San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
United Company's Big Pro-
ducer Is. Now Flowing
Into Dirt Storage.
STILL 10000 BARRELS
After Head Of Gas Blew
Off Crew Placed Gate
Valve on Casinghead.

Luling Tex, Aug. 1S.-The No.
Mills Mercer of the United North
and South Oil company which is re-
ported to have blown in during the
night Friday for 10000 barrels Of
|lil initial production was reported
late Saturday night to be holding up:
The well was brought under control
during Saturday after it had been
running wild for several hours. 1t
is flowing into earthen storage.
The No. 1 Mills Mercer is and
probably will continue to be one OF
the best producers in the Luling pool
because visitors to the well Saturday
reported that it was making clean oil
at the rate Of at least 10000 barrels
daily.
This we'll was brought in Tuesday
but bridged over soon after it began
to flow for the first time. The hole
was cleaned and began making a
tremendous amount of gas and oil.
Efforts were made at once to place
a heavy gate valve, during which OPP
Grafton two of the crew were over
come by the fumes and were rushed
to. the Luling hospital.
About GOO feet of drill stem was
dropped into the hole purposely when
the gate valve could not be placed
due to the tremendous gas pressure
and Immediately the oil began shoot
ing over the crown block of the H.
foot derrick in a steady black stream.
All during Saturday the crack
crew used every effort to get the
well uHder control and in the evening
of the same day a heavy gate valve
was placed on the casing head and
the big black stream was turned into
earthen storage.
The report on the wells initial
production Saturday morning is said
to have been accurate and officials
of the company reported that two
500 barrel storage tanks were filled
with oil from the we'll in about two
hours.
This well boosts the production
of the Luing field greatly. 1t is con-
servatiyely estimated that the fields
total production is 10000 barrels
daily. Shipments probably will total
about 10000 barrels daily as the
field lines are shipping crude con-
stantly.
The National Petroleum Company
|SSa shipping about twenty-five tank
rs daily which represent about
800 barrels of crude oil. The Gray
|burg Oil company,-isy also shipping
about 5000 barrels of oil daily and
1.-THE Mutual Pipe Line company and
Elliott Jones together are shipping
about 10000 barrels. When addi-
|tonai tank cars are available, Off
cials of the pine lines say they will
double the fields shipments.
The Magnolia Petroleum company
Of its six-inch field line which runs
| from the producing area to its top
|ping plant east of Luling. On the
| site Just east Of Luling the Magnolia
Petroleum company has constructed
three 55.000-barrel steel storage tanks.
| two 10.000-barrel storage tanks and
has begun work on three more $4,000
barrel tanks. The field line is ex-
|peeted TO carry n large amount of oil
| daily into the tanks.
The Royal Oil company's two
Tabor wells are producing more than
l25O0 barrels Of oil into the National
Petroleum company's field line. The
| No. / Fields of the Beauchamp Petro-
leum company and the NJ. X. Towns
Production company's Merriwether
well are producing oil into this line.
The No. Branyon of the East
and West Oil COMPANY which has
been gassing steadily for the last
several DAYS and even throwing mud.
water and gas all over the derrick.
| is reported drilling in q hard rock at
depth Of 1865 feet The rock can
hardly be pierced with roller bit.
drillers report. 1t is believed that
there is chance that the cap rock
bias been encountered. IF this well
Should he producer. oil men say.
the producing area will have been
extended nc Invest several miles.
creating increasing activity in the
field. So far a well out of the original
saS6sn area proper. has not been
brought in for a big producer. The
largest part of the acreage in the
producing area has already been
fleased by few companies who are
developing it comparatively slowly.
A big we'll brought in on the outskirts
of the field proper. obviously. at this
.narticular time. would increase ac-