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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
ARTES|A WELL
MAKING 200
BARRELS

ARTESIA, n. NJ, Oct. 1.-THE
Ohio Oil Company has added another
good producer in No. 3 on the {. j.
& w. lease in Section 17-1S %. Shot
with 1876 quarts from 2O10 feet to
2145 feet. the well is making 90
barrels. Two more producers are be
ing drilled in in this section, these
being the Nos. 4 and 3 of the V. H..
f. Oil Company. The top pay has
been encountered in both wells and
the second sand should be picked up
within the next two days. The Dan
ciger Oil and Refining Company also
have a well close to the sand in this
same area. which is one of the most
prolific sections in the field.
DEEP TEST.
North and east of the producing
area, A. II. Ramaee is preparing to
shoot his No. 1 test. located III the
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of Section Bis 20. This
hole has been carried down to $500
feet and. from the numerous sands
encountered should make a light well.
To the east Of production. the V. X.
f. Oil Company has encountered five
feet of wcll.saturated sand in their
No. 1 test in Section % 1928. The
well. which is n mile and quar-
ter east of production. may make a
commercial producer if drilled to 21O0
or $500 feet. Considerable gas has
been reported in the Dale Chcesman
test in Section 341S 2S, this coming
from around 2045 feet.
DRILL IN LIME.
West of the river, good time con
tinues to be made on the Fite No.
well of the Hope Development Com
pany. which has successfully landed
the IL 1-2inch casing and is now
drilling in n hard lime at $50 feet.
Another large independent com
bination has entered the local, field.
this being the Frontier Petroleum
Company, who, with McQuigg Broth
erS. will drill a number of wells IN
Section AS 2S. Two locations have
been made and a standard derrick is
being erected on the No. 1. a large
machine is being moved on for No. ..
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1000 OWNERS SIGN
LEASE AGREEMENT

Los ANGELES, Oct. IL. - With
worlds record for deep holes, long
strings of casing and quick drilling
becoming a matter of almost weekly
occurrence. the Superior Oil Company
of California has hung up record
in a new line of endcavor by sign
ing more individual land owners on n
single community lease than ever were
signed before.
In Belvedere Garden. cast of Los
Angeles, where the Superior has spu l.
ded in on Anderson No. I, wildcat.
this company has leased practically
1000 lots in five community leases.
one of which has more than 1000
signatures. According to land anil
lease experts, there has never been an
other case where so many individual
landowners have been brought 10
agree upon n single poliT- of develop
mcnt
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CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
GIVES OIL COURSE

Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct. IL
OF interest to oil engineers is the
announcement from the University of
California extension division that a
new class in combustion and heat
will be formed. Lectures on fuels
am their uses and the application of
combustion and heat to the refining
processes will be given
The class will meet Tuesday even
ings from Z to . o'clock in the Hill
street building Of Los Angeles. ON
Friday evenings, the department is
fo"terins courses in geology and Die
sci engines in the same building.
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HUMBLE FINDS OIL
SHOWING AT SEGU|N

SEGUIN, Oct. II. - Humble Oil
Company, drilling near Staples. in
Guadalupe county, is reported as hav
ing encountered strong oil showings
in the Edwards at a depth of 1919
feet.
Roxana. operating on the Ben Hag
cmann tract, northeast of Seguin. is
drilling in gumbo at around 100
feet.
Magnolia Petroleum Company'S
Day No. 1 is down around 2450 feet
in the Taylor mari.
Operations in various sections Of
the county have been somewhat de-
laycd BY rains, the heaviest that have
fallen here for years.
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CRUDE GETS
IO-CENT REDUCTION

ARTESIA. n. NJ, Oct. lit Is
believed the final cut has been made
in local crude, the latest cut being
one of ten cents per barrel. Accord
ing to the buyers of crude in this
field. hnulage charge from Artesia
to the FL Paso refinerics is 75 cents
barrel. pipe line charge - cents
and marketing charge ten cents per
barrel. With the payment of S1.35
which is the current price TO the
producers. the purchasing companies
maintain that the additional charges
incurred bring the local oil to Mid
Continent prices. Operators. however
contend that Artesia crude should
bring a considerably higher price.
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RECEIVERSHIP ENDS
In REORGANIZATION

