The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-10

pounds TO the square inch. The ma
Jurity Of these wells are completed
with cight-inch pipe ON top OF the
ramasopa Limestone, or producing
horizon. The water level in the dit-
tereut areas of this enormous struc-
turc, known as the Tepatato Alamo
Iplift, are largely controlled by vol
canic dikcs traversing the folded
area, So that the water level ot one
icld probably has no relation what
yer to that of an adjoining field
1T Is "a well known fact that
where big wells are producing wide
,pcn that a water cone is formed,
wherein the salt water is drawn into
he pay, and especially go In bed,
Of great porosity as the Tamasopa
lifcstone. II has been frequently
demonstrated. not only In Mexico in
ne Topila and panuCo fields, but IN
many fields Of the United states.
notably Eldorado, Arkansas, that
uCh wells must be produced under
pressure
This means that the idea Of big
ellis In Mexico wherein one well
III completely flll to capacity a ten
ich pipe line or two ten inch pipe
meg. AS in some instances these
ellis have been producing, must
op, and that moro wells will have
he drilled and all produced un-
der heavy back pressure.
For example, the Dutch Sholl
| interests recently completed large
ell In the Amatalan field. This
we'll caught fire, and after flowing
# the rate of 10000 barrels Tor
/ twelve hours, cxtinguished itself
with emulsion. The valve was
/ closed, the well allowed to settle for
| three days and II Is now producing
It the rate of 1900 barrels after
/ hrec weeks with no sign whatever
/ Il decreasing.
In the Naranjos pool salt water
/ showed up year and "A half ago, up
~ high at times as IS per cent one
we'll in that field properly handled
! under back pressure, has produced
evoral million barrels OF oil after
AT water had shown
popcsters on the life OF tho
! Amatlan field was givch big
/ ctback saturday when the Indiana
dcxican oil company's well on lot
~ was drilled into the sand and
tartod out making 10000 barrels OF
rod oil. This producer found the
q pay at a sub sea level OF l,6iS
'ot, even though the news dis
patches issued last week had 1t all
cured out that the water level had
isen to "A depth Of l,6i3 feet, five
oct above the sand whore the
indiana Mexican company found
ood oil. So It goes, and stu they
% getting the big oncs down there
Although a definite statement has
rot been issued by any of tho princi-
les Of last weeks conferences IN
Vcxico City. It Is generally under
stood that the American representa-
YES made some kind Of "A dcs'
>ward securing tho modification OF
the Mexican export taxes. They
have ordered work resumed on thcii
Mexican leases. and announced that
shipments of Mexican crude TO this
country would begin at once.
Even though salt water ruins
, some Of the wells in the Mexican
'ield. there Is nothing to prevent tn,
,xploitation OF new fields, and 1t l!
: safe TO predict that other pools
equally as large as any now In exist
|, ence still are to be found In I'M
rampico country. a decrease In tn
reduction OF the proven district
would only cause the operating com
rics in Mexico TO start cam
! paign OF wildcattlng, and 1t is onl'
a matter of conjecture how long !
, would take them to find big pools
which would increase the production
far above what II is now; however
!, many parts OF the district witt
! equally as good geological indica
l tions have yet never been teste'
out.
The fight for an import tariff o
!, oil coming into this country ha
, ,apsed somewhat. but will be re
, newed with v'eor before the sanat
, soon as that body completes tn
measures. The Mexican situation
in the mcar'ime. seems to be gettin
! more comr,icatcd, and every de
, velopment lntclJ has made moro I'm
nrossive the necessity of protectio
or tho United States producer
= against the oil produced In foreig
: Countries. Every organization In IN
: state Of Oklahoma should make tn
. tariff fight an individual fight 70
themselves. and make preparation
70 he on hand 100 per cent stron
when tho time comes TO again hrih
up this measure to the attention o
congress