San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11

Drilling operations in the coastal
region during the past week brought
about less successful results than have
been realized in the oil industry in this
section of the country during the year,
based on figures compiled by The Oil
Weekly. Only 10 wells were complet-
ed in the entire Texas coastal terri
tory, and three Of these were failures.
The total initial production of the
seven producing wells brought in, az.
gregated only 472 barrels.
Whether the low price of Gulf Coast
crude or the coming Of winter is the
greater factor in cutting down drill
ing in the coast is problematical. Both
undoubtedly have some bearing on the
falling in the number of completed
wells. Then, too, there is the ques'
ton of whether or not fields in the
coast are weakening from being drilled
up. This theory, however, is the
weakest of the three in that practical
ly as many producers are beinl
brought in as previously considering
the number of wells being drilled. The
slump in the amount of first produc'
ton evidently lies in the lack of drill
ing.
PERMITS STEADY.
While there is a decreasing tendency
in the drilling operations the number
of permits granted for new wells in
the Gulf Coast have not shown q
marked decline. There were POI per
mits granted for tne week ending Dc
tober 2, as compared with 297 of the
previous week. Three weeks ago 29S
permits were granted for drilling in
the state.
While operations in proven fields in
the coast are slumping there is nc
falling off in validating. On tht
other hand the search for new pools
in this section has during the past
month shown growing tendency
Some 75 wildcat tests are going down
at present in the castal area of Texas
The search for new producing zones
is being carried on chiefly in Harris
and Fort Bend counties.
PRODUCTION DOWN.
With the decrease of drilling opera
tons comes the consistent falling O
Ill IUt Null SOdNt. vi tli'
week ending September 26 the tota
output per day in the Texas Gul
Coast amounted to S6,615 barrels
Last week the total dropped to S3,53(
barrels. Although the daily averag
production for September showed
slight increase over the average 70
August, the raise was temporary, i
being evident that generally there is ;
gradual decrease Of the yield in thi
section. Septembcr's daily averag
was SS,715 barrels while that of Aug
ust was SS,1S2 barrels. Both of thes
months though register a falling of
as compared with the four month
previous. In June and July of thi
year the daily average yield of Gul
Coast crude ran above the 94,O0
mark. and in May the average per da!
was 00,205 barrels.
From present indications Of both
decrease in drilling operations and tn
apparent strength of Coastal pools tn
total amount of Coastal crude bid
fair to show a considerable slump dur
ing the winter unless validating /
the source of bringing in new field
Production Mt present in this part Q
the state is being held up by method
of most of the companies operatin
here of working over old wells for bet
ter production. The lack of drillin
for new production has been substi
tuted by such methods, companies al
parently DESTROYS of getting the max
mum output from the wells alread
producing.
One of the features Of productio
in the Coast recently is that Of clean