San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20
FIELD
GETS GREAT
CAMPAIGN
New Producer Extends Oil
Pool and Causes
Much Leasing.

LAhEDO, Tex, Dec. l9.--Ihe-
Aviator Pool of Webb county il now
undergoing an extensive drilling cam
paign. The two wildcats that were
being drilled on the east and west
flanks Of the old pool turned out 10
be good producers, thereby causing
considerable renewed activity In both
areas. The Keene-Rawlins No. 1 on
block IA Albercas Grant, which is the
eastern well, came in last Sunday
morning as flowing well with flush
production of 400 barrels daily. The
well flowed by heads, every four
hours, making at each head, about 65
barrels. During the first "a hours
approximately 400 barrels was in stor-
age. This producer is located nearly
half n mile east of the large gasser re-
Gently completed by the Crown Cen
tral-Rydal Companies and proves up a
considerable area. 1t shows that The
pool widens at that particular point
TO almost twice the average width of
the other pools along the escarpment.
heene and Rawlins has erected der
ricks for two additional tests, one 800
feet TO the east and the other 800
feet to the south of the producer and
on the sameb lock.
On the west flank of the pool, Kirk
patrick e. al completed No. / on
Survey $50 as gasser making about
1O,0OO,0O0 cubic feet of gas daily. Lo-
cation for No. 2 has been made some
300 feet east of No. /.
MAKE BIG DEALS.
The Crown Central Petroleum Cor
poration and Edward st. Adams have
been the heaviest buyers around in the
vicinity of the new wells. Mr.. st.
Adams purchased some 200 acres Que
Of the northern portion of survey $50
and the Crown Central Petroleum
Corporation purchased 160 acres out
of the Albercas Grant, being the west
half of Blocks 10 and 16.
In the Edgington Subdivision and to
the northwest of the Keene and Raw
lins well, Ball ct al completed No.
on Block 73 as a producer. making 50
barrels and No. 1 on Block "a for
100 barrels daily. Adjoining the Ball
wells to the south, the Crown Central
Rydal Companies completed No. 2 To-
cation on Block 10 Albercas Grant
for 100 barrels. The Ball ct al corp-
pany is drilling in No. 6, drilling No.
and derricks erected for Nos. s, 10,
IL and -.
Drilling for gas continues without
interruption in both the Carolina
Texas and the Bruni-Cole fields. In
the former, three tests reached the
sand and set casing during the past
week. Snowden-McSweeney on survey
6S2 set casing at the depth of 2591
feet. having encountered the sand at
that depth.
SET CASING.
Morgan ct al. is setting casing in
No. 4, block 4, survey 1856, at the
depth of 2069 feet, having encountered
the sand at 2070 feet. Clint Chenault,
on block IA, survey 6S1, is coring for
the sand at 2035 feet. Moody-Sea-
graves and Morgan No. 1, block 15.
survey 1856, set casing at 2060, sand
at 206S feet. A number of other tests
are now drilling in the Carolina-Texas
field and will reach the producing
horizon during the next week.
]. II. Winch ct al. is erecting der
rick on survey 46 of the w. c. Bill
| ings ranch, three miles northeast of
the Carolina Texas field. This test
will be drilled by Bissonett and Mus
sey, who have taken a considerable m
terest in the well and acreage. The
location was made by Frank r. Camp
bell. geologist of Laredo, and is con-
sidered as in most favorable territory.
SMALL GASSER.
In the latter field (Bruni-Cole) the
Cole Petroleum Company is drilling
No. II deeper, having made only q
small gas well at the usual depth. No.
10 is drilling below 400 feet with
derrick erected for Nos. 10 and II.
The Cintex Petroleum Company made
location on the south corner of the
north one-half Of block 16, survey 10.
Killam-Cole No. 3, block IL, survey
IL, is drilling below 1900 feet.
T.. r. Marts is drilling 4 wildcat
test at the station of Reiser and in
the old Reiser gas field. This test is
located on survey 1917 and is within
few feet of the deep test drilled
several years age which was reported
to have thrown oil over the derrick
from the depth of 2740 feet. Mr.. Marts
will prove or disproye this tradition
within a short time, as the test Is
now drilling below 1900 feet.
| Ritchison ct al. completed the final
arrangements for the deep test on The
northeast quarter of section Il. north
east Webb county, and tools will be
moved on at once. The contract calls
for test to the depth of 2500 feet
| or uroductiOn.