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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
PERMITS FOR WELLS
SET NEW RECORD In
TAMPICO DISTRICT

TAMPICO, Mexico, Sept. 12.-Thc
largest number of drilling permits
granted by the department of industry,
commerce and labor for the heavy oil
district Of Tampico during a seven
day period were given during the week
ending September 2. In this time
fourteen companies were given the
right to go ahead on 81 new wells.
The Mexican Seaboard Oil Company
received permits for eight additional
operations in Cacalilao, while the
Transcontinental Petroleum Company
(Standord, New Jersey, through the
Penn Mex Fuel Company, for which
it operates, was granted the same num-
Der for hacienda Paciencia. The Pan
American Eastern got two permits
each in Chapacao and Chijol, while
one, permit was granted to each Of
the following: Mexican Gulf, Sinclair,
Globe, Petroleum Company. Dutch
Shell. Vcnable and Company. National
Railways, Gillian and Company,
Bring and Lufts, Southern Fuel and
Refining Company and Cha. Finance
ria.
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SCIENTIFIC DISPLAY
Will FEATURE SHOW

TULSA, Sept. 12.-Scientific and
technical exhibits at the third annual
International Petroleum Exposition
and Congress, which will be held in
Tulsa October l to 10, will exemplify
different methods Of oil drilling and
refining, by means of working models,
photography. and where necessary,
descriptive matter. Every corner of
the globe will be represented in the
display which will await Exposition
visitors in the Wyoming building.
Models of tank cars and drilling
rigs, side by side with samples of
shale, OF strata, Of sand taken by dia-
mond core drillers, of different grades
of petroleum from all parts of the
world. with peg models of oil fields
Of especially high production, with
thousands Of photographs, will fill the
booths, says ALI G. Heggem, chairman
Of the committee on scientific and
technical exhibits.
Aside from the commercial exhibits
or the Russian companies which. with
their abundant photographs and de-
scriptive matter, are of particular
value. their proposed expenditure Of
S1,000.000 for new equipment is at
tracing attention.
"For Aud Lang Syne" is the re-
production Of the Drake well, the
drilling of which in 1859 many a
Pennsylvania oil man NAV remember.
The tools used at the drilling. which
have been on display at the Wimbly
Exhibit in London. have been returned
for use at the exposition.
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AUSTIN, Sept. 12.-Oil production
in Texas during the month of July
showed a material increase over the
previous month. This is reflected in
the reports of pipe line companies TO
the Railroad Commission, just made
public. These companies gathering oil
from every established oil field in the
state reported 13,344,4S3 barrels
picked IN in July as against 1854
026 barrels in June, an increase in
July of 660,40 barrels.
Navarro county showed the largest
increase of any oil-producing county
in the state when it produced 211, 26S
barrels more of crude oil in July than
in June. Liberty county was second
with 107, 957 barrels increase and the
rich University of Texas land in Rca
gan county was a close third with an
increase of 70,362 barrels over the
month of june.
Limestone county showed a ma.
terial increase with 4S.5OS barrels and
Wichita county showed an increase Of
1S.75S barrels in July.
The large increase in the Navarro
county field, however, is occasioned
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81 PERMITS ISSUED FOR
SOUTH TEXAS OIL TESTS

AUSTIN, Sept. 12.-There is no
let-up in drilling in South Texas, ac-
cording to the number of permits be-
ing issued here for new wells. Dur
ing the last week alone, 80 permits
were issued for tests in eleven coun-
tics in the San Antonio territory.
Following are the permits for the
week by counties:
Bexar county: Jarmon and With
erspoon, San Antonio. No. 8 NJ.
Klemecke.
Caldwell county: witherspoon Oil
company, San Antonio, Nos. 10. IS
and IA Mrs. F. A. Cardwell; Gulf
Production company, Houston, Nos.
10, 20 and p C. H. Beatty; Nos. %
and "a NJ. L. Brewer; No. 3 W. H.
Riddle; Nos. 16, II, IS. and 10 A.
T. Cardwell; Eagle Drilling company,
Lockhart, No. Mrs. F. A. Cardwell :;
Texas Company, Houston, No. IA C..
H. Beatty.
Duval county: Humble Oil and
Refining company, Houston, No. 3
Schallert.
Guadalupe county: Humble Oil
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WILDCATS WILL
GIVE SECUIN
GOOD TEST

