Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-22
GREATLY
AT ESTIMATES
ON BOYCE WELL
Believed to Be Best in Field
Despite Water Flow;
Gas Pressure Big.

Tw~enty-four hours after being
brought in. opinions of practical OIL
men of the estimated production Of the
Sunburst-B oyce well on section 23,3o--
". still showed great variation MON
day night, according to reports from
Shelby.
These estimates all showed q Dig
drop from the figures placed by l.. !.
Stevenson, president Of the Sunburst
Oil and Gas, and others at the well
early Monday morning, but taken as a
whole, left no doubt that the well Is
probably the best in the field, despite
the quantity Of water with the oil.
100 Barrels, Says Hager
Dorsey Haser. vice president in
charge Of operation for the Sunburst,
estimated that the well is producing
1000 barrels Of water and a tenth OF
that Of oil. Charles Emmons. a plo-
neer ~geologist in the field, believed It
was 5000 barrels of water and lDO
barrels Of oil a day. From the Shelby
offices Of the Ohio Oil company, the
estimate was placed at % barrels a day.
Against these there were a great va
riety of Estimates, running as high as
5000 barrels of sulphur water, with
varying proportions Of oil estimated.
In the field there vas a general
tendency to accept figures approx
mating those of Hager and Emmons
as probably correct. Until the fluid is
run into tanks and accurate measure
ments taken, each mans opinion can
not be proven.
Hits Top Of Derrick
Although the fluid carries only a
proportion of oil, the well presents to
the uninitiated all of the spectacle of
q big gusher. It was reported. The
flow is in heads. For half a minute,
perhaps, it hits about the top Of the
tool house, a distance of 10 or II feet;
then for a minute or more sprays high
over the derrick. This is repeated con-
tinually. The fluid was being ditched
to low places, where reservoirs are
formed. In a coulee on the east side
OF the well, a reservoir Is full and
work of ditching it off to other large
reservoirs was being begun In some
places where the fluid was standing
deepest, the oil on top was said to be
In the neighborhoOd of a foot thick.
The oil is of the same quality as the
Harmon.
Probably the best feature of the
new well is the tremendous gas flow,
easily the best in the field. 1t was
estimated variously at from 100000
to 100000 cubic feet and the fig
ures most generally accepted were be-
tween 100000 and S,0OO,O 600 cubic
feet. Geologist Emmons said that he
believed 1t to be a wet gas of good
quality.
High Pressure Means Much
The most pessimistic of oil men
united in the belief that the finding of
the high gas and water pressure will
mean much in the development Of the
field and is probably the most import
ant point yet reached in the fields
history. Some persons were confident
no great distance from the Boyce.
The tendency of persons to over
estimate the production SO greatly Sun
day night was easy to understand, ac-
cording to oil men, since the mud in the
fluid, as well as the presence Of oil
made virtually all visitors at the well
believe it of far greater production
than daylight showed.
The Fulton well on section 1912
W. resumed drilling Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, after being closed down
to replace two flues in the boiler. The
hole was at 1.425 feet. estimated %
or IS feet above the sand. Since drill
ing is in a hard formation, only about
~ Icct Gun De fnaOe DE Il tower.
To Ball California
The California landed its pipe yes
terday at the sand in its well on sec
ton 26-35-2 w. and a bailing test is
expected to follow. On its Morton
well in section 13-34-2 w. the string
of pipe is being run and the lost we'll
hook fished out and drilling is expected
to resume today.
The Three In One on section 1851
which has been held up for three
weeks for lack Of equipment for it's
red roller bits. bailed a considerable
amount of oil Monday. The Troy
Sweetgrass also bailed a quantity Of
oil and is understood to be cleaning out
to make a test. Continuance of the
hole is now being debated by company
officials. 1t wal said.
The pump placed on the Ohio-Han-
non well in section 28-36-2 W. Monday
resulted in pumping so barrels in nine
hours. 1t was reported.
Lumber for the Big West rig on
section 8-34-1 w. delayed for three
weeks, has arrived and the rig is now
being built. The string of tools is
already on the ground.