San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
LAUREL TESTS
SHALLOW SAND
F0UNDAT 1925
Reported Showings Of Both
Oil and Gas En-
countered.
AZTEC TO DRILL WELL
Acquires Lease and Two
Producers From
Paulton.
AZTEC TO DRILL WELL
Miranda City, Tex. Oct. s.-Tl

Laurel Deep Well Oil company is
testing q shallow sand which 1t
ratholed into early last week. The
top Of the sand was picked up at
11a5 feet. Ratholeing was stopped
after eleven feet Of the sand had been
penetrated. Ths said showed gas and
oil nd A. test was decided upon i'm
n,ediately.
This we'll is uIder contract to dr.'
to 80, 0 feet AM casing will be set on
a shoe for the test and II it does not
turn out satisfactorily the well Will
be drilled to its contract depth should
oil not be found at shallower depth.
The well is located on Survey 266
Of Webb county about a mile west oil
the Carolina Texas gassers. 1t is on
the north slope of the height OF land
generally referred to as the Great
Western Anticline. Many biologists
and oil men have passed favorable
opinions on this strip of territory as
likely looking oil bearing structure.
The No. well Of The Laurel Oil
company on Block Us of the Ojuelos
grant of Webb county started drilling.
Casing was set in this we'll last week
at a depth of 1850 feet. This well is
an offset to the Quigg wells and is
expected to make a good producer.
The plugs were drilled out and the
well bailed to test for leaks.
Three Good Wells.
The Laurel Oil company has three
wells in the Aviator pool of Webb
county which are making $40 barrels
of daily according to company Off
Gals. These wells have been gagged
closely for the last several days and
they have kept their average up with
ease. The wells are reported as fol-
lows: No. !, 100 barrels; No. 2, 200
barrels, and No. 3. 225 barrels.
The Aztec Oil company hauled a
derrick out from Miranda City Tues
day which was erected on. their lease
in the Aviator pool offsetting the An
drews Petroleum corporation well No.
/.
The Aztec recently acquired the
lease and two producing wells of the
Paulton Oil company. This will be its
third we'll. The No. 3 is located in the
northeast corner Of Block 40 of the
Edgington subdivision of the PUG
Brothers ranch. The well is ready to
start drilling.
A derrick was built Tuesday for the
Schott No. 10 of the Schott Oil COM
pany. The well is located on northeast
quarter of Block 20 OF the Ojuelos
grant of Webb county and will offset
the ,Kirkpatrick-Lucas No. 1 to the
north. This we'll came in last week
making around 60 barrels of oil daily.
The Schott Oil company has con-
sistcntly rept up its drilling campaign
since the discovery of the famous
Schott pool.
Drill East Of Fault.
Wheatley K O'Hearn are persistent
" sticking to the east of the escarp-
ment with their drilling and have built
a derrick 425 feet east of their No. =
well for their No. 4. Tools are being
set up and the well will be started
Immediately.
This division Of the Mid Ojuelos
Structure which runs out on top the
scarp looks like it is going to become
the most prolific part if this part of
the proven area of the Aviator, Mid
Ojuelos and Wolcott pools. The proven
are of this pool is some 600 feet
further east of the location of the
O'Hearn No. 4. The O'Hearn No. a
l0c0Ipu OIL lDIOCh ~ VI Tic OJuNAVc
Grant of Webb county.
Otto Middlebrook, field manager OF
the Radio Oil company, has started
work on his No. well in the Aviator
pool, seeking to pick up high gravity
sand. The No. made bad job OF
setting casing and recementing failed
to shut out the water. The well is To-
Gated in the south part of Block 3 of
the Edginton subdivision OF Webb
county.
The No. 6 well of the Rio Grande
Petroleum corporation in the Aviator
pool of Webb county was recemented
about q month ago to shut out salt
water. Work of bringing this well in
and finishing it was started Tuesday.
Should water trouble develop packers
will be set above and below to shut
out water. The well will probably be
finished up this week. This well
should come in a good one as it off
sets the No. 8 well and the Radio
Oil company wells.
The Cin-Tex. Petroleum company
has a producer in its No. 2 which is
located on the east side Of the es-
carpment on Block. so Of the Mid
Ojuelos pool of Webb county. The
well is east of its No. ABOUT 1000
feet and about the same distance south
of the O'Hearn No. >.
Tie well was drilled in Monday and
was swabbed and bailed Tuesday
afternoon. During the afternoon OF
Tuesday they had a breakdown and
Wednesday the bailing was finished.
A producer has been made of the well
but it is not as good as the other wells
on this side of the escarpment and be-
ing somewhat sballower it is likely
that the well will be drilled deeper to
pick up the next sand The well will
not be finished for several days and
it is expected to materially increase
its production.
The discovery well of the Aviator
pool of Webb county is being placed
on the beam by the Rio Grande Pc
troleum corporation. This well was
drilled by the Aviator Oil company
and came in a big gasser in June,
1922. The well sprayed oil estimated
at 20 barrels daily when it came in
and since then its gas pressure has
diminished and the oil has increased
The management of the Rio Grande
Petroleum corporation expects this
well to pump around 80 barrels of oil
daily. The well also furnishes gas for
drilling rigs in this part Of the