The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-09
Government Report
on Slick District

A report entitled petroleum Engin-
eering in the Slick Oil Field Creek
county. oklahoma" by +. y. Schwarz-
enbell and j. S. Ross. petroleum engin-
GERS of the Bartlesville Okla. expert.
ment station, has just been issued by
the United States bureau of mines. In
cluded in the report is a chapter of
"Dehydration Methods used in the Slick
Field" by j. II. Gable, formerly assist
ant petroleum engineer of the bureau OF
mines. The report includes n history of
the development and description of the
producing formations and geological
ly illustrated with maps, cross sections
depicting the underground conditions,
and sketches OF various mechanical de-
vices used in operating.
The Slick Field is located six miles
east OF Bristow in the central part of
Creek County, Oklahoma, and lies IN
township Is and 16, north, range 10
east The town of Slick lies near the
southwest corner of the field and is
reached by the Oklahoma a-Southwestern
railroad from Bristow.
Oil was discovered in the Slick field
! in 1913 by well drilled near the. central
part of section Is, township Is north
range 10 east. Initial daily production
of this well is reported TO have been
about seven barrels. The first well
drilled to the butcher sand in the Slick
field was completed in the fall of 1918
| by the Okla homa Syndicate. Ltd. The
butcher sand was found at depth oi
! 2,579 feet and the we'll started flowing
at the rate of 200 barrels per day. Dur
| ing 1919 there was only small amount
Of drilling carried on and 1t was not un
til early in 1920 that an intensive drill
ing campaing began. The greatest ac
tivity took place during the months o
November and December, 1920, ant
January and February, 1921, on Marci
Is, 1922, there We're 429 wells producing
the Slick field. 302 OF these wells flow
ed naturally after being drilled into tn
sand. The production of the Slick fiel'
reached a maximum in April. 1921. tn
average daily production during tha
month amounting TO approximately IL,
500 barrels. The average daily produc
ton during the month of March, 1922
amounted TO approximately $500 bar
rels.
Oil has been produced from thre
sands in the Slick field. The names o
these sands, given in the order of thei
depth from the surface, are the Glenn
butcher and Wilcox. The Tanaha SAINT
does not produce oil although it ha
carried showings of both oil and ga
In a number of wells. The butcher san'
1; the main productive sand in the fielt
and is encountered at depths varyinl
from $500 10 $500 feet depending oil
the locality
A peg model of the field was construc
ted by the bureau of mines as an ad
ditional aid in studying subsurface con
ditions This model was placed on exhibi
ton at the offices of the Mid-Continen
Oil and Gas association in Tulsa ant
was viewed by number OF operator
that were interested in the Slick fie.
An Underground contour map wa
drawn representing the top of tn
butcher sand. A copy of the contou
map and photograph of the peg mode
are included in the report Of the Sic
field.
A chapter OF the report is devoted I
discussion of water problems in tn
Slick Field. Suggested methods for n
pairing certain wells in the field hav
been made and the use Of cement fo