The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-20


With the sand penetrated four feet
the Amerada Petroleum company's
test No. | Oh the Baptiste farm in
the southwest Of the northeast quar-
ter Of the southeast quarter Of section
20, 5s-1e flowed $50 barrels in 81
minutes while being agitatcd with The
bailer and then stopped flowing. Bail
ing was again started Immediately
after the flow had ceased.
Preparations to drill deeper into the
sand were being made by The opera.
Tors when the huge flow started. The
test had been shut In since last THes-
day night, following two small flows
tOtaling 40 barrels. At the time, the
sand, which had been topped at 1872
feet was penetrated four feet, ana
the hole was practically full Of oil.
The production from the test Is be-
ing put into five storage tanks which
are erected on the lease. three Of which
are the property Of the Amerada CON-
pany and are Of 500barrel capacity,
each and the other two the property
of the Sinclair Purchasing company.
Of ?50-barrel capacity each. The Sin
clair people are now rushing to COM
pletion a pipe line to connect to the
well.
The flow is coming through the ten
inch casing which had been set ON top
OF the sand.
Three more locations i'm the Amer.
ada Brock field have been announced
by the Amerada Petroleum company
They are offsets TO the Westheimer-
Daube location on the south. south
west and west, in sections 20 and 81,
5s-le.
Test on Watains Farm.
Timbers and tools for test to be
drilled on the +. T.. Watkins farm, in
the southwest quarter OF the north
west quarter of section 2s. 5s.1e,
about one.half mile southeast of the
Amerada discovery well. are now cn
route to the location and the building
OF the rig will start at once. The test
is being put down by Il. A. Simp
son; w. T. Halcs. of Oklahoma City;
Ramsey Brothers and Max Westheim-
er. The syndicate purchased the
tract which consists of 40 acres for
consideration of 100000.
The drilling contract has been
awarded to II. a. Brady and will be
u standard test. starting with the
15ls inch casing.
The rig Is now being built fcr the
| Westheimer.Daube test which Is to
drill on the fee farm. in the south.
west oil the northwest OF the south.
west quarter OF section 81, ISLE. less
than one.fourth mile cast OF the dis.
covery we'll.
Timbers at No. ..
Rig timbers are being moved TO the
location No. Of the Amcrada Petro-
leum Company In the southeast corner
OF the northeast quarter of the south.
cast quarter OF section 20. 5s-le, off
setting the Wcstheimer- Daube No. |.
on the west. and between the WD
and the discovery well. Llvely.klibbs
will drill II.
Halt dozen more locations for test
/ ir tho Amerada. Brock field are now
being contemplated and are expected
to be announced within the next few
/ days.
No Water In Hole.
Detailed Information from the field
relative 10 the Amerada test during
the morning operations states that
the bailer was first run in the hole
10 the bottom and no water found
The bailcr was then run five times
more, and the oil gushed over the 10.
inch casing, flowing $50 barrels in
/ 2l minutes after which a smaller flow
took place. and within tho next hour
the hole was again filled with oil.
I.aurels for Ryder.
The finding If the oil In the Amer.
ada test adds another laurel to the
wreath OF Captain j. w Ryder. Of
this city. who staked out the location
| for the test on December s. TO date.
all the locations which Ryder has
made have resulted In producers. and
many OF them have been OF wildcat
nature with tho Amerada the Wild
est OF them an. according to the
local dopstcrS. Ryder's work includes
four locations for the Simpson inter.
osts in section 10, 4s2w. at which
tlmo they were north OF production
In the Hewitt field. six locations for
the Herbert Oil Company in section
". 4s-sw, south Of Hewitt production,
two of which have been drilled and
are producing. and four In the Fox