The Bossier banner., 1922-08-31
WEBSTER HAS Big WELL
Brought in Tuesday and Its Present
Production Reported to Be In
Excess of 1000 Barrels.
In Southwest Quarter of Southeast
Quarter of Section 34-73-II.
Oil Is of 80 Gravity.

"A news StUIs u Hlcu lLteFeSC 10
many residents of Bossier Parish, ap-
pearing IN yesterdays issue of the
Shreveport Times, reads:
Coming in with a flow of from 5000
to 5000 barrels Of oil, the test Of Lloyd
Harris Pinewoods Lumber Company
No. 3, in the southwest quarter of
southeast quarter of section 3423-11,
Yesterday opened North Louisiana's
long looked for new Oil pool The pro-
dnction was. found at 2713 feet, with
the drill about three feet in the sand.
The new discovery lies midway be-
tween the towns of Sarepta and Spring
Hill, about twenty-five miles northwest
Of Minden, the parish seat of Webster.
. 1t was Mr.. Harris third attempt to
find oil in Webster. He drilled two
other tests. one /, failure and the other
a giant gasser. The first test which he
completed was started by the Castle
Oil Company. It was completed by Mr..
Harris without results. Not discour-
aged, he drilled No. Pinewoods, get
ting gas. No. 3 Pinewoods followed,
with complete success.
The well, according to Ben X.
Stroud, supervisor of the mineral di-
vision of the Conservation department
of Louisiana. who witnessed the opera
tions yesterday, came in with oil, free
of water. The oil, he said, tested
around 80 gravity at 110 degrees The
pressure is estimated at about 100000
cubic feet Of gas. :
after flowing for about twenty min
utes the well was shut in, as it began
to spout some sand and there was fear
lest it might drill itself deeper. A
back pressure valve will be set to-day
and an accurate estimate Of the flow of
the well will be had on completion Of
this operation.
Mr.. Stroud paid high compliment to
Mr.. Harris for the care with which the
well was drilled. He said the operation
was as perfect as possible throughout.
THE new well is about ten miles
northeast of the Gleason wells. the
pioneer Webster tests, drilled by the
| Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation and
J. X. Wadley, on a tifty-fifty basis. 1t
| is located about one-quarter of a mile
from the gasser completed some months
ago by Mr.. Harris.
According to adyices from Haynes
vile last night, a large number Of citi-
Zens and operators had gone to the
4 scene Of the new oil discovery from that
4 oil center. The new well is about four
| teen miles from the Haynesville field.
Haynesville citizens are reported to be
investing heavily in the new field.
The discovery of Mr.. Harris and
previous operations in Webster Parish
| give promise of opening what may
prove another extensive producing ter
ritory in North Louisiana"
The latest report to reach the Banner
Office is to the effect that Tuesday Is
test developed a production Of about
5000 barrels of fluid, 20 per cent OF
which was oil. As above stated, the
well was only permitted to flow about
twenty minutes at that time, but was
opened again yesterday morning and
caused to flow through choke. A fast
stream Of fluid flowed into the hastily
constructed earthen reservoirs, and con
servativeo oil field operators present are
quoted as having said that there il
little doubt but that new field has
Eeen located Excitement over the fine
has grown intense and there are eacf
day many visitors to the site of the
well. Rental prices have, of course
been revised upward According to one
report, some acreage near the well Ii
held at $11O0 an acre.
| This new producer Is located only
about two miles across the line from
BOssier parish-three and a half miles
l{west of Sarepta and about five mile:
east of the former postoffice of Mot
Lease values will be somewhat enhanc
ed for some miles around the well.