SEGUIN, Sept. 12.-Despite the
repeated disappointments occasioned
by the striking of sulphur water in
the Edwards, an intensive wildcat
campaign is about to be started in
the territory east and northeast of
Seguin.
The Burman-Bailey No. I. north
east of Kingsbury, has been abandon
ed after striking a sulphur flow in
the Edwards lime.
Howell ct al are setting casing on
the Willmann farm, two miles north
of Kingsbury and are preparing to
test.
Magnolia is reported down around
$50 feet in its Day No. /. south of
Sullivan, and drilling in the Taylor
mari.
Humble Oil and Refining company,
operating near Staples, on the J. A.
Lowman tract, are down about SIS
feet. The company erected a steel
derrick and a deep test is to be made
with their Lowman No. ].
Black ct al. making a shallow test
on the Weinert ranch, south and
southeast of Seguin. are down around
375 feet and getting ready to core.
Scrivener ct al are reported as hav-
ing contracted for & rew test north
cast of New Berlin. & this county.
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F UEL OIL HAS
BIG DEMAND
At TULSA

TULSA, Sept. 12.-Heavy demand
for fuel oils is commanding the atten-
ton of the Mid-Continent refined oil
market while gasolines continue to
slump on an overproduced market.
Business has been slow but appears to
be picking up on the assumption that
cheaper gasoline will be unloaded on
the market within a short time. The
remote expectation of another crude
reduction. is causing little anxiety on
the part of some refiners.
Kerosenes and fuel oils continue to
dominate the market and new high
prices for the year are again noted.
Most refiners are refusing to contract
over this month and are doing little
spot business instead. Railroads and
industrials are noted in the large buy
ing.
Gasolines have reacted slightly in
the last few days from the low mark
of September l and $3.50 New Navy,
the prevailing quotation, is obtainable
at S1-4 to SIP cents. Reports of
cheaper material being sold under the
market may cause a further weaken
ing of the price structure.
Higher GRANTEES are selling slowly
with no export business to speak of.
The 6O-62 grade is quoted at 10 to
1914 cents while the 64-66 product
can be securnd at II to II IA cents.
Natural gasolines are splitting up and
the Grade 4 and B prices are no
longer the same as formerly due To the
Indifferent but steady demand. Grade
A and IA are quoted at II IL to
II "a cents while Grade B and BIZ
bring about II IL cents straight
Grade c is quoted at II IA to II IL
cents. Little future buying is noted
so far and is order to encourage the
sale Of the product. manufacturers are
not insisting on the same price fol
each specification as formerly.
The heavy demand for fuel oil has
been one of the sensations of the mar
ket. The recent development in the
coal mine strike is said to react very
favorably on the fuel oil market and
will continue to influence it probably
until the first of the year. Much buy
ing has been noted in the last few days
and the jobbers seem to be coming
into the market on larger scale thar
in several months. The prices range
from 81 for that below % gravity t.
s1.15 for the 2S-30 grade. The regu
lar 1926 brings S1.02 IL To Sl.O'
per barrel. Little distinction is made
between buyers and sellers cars.
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DRILLING ACTIVE IN
DEL RIO DISTRICT

DEL RIO, Sept. 1.-THE A. Blumc
wildcat well in the east edge of the
city limits, which was shot recently
with so quarts of nitroglycerine,
throwing water and slush several feet
over the derrick, is down about 500
feet.
Lem SproUse, truck contractor, is
moving the remainder of the tools
from the old Reclamation well, five
miles north of town, to the lndepend-
ent Operator location. nine miles west
of this city. A 10,000-gallon tank of
Luling crude oil was unloaded at the
Independent Operator we'll last week
and drilling has been resumed.
The Havelin well, is miles west Of
Del Rio, has a new line ordered from
Houston. and drilling will be resumed.
This. we'll is now nearing the depth of
5000 feet, being the deepest test in
this field.
Another we'll will soon be spudded
in on the Joe NJ. Morris lease, Il
miles west of town.
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TEXAS PRODUCTION GAINS
66O,4O7 BARRELS in JULY

BY the report of 50,511 barrels gath
cred during June and not reported IN.
til July. This leaves the actual in
crease in the Navarro fields at $780,
75T barrels.
The number Of barrels Of oil gath.
cred in the various counties Of the
state during July is shown as FOL
lows:
Archer 27s,T0S, Atascosa, $40,
Bexar $500, Brazoria 351,37S, Brown
1851, Callahan 97,2S7, Caldwell,
277. AS, Carson 1880, Chambers
1865. Clay 1906, Coleman $40. Co
manche 1927, Eastland 326,ST6,
Falls SIC, Fort Bend 47,00S, Free
stone 921, O94, Galveston 1887, Har'
ris 1854, Hardin 1908, Jack
1909, jefferson 1925, Liberty 1.i3S,-
72T, Limestone 2,015,S23. McMullen
10000, Matagorda 2194. Marion 2915,
Milan PASS, Mitchell S5.S01, Ma
varro S2S,72S, Orange 523,215. Palo
Pinto 1894. Reagan 1,5S0,5Sl,
Shackelford 1886. Throckmorton
27O,421, Stephens 800. 401. Young PSF,
707. Webb 63.60S. Wichita 1904, 420.
Wilbarger 250,712, Williamson 1911
and various fields 1,43S,646.
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ARTESIA OPERATORS
- DRILLING DEEP TESTS

