The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-22
OIL NEWS
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limelight with the MuSSelSheII Valley
well, which came in at LIS feet, and
is rated as one of the big wells of the
field, at from 400 to SOC barrels. This
well upsets all of the geological dope,
as if is nearly two miles southeast of
the nearest producing well, and at a
point where production was not freely
predicted. The coming in of the Mus
selshell valley extends the productive
area Of the west end of Cat Creek at
least n mile and a half to the south
west and opens up an immense new
territory TO be explored. 1t would in
dictate that the southern part Of the
Hogan tract, just south of the dry hole
recently drilled by Senator Hogan, is
in the productive area, as well as the
So Petroleum holdings on which a
rig is now being rugged up.
Operations have commenced at the
A. r. c. No. 2 deep test well in the
DEVILS basin. in north Musselshell
county, and the test promises to be
a deep one A five-inch fishtail bit
will be used in cleaning out the hole
and in deepening it to the 1,60O-foot
sand, in order to tap that sand with
as large a hole as possible. It is now
planned to use both standard tools and
the diamond drill until the next sand
is picked up, and if this proves barren
the hole Will be drilled to the depth
of $500 feet with the fOur-inch dia-
mond drill. The drill will be sent
down until the Madison lime is en-
countered in the hope that the sand
Immediately above that formation and
in which production is found in the
Soap Greek field will prove produc-
tive.
An attempt to complete a wel in
the seven-fOOt sands lying just above
the red beds at the base of the Colo
RADIO will he made in the gleloy VI
cinity by Sweet Grass Arch ConsOli-
dated SkiltOn No. I by shooting their
well with 20 quarts Of nitro. The oil
flow from the seven-fOot sand is not
considered enough to make the well a
producer but high hopes are enter
tanned following the shooting.
After a shutdown Of more than a
month, the Schleuter well at Carriers
vile, west of Miles City, will be drilled
into the sand in a short time, according
to reports. The hole is now estimated
to he within 200 feet Of an oil sand.
corresponding to the third sand found
in Cat Creek, and it is believed that
r. ~ no anynnlnfn6 in laos shon u
month. This we'll has had good show
ings of both oil and gas.
The California company is planning
an extensive west Cat Creek campaign,
at least seven wells being reported as
= to be drilled by that company in the
near future. The California is NOV
| ing rapidly in the west end and is now
: drilling one we'll and preparing to
!, Spud in another within the next IL
/ days or two weeks.
= Favorable reports of several reolo.
? gists on a block of leases constituting
1900 acres have led eastern capital
I to test the Prickly Pear field neal
Helena and a rig is now being erected
| Biologists estimate production at be
r tween 1900 and 2,200 feet.
The Queen City Oil company No.
well in the Shelby field is reported in
r at about 1,450 feet in the Ellis. The
! production estimate of the well is no
given. The No. l well of the com
pany was a dry hole and was drilled
: to the Ellis at 1887 feet.
The well of the Arrow Oil Develop
r ment company on the Arrow Creel
: structure, just east Of the old stag
road at the Arrow Creek crossing il
, Fergus county. east of Great Falls, en-
countered a strong showing Of oil a
1855 feet.
g Four new wells, bringing the tOta
number of producing wells up TO 104
have been brought in near Shelby
n Practically fOur-fifths of the prOduC
9 ing wells in this field have bee
brought in within the past five months
Reports from Willow Creek, Mussel
shell county, are to the effect that tn
o. Montana Pioneer company. drilling
\ second test well, has reached a dept
o of 1,240 feet are in the red beds of tn
OIL KOotenai formation.
Il 1t isSagain reported that the Pee
less Oil company has raised money I
/, complete its Brush Greek test and wi
resume operations. The hole o
Brush Creek, west and slightly mort
: Of Cat Greek. is down $500 feet.
Wildschutz No. ga, in the Cat Cree
. field, is reported at a depth of La
feet. Labador No. 2 on the Devereau
dome in the Cat Greek field, has bee
abandoned. Lahador No. 8 in ii
same field is drilling at 955 feet.
The Calgary refinery of the Imperii
Oil company will be ready to Opera'
in about so days. The plant will ha1
a capacity Of 5000 barrels of crude
day.
:, The Black Hawk well on the Fla
willow structure is down about "a
feet.