The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-12
OIL. NEWS
T~REASURESTATE ACTIVITY
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as high an average OF production per
well as this state according to figures
compiled by the United States Geology
cal Survey. Montana wells, on an
average, produce % barrels per well.
California has the largest average pro-
duction, 55.3 barrels. Arkansas and
Wyoming show a higher average than
Montana. The figures are official and
full of surprises. The total number
| of wells in the United States on De-
cember 81 was 2S4,SS0 having an aver
age production per we'll per day of 81
barrels. The average in Pennsylvania,
the home of the oil industry, is only
two-tenths barrel, while in Oklahoma
il is rs and in Texas 1875.
According to reports filed with the
auditing department of the state, there
were but 10 companies producing oil
in commercial quantities in Montana
during the second quarter of the year.
A total of 615.455 barrels were pro-
duced during April, May and June,
with a valuation of 1901 ,033. The
Cat creek field produced 560,411 bar
reIs of the states total output. The
Frantz corporation reported the larg-
est individual company production for
the second quarter with a total recov-
cry of 244,49S barrels. The Mid-NOrth-
ern Oil company was second with a
l total production of 186,24S barrels, and
the Ohio Oil company, operating in the
Kevin-Sunburst field, came third with
q total of Az 132 barrels.
The Fifty-SIx Petroleum company
has spudded in on its west Cat Creek
acreage and expects to pierce the sec
ond sands within 80 days if 40 I'M
usual accidents occur. The well is
located between the California tract
and the Musselshell. Should the
Fifty-Six encounter production in the
second sands, it will Immediately drill
out the forty, thus forcing an offset
program onto the Shaffer and Cali
fornia companies as well as proving
another large piece Of acreage In the
west end.
High hopes are entertained by TIN
management of the Blackhawk, drill
ing i'm the Fergus county FlatwilloV
field, for the success of that enter
g prise, the hole now being down wei
along toward 1000 feet, with the indi
d cations very encouraging. The well /
e down so far that the size of the cas-
ing will not permit drilling beyond tn
: Tensleep. in which formation prOduC
ton is expected.
When the Ohio-Sunburst-Davey M
h s well came in for from 100 to 80 bal
rels production, q comparatively larg
t. area of the Sunburst field was proved
according to the president of the SUI
burst Oil and Gas company. tn
r Ohio-Sunburst-Dav No. 8 will prod
ably open a large area in the Baker
HOwling territory, on which sewers
ST rigs will be erected. The well is tn
ID 117th producer in the field.
a.. Drilling operations at the Crow
is Nest oil company's well North Of @
70 Iumbia Falls, have developed encou
r. aging indications. Indications shO
the drill is passing through a cap roc
4. at 2,557 feet, through which the oil
u pushing up. Drillers are preparing
put a head cap on the well anticipa
ing a gusher when the cap rock
J. finally pierced.
From the Cat Creek field the Mutu
nj Oil mpa transported 175,946.
he barrels of crude in July, and from t
Kevin-Sunburst field the Illinois Pi
,ool Line company transported 78,49S.
or barrels, according to the monthly
ports filed by these companies w
the state railroad commission, a tot
of 254,444 barrels or 1859 barrels me
than the month before.
The Whaley people are alternate
drilling and understanding and runni
casing, taking every possible prec;
ton against accident on the last leg
-. the drilling to the Ellis formation
the Fqatwillow field Fergus coun
The fact that this sand is cOnsiderai
deeper than was expected has prov
a disappointment to the manageme
y The Anna May company, which t
years ago began drilling operati'
near Coalwood, in Custer county, &
abandoned the we'll, is again prepar
ave to drill in that vicinity. The comp;
% has secured a Sparta rig capable
1--WE drilling to a depth Of 1920 feet.
ress ologists place the oil sands in this
luo- ton al between 1890 and 1900 fee
Ior- A Mid-Northern test, the Snyder
OF 1. in the Lake Basin field in Stillwf
slve county, is being watched with inter
lcer, The Snyder is prepared to go t.
'clal depth Of $500 to 1000 feet if proc
nlng ton is not encountered at a lie
has depth. The test is looked upon by
etter men as one of the most important
5 of Twenty-Five miles north of Che:
ance In Liberty county, Great Falls oil
pital have turned the Bears Den well
a deep test to prospect through
med the Devonian. The well is drillinI
,por- present at 1900 feet and is 45O
into the Madison, which is estim
work as 700 feet at that particular poin
ospi- Ahe Nlet