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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
|NENT
OIL MARKET
STRONGER

TULSA, Okla, Nov. 21.-Mid-Con
tinent refined oil market is stronger
as crude situation gets tighter and re-
fineries curtail runs. U. S. Motor
Gasoline is being quoted at 10 cents at
the refinerics and in some instances
is bringing from a quarter to a half
cent more. Higher gravity stuff is
also advancing due to considerable ex-
port business said to be in prospect
this winter.
Fuel oil still leads the procession of
refined products with n strong steady
tone and prices Of Sl.20 to $1.25 a
barrel for the regular 1926 grade are
being quoted with many buyers. Other
grades notably the 26-30 product
brings from S1.27 IL to S1.30 bar
rel. Gas oil is moving good at 8 IL to
3 "a cents a gallon. Kerosene 41-43
is very active at to is cents while
3S-40 straw distillate brings from 4
to 4 IA cents.
Mid-Continent refiners, well salts
fled with the market for gasoline this
season and seemingly better off than
for sometime past, are taking advan-
tage of the closing gasoline season to
overhaul their plants and make needed
repairs for next seasons run and win
ter storage requirements. Many plants
have cut their runs sharply for this
purpose and more will do so.
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Sims COMPLETES FIRST
PRODUCER In MIRANDA

able oil. in fact 1t was dripping oil
when taken out of the core barrel. The
well is making dry gas with no trace
of oil and prospects of 1t developing
into oil are problcmatical.
Making gasser of this well may
mean that the north limits of the
Pippin pool has been reached; judg-
ing by what has gone before in other
fields in the Laredo district.
OIL PRODUCERS.
Magnolia Petroleum company has
brought in well making 30 barrels of
oil. about 300 feet south of the Pippin
well. An offset well TO the west of
the Magnolia No. only 300 feet. did
not make a well at the regular depth
around 1865 feet and is being drilled
deeper, with test being made Mt this
time at 2400 feet. No. wells have
been drilled up to this time to the east
side of the Pippin oil well and most
likely one or more wells will be started
in this direction in the next couple of
weeks.
The Sims Oil company owns large
tract of acreage to both east and
north. The east block is about two
miles from production. while the COM
pany's gasser is on the south line of
the block to the north. Announce
ments have been made that n well
would be drilled to the southeast n
considerable distance from the Pippin
well.
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SOUTH TEXAS GETS
10 MORE OIL TESTS

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 21.-Ten drill
ing permits were issued last weeh
for wells to be sunk in four counties
of South Texas. Caldwell lead the
district with seven permits. Bexar,
Gonzales and Webb are to get one test.
Following are the permits by coun-
ties:
Bexar County: Gas Ridge Devel-
opment Company, San Antonio, No.
ok Weibacher.
Caldwell County: Gulf Production
Company, Houston, Nos. 0. 10 and IL
Riddle; r. A. johnson. San Antonio,
Nos. 3 and 4 A. T. Cardwell; Charles
Houston, Austin, Nos. 1 and 2 Al
len.
Gonzales County: Sun Oil Com
pany, Dallas, No. J. d. Nelson.
Webb County: Crown Central Pc
troleum Company and Rydal Oil Cor
poration, San Antonio. No. Bruni.
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CALDWELL COUNTY
TEST FINDS SHOW
AT SHALLOW DEPTH

