San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
Seven-day Period Sees So
514 Barrels of Oil
Brought in There.
ONLY Is DRY HOLES
Burbank Again Demon
strates Superiority by.
Leading in Output.
Tulsa, Okla. April 5.-Oklahoma

AuSos Ohih., Apru O.-OklanOm1
smashed all records for new production
brought In during a seven-day period
when the remarkable average of So
Ola barrels of new oil was reported
last week from 50 wells completed.
Springlike weather contributed largely
to this big increase in new production
the largest since last summer when
drilling was curtailed on account of
the low price of oil. This output Is
considered all the more remarkable
when it is considered that only eight.
cen. dry holes were reported for the
same length of time.
1t was made possible largely by the
Burbank pool which demonstrated Its
superiority among Oklahoma oil pools
in a most convincing manner by re-
porting 80 wells making in the ag-
gregate 41,772 barrels. As a result
Burbank is well past the 100-000-barrel
mark and Oklahoma is gaining in out
put. A well making 1902 barrels first
"a hours, located in the Burbank pool
and credited to the Carter Oil CON-
pany, featured the large wells of the
week of which there were several in
the Burbank area.
Tornado Wrecks Derricks.
Early in the week a tornado origi-
mating in Central Oklahoma and fol-
lowed by severe windstorm through
out the greater portion of the oil field
territory played great havoc with der
ricks in the Oklahoma-Kansas fields.
1t was estimated that fully 500 der
ricks were blown down in the two
states causing a replacement loss of
approximately $750,000. The Ton
kawa field in Oklahoma was the hard
est hit and Conan Oil Company, larg-
est operator in that field, was the
largest individual sufferer with some
thing like $50 rigs down. Burbank
was only slightly affected. The newer
fields in the Wewoka and Seminole
county area were hard hit and as a
result operations were lowed down in
these fields during the week.
Much New Indicating.
A resumption Of validating IN the
northwestern part of the state was
one Of the outstanding features of de-
velopment the past week. While this
new drilling has been spreading more
IN a western direction it is also head
ed northward into Kansas and covers
a wider range Of territory than ever
before. The acquisition of a large
block OF acreage in Kingfisher county,
north Of Oklahoma City, by Hum
phreys Oil Company and the starting
of well on acreage selected by Julius
Fohs, geologist, who is credited with
opening the Mexia and Powell fields,
attracted much attention. Efforts to
find an extension of the Burbank pool
have been started in the test of
Charles f. Noble in Kay county, Sec
ton 1925, about twelve miles north
of the big Usage pool, which started
drilling recently. New wells were also
started in Majo ard Noble counties,
Oklahoma, near the Kansas boundary
and in southern Cowley county, Kan
sas, just north of the Oklahoma line.
Twenty Wells Started.
About 20 new wells were started in
the new Cromwell field in eastern Sem
mole county, Oklahoma, where the
performance of the Shore Line Oil
is still attracting wide attention. This
well at last reports was holding up
to its original flow of 195 barrels an
hour or about $500 barrels a day. 1t
is on the northwest edge of the pool
and had eleven feet of sand found at
1896 feet. Practically all major buy
e-s and producing companies have
lately entered the new field and its
possibilities look better than any other
area outside of Burbank. There are
nine wells in this pool making about
$3.50 barrels a day with the big well
noted above making nearly half the
production. Il. i. Hoffer, one Of the
owners of the big well, was formerly
connected with the Producers & Re-
finers Corporation but is now forming
his own company with headquarters at
Fort Worth, Texas.
4 Burbank Makes Big Comeback.
Rapid fire drilling on remaining To-
cations on choice tracts in the Bur-
bank pool in order to prevent drainage
before starting operations on new
tracts purchased at recent sale has re.
suited In a big flood of new oil from
this pool. During the past ten days
80 wells were completed with aggre-
gate output Of 41,772 barrels or an
average of 1911 barrels to the we'll
Several of the wells were shot to make
them flow as much as possible and this
also accounts for the big production
obtained. Carter Oil Company No
4 in northeast section 22-27-5 fol
which the company paid S1,025, 900 al
the previous sale in 1923 was the best
well to be completed in several weeks
IT made 1902 barrels first "a hour:
from sand at 29S6-3020 feet. Phillip;
Petroleum Company-Delmar Oil Com
pap1 No. 1 in southeast section 1927
3, sold for a song at $41, 900 before
Burbank was much of a field, came il
for 2691 barrels initial and was tbs
second largest producer. Carter Oh
Company No. 8 on the same lease az
its big well, made 2130 barrels initia
while others ranged from 500 to 200t
barrels initial.
Phillips Sets Pace.
Phillips Petroleum Company com
pleted largest production of any on'
company operating at Burbank thu
last seven days. Its eight wells ranged
from 800 to 1921 barrels in initia
output and aggregated 1921 barrels
Carter Oil Company completed fou
wells making 1883 barrels and tool
second place. Gypsy Oil Company re
ported seven wells making 1900 bar
rels. Late reports of production a
Burbank show the big field maxim;
$4,000 barrels as a result of the BIZ
simultaneous flow from 80 wells, thu
largest number ever drilled in durinl
one week in the history of the field
The decline Of big wells especial.