The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-10
OIL NEWS
REASURESTATE ACTIVITY
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test will be drilled on this structure,
no arrangements have been made for
immediate operations there. The well
was started more than two years ago,
the first company starting the well
failing to get very far. Later it was
taken over by the Bauley Dome syndi-
cate and completed to its present
depth. A Star rig was used which is
not of sufficient capacity to drill to
a depth required to explore the sands
to the Madison lime.
The test we'll Of the Custer Oil and
Gas company has been snra@"A In and
is on its way to the second sand in the
west Cat Creek field. The location is
one quarter north of the Northern No.
2, which was recently brought in dry.
II is believed. however, that it is far
enough to the north to be on another
high spot. Should production be found
here, there will be many other wells
drilled to the north and west Of the
discovery well.
The Mutual company has installed
a settling tank of go barrels capacity,
on the Mutual-HOgan lease in the
Kevin4Sunburst field. The tank has
been fitted with steam coils to keep
the temperature of the oil at a point
that will ensure quick and thorough
senaratiOn of water from the oil, there
being a small quantity Of water in the
gathering lines from a few of the wells
on the lease. The settling tank Will
take care Of 800 barrels of fluid a day.
The first well on the Alaska Bench
structure southeast of LewistOwn, has
been spudded in. The well is to be
drilled with a Lidecker which was
brought IN from Cat Creek and A. r..
Frame has the contract for completing
me hole to the Madison lime, If neces-
sarv. which II Is estimated will be
found at a depth between 1880 and
1900 feet.
Drilling for oil on the Flathead res
ervation will he started by the middle
nf October, according to r. r.. Black
ledge. superintendent of the work.
The Flathead Petroleum company is
behind the venture and. according to
Mr.. PlackIedge, has $4,000 acres of
leased land on the reservation and
three sites selected for test wells.
A test of the big we'll Of the Home
stake ExplOratiOn-Howling No. 3
Kevfn-Sunburst field, is now beins
made. with a view to finding its set
tied production. Tt is believed by
those qualified ia know, that This well
will considerably exceed the Ohio
Baker No. 3. whose settled production
Is around LOO barrels per day.
The Sweetgrass-McDonald No. 2
Kevin-SunhurSt field. has developed g
large flow Of gas at I DAT foot in the
Sunburst sand. the gas being estimated
at 2.OOO.OOO feet. The gas Ia beint
cased off with 81 Inch casing and thu
drill will go on down to the Ellis TO
production. The gas will he used 70
drilling.
Work of drilling in well No. 8 of TIT
Stellar Oil company near Glendive Ia
been resumed. A depth of nearly 2,ON
had been attained. and at that plac'
the bore was INSTRUCTED by the loss o
a hit. It is the definite purpose of tn
company to send the drill into tn
Ellis sands. which lie at a depth o
approximately $3.50 feet.
The Lake Basin Farmers we'll in tn
Lake Basin being drilled by the -Cairn
cross company of Butte has receive
the new crank shaft and drilling ha
been resumed. The hole is down NOR
- = -nn n-A II - = 1000 kIo
the Eagle sand will he encountere
within 100 feet.
II is reported in Winnett that tn
California company. subsidiary of tn
Standard Oil of California, may pul
chase the acreage of the Musselshe
Valley Oil company. Shaffer Oil con
pany MOsby Consolidated Oil con
pany, in the west end of Cat Creek.
The Ohio-LarsOn No. 3, Kevin-Sur
burst field, came in a dry hole, afte
being shot twice with 26 quarts frOl
1872 to 1877, but nothing was a,
cOmplished and the hole will be abar
dOned.
The rubber of the packing being pu
in in the Hepp No. 1, Lake Basin fielt
was blown out by the strong gas pre-!
sure, and the crew is pulling the eigh'
inch casing. The hole is down 3,1a
feet.
Cat Greek oil has been cut to $1.40
barrel. No change was made in til
price Of Kevin-Sunburst crude oil
which is now posted at 20 cents a ba
rel.
Snyder No. 1 on the Six Shoot'
structure, is drilling at 315 feet. 4
the surface of the hole is "a inches vic
which is one Of the widest in the stat
Mid-Northern Oil company, a SUI
sidiary Of Midwest Refining, hs
spudded in their No. 4 we'll in c,
Greek.
At $50 feet a flow of gas has bee
struck on the BOwes structure, ne,