MAXWELL, Tex, Nov. 21.-The
Payne and Bond Sehawe No. ., To-
Gated just northwest Of Maxwell. in
Caldwell county. is reported drilling
below 1000 feet. having passed through
a horizon at 960 feet which showed
every indication of making several bar
rels of oil per day. Oil and gas were
visible on the pit for several days, but
the operators have explained that the
greatest value Of the showing lies in
the fact that it proves structural con-
ditions are right. The No. 2 well is
located 60 feet southeast of No. J..
and If the structure were normal all
formation should be encountered sew
eral feet lower in well No. . than
in No. 1.
That a fault OF no small displace-
ment exists at Maxwell is proven by
the fact that the well now drilling is
finding the formation nearly 100 feet
higher than the first well.
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acres of the A. G. Gum tract to r..
G. Gillespie for $4,000. The en-
trance of Cosden into the Brown coun-
ty field is expected to further inter
est in drilling and will likely result
in big validating campaign and
more deep tests for Cross Cut and
other adjacent fields in Brown coun-
ty.
A well on the Sam Parks place,
three miles northeast Of Brentwood.
is flowing by heads and is mal:ing
from IL to % barrels day after
having been shot at 1850 feet. The
well is an old one drilled and plugged
five years ago. 1t is now owned by
Dick Richardson. He will put it on
the pump. There is some talk of clean
ing out wells in the early Brentwood
shallow field that are still producing
a quarter Of barrel from the 1S0-
foot sand. Many of these wells came
in with an initial production of 20
barrels early in the fall Of 1917.
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MIRANDA CITY, Tex, Nov. 81
The Sims Oil company, which has
been operating in the Laredo distric,
for two years, drilled in its first pro,
Queer when n mammoth gasser was
completed in the new Pippin Field in
the Randado Basin of Jim Hogg coun-
ty, last week. The Sims Oil company
is one of the largest independent oper.
ators in Texas.
Tuesday the tools were run in the
hole to drill the well in and bail it out
Wednesday when some of the Sims of
ficials would be on the ground. I'm
expectedly the well blew in a gasser
and cleared itself.
SECOND WELL.
The well is located 1900 feet almost
due north of the Pippin ct al Pala-
cious No. 2 well, which is making
around 100 barrels of oil daily. Both
Simms and Pippin wells are located
on survey POI of Jim Hogg county.
The Sims we'll is 1861 feet deep with
caing set at 1866 feet.
Estimates placed on the well are
30, 900. 900 cubic feet of dry gas daily.
This is one of the biggest gassers in
the entire district, as we'll as the larg-
est from depth of less than 1900 feet.
OIL SHOWING.
The core taken from this well
showed that the sand carried consider
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TIMBER ARRIVES
FOR TEST TO BE
SUNK IN VICTORIA

VICTORIA, Tex, Nov. 21.-The
derrick timber for the well that Sea-
graves and Moody are going to drill
in the vicinity of Telferner, this coun.
ty, has been received. The execr 10
cation of the well has not been deter
mined, but it was announced some
time ago that it would be drilled on
the Louis Kolle tract, near the South
ern Pacific railroad.
The Telferner section has always
been regarded as a prospective oil
field and was so designated on gov
eminent geological. maps printed 80
years ago.
This will be the second well drilled
by Scagravcs and Moody in this coun-
ty. The other is located on the Reeves
tract, near Raisin. 1t has reached a
depth of $500 feet, and cores taken
of the formations for the last 80 feet
have shown oil, the saturation hecom-
ing more pronounced as the depth in
creases, leading to The belief that a
gusher will be brought in a-ound 5000
feet, the regular coastal depth for big
producers.
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TEXAS COMPANY WILL
DRILL ANOTHER TEST

MIRANDA CITY, Tex, Nov. 21.--
The Texas Company will drill another
deep test in Zapata county on the
Jennings ranch. The location is 300
feet east of the recently abandoned
deep test that blew out twice and
could not be successfully controlled
for the sake of safety due to 81 much
open hole below the casing seat.
The first test was drilled to below
5000 feet and after repeated blow
outs it was decided to plug the well
and drill n replacement hole. This
is one of the most interesting tests
in the entire district and many oil
men believe that deep oil will be
found on the Jennings ranch which
has been producing gas from two or
more sands for many years. The
Border Gas company has n pipe line
connection in that field supplying
Laredo with part of its gas for fuel.
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TEST MAY OPEN NEW
FIELD IN DEWITT

CUERO, Tex, Nov. 21.-The open
ing of a new oil field in Dewitt coun-
ty is almost certain, with No. 1 Hol-
zapfel. being drilled by the Cuero Oil
and Gas company, coring sand at
25S7 feet, which gives all indications
of making q 80 to 100-barrel well.
The drillcrs are drilling through the
formation in an effort to find bigger
production around $500 feet.
If the well fails to produce in the
deeper formations, it will be plugged
back to 25S7, casing set and the well
completed. it is announced.
The we'll went through eight feet of
mari at 25S7 to 2505. which was thor
oughly saturated to oil.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
RIO BRAVO PIERCE
WELL MAY PRODUCE

Officials of the Rio Bravo Oil COM
pany are enthusiastic over the pros
poets for second producer on their
lease at Pierce Junction. Fee No. .,
400 feet North of Sottegast No. l,
showed a 4O-foot core of oil sand this
week and casing was being cemented,
preparatory to testing, at 1892 feet.
Those who saw the core described it
as being so thoroughly saturated with
oil that oil fairly spurted from the
barrel when the core was being taken
out. Fee No. 2 is slightly more than
a half mile from the few producing
wells at Pierce Junction. toward the
west. No. L which came in about two
months ago, making about 2500 bar
rels of oil is now down to 300 barrels,
grade "B."
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DEAL in BROWNWOOD OIL
POOL INVOLVES $5OO,OOO

