San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
But California and Oklaho-
ma Both Drop With West
Coast Down $4,000.
WILDCAT ON BALCONIES
Extensive Play Developing
in Region Of Mexia and
! Powell Fields.

1ahoma, production Tor the Chiteu
States during the week shows more
than 25,OOO barrels less oil than was
recovered during the proceeding eight
days. OF the three fields producing
the most oil, Texas was the only one
20 show an increase and this was
offset BY big declines In other sec
-fions. The total production is given
as 1913, $50 barrels against 1,9S9,30O
barrels for last week.
= California led all sections IN the
decrease with more than $4,000 less
barrels this week as compared with
last. It has been estimated recently
that approximately two-thirds of the
wells in the northern fields were shut
in when the Los Angeles Basin fields
flooded the country. These wells are
being flowed to capacity at the pres
emit time and predictions are that every
well in the state will be producing all
possible within 90 days. 1t is safe
to predict that by that time production
of the state will be considerable be-
low what it Is at the present time.
Two Los Angeles Pools.
During the week, two new pools have
been discovered and proven in the Los
Angeles Basin. One Of these, Compton
has three producers and several 9th
er wells are about to be tested. The
most recent field il that proved
by the Union Oil company's Rose
Grams 1. So far neither Of these fields
have shown up as being extraordinary
in any respect. Compton is producing
about 1900 barrels, and it is not known
definitely Just how much oil the Rose
Grams we'll is making. The oil fields
in the Los Angeles Basin show declines
with limited drilling activity. At TO.
tai Of q competitions were reported
for the week with 10 of this number
In the Torrance district.
Weather Is Unfav0rable.
Unfayorable weather conditions have
Handicapped field work to the extent
that production for Montana and Wy
oming is off more than 10000 barrels
for the week. !, 1t will perhaps be q
month and a half before the weather
will permit much work in fields OF
that section. BY that time the price
of crude should be sufficiently high
To warrant widespread activity in the
search for production.
Eastern states report few activities
on account of weather conditions.
The Mid Continent area which In
cludes Kansas, Oklahoma, and North
Central Texas showed an increase OF
approximately $4,000 barrels for the
week. All of this increase came from
Texas. Oklahoma fell below the
amount produced last week more thin
1000 barrels and Kansas barely held
her own.
Practically all the gain In Texas
mas reported from the Northern fields
including Corsicana- Powell and Arch
er county. Corsicana-Powell shows a
gain of approximately 5000 barrels
and Archer county reports nearly H.
l)OO barrels more oil this week than
last.
Drilling Is Active.
A recent survey of Archer county
showed ISL operations as compared
with IL on the first of aJnuary. More
than $50 compilations have been made
In the district during the two months
time. However, indications at this
time are that within very few months
the limits of present pols Will be
defined and new areas VIII nave TO De
discovered to hold production at its
present level. On March l, field re-
ports credited the field with ia tests
actively under way or In process OF
completion.
4 Production Of this district is now
approximately $4,000 barrels whereas
IN January the field was not aver
aging more than $4,000 barrels.
Considerable interest has been arous-
ed in Corsicana-Powell over the In
crease of a well by deepening. This
well, Hosier ct ais Tank Farm L,
was brought in early in January for
a production of $50 barrels from 29oS
feet. Last week after being deepened
to 29S0 feet, the well made flow OF
little more than $4,000 barrels OF
pipe line oil.
The Hill tank farm district furnished
three producers for the Powell district
during the week, each one averaging
more than 1000 barrels. These are
the biggest wells completed at Corsi-
cana for several weeks.
Deeper in Gulf Coast
In GVulf Coast sections attention is
being paid to deeper producing sands,
notably at Orange. In that field sev,
eral wells are now drilling below $500
feet and recently a good producer was
brought in from below 400 feet. 1t
are rumors Of more or less extensive
IL muCQ OIL Ut COuSlucEduly biCdtSA
depths than have been touched in
practically all Texas fields, and there
Is rumors of more or less extensive
work being done during this year to
develop some real deep production In
Texas fields.
COMPETITIONS IN Gulf Coast fields for
the week past show q decrease OF o.
The total number Of wells completed
during the past eight days was 10
against 16 last week. This week half
Of the wells completed in the entire
Gulf Coast were reported from Hull.
Hull and Orange are the most active
OF all Coastal fields at this time.
Wells completed in the Gulf Coast
during the week were distributed as
follows: Big Hill, J.: Goose Creek, 1:
Hull, 8; Orange, !; Richmond, 1; and
Spindle Top, ].
Louisiana and Arkansas were steady
for the week with limited activity and
NO change in production.
validating on BALCONIES.
Northwest Texas is soon to come In
for considerable wildcat play. Acre
age has been blocked along the Mexia-
BALCONIES fault extending through sew
eral counties. Leasing is brisk where
theer Is any land at all for lease, and