The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26
In the Oil Fields
Inside Drilling
In Western Usage
Means MdHy More Wells

special TO The World,
PONCA CITY. March s5.--An
outstanding feature OF the present
week in tho northern oklahoma
fields is tho fact that inside drill
ing has been started for the first
time IN the Burbank or western
Usage district This will mean, ac-
cording to oil men. an additional
100 wells in that field to be drilled
during the present year and in
Creasea the total that will he drilled
throughout the ponca city district
to something over 400,
The Prairie oil & Gas Co started
inside drilling this week when in
side locations were FOR four wells
each I'm the northwest of a-g6-G east.
the northeast OF 3O.27-6. tho south
east of 30-27-6. and the southeast uf
32-27-6, or = total OF 16 inside loCa-
tiOns The last named quarter ig
that for which the Prairie paid
100000 at the sale OF Osase leases
on December 9. last. Cellars for tho
building OF rigs are move being dug
on these locations.
when one company In q given
district starts inside drilling, the
other concerns naturally follow. and
an unusually extensive development
campaign is anticipated now by all
the concerns operating In the west
crn Usage. Al the present time
there are 10 producing companies
In the field, two that arc now drill
ing but are not yet producers, and
one Ohf Alcoru oil company OF this
city, which has not yet started de-
yelopment work.
There are o. quarter sections i'm
the Burbank area on which leases
have boon sold, or those drilling is
IN operation on 40 Of them. with
each OF these being "flve-spotted'
or one vol In the couter OF zach
40, it Will mean a total OF 100 ad-
ditional wells to be drilled,
ON tho west eide OF the western
Usage or I'm tho Hickman pool, tho
discovery well was drilled by the
Marland Refining company OF this
/ city in the center OF one 40 OF the
Bertha Hickman allotment. Mar
lana was figuring on a gas well AZ
/ that point but got oil. lie then made
/ his outside locations and drilled
/ them, but every other concern in
/ that immediate district "flvc-spot-
/ ted" each 40 acres. This shows that
AN companies In field Immediate
1 " follow whom Inside drilling is
| started.
Rcd Powder Il Used.
| , II has been fully and satisfactorily
htlHolslIhlFu ny ull companies lud'
| offset wells do not always draw
| from the same oil stratum or current
| To make certain OF this. red pow
der Is placed In producing well
aud naturally Is carried to other
| Wells that are drawing from the
same source. II frequently happens
that the powder appears In well
some DISTANCE away, perhaps half
mile, and does not appear In an Inn
mediate offset.
Numerous other companies have
made new locations I'm the western
Usage. The COsden OIL company ha,
located it's Nos. s, 0 and 10 in g.
2G-6, and Skelly has made sever
new locations in j-27-5, the half
section for which he paid S2,40b,
900 at the last Usage sale. Thes'
are the initial locations on this trac
and are for line wells. These arr
one-half mile north OF the Skelll
well that ia making around 1906
barrels natural since brought in
some time ago.
Globe wildcat Showing.
The work of going farther with
the Globe OH company's wildcat II
3J-2S-2 east, at point = miles
north OF this city. Is being retarded
| considerably because OF a crook ed
hole. This necesstates slow drill
ing but the test IL now being
watched with the greatest interest
A good showing OF oil was found at
3.6iO feet, or 20 feet below the Mis-
slssippi lime. u is figured now that
the Marland or 3,00O-foot sand I'm
the field just south OF POuca city
should he picked up In the Globe
test at the same depth.
The Globe oil company Is Dem
vor corporation During the past
year it came into this district and
took over this block OF acreage from
the Boston oil Il Gas Co, n New
kirk corporation, In which 1t Is un-
derstoOd that Tom Lawson or BOs.
ton was originally one Of tho chief
figures. The test was started on
! geology.
Refining Company Makes Record.
Tho Marland Refining company
made the record during the past
m ont n Of having the greatest
amount Of business on the Santa Fe
system IN oklahoma. including all
| lines OF business. This Is the state
mont made by Santa Fe officials