BROWNWOOD. Tex. Nov. 21.--
The largest oil deal yet made in the
Cross Cut field was concluded in Fort
Worth when Edward K. Wilson sold
TO J. s. Cosden. leases comprising
1900 acres. royalty and production for
n sum going over the half million
dollar mark. The acreage included six
teen producers aggregating $50 bar
rels daily. Part of the property is
semi-proven and lies close to produc-
ton. This acreage is practically the
same that Wilson purchased his part
ner's half interest in last week for
$225.000.
Other deals made by Wilson are !:
Root, Rhodes. Gilman and McMurry.
Cisco operators, one-fourth interest in
production on the A. 3. Teston,
Thompson and Chambers tracts for
the sum of 100000. This property
includes ten producers making total
of $50 barrels, and one well drilling.
Wilson also made transfer of 100
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
PAUL TAFEL BACK
IN LAREDO FIELD

MIRANDA CITY, Tex, Nov. IL
Paul Tafel. vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Cin.Tex Petrol.
cum Company, returned to Laredo last
week after several months trip to the
North and East. He is mapping out
a plan of future development for his
company.
The Cin-Tex recently sold its pro
duetion in the Mid-0juelos field ami
plans to 60 back to validating in an
tieipation of making good n second
time. They hold considerable acreage
along both sides of the escarpment and
there is every possibility that tneS
will get back into the producing class
within a short time.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
NEW ARTESIA WELL
MAKES 300 BARRELS

ARTESIA, n. NJ. Nov. .21.-The
Maljamar Oil and Gas Corporation
have completed another good producer
on their 100 acres in the n. W. IA of
section 2S-1S-2S, which is flowing by
heads at the rate of 300 barrels flush,
following shot of 160 quarts. The
sand, picked up at 1890 to 2020 feet.
proved to be fifteen feet thicker than
that encountered in the No. u. which
offsets it TO the north. This latter well,
which was completed last week, is now
making 240 barrels. 1t is being pumped
through the six-inch casing.
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START WILDCAT
IN EDWARDS
SHORTLY

ROCK SPRINGS, Nov. 21.-TherJ
is considerable drilling and oil lcas-
ing activity in Edwards county.
The last of the 81 truck loads of
derrick materials being hauled here
from San Angelo, arrived at the To-
cation for the deep test on the Peter
son ranch, fifteen miles cast of here.
A crew of men, headed by Bill Henry
who has the contract for erecting the
derrick, have been busy for the last
week. The men have the derrick
about completed.
BUILD HOUSES.
Material is being hauled from the
local lumber yards to build houses at
the location for the workers.
This deep test is to be under the
direct supervision of D. +. O'Brien,
of San Antonio. who is now in Rock
Springs. Mr.. O'Brien is we'll known
in oil circles, having operated in all
parts of the world in the search for
oil. Mr.. O'Brien says that two ex-
perienced drillers, Otis LANCE and Bill
Snyder also some tool dressers are to
be here in a few days, and that they
expect to spud in and get their rotary
drill to going in about week.
SECOND WELL.
This new well is about one and one
half miles south of the deep test that
was drilled under the supervision Of
Mr.. O'Brien about five years ago. 1t
is the general opinion that the pros
poets for oil there are unusually good.
Two biologists have been working out
of Rock Springs for several weeks,
and there are rumors of other wells.
There is also considerable oil leasing
activity in this vicinity.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
MALJAMAR DRILLS
3O0-BARREL WELL

ARTESIA, n. NJ, Nov. 21.-The
Maljamar Oil and Gas Corporation
completed another GOOD producer in
the local field recently. Its No.
u, two locations from the north line
in section 2S-1S-2S, was drilled 10
depth Of POPS feet and was shot
with 160 quarts of glycerine from
1901 10 2015 feet. There was two
hundred feet of fluid standing In the
hole before the shot.
After cleaning itself the well start
ed flowing by heads and Is good for
300 barrels flush. 1t will probably
settle 10 the Level Of the other pro-
dueers on this property which is l25
barrels.
The No. 10 Is also being drilled
to completion and win be shot dur
ing the next few deys.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
S. A. GEOLOGIST
VISITS MIRANDA

