a light
shot was required to start the flow
This IN characteristic uf all produrtinn
IN that scction ~ stephens county
The big flow which came after the
shot. however. was surprise oven tn
tue dfillery. ~ was evidenced by the
fact that only small amount - strr
are had Teen provided. Other TANK
age now II being rushed a. m. lc,.oI
and the exact flew Of N, well cannot
be determined until u can d. fully
turned lorSe. Some estimates On thoI
we'll give u as high ns s00e barrels
daily.
The Eliasvillc district IL stephens
county also has heen fairly active AL
spite OF the holiday lull. du. ta tho
H"ns1iional showing ~ the ncw ] "
Hin No. OF the Mid Kansas on a
Gas Gu. THU we'll IL more than main.
tanning iis gush-r flow which start vi
when Il was drilled In two weeks orr
fnore aga n then showed an init nj
flow Of $500 barrels. bu, has steadily
crown stronger until Il Is now rated
+ ~ 5000 barrels daily. being by Gar the
hest producer the field has ever had.
a short distance io the south the Mid
kAnsas has drilled IN another well on
Inv sanie tract. the Hin M. :. which
has flcw - 600 barrels daily. Al
Large number cf other wells nra near
inI the EIn' In that field
In the Rrcckcnriigc district There
has been little development although
The pipe lines nov have more than They
can do 10 take the present production
cut &C the field. Only one new mr.,
Queer IL reported. the W. n. Akcrs M
81 the Galloway oil company. which
Is flowing $50 barrels of oil daily from
seven feet In the slnd
The weekly ripe line report shossl
the total production of the field now
" 100000 barrels daily ~ comnlrsl,
With $4,000 n week ago. The Burs
burnett district showed a decline al
about 1000 barrels and ether pools
with the exception ~ stephens showed
liEht losses. hut On the whole the pro
auction II very encouraging ia opera.
tors because u " sowing ts ability
TO more than offset all natural losses.
f.s ls... a
" 1850 barrels daily. while the
Wichita district Is producing 1855
lNrrela
! The report shows the daily proluc
ton u all the PRINCIPAL fields during
IN" week as follows.
Electn lo.5oo barrels. Burkhurnett
COLTS. Iowa Park 44so. Holiday iei
Petrolia seS. Young county $50 S,mwn
1000. stephens county isI.i5O. Moran
$50. Eastland Ranger 5000. Coleman
county gso. Brown county ssO. Dcsdc.
mona stle
TIL" new wildcat In Shackclford
county IL attracting much more aiton
ton than the average showing ~ that
character because Il Is located Just 10
the west of stephens county. the hes,
i,roducing district In the entire North
Crntral Texas territory. The No went
into the black lime ~ 1000 fest and
that Is regarded as about the propc,
level 20 find the Ranger pay IN TINT
district. II started flowing by heads
ana the hole immediately filled w.'h
nil for $500 feet after the shot. az
though the hole later hridged There
IA also gooi strong showing II gas
in the well, making ahou; . 00o, zoe feet
daily. According u officials - this
COMPANY who were nj the we'll when
!, vas shot. there Is nov some water
troubles. bu; they cxpet &, 20 develop
Into n good producer. In that case Il
would open up another hlg field In
shackcltofd county. where there has
becn me- production o,tside NJ the small
welr around Moran.
b, Late reports from the South Bend
district 81 Young county indicate the
finding 81 an entirely new pay level
thrre. The ". =. Scott well of the
Ruitoso oil company two miles south
81 the prcsen, production. has Whit
appears 10 BE- n Ecod oil sand nj aiiO
feet and IL reDortcd to l,e standing S00
feet In oil. This poSsilly II an cxtcn.
sion ~ the Iydon pool IN stephens
county toward the north. being two
miles away hut the depth II slightly
higher. However. u viii prove q con.
Meeting link between the lydon and
South Ecnd poolu and almost con,iH.
uous production may ~ developed
there. although NJ varying levels. there
bcins almost 1900 feet difference In the
paw sands of the two districts.
In the sio0.looi and of tho South