ARTESIA. Sept. 12.-Several wells
are drilling in the lower formations in
this field and it is probable that a
strike will be made at any time, ac-
cording to government biologists, the
Abo sand. which carries oil and gas,
underlies this district.
The Dale c. Cheesman No. 1, in
section 35-1S-2S, after having been
drilled to $3.50 feet, will be carried
down $500 feet. The National rig will
be moved off and a standard derrick
will be erected. Three miles west OF
Carlsbad. the Ohio Oil Company have
installed a new drilling engine on
their Tracy No. 1 and, according to
authentic report, this hole will be car.
ried to COCO feet, if possible, rs it is
at this depth that the Pennsylvania
is expected to be found.
The Mesa Oil Company, after miss
ing the regular 2000-foot pay, in No
l well. in the northwest one-fourth OF
the northwest one-fourth of section
4-19-2S. will carry the hole down Il
$500 feet.
Several producers have been added
to the field during the week, these be-
ing the Dome Oil Company's No. . in
section 2l-1S-2S, the Dancigar Oil ani
Refining Company's No. in section
1T-1S-2S. and the Ohio Oil Company'.
No. Anew States in section 4-1S-2S
This latter well. shot with 100 quarts
from a depth of 2220-2291. is flow
| ing at the rate Of 250 barrels.
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and Refining company, Houston, No.
1 J. A. Lowman.
Jim Hogg county: o. W. Killam,
Laredo, Nos. 13 and Is A. MARTINEZ /;
No. 1 ]. T. Vela; B. M. Alexander,
Laredo, No. 2 J. T. Vela; Magnolia
Petroleum company, Dallas, No. Z A,
Martinez.
Live Oak county: Grubstake In
vestment company, San Antonio, No,
4 J. T. Brown; Glasco and Fallin,
Corpus Christi, No. 2 C. r. Tips.
McMullen county: Grubstake In.
vestment company, San Antonio, No.
1 F. E. Aycock.
Refugio county: Houston Oil com.
pany, Houston. No. l G. Heard; No.
la and No. 2 F. B. Rookie.
Uvalde county: Humble Oil and
Refining company, Houston, No. 4
Kincaid.
Val Verde county: z. T. Williams,
Del Rio, No. 1 Val Verde Irrigation
company.
Webb county: Rydal Oil company
San Antonio, No. 1 A. NJ. Bruni.
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ANOTHER COMPLETION
IN BROWNWOOD FIELD

BROWNWOOD, Sept. 12.-Green
and Thompson have just completed
their sixth we'll and they are all fair
producers. They will spud in their
seventh test next week, and both arc
confident that it will be a good pro-
ducers
At this time there are approximate
" 30 wells drilling in this county,
and this does not include a number
that ore going down in Callahan coun-
~, in the area sometimes known as
the Cross Plains field. This is. in
truth, an extension Of the Cross Cut
field in Brown county.
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Luling Field Will Be Electrified by October IS
Railroad Asks
To Drill on
Rightofway

AUSTIN, Sept. f7.-H. 3.
Ball, chief supervisor Of the oil
and gas division Of the Texas
Railroad Commission, has rec.
commended TO the Railroad Com
mission that permit be given the
Trinity and Brazos Valley rail-
road to drill for oil on IL locs-
tions OF its right OF way through
the Powell oil field in Navarro
county.
John A. Huien, receiver for
the road, made application some
time ago for permission to drill
these wells, and Judge Bell
passed upon the application.
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SHOWING FOUND IN {
TEST NEAR BEEV|LLE

BEEYILLE, Sept. 1.-THE weld
er test No. l, three miles east OF
Beeville, will undergo a test within
the next few days, casing having been
set and drilling operations suspended
early this week.
What is believed to be a good OIL
sand was encountered last week and
Manager Ross ordered "-sing Get and
a test made.
The drill in the Clark wen on the
Scott land, five miles north OF Bee
Vile. is in rock. Last week Il was
believed the hard formation was =
hard sand and a core was taken. A
rock bit was ordered and Is expected
here shortly and drilling viii Be re-
sumed.
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DRILLING RESUMED
IN CUERO WILDCAT

