The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-31
CARTER COUNTY
leads Stately
100000 BBLS.
: State is Able to Take Lead
ership of Nation by Huge
Production Of Local
Fields.
HEWITT is PEER
THROUGHOUT YEAR
Healdton Held Steady; Fox
is Increasing; Burbank
Shows Good Record.

Compilation of figures Of oil pro
duction Of the state for the year Of
1921 reveal that Carter county led all
the counties of Oklahoma in total pro.
duction with 23,933,4S3 barrels. The
margin of leadership was large with
Creek county second with total pro-
duction of 20,s61,619 barrels and Usage
county third with 20.S47,5O barrels.
1t is most interesting to note that
due to the production of Carter coun-
ty the state Of Oklahoma was enabled
to gain first place in the ranks of the
states Of the country as regards Pc
troleum output in 1921. as revealed by
figures which show that Oklahoma
produced 115,679,576 barrels, with only
q margin of S29,631 barrels over the
production of California which was
second with 114,S49,945 barrels. The
margin which Carter county command
ed over competing counties of Okla
homa during 1921 was 2,971,S64 bar
.els.
Hold Lead Through Year
SahtS Npohby onodhCa thC iCdo III
January and held it throughout the
year. reaching the peak Of it's pro-
duction during July with 2,289,164 bar
rels. 1t started to wane in Septem-
Der, gradually decreasing and in De-
cember produced 1,99O,076 barrels but
still retained its top position.
In 1920 Carter county produced 49,
057,797 barrels and stood third in rank
Of counties Of the state. with Usage
and Creek counties ahead. In 1920 this
county increased its production by s,
6ss093 barrels and in 1921 inucreased
II 4,S75,6S6 barrels more.
Hewitt Is Peer
During the year 1921 the Hewitt
field became the peer of Oklahoma
oil pools with the total daily produc-
ton ranging about $4,000 barrels, al
though during the closing months it
started TO decline and fell to 32,400
barrels in December 1t has since then
increased and during January 1921,
reached a total daily production Of
33,i75 barrels.
The Healdton pool held steady dur
ing the year 1921 with production
lowering around $4,000 barrels which
production il is still maintaining. The
Fox field began TO come into promi-
nence with production of 5000 bar
rels during the last few months Of
the year and steadily increasing.
Deeper Sand ut Hewitt
The rise OF the Hewitt pool. which
incidentally brought about the lead
ership OF Carter county may be at
tributed to the uncovering OF the
deeper sands below 1900 feet which
yielded production as high as 1000
barrels daily. The majority OF oper-
atoms OF the field during 1921 Were
concentrated on production from the
deep pays. by the drilling deeper OF
wells in the shallower sands and the
drilling OF twins and triplets. The dis
covery OF the Hewitt southeast exten.
sion also aided considerably In boost.
ing the output, as did activity in the
Fox area.
The figures further reveal the long
lived and prolific qualities of the
producing sands OF Carter county, with
emphasis on the steady production OF
the Healdton pool, and the manner
In which Hewitt Is holding up, having
produced without marked decrease dur.
ing the past several months, although
new operations have not been carried
on In any noticeable manner.
Burbank Leads Now
The Hewitt pool Is now running sec.
ond in the race with Burbank in the
lead. according to figures OF produc-
ton for the past week and which
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