The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
p. o. Box s3s.

systematic testing OF tho holdings
there Of the various companies.
Announcement Is made that. as a
result OF these arrangements. three
tests are being made at once by the
Maitland company on its penuco
lease and az the same time adjacent
property owners will drll three off
set tests at points indicated, thus
making 1t certain that six tests be
started at once. IL Is explained also
that In addition to these six there
are o U other tests now drilling or
TO be started IN the same general
region, so that within the near future
there will be 10 tests drilled on or in
close proximity TO the eastern 10
miles OF the Punuco property.
Test Has Had ShoWlngs.
the initial test 10y tho MARYLAND
company has encountered one small
now OF gas and several oil showings
mus Tar, or between 900 feet and
the present depth OF 1910 feet. i, A.
understood that the producing hori-
zon In that area are expected to be
found between LOO and $500 feet.
The company still has a force OF ge.
ologists working out this lease which
Is 40 miles long and II wide. u Is
Understood that the Compauy's plans
include. should the lease prove pro-
ductivc, laying a 4O-milo pipeline to
tldewatcr to carry the crude oil TO
ships, although this can be done
by barge down the pauuco river.
which forms the southern boundary
for almost the entire length of the
Marland lease. The con.
stders that the transportation 10
market OF any product that may be
developed Is comparatively a simple
matter.
Tho Panuco lease lies west OF the
Tampico district and somewhat
south and consists OF 100000 acres.
IL was secured with other acreage
during 1920 by T.. w. Marland pcr-
soually on an extended trip to Mex
leo. Tho panuco and the leases in
Tabasco and Chiapas were secured by
the local company through acquiring
ownership OF stock OF tho original
lessee company, tho Compania Pc
trolera France Espanola. The ex-
t~ensive lease holdings on tho west
coast Of Mexico were secured directly
from the Mexican government. Ii
Is understood that all the Mexican
properties were secured at an ex-
penditurc OF $1,000, lGS. while the
Panuco lease consists OF 100000
acres, those on the isthmus and on
the west coast total 1~5,065,OOO acres.
There are 100000 acres i'm Sonora,
~lO,OOO,O0O acres In Lower California.
and $4,000 acres in the Isthmus OF
Tehuantepec. or tho Tabasco and
Chlapas leases. The capitalization
OF the Marland oil company of Mex
leo is $4,000, 900. During 1921 the
company maintained a force of 30
employees engaged In geological. land,
legal and other work in Mexico. The
~so-called Panuco lease lies within
TWO miles OF the producing panuco
and EbanO pools.
Officers Were Selected.
At tho recent meeting OF the
stockholders in Mexico city, all the
officers and directors were reelected
with one exception. 1t is announced
that the resident secretary in Mexico,
David c. Chapa. has resigned and
the vacancy was filled by the election
OF i. r. Plaza. with the exception
OF ~Hermenegildo Diaz, an INSPECTOR
for the company, the other officers
and directors r among those who.
hold similar positions with tho Mar
land OH company in Ponca City.
headquarters are maintained here
with h general manager, Earl
oliver, in charge, and also in Mexico
City, whore the official books and
records are kept.
The company announced some
time ago that the total area of the
leases and concessions in Mexico
equals that OF the entire state OF
West Virginia, that they are scat
tered over "A distance OF zoo miles
along each coast interspersed with
other lands, and that the area which
was found should be examined geo.
logically in detail equals the state OF
Texas In size. II has developed that
tropical rains and the intense heat
at certain periods mako 10 impos-
sihle to operate I'm some Of these dis
trlcts excepting at certain portions
OF the year.
The TamplcO-TuXpam Region.
The two principal oil producing
territories In Mexico thus far. have
been in the Tampico-Tuxpam region.
really in two separate fields-the
south fields and the Tupila-Panuco-
Ebano field. The former is 40 miles
long by about one wide, extending
In a north and south direction from
Dos BoCas to Alamo. Up TO August,
last year, this area had produced
4~92,446,170 barrels. The Topila-
panuco-Epauo field is about II
miles long. lying southwest OF Tam
pico, Nnd from "A half mile TO four
miles in width, and up TO the date
named had produced 1859 900
barrels.
As regards the Marlaud leases OF
G5, 900 acres In TabasCo and Chiapas.
II is understood that originally this
region was developed to n consid-
erablo extent by the Pearson inter
csts (now the Royal Dutch shelly I'm
southeastern Vera Cruz and the
states OF Tabasco and ~Chlapas-all
in the isthmian region OF Mexico.
This company drilled 220 wells,
ranging in depth from 500 to 1900
feet, al a steady production Of 1000
barrels daily was obtained; a refin-
ing plant vas built at Minatitlan.
At that time the Franco Espanola
company secured the 5000 leases,
said to be adyantageously located,
Z now owned by the Marland,
The report of Mr.. oliver states
that the final geological reports have
not yet been received on the leases
In the Tohuantepec region and along
the western coasts and that no plans
as TO their development Will be
worked out untl the biologists COM
plete their work.
Other Companies Drilling.
In addition TO the report made by
Mr.. oliver, 1t Is understood that both
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