San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
CROMWELL POOL
IN OKLAHOMA
TO GET BIG PLAY
Newest Field in Eastern
Seminole Destined to Be
Large Producer.

Tulsa, Okla, March ga new
oil pool in eastern Seminole County
Oklahoma, now fast assuming major
Importance, was easily feature Of
oil developments in the Oklahoma
Kansas area last week. This new
field. known as the Cromwell pool.
possesses a deep 3500-foot sand with
good production of high gravity oil
and its holding up qualities in pro-
duction stamp it as one of the most
attractive new fields in this territory
in months. Major oil companies as
usual are giving the new field much
attention and lease deals of magni-
tude have been reported even though
the pool to date has less than ten
producing wells.
Beginning of a spirited drilling
campaign at Burbank ON large
scale following the recent sale of big
oil leases commands big attention
here. Empire company has made
plans to build a 6-inch line from its
Ponca City refinery to its Burbank
properties, a distance of % miles. The
Empire, through Midland Oil company
in which the Empire owns three
fourths interests and the Indian Ter
ritory Ill. Oil company of Bartles-
vile, Okla, the remaining one-fourth
interest, recently purchased 800 acres
of Burbank offset acreage for $500
600 or at the rate of $11, 156 per acre.
The Cosden, Prairie and Phillips Pc
troleum companies are also rushing
operations on their new tracts and
the next 30 to 60 days is expected to
see Burbank production going up
again and probably establishing new
high mark above the $4,000 barrel
peak last summer.
The new Cromwell pool less than j.
miles west of the Okemah and Wetun-
ka fields in eastern Seminole county
is destined to become the largest pool
in that locality and one of major i'm
portance in Oklahoma, according "a
leading observers. March % it had
nine producing wells making zoos
barrels of IL gravity oil at an ap'
proximate sand depth of $500 feet
None of the wells have as vet beer
drilled through the sand. The sand
which is new formation has beer
called the Cromwell sand after the
discoverer of the pool.
]. /. Cromwell of Muskogee open.
ed the pool last fall with go barrel
well whicL afterwards was drilled
deeper and made $40 barrels anL
since maintained that output over 2
long pefod of time. The largest vel
in the field to date is credited to thu
Shore Line OIL comnany and I. Il
Hoffer whose No. | Bruner in Sector
16-1O-S made 2100 barrels initial am
a few days later when deepencd flow
ed at the rate Of 1000 barrels dav
Tidal Oil company recently brought
in 1000 barrel well in Section 81
1O-S to the south and McMan Oi
company completed n well of similar
size a few days ago. Most OF tbs
wells drilled to date are closely
punched the proven extent OF tht
pool so far being an area about 7 l.
miles long and n mile in width. There
is considerable territory for expansion
Gilliland Oil company made thu
first big deal in the new nool when II
bought half interest in so acres the
mast wees for approximately S150OOu
the so acres being located one-half
mile west Of production. Livingston
Oil Corporation original owners of
the lease were the sellers. and they
rotain the remaining half interest.
Gillilnnd Oil company will operate tho
property. Several days ago Independ.
ont Oil company paid $4,000 for half
| interest in an S0-acre lease a milo