The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-19
OIL NEWS
TREASURESTATE ACTIVITY
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feet and will be abandoned.
There are more than $50 wells drill
ing or drilled in, for the Kevin-Sun-
burst field and more are spudding in
daily. There are now 10 producing
wells and IA producing gas wells.
The Homestake ExploratiOn-HOwl
ing No. 3. Kevin-Sunburst field, struck
the Ellis sand at 1910 feet, the oil
raising 800 feet in the hole. The well
is on top of the Ellis and a good pro-
Queer is expected.
Three-in-One oil company. one of
the four principal companies Of the
Kevin-Sunburst field, will enew its
drilling campaign during the present
month, a program of three wells hav-
ing been announced by Garfield Davis,
president and manager.
BOwdOin is the largest fully en-
closed structure in the United States.
1t is of lOw-dip variety, similar to
Kevin-Sunburst field, except that It
has heavy hydrOstatie pressure in the
uppe rsands, with frequent shOwings
of oil and two heavy flows Of gas.
The Hager-S test, 10 miles
northeast of Geraldine, is reported TO
be drilling below LOO feet. This well
is being watched with interest by Ger
aldine people. 1t was started in the
Colorado close to the top of the fOrma-
ton and will pick up the Cat Greek
sand at about 1900 feet.
The Continental Oh Producing com
pany, drilling a test well on the Cow
boy structure in the Arrow Greek dis
trict, is reported to he drilling below
900 feet and making excellent prog
ress. This company has probably the
best equipment in that section of the
state and expects to test out all the
sands to the Madison lime.
The California-Mc Donald No. 1, near
Shelby, about which much interest has
centered because OF it's location, is re
ported to have drilled into sulphur
water in the Ellis. 1t is generally un
derstood that the well will he aban
dOned. The we'll was eight miles from
any producer and a successful com
pletiOn would have proved a large Ter
ritOry.
The OhiO-SunburSt-Da Dave No.
came in at 1,675 feet In the Kelvin
Sunburst field, and is estimated a
about 125 barrels. The well lies one
half mile east Of the Howling well
and proves considerable territory
Production was struck in the Ellis, an
the we'll is expected to be a good pre-
Queer in the field. The coming in O
the Davey makes 119 producing well
for the Kevin-Sunburst field.
Good progress In the organization
a refining company is being made,
SS-acre tract having been secured o
the railroad with ample water suppl.
{ Herman Strssburger, secretary,
working on the financing of the plan
, which will be Of 5O0-bawel capacit
, Butte uses 2,350.000 gallons Of gasolir
, annually and the new refinery is e.
pected to produce 2,0O0,000 gallons
year.
A string Of 8 3/16-inch easing h;
been purchased by the BowdOin c
r and Gas company for their well nei
f Saco and drilling will be resumed j
h side Of a week according to report
and the well will be completed with
two weeks. The hole is down 30
feet, and in the Ellis sand. It is e
pected TO drill into the Madison lir
# within 100 feet after operations a
n resumed.
,e The Ohio-O'Haire Kevin-Sunbul
is field. struck water in the Ellis at 1,6-
l. and bridged back TO the Sunburst saf
at 1,4S0-1, 800, where a shot was p
in and good production secured. VIII
r the oil was found in the Sunburst
about % barrels the Ohio drilled
down to try the Ellis. The indicatio
~ are that the well will prove a 40-bar
y well in the Sunburst sand, and
steady producer.
Nv MOddrell No. 1, a Midwest we'll
re- the Lake Basin field. has come In
~ a commercial gasser at a depth
70 1900 feet. r. J. Wallace of the Bar
he dall-FOster company who drilled
~. well for the Midwest. estimates
- gas flow at a million feet. although
has not been measured. The gas
coming from two sands, one at
~ feet and another at 1.240 feet. I
upper gas is to be headed off and II
thought likely that the flow of gas '
be increased somewhat.
ru Four shots of nitrO-glycerine,
,or ploded in a sand that had only a sh,
e ing of oil, made an oil we'll out of
- Kla Ora-Sunburst Reg No. / in Ke,
Sunburst field. There is now 500
- Of oil standing in the hole. After
completion on July IA This well \
considered a dry hole. A four-f
sand showed oil, SO 40 shots of sol
= fled was fired. It was allowed
stand and a second. third and fOu
shot were exploded on the hard So
IS hreaking it nm So fhaf tbe we'll ic y