TULSA. Okla. Oct. 17.-After fonr
years of reccivership. affairs of the
Mexico Petroleum Corporation have
reached tine stage of Reorganization
and the new name of the concern is
the Midco Oil Corporation.
II. #. Head of Grand Rapids
Mich, has been elected president and
Il. ]. Ellis of Tulsa, is vice president
Mr.. Ellis has been in charge of az
fairs of the company during receiver
ship and will continue active manage
mcnt
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1OTT- AND REFINED PPODUC 8
IL Neu Wells Add 10, 700 Barrels Flush to Coast
200 UndriWed
Locations in
LuHng Field

With approximately zoo un.
drilled locations in the Lulins
field, there is little danger Of the
daily production going much be-
low its present record Of $4,000
barrels for several years. The
United North and South Oil
Company. main operator in the
field. has . number Of wells
drilling. which should produce
about 500 barrels apiece when
completed. These wells will keep
the daily output up to a stand
ard until more wells are drilled.
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CASING SET AT 1870
FEET IN BEXAR TEST

The Grayburg Oil Company is set
ting 10 inch casing in No. 1 Gimmel.
a wildcat in Bexar county and near
Brooks Field and San Antonio. The
well is down 1130 feet in the Austin
chalk, reports +. l.. Thomson. prcsi
dent. A good showing of gas. similar
to the one found in the Humble Oil
and Refinery Company's Nos. 1 and
. Minna COrreth, was found in this
formation.
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SOMERSET DEEP TEST
DRILLING AT 1920

Ballard and Underwood report that
No. / Eastwood, being drilled for the
Milham Corporation. is down 1920
feet. This well is in the heart e
the Somerset field. 1S miles south nf
San Antonio. The deep test is drill
ing in the crystalline limestone.
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Rains Insure
Indicating
Campaign

With an abundant supply OF
water in the reservoirs through.
out South Texas, this winter
should be an active ono in wild
eating. The recent heavy rains,
ranging from one to seven inches.
have filled the tanks for the first
time nab0ut IS months. If
this rain had not come when 1t
did. many operators would have
had 10 shut down their tests
until the spring months.
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DISTRICT OUTPUT
DECLINES IN WEEK

There was a sharp decline In produce
ton from tho San Antonio territory dur
ing the past week. The wells Of this
district produced 1910 barrels less oil a
day during the past seven days than
during tho prior. Following is the re-
port by fields:
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BIC DEAL MADE
IN LOCKHART
OIL FIELD
Witherspoon Oil Company
Largest Lease Holder
in Proven Area.

LOCKHART, Tex, Oct. 17.-By
the purchase Of the Palmer lease and
an S0-acre block of the NJ. l.. Brewer
lease. the Witherspoon Oil Company,
of San Antonio, was made the largest
lease holder in the proven area of the
Lockhart shallow oil field. The COM
pany owns the brewer lease in the
heart of the field. which contains n
number of producers, including the
discovery well. Although the consid-
erations was not announced. it is I'M
derstood that it was one of the largest
lease deals ever made in this district.
A fairly large producer was drilled
on the nj. l.. Brewer recently by Jake
Jarmon. The Quaker Oil Company
has two producers on the Palmer
lease.
LARGE DEAL.
The purchase of this property will,
without doubt, cause the company to
launch a campaign to drill up these
leases. IL this is done. the fields out
put will start increasing, instead of
decreasing as it is doing at present.
Heavy rains, which fell in the terri
tons. but filled water tanks and other
storage, enabling @ildcattcrs to con-
tinuc sinking their tests without the
slightest difficulty. The crying need
of wildcatters in Caldwell and Bastrop
counties is generally water, but the
rains, which amounted to several
inches, will overcome this need.
At present, there are about ten
wells drilling in the wildcat area of
Caldwell and Bastrop counties. One
of the most important OF these is the
Wolff test, being drilled by the Gulf
Production Company in Bastrop Coun-
ty. Should this well be producer,
it would extend the Lockhart field
and add another link in the string of
oil fields along the BALCONIES fault. The
Austin chalk was picked up around
100 feet in the test. This well proba-
bly, will be deep one.
DRILL IN CALDWELL.
The same company started drilling
on its farmer test in Caldwell County.
This test is between the Wolff test
and the Lockhart field.
MILFORD No. l Schroeder is shut
NoNH lOl lew uugS uhNii thS NiNN"N
dries up enough around the well to re-
sumo drilling.
Harry Lynch No. L. B. Wright is
down 1850 feet and making good
progress. This well was shut down
the major part of the week due to the
inclement weather.
CASE OFF SHOWING.
Pat Armstrong has cascd off the oil
showing, which was encountered at
1900 feet in the Jordan-Thomas test,
and is drilling around 1850 feet in the
liner.
1t is reported that W. H. Hickman
will start drilling on his test on the
Kelly lease within the next few days.
In the proven field, jim Harper
completed Nos. s, 8, 10 Brewer for a
combined initial production of around
800 barrels. The wells are 1900 feet
| doom.
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OIL Tests FOR
SOUTH TEXAS
TOTAL IS

