San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
MARCH OUTPUT
SHOWS A GAIN
OVERFEbRUARY
U. S. Fields Produce ST.
819,038 Barrels Of Oil
During Month.
1904 NEW WELLS
Bad Weather Serves to
Check Field Work in
Many Sections.
1904 NEW WELLS
Houston, Tex, April 7.-startin,

houston, Tex, April 7.-Startlng
de spring season off with a bang, a
total of 57,S19,03S barrels was pro-
duced in the various fields of the
United States for the month of March
while the number of new wells COM
pleted reached 1904, says the Oil
Weekly. Both of these figures repre-
sent u material increase over Febru-
airy after making generous allowance
for the longer period considered.
Although higher prices have resulted
in the launching of large spring and
summer drilling campaigns, weather
conditions continue as a factor in field
work in the general Mid-Continent
and Gulf Coast districts. Further
billiards. and excess rain held work
in check to large extent during
little relief from this situation.
Production in California continues
to mount higher and the present po-
tential output of the state is placed
around the million barrel mark. Cali
fornia's excess production has in
deed become dark cloud on the crude
structure horizon. At the close OF
: the month shipments from California
" AtiduliC anu OuiI SOdSI pOlts nuu
reached the 100000 barrels a week
record. This amounts to daily aver.
age of around $4,000 barrels.
During the month of March total
recovery of more than 100000 bar
rels is shown for this state.
TOnkawa Field Leads.
Little change was MOTEL in the
moath in the Oklahoma-Kansas Sec
ton of the Mid-Continent, with the
possible exception of the Tonkawa
field of Oklahoma which has now re-
placed Burbank as the leading pro-
Queer for that state.
With production beginning to show
a material decline in the Smackover
section of Arkansas, operators in this
field reached out and uncovered more
prolific light oil areas. However, de-
spite the large flush production added
by the new wells in this field during
the month the monthly recovery was
just slightly ever the figures OF the
previous month.
-. With the passing of the Haynes
Vile field in Louisiana new activity
in the Bellevue district is now hold
ing the interest in that state. When
the original test for the field was
opened early in the month after hav'
ing been shut down for over year
it came back with a production oil
around 5000 barrels day. Consider
able work is now being carried on
this section and more territory may be
added to Bellevue.
Production in the state is holding
steady with practically little change
over February.
Production Is Up.
Due to the continued climb IN
Tonkawa output, Oklahoma produc,
ton in March was at the rate OF
44S.SS3 barrels daily. a total OF 10
sos, 439 barrels. This is a gain OF
$50 barrels daily over February when
the average was 44S.303 barrels, oil
12.552, ASS barrels for the month.
The Mexia district as whole
checked its decline in production dur
ing March with an output of 1,939,-
$40 barrels, and registered more COM
pletions than has been the case in sew
eral months. The bulk of the new
production added was from the Currie
pool and the old Mexia field. There
were thirteen competitions reported
with an initial flow of 1943 barrels
from eleven producers, and only two
failures. The Humphreys Oil Com
pany is the only concern conducting
a development campaign of any pro.
portions. and this work is scattered
throughout the Mexia, Currie and
Kosse areas.
While no producing wells have beer
scored in the Kosse district since the
.Jenes we'll blew in last year at $50!
Z feet, about half a dozen tests are still
active. and Humphreys No. 1 Basset
has established depth record for the
entire district. This well is reported
drilling ahead below 5460 feet, with
a show of gas at 1920 feet.
The discovery well of the deep sand
in the old shallow pool. located east
pf,~Gsrsicana and below Powell sta
ton, resumed dts flow late in March
after being worked over. 1t was
brought in by the Corsicana Deer
Well Company on the j. O. Burke
farm last January flowing $50 bar
rels of IS gravity oil at 2963 feet,
and sanded up a week later. Its flow
is now estimated at 200 barrels of oil
and an equal amount of water. Late
in March second producer was add
ed TO the field when an offset to the
southeast came in flowing about 1000
barrels or better from the sand pro
ducing horizon. This section of Ma
varro county is expected to experience
a great increase in drilling activity
shortly as result of the bringing in OF
n second well with larger initial
flow than the discovery well.
The effects of the boosts in the