The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-14
HUGE EXTENSION
FOR PRODUCTIVE
AREA IS RESULT.
Contractor Estimates Well At Near
100000 Cubic Feet; Moves
Southern Point Of Produo-
tion over Miles.
MAKES FIELD NEAR SIX
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH
OH Men FiookInu to City; Hotels
Crowded; Marmett Drilling In
Today; TO Ball Tomorrow;
Nichios No. 4 Due Soon.

Is tho new well Of the Sunray OH
corporation. section ii.in.sw larger
than the NichIos No. !. discovery
we'll?
That was the question being asked
today by oil men before gauge on
the hew giant had been taken. Tho
900 or 400 people who were present
when the well blew In yesterday
afternoon. agreed that Il was
monster producer. as they hustled
for cover when the well began to
roar.
Mike LeMaster. boss OF the drill
Ing and one OF the owners OF the
well. estimated last night that the
well would make around 5O.OO0.O0O
cubic feet a day. lie based his
estimate on the following: The I.e-
Master well In section 2i-5nSw.
gauged 2C.000.OOO. Il believe" said
he. that the new well Is twice as
big as the well in. section "a"
Blew In Unexpectedly.
The well caught the crew and of
ficials of the company mapping
when Il blew in. According to Mr..
LeMaster. they drilled only 10 feet
into the sand. I'VE thought" said
Mr.. LeMaster, that we would have
to do some more drilling. We de-
clded 10 bail II down to some ex-
tent and see II more drilling would
be necessary. We had the control
head on. but the big bailer We were
using would not go through the
gate. We therefore took the con-
troll head off and started running
the bailer. We had bailed not more
than a hundred or two feet down,
until here she came"
The well was running wild all
night and was 10 be capped this
morning. The bottom of the hole is
1860 feet deep.
Mud and slush was thrown high
over the derrick, the crest of the
flow being estimated at from rs to
100 feet above the crown block.
Those who saw the monster come
In, stated that 1t appeared for q
time that the force of the gas would
literally tear the derrick to pieces.
The big rig rocked and shivered,
but stood pat"
What's Production Limit?
"Where is this production area
oil
last night at local hotel.
There were none who could an
swer. The new well is some three
and a half miles south of the Nell
son well, which until yesterday
marked the southern point of pro-
duction for the Chickasha field. 1t
opens up a strip of productive ter
ritory approximately five miles in
length.
The point stressed by the opera
tors also, is that the field is run
ming uniform. Thus far it has not
been spotted" Twelve wells have
been drilled to production depth
and twelve wells have been brought
in as mammoth gas producers. Oil
men believe that despite the fact
that there are three and half
miles between the Nelson well and
the new Sunray gasser, production
will ultimately connect the two
points.
Oil Men FIocklng In.
That the interest is steadily in
creasing In the new field and that
it is destined to get one of the
greatest plays" in the southwest, is
shown by the fact that oil men are
continuing to come to Chickasha
and are staying here.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock
leading hotels of the city were turn
ing would-be patrons away. Hotel
lobbies last night were filled and
trading in leases was going forward
rapidly.
Trains today were bringing more
operators, lease men and scouts
here as news of the great extension
of the field spread over other fields.
Reports from the field today were
that lease buyers were swarming
over the new territory opened by
the new gasser.
Two More Are Slated.
A mile or more north of produc.
ton, Marmett ct al, in section 13-
5n-Sw, was slated to drill in today.
1t was believed that he would not
bali before tomorrow. This well is
also being watched closely and will
draw the attention tomorrow that
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