AUSTIN. Oct. 1.-THE Oil and
Gas Division of the Railroad Commits
sion of Texas, granted sixteen permits
during the last week for oil and gas
tests to be sunk in seven counties OF
the San Antonio district. A number
of wildcats are included in the per-
mits. =,
Caldwell county led with nine per
mits. Two OF these wells are for tn"
wildcat district, while the remainder
are for the proven fields of the coun-
~. The Lockhart field got six wells
and the Luling field one.
WILDCATS FOR BASTROP.
Bastrop county was a leader III
wildcats. Two permits for tests in
this county were included in the
weeks activity.
The sixteen South Texas permits
are included in 135 for the state dur
ing the week. They are for tests IN
33 counties. Several new North Tex
as fields lead in activity.
Following are the weeks permits
for South Texas:
BaStrOp county Gul1 frouuctloh
Company. Houston. No. L Charles
Wolf: Wilbur A. Nelson. University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. No.
d. Il. Lane.
TEST IN BEXAR.
Bcxar county: J. NJ. Davis, San
Antonio. No. l McCaulcy.
Caldwell county: Charles n. HouS-
ton. Austin. No. c. Allen; Jarmon
and Withcrspoon, San Antonio. No.
1 NJ. l.. Brewer; United North and
South Oil Company, Luling. No. . T..
c. Gideon: Gulf Production Company.
Houston. Nos. II, 13 and II NJ. j..
Brewer; Nos. 20, 80 and 81 c. IL.
Beatty.
Guadalupe county: Atlantic Oil
producing Company, Dallas, No. !
NJ. Dibrcll.
Hidalgo county: Daylc l.. Smith
Oil Company, McAllen, No. . J. l..
CARA.
Jim Hogg county: o. w. Killam.
Laredo. No. 81 A. Martinez.
Medina county: johnson Brothers.
Ardmore, Okla, No. 1 J. Tschirhart.
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known of its manufacture outside Of
that country and Germany. 1t is an
instrument of simple construction. Sr.
Romberg said, but so sensitive that no
one in America has been able to dupli-
cate it. 1t is sold by German COM
panies. but because of its high cost,
DIR. Romberg said n very great effort
is being made TO construct these in
strument here.
The seismograph is now being
used to a large extent in the locating
of oil bearing formations. DIR. Rom
berg had long been interested in the
instrument. having spent much time
at the Hawaiian observatory on
Mount Kiluaea. In using the
seismograph for locating oil pools,
a charge of dynamite is shot
some distance from the section being
tested. If oil is present in the depths
of the earth in that region. the vibra-
tions will register differently on the
seismograph than il it were not. DIR.
Rombcrg explained. There is one oil
company now using the seismograph in
Texas a great deal. but the instru-
ments are largely of German manufac'
ttire.
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LARGE DEAL.

Many operators are of the opinion
that this is one Of the biggest things
that has happened this year in this
area. as it shows that the gas is either
coming from the 3200-33O0-foot level
or the bottom of the hole which is Rt
1862 feet.
During the past week, the Misko
Refinery, through its president and
general manager, .. w. Killam, closed
n deal for the delivering of 10000
barrels of lubricating oil to the Del
Compagne Generate Anversoise OF
Antewcrp. Belgium for consumption
in Belgium, France, Holland aud
Switzerland. This is the first OF
many contracts OF this nature that
will he closed in the future.
On October 8, the Texpata Pipe
Line company and the Misko Rein
cry had contracts for more Miranda
Crude and refined products than
either could deliver during the re-
mainder of the month.
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TEXAS COMPANY MAY MAKE
DEVICES TO DISCOVER OIL