CUERO, Tex, Sept. 12.-Work has
been resumed on the Holzapfcl No.
l oil test in the Five Mile community.
The Cuero Oil and Gas company,
an organization of young Cucro bust
ness men has made n few changes in
the officers of the organization and
is using the same drilling crew that
began the test.
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R. E. ANDERSON NEW
AID MANAGER FOR
STANDARD TRUCK

The Standard Motor Truck Com
pany of Detroit announces the ap
pointment of r. r. Anderson as ad
vertising manager. Mr.. Anderson IA
a wide experience in publicity and ad
vertising work. being chiefly familia
with promotional work as it apple
to the motor truck industry.
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JORDAN-THOMAS
MAY PROVE
FIELD
Wildcat Gets Good Show
ing Is Inches in Sand
Near Lockhart. s.

LOCKHART, Sept. IL. new
field in Caldwell county, between the
Luling and Lockhart producing areas,
seems almost certain with the Arm
strong Jordan-Thomas wildcat well
drilling in. This well picked up the
Serpentine formation, carrying a rich
showing of oil, at 1900 feet.
Casing was set when the bit had
penetrated through only Is inches OF
the sand. The showing at this depth
was so promising that two 1000
barrel storage tanks were erected and
ali equipment for completing the well
ordered.
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OUTPUT DECLINES.
total ............. 4Ss,66O 4I4's4S
SINCLAIR GAINS.

The surprise of the second quarter
was the big gain made by the Sin
clair Oil and Gas Company, which
Jumped from seventh to fifth place
with a gain of 1000 barrels over its
previous average. The big acreage in
the CARRIER pool belonging to this com.
pany, now undergoing development,
was a big factor in its increase.
Inability of the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company to market its current pur-
chases of crude oil was seen during
the month of August, according to Its
pipe line run statement which showed
only 4,31S,4 97 barrels or 139,3O6 bar
rels daily average shipped to eastern
and middle western refineries. The
recent crude oil price reduction was
thus forecasted by the reduced ship
mcnts. In July, the previous month,
the company shipped 155,56S barrels
or 10000 barrels a day more than IN
August. September shipments are re-
ported running about the same as July
with prospects of small gain, al
though this is problematical.
The CARRIER pool, Braman and Rain
bow Bend. in Kansas, furnished most
of the excitement in Oklahoma Kansas
oil circles last week. Sinclair Oil and
Gas Company brought in two new
wells, No. 2 o. Walker in section
1924 west and No. 20 Kisner in
section 1928 west, coming in for
1900 barrels and 1000 barrels after
increasing to 5000 barrels, respectively
both from the deep pay at 400 feet
This makes fourteen wells in the deer
sand with output of 32,7S5 barrels
about 1000 barrels Of this being flush
production.
FIELD EXTENDED.
Conan Oil Company extended the
Braman field in Kay county, a loca
ton east with bringing in Of No.
Mccullough, near the townsite, in sec
ton 5-2S-1 west for 45 barrels al
hour. This is the twelfth producin:
we'll in the field and gives it a tota
output of 1880 barrels to date. About
80 other wells are drilling. MarlanC
| Oil Company is putting in a new pump
station and four-inch pipe line con
Meeting with its refinery at Ponce
City and the Roxana Petroleum Cor
poration, other half owners Of the Co
mar Oil Company, is building lint
south from its refinery ct Arkansas
City, Kan. Recently, improvement
were announced to be started at thi
plant TO care for additional crude.
In the Rainbow Bend field, oil pro
duction was not extended across tn
Arkansas river By the Waite Phillips
Observation-Disclosures JOINT interests n
was thought possible and this fiel
will be limited to the bend in III
river as the result. The well in ques
ton was the company's No. 1 Hun
in section 21-23-S, Cowley county
Kansas. which was abandoned as dr.,
Mt 1921 feet. The regular Rainboy
Bend sand showed nothing.
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Field at
Electra Has
Oil Mine

An experimental oil mine
being sunk by the Panhandle
Refining Company and NJ. 4.
Carter in the proven shallow pool
in Electra encountered % feet of
richly saturated oil sand, the
bottom of the hole being 90 feet.
The potential daily production Of
the mine runs rs high as 40
barrels Of 40 gravity oil daily.
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DISTRICTS OUTPUT
AGAIN ON INCREASE

Production in the San Antonio district
is again on the increase and during the
last week 1t gained 1913 barrels daily
over tho prior week. Following is the
report by fields:
SAN ANTONIO.
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TWO IMPORTANT
PRODUCERS
ON COAST .
Loekport and Pierce Pools
Get Big Extension
Wells in Week. y

