San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
UNITED STARTS
INSTALLING
MACHINERY
Luling Field Will Be
Electrified By
December.

LULlNG, Tex, Oct. IA large
portion of the big electrical plant,
which is being installed to care for the
United North and South Oil Com
pany's Luling field operations, has
been placed and work of installing the
individual motors has started. 1t is
thought that the monster plant will be
in full operation by December, which
is fast time for the installation.
Capacity Of the plant will be 5000 4
horsepower capable of generating 200 (
kilowatts. This power will be gener-
ated by five GO0-horsepower Worthing-
ton vertical Diesel crude oil engines
direct connected to five 5000 K-v-A
Allis- Chalmers 4100-volt generated,
with direct connected exciters. The
engines are provided with water and
oil circulating, pumping. cooling and
treating equipment, making the gener-
ating plant rs complete as possible.
BUILD SIX UNITS.
Five units will make up the plant
for the time being, but foundation will
be laid for sixth unit to be installed
in case the needs of the field demand
it. The first three units will be in
operation by November %. BY De-
cember ! the fourth unit will be in,
and the last unit to be installed now
will be ready by December ). By
having several units TO the genera ing
station the danger OF being without
power is practically eliminated.
There are now 90 pumping powers
and IS standard rigs being operated By
the United North and South Oil Com
pany at Luling. At each of the pow
ers a T5-horsepower squirrel cage mo-
tor will be installed. with countershaft
drive. Each individual well belonging
to the United North and South will
be equipped with a 1890 horsepower
General Electric oil we'll motor with
commensurate drive also. Westing-
house transformers, condensers and
other line equipment will be used.
STEEL BUILDINGS.
Building to house the equipment
| will be of steel and galvanized iron
construction with concrete iounua-
tions, built by the Mosher Construc-
ton Company, Dallas. Pipe line, wal
ter and oil pumps will be operatsu
through the Houston branch OF "A. Va.
Lockett Company, Ltd. Inc company,
has not yet decided whether IL WIZ
sell power to other operators
field, but in case it finds that IL has
more power than it can use, oshys
operators desiring electricity pfo'a'''
will be supplied. 49,, cost
Rough estimates place the totai eoss
of the installation at three-quai'ei'
of a million dollars.
MAKE OWN POWER.
The United believes that its big san
ing through the use of electricity WI
CONC from reduction in the iapor
force. the amount of fuel used. mann
tcnnnce and increased production'
Pumping with electricity gives more
uniform stroke and since the pump
can he kent going continuously pro-
dnct;on is increased. In field where
tho ems pressure is low and gettins
lower. the saving in fuel through the
nse of electricity is enormous, anu
this condition of decreasing gas pros-
sure exists at Luling.
There are about 200 undrilieo ioea.
tons on United North ana south
property at Luling, and these are Pc
ing counted on TO sustain the com.
pany's production during the mex.
wear. This company Is also engage
in validating activity in Caldweil ana
Guadalupe counties and may discover
another pool.
$4,000 BARRELS.
Pine lines runs for the Luling field
during the past week show that ~
is holding ND steadily around 24,uuo
barrels Der DAY, with the United
North and Souths production account
ing for about s. per cent OF tns
equipment, the hours on record ior
pumping has been very good for tnis
field and ranks higher than most
f DIS of the state, but 1t IS tnougnt
that the electric equipment Will en-.
able them to keep practically all OF
their wells pumping continuously
For the past year the great cry IN
this field mas been lack of water ana
that held up drilling operations, but
the situation has been reversed re-
Gently and all work h 3 been handi-
capped to a large extent by tfe TOT
rental rains. while drilling on the
Magnolia's Day well has been brought
to a standstill by the 24-foot rise 10
the San Marcos river. When the
Magnolia's water supply failed after
they had started the Day well a
line was laid three miles 20 the river
and a pump installed. Tn river has
been so high for the past few days
that il has been impossible 10 operate
the pump, which has been staked
down to avoid the possibility of ~
being washed away. The presenq
depth of the Day well is between|
240O and $500 feet and it closed down
in a broken lime and shale formaa1
ton. 1t is thought that il will reach
the Edwards lime in few more days
drilling.
All other operations have been lsid]
I'm considerably on account OF BAD
roads and high waters in the smaller
streams around Luling which have
hndered the crews from reaching tho
rigs. The North and South's five
Caldwell county side Of the field, with
wells are drilling steadily In thd
one drilling on the A. J. Baker leass1
| in Guadalupe county. Work "a stii1
under way on both the Kelley and
Tiller deep tests and both are getting