The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-13
West-N0rthern Oklahoma
Drilling Requires Heavy
RIMS and irons


PONCA CITY. March 12.-It costs
on an average Si,4OO additional 10
build n rig for drilling operations
ln tho western Oklahoma fields, in
comparison with tho rigs used I'm
the eastern Usage ana other moro
eastern fields ~ the state. Tho ad.
diiiOual cost is mado necessary be-
cause Of the deeper drilling and the
use Of RprOrkot irons instead OF
common irons In the building OF the
RIG
Ia the hpydnv ~ tho old Cushing
oil field, anywhere from 1914 to
1916, the average cost of rig for
drilling 10 tho BurtloHvillc sand was
yl,iOO. This was rlg completed
on a location ready for work 10
start In itH construction common
irons, 8O-cnllcd, were used. This
same rig. n is upderstood from lum
bcr mon who specialize In rig tim
borH, costs the operator about $2.5O0
today, or nm extra cost of npproXi-
mntcly St1OO. This is far below the
cost Of year ago, however.
Tho heavier rig, with aprocket
Irons, that IN necessary In all Of the
wCst-northcru Oklahoma fields now
costs approximately $4,000, or 81 400
| moro than the common iron rig.
This cost, however, is between 81 900
ana $1,000 less than tho cost of tho
~ mo rlg year ago, when. the lum.
/ bcr dealers declare, they got over
| $4,000 for II complete on location
! II there is a long haul by wagon OF
/ truck 10 n location the cost In in.
creased some, naturally.
OH men say that when attempts
were made In this section OF the
state " use the sprocket irons on
| the same weight rig, as to lumber
that had been used so extensively In
the Cushing and other fields, Il wa,
found that the rigs were not mad,
heavy or strong enough and wcr,
soon torn to pieces. This made q
necessary TO build tho heavier rig
The average height In this distrlc
In the standard IL 50 feet.
New Field Hard Drilling.
1t soon became apparent. follow
ing the beginning of the Hickman
pool In the western Osage by tn,
Maflhnd OH company nearly TIVE
years ago, that At would require
considerably heavier rig, and thi
has been manifest again in the Bliss
Tonkawa field. where the discover
] NNAA wa 'hkuA III lbHl August I
is considered hard drilling in thi
new field because OF the numerou
big producing gas sands that are eT
countcred. The companies are com
PEELED to Install mud-hogs In orde
e to mud Off the Ras and continu
I drilling TO the 2,6O0-foot oil sand.
! An attempt TO dnh In the Bliss
; Tonkawa field with a rotary outf
? IL TO be made Mt once by the South
west Petroleum company with Con
tractor Harry Failing I'm charge. Th
: outfit has been unloadcd at Bills
= and Is being hauled to the location
seven miles west. IL requires ri
, 1l5 feet high for this outfit. Tn
, company admits that this Is more q
less an experiment, but has faith |
, the outcome.
Rotaries have not proven much G
n success Heretofore In this sectio
Of the state. They were given
thorough trial I'm the old northwest
orn Kay county field, between Peck
. ham and Dilworth, but without sue
y cess, although a big pile of none
I was spent In the attempts. How
r ever, not well was ever finishe
I there with a rotary outfit. Tn
e drilling, according to tho oil mel
a is too deep, The Sinclair Compan
n did some drilling with rotaries
- the Covington field of Southwestern
n Garfield county. oil men say tn;
j. the rotary is used without difficult