MIRANDA CITY. Tex. Nov. 21.-
Captain III. II. Roberts of San Antonio,
one of the best known biologists in
Southwest Texas, spent few days in
Laredo last week getting acquainted
with the oil fraternity. While here,
he went to the oil fields on an in
spection trip. He is very much i'm
pressed with the big Laredo district
and predicts that 1t is going to attract
much attention during the coming
months.
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lOIL AND REFINED PRODUC S
xas Company to Drill Test at Corpus Christi
KiUiam Will
Drill Test in
Starr County

MIRANDA CITY, Tex, Nov.
21.-A contract was let last
week by o. w. Killam, Of La.
redo, for the drilling Of a deep
test on Survey AZ in Starr
county. Dauchy and Bryant
have the contract. This part of
Starr county is looked on Us one
OF the most favorable spots In
the lower escarpment region.
A water well was being drill.
ed by Dauchy and Bryant and
the test will be started drilling
rs soon as water is available.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
JACKSON COUNTY
WILL GET 2 NEW
Z OIL, GAS TESTS

VICTORIA, Tex, Nov. 21.-Colonel
D. o. Carraway of Edna reports that
Wright Brothers have two new loca-
tons for oil and gas tests in Jackson
county, one on DR.. II. f. Lees land
in the vicinity Of Horse Shoe Lake,
where a number of wells have been
drilled. and the other on the Lawther
tract east of the Lavaca river.
A derrick has been erected on one
OF the locations and the other is in
transit. Actual drilling operations will
begin on both sites in the near future,
IL is understood.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
ANOTHER GAS WELL
LOST IN REFUG|O

VICTORIA. Tex, Nov. 21.-An-
other well in the Refugio gas field was
lost last week when the Lambert No.
3, the property of Seagraves and
Moody, swallowed the derrick and ma
chinery and left a crater 300 feet in
diameter.
The well blew in two weeks ago and
had never been placed under control.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
Somerset Well
Drilling in
Trinity Sand

Ballard and Underwood report
that No. 1 Easterwood, being
drilled in Somerset field, Bexar
county. for the Milham Corpora.
ton, is down 1850 feet. Tho
well cored in the Trinity sand
at this depth. The Trinity sand
carries oil In some localities and
1t is possible that production
will be found in this formation
at Somerset.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
MAINTAIN RUNS.

Refincrs along the ship channel are
maintaining their runs. though not all
OF them are operating at capacity.
Evidences of new fields arc slight,
and with production steadily holding
its downward trend. conditions do
seem to point to n revision Of the price
schedule before lone.
Field work can hardly be called nor.
NAL: though there are possibly 20 wells
drilling in the entire Gulf Coast sec
tion. A small percentage of these are
wildcats, but the majority are con.
fined to the old fields. Hull and
Orange are the fields where the most
work is going on. The bad weather
has resulted in n number of rigs shut
ting down temporarily, but these will
be in operation again ms soon as roads
are better.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
JIM HOGC Gets
4PR0DUCERS
IN WEEK
Killam Active in Henne,
Winch and Farris
Oil Field.

LAREDO, Nov. 21.-Four flow
ing wells were added to the Hennc,
Winch and Farris pool, in Jim Hogg
county by o. W. Killam during the
past week. No. 23 came in Saturday
making 200 barrels, No. "a was com-
pleted Tuesday making a flush pro-
duction of better than 400 barrels.
Nos. % and % were completed We'd
nesday, each making between 300 and
400 barrels daily. No. % is located
on Block u, Nos. "a and % are To-
Gated on Block 16. These three wells
are on survey 256 while No. &c is To-
Gated on Survey 276. All four pro-
ducers are located in the 12OO-acre
tract recently purchased from Henne,
Winch and Fariss interests by o. W.
Killam. No. %. which was completed
Saturday. caught ON fire which de-
stroyed the derrick but did no other
damage except cause the loss Of pro-
duction for several days.
This portion Of the Henne. Winch
and Fariss pool is being developed by
Mr.. Killam along scientific lines. All
development and production work is
under the direct supervision of Frank
II. Campbell, gcologist and A. ii. Son.
berg. superintendent. The policy of
drilling wells lowest down on the
structure was adapted by Mr.. Camp
bell and is now being carried out.
USE POP VALVE.
The producers are equipped with
a pressure gauge and pop valve so as
to keep the gas pressure uniform on
all the wells that are flowing. through
out the field. This method cuts down
the initial production of the wells but
produces the oil from the sand in a
uniform manner which will greatly
add to the life and total yield of the
lease. No wells are permitted to flow
through the casing, but are tubed and
the production held to flow around 200
barrels a well without any regard to
what the initial production was. I'm
der this method the lease, at the pres
cnt time, is producing better than
5000 barrels daily.
The production could be materially
increased il all wells were allowed to
flow their full capacity. Mr.. killam
is to be commended in handling the
southern extension of the field in the
manner stated above which promises
to be the most prolific in this area.
Mr.. Campbell. who discovered the
structure. made the location and rec
the drilling of the test which
opened the Renne, Winch and Fariss
pool, is an accepted authority on the
Laredo field. His estimates show that
the total recovery from the 12O0-acre
lease recently purchased by Mr.. Kill
lam will be 100000 barrels.
BIG GASSERS.
The Simms Oil Company completed
its No. 1 well in the Randado pool
for a gasser of 50,000,O00 cubic feet
from the depth of 1861 feet. Casing
was set at 1865 feet. This is the first
producer completed by the Simms Oil
Company in this district. A new To-
cation will be made Immediately to
the east of the gasser.
The United States Gas and Oil Com
pany completed No. 2 in the Bruni-
Cole field as gasser gauging 40
100000 cubic feet Of gas from the
depth Of 1870 feet. This test was
drilled to the total depth of 1908 feet
and bailed. This is the second large
gasser in the Bruni-Cole field for this
company. Two other locations have
been made.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
COAST OUTPUT
CONTINUES
To DROP
Little Activity Causes 1000
Barrel Loss During
Week.