During the past week interest In
Coastal development shifted between
the Lockport field in Louisiana and
the Pierce Junction field near Hous-
ton. Extension wells were completed
at both places, and both wells come
in the big producer class.
About 2 o'clock Thursday, the Rio
Bravo Oil Company brought in its
Settegast No. 1, at Pierce Junction
for an estimated production Of be-
tween 1900 and 1000 barrels, from be-
tween $500 and $3.50 feet.
Although this well is not as large
as others that have been completed at
Pierce Junction, its significance lies
in the fact that it probably proves up
an additional area to the old produc-
ing limits.
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TAXES, OUTPUT
v ORRy FOR
OPERATORS

TULSA, Sept. 12.-Oklahoma's de-
clingiug production has been hard
blow to some Of the major oil com
panies as a result of the latest gross
production tax reports showing gross
crude production for the second quar-.
ter of this year. The total produc'
ton was 41,S29, 101 barrels as com
pared VITA 42,745,316 barrels the
first quarter. But the output of the
largest companies showed even greater
discrepancies.
Conan Oil Company, owned Jointly
by the Roxana Petroleum Corporation
and the Marland Oil Company, re-
ported a daily average of 36,1O4 bar
rels for the second quarter as com
pared with 55,765 barrels for the first
three months of the year. Gypsy Oil
Company, producing subsidiary Of the
Gulf Oil Corporation, dropped down
from S6,206 barrels the first quarter
to 29,424 barrels the first quarter
Carter Oil Company, Standard Oil
subsidiary, and the Magnolia Petrol
cum Company, reported slight in
creases the last quarter.
OUTPUT DECLINES.
The daily average production Of the
largest major companies for the first
and second quarters of the year
stacked up as follows:
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POWER Line
FOR LEASES
ORDERED
United Plans Equipment
to Replace Plants
/. Now In Use. -

LULING, Sept. 12.-The United
North and South Oil Company, Inc,
has placed an order for large amount
of the necessary equipment for the
identification of their entire oil field
operations on both sides of the San
Marcos river in the Luling field, re.
placing the gas engines and other pow
er now in use.
1t has not yet been decided whether
the company will produce its own elec'
tricity or purchase power from some
public utilities company. If 1t is de-
cided to buy the power outside the
electrification will be completed and in
operation by about October 10, which
would be considerably earlier than It
would be possible to install machinery
and generate the electricity here.
5000 HORSEPOWER
Some idea of the amount of cur
rent necessary will be gained from the
fact that about 5000 horsepower will
be required. No estimate has been
made public on the cost of the change
in power, but it is known TO be into
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The best news in the Luling field
for the past week is from the Magno-
liza Petroleum Company's No. Day
wildcat we'll in Guadalupe county,
which encountered a good oil showing
in the Taylor mari at about 1850 feet
DRILL IN LIME.
The hard gray formation is strongly
impregnated with oil and gives everJ
indication that a we'll will be made
when the Edwards lime is reached
which would mean a big extension to
the Guadalupe county end of the Lul'
ing field and would upset the geology
TO a large extent as it is considerably
off of the line which the biologists
have outlined as producing territory.
The we'll is about a mile southeast Of
the present production area and is the
closest we'll in the entire field to the
town of Luling, the derrick being plain
ly visible from town.
COMPLETE WELL
The North and South's No.
Tiller well, in the western extern
sion Of the Caldwell county end of the
Luling field, opened up by the recent
bringing in of the Mckinney well,
was completed Tuesday afternoon and
the flush production was estimated at
about 300 barrels per day. The
well had to be deepened twice after
the casing was set and for a time
after drilling in started it gave every
evidence of being a buster.
1t is located about two locations
north of the No. / G. II. Mckinney,
which was slightly smaller well
The amount of production in the new
Tiller we'll was something Of sur.
prise, as we'll as the fact that lots Of
gas showed up in the hole.
Just a short distance away the No,
. Tiller Of the same company is being
drilled steadily with standard tools,
being now 5000 feet deep. The No,
1 Kelly about half a mile north OF
the Tiller is still fishing at $500 feet
having been held up for more than q
month on the same fishing job.
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FIELD EXTENDED.

The well is approximately a mile
from present production at Pierce
Junction, but there have been other
good oil showings and a few small
wells as near as half mile to the new
producer. The exact location is 700
feet west and 200 feet south of the
northeast corner of the Settegast 100
acre lease, about mile west and
slightly south of the old field proper.
Just what the well may mean in the
way of drilling by other companies is
not known, but if it holds up and
turns out to be as good as preliminary
indications lead one to believe, un-
doubtedly a number of other tests will
follow in the immediate vicinity.