San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-30
GETS
LARGE OIL
PRODUCER
Rydal Well Increases Flow
to 1914 Barrels After
Tubing Is Set.

LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 29.-Tbe
recent producer of the Rydal Oil
corporation, on block 8, of subdivi-
sion of surveys 5s0-5s1 and $50, is
now flowing SO barrels per hour. Two
inch tubing was set on a packer and
during the first hour flowed 3S bar
rels and later increased to Sc barrels
per hour. This well is causing COLL
siderable interest in the property to
the south.
The Rdyal Oil corporation and the
Rycade Oil corporation purchased the
entire holdings of w. o. Wheatley
which consists of some 2300 acres To-
Gated in survey 5S0-5S1-5S2 1-2-5 and
10S in Zapata and Jim Hogg coun-
ties. The consideration was $4,000
cash and 5000 per acre in oil coupled
with development on each SO-acre
tract which is considered as sepa-
rate contract. Three wells are to be
drilled within a reasonable time or
different portions of the acreage.
SIGN CONTRACT
The contract for the delivering Of
twelye-inch pipe along the right OF
way for the gas line that will ex-
tend from the Bruni-Cole gas field,
Webb-Duyal counties, to Callahan,
McMullen county, was signed during
the past week. 1t calls for the
delivery of pipe to begin within
twelve days, same to be delivered at
the rate of one and one-half to two
miles per day. If the schedule WORKS
out in accordance with the contract,
the lire will be ready for the delivery
of gas to Callahan and Their on to
San Antonio by Novembery rs, 1926.
This will be somewhat ahead Of the
original plans which contemplated a
completed line On or before December
10. ...'.. ... ....s
The line will be approximately 70
miles in length and is being financed
by the Mission Oil company, a sub
sidiary of the Southern National Gas
company of San Antonio.
NEW PRODUCER
One well was completed during the
past week by o. w. Killam in ths
Henne, Winch and Fariss pool Jim
Hogg county. The well came In for
200 barrels from the depth OF 2OoO
feet. The well shows considerable gas
and from appearances may increase:
1t is located on block II, survey 2o0
of the Ascension Martinez ranch:
The deem test drilled by o. w. Kill
lam on block 10 of the same survey
ia below 2341 feet, having passed up
the present producing, horizon at 2o5O
feet. This test will be drilled to the
3OOO-foot level in an endeavor to To-
cate deeper sand.
The Texas Company deep test on
the Jennings ranch, Jennings gas
field, Zapata county cored rich oil
and gas sand at 1917 feet. Casing
is on the railroad cars at Agulares,
Webb county for this well. Con-
siderable interest is manifested IN
this test as it is the first to
penetrate the deeper horizons. Con-
siderable activity in leases has been ,
reported, most transfers Of which has
been to the south. The Texas Com
pany owns some $4,000 acres in
solid body around the test, while the
Gulf Production Company and the
Magnolia Petroleum Company own
some 10000 acres to the east ana
south.
DRILLING ACTIVE
In Jim Hogg county, the j. w.
Pippin interests is skidding the der
rick and rig 100 feet west of the test
that recently showed oil but was plug
ged and abandoned due to wafer
trouble. Z. J. Braswell ct al OF New
Braunfels, Texas, is moving his tools
for n test Just north of the test drill
ed by the Fresno Oil company on
survey 10 of the Neville Hinnant
ranch. The exact location will be on
the north line of blocks 41-51 OF sur
yey sd. The Magnolia Petroleum
company No. on survey 415 half a
mile south Of the J. w. Pippin tests
encountered O rich sand at 1850 TO
1868 feet and is setting casing at l20O
feet. ~
In the Bruni-C field of Webb and
Duyal counties, the Cole Petroleum
company is drilling below 1000 feet In
No. o located on block survey 103
and is erecting the derrick for No. 10
which will be located on block ., sur
vey 3 of the Cueller grant Both OF
these wells are about 4 to @ miles
north and west of the station OF,
Bruni, Webb County, Texas. Tbl
many large gas wells that have bee,
| completed in the Bruni-Cole fer
during the past year has developed
one Of the largest gas area in the
state and has caused a pipe line to be
laid from Callahan, McMullen county
to the Bruni-COle field. Small oil
showings were in evidence in all Of
the tests drilled in that area.
DEEP TEST
According to the opinion OF many
oil men Of this section the Carolina
Texas, Bruni-Cole area will eventually
prove to be one of the largest oil
producing areas in the state. Several
well known biologists have stated that
in their opinion, the Bruni-Cole area
would eventually prove to be the
daddy Of the entire Laredo district.
In the Carolina-Texas field, John
son-Detray is moving on tools for a
deep test The derrick has been
erected on the northwest corner Of
block 20, survey 1886. Muckleroy ct
al is drilling on block 10 survey 335:
The location is just south and east OF
the Johnson-Detray test. The NJ. ..
p. intercsts), Morgan O'Hern, Put,
mani is coring for sand in its test