The Gulf Coast district continued
quiet this week and showed a further
decrease of approximately 1000 bar.
'rels. Compilations dropped to a total
of only eight, and initial production
was reported at 1865 barrels. The
combined yield of all fields was 10000
barrels as compared with S1,645 bar.
rels last week.
Operators generally are of the opin.
ion that the situation holds cncourag-
ing signs and here and there can be
heard predictions OF an advance in
the price of coastal crude. These pre-
dictions are based principally on the
fact that the demand for coast crude
exceeds the supply. There is little il
any of this oil on the market now, and
BUYERS say that it is difficult to OBJ
tain.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
PRODUCTION DROPS
IN S. A. DISTRICT

Production Of the San Antonio dis
trict declined 375 barrels during the past
week. Following is the report by fields:
SAN ANTONIO.
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.DETEX BEGINS
CAMPAIGN
At LUL|NG
Rayor Organizes Company
to Test Shallow
Formations.

LULING. Tex. Nov. 21.-The cen.
ter of attention among oil men here
at present is around the territory il
which the Detex Oil Company, re-.
Gently organized by NJ. o. Rayor, is
operating. The Inscore we'll being
drilled by this company has picked VI
a good showing of oil at around zoo
feet. but the formation is very tight
shale and it is not thought possible to
make a well unless the drill shows a
looser formation as it goes on down.
Drilling is being continued there and
the entire territory. which is about
half way between the town of Luling
and the Caldwell county end of the
Luling field. is to be given a thorough
test.
DRILL ON BRIDGES.
Just north Of the Inscoe and little
west the Detex has n derrick up on
the Bridges 1SS-acre tract and is drill
ing water well at present. This tract
adjoins the old Walker lease where
the Big Gusher Oil Company drilled
a we'll two years ago. and which has
been making small quantity of oil
steadily ever since its abandonment.
The Walker well is around 2500 feet
in depth. but it is the general opinion
that its production is coming from
higher formation through leaky cas-
ing and Mr.. Rayor plans to whipstock
several holes through the casing and
attcmpt TO stimulate the production
enough TO make a paying well.
1t is reported that test well will
be drilled also on the Rodenberg lease,
which is south and little west of the
Bridges test and west of the Inscore.
OTHER TESTS.
Other interests are planning to test
out some of the territory in that Sec
ton also. and il the Detex picks up
good showing in any of its tests there
will be big drilling campaign start
ed at once, MS the leases are widely
scattered among various companies
and individuals.
Northeast Of the Luling field, the
North and South's Callahan well.
which produces 40 gravity oil. from
the Edwards lime at 2100 feet, AMI
which has recently increased its flow
TO about % barrels per day. is being
placed on n 30-day test, by the CON-
pany. Oil from this well has a paraf.
fin base and production is shut. off
unless n steam line is kent
running to melt the paraffin. 1t is
probable that other wells will bel
drilled near the Callahan as soon as
it can be determined what it is actu-
ally good for. as several of the large
hold acreage around ii. OIL
from the Callahan is said to bring SO
per barrel. while the crude from the
Iuling field markets at from $1.Oo to
s1.17 per barrel.