AUSTIN. Tex, Oct. 1I.-Dr. Ar
mold Romberg, professor OF physics IN
the University of Texas has returned
from Europe, where he was sent by n
Texas oil company to find out as
much rs possible concerning the care
fully guarded instruments developed
in Germany and other countries for
locating oil bearing formations with
the view of constructing similar IN
struments in this country in order
that the company might become indie
pendent Of foreign information he de-
sired.
Heretofore most oil wells in Texas
have been located by biologists who
must be governed by surface indica.,
tions. Often test wells are drilled, and
an analysis made Of the cores. IL Is
possible to locate the presence OF OIL
in this way because oil is usually
found with stratum of salt or with
some similar substance which reacts
in the same manner. In many places
this salt layer has been pushed up
into the form of domes, as in the salt
domes Of the Gulf coast region.
PUSHES OIL UP.
As the oil is tighter, it is forced up
the sides of the slope Of the salt dome,
and is thus brought near the surface.
In this way biologists are able to de-
tcrmine whether or not oil Is in q
given region. However. these surface
indications have long been exploited.
and it has become necessary to find
other means of locating the presence
of the oil stratum of which there is
no indication near the surface, DR..
Romberg said.
Various means for locating oil pools
have been developed by the Germans
and other peoples of Europe. accord
ing to DR.. Rombcrg. There they have
been applied extensively in Hungary,
Germany, the Balkan countries, Meso-
potamia, and in other regions. These
methods depend on the differences in
the elasticity or density of some for
nation against which the oil usually
collects.
GUARD INSTRUMENTS.
Some of these inventions and the
methods of using them have been so
carefully guarded that little Is known
of them outside of Germany. They
have been applied to a certain extent
in Texas by European firms. Many
thousands Of dollars are being spent
by oil companies in Texas in trying to
construct similar instruments, DE-
Rombcrg said.
DR.. Romberg told of some half dozen
methods. other than those Of the ge'
ologist. by which the salt layer can
be located. One Of these is By the use
of the torsion balance, invented by
Baron Eotvos Of Hungary. 1t is also
known as the gravitation method be;
cause It depends on the gravitationai
attraction Of the hidden masses OF SAT-
or other formation.
SIMPLE INSTRUMENT.
The torsion balance has been de-
veloped in Hungary and little Is
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
BUYING SLOW,

Oil field supply men state that buy
ing of new material is slow. Produc-
ers arc putting as little money as pos
sible into supplies, trying instead to
effect economies by using old equip
ment, and get bigger return on orig
inal investments.
Another interesting fact is apparent
in connection with coastal develop
ments. In nearly all fields now more
attention is being paid to increasing
production from an old well, or trying
for smaller production at shallowcr
depths, than to boring new holes. Nat
urally certain amount of new work
has TO be kept going, but heavy drill
ing is not the order of the day.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
MITCHELL WELL
STRIKES OIL
SHOWING

SAN ANGELO, Oct. 17.-Striking
of a good showing of oil and gas in
w. b. Green's Ellwood No. 1 in
Mitchell county and the drilling in OF
Rig Lake No. Al in Reagan county
with an initial production of 13o
barrels from 1927 feet were features
Of oil development in this section last
week.
Interest now centers largely on
Crockett county, where the Humble's
Powell No. 2 and Gulf Production
company's University Estate 's-Powelll
No. 1. both near the discovery Powell
we'll. are nearing the level where
production is expected. Humble 3
Powell No. 2 has been fishing a week
for an underreamer lug at 259O feet.
The hole will be UNDETERMINED $50 feet
before casing is set in an effort 10
shut off water. 1t is believed the
nav will then be struck in another
fifty feet drilling.
DRILL TO LIME.
The Cuffs University State-Poweli
No. 1, . IL miles northeast of the
discovery World wen on the Powell
ranch. set 6-inch casing ut 2615 feet
and was to bail out. The top of the
lime has been reached, it is reported.
The Cuffs State-Powell No. /, eight
miles northeast of Best, was drilling
ut $40 feet. The Marland Oil COM
pany is building a rig for its j. s.
Todd No. 1 in Crockett county, in
the center of the northwest quarter
of section II, block WX, G. &. and
S. +. Ry. Co. survey. Spudding in
is scheduled for next Sunday.
Preparations are being made In
Reagan county to resume work on
two wells, the O'Reilly, Slack ct al
north of Big Lake, and the old Arm
strong and Slower well in section 81,
block II, University land, which was
taken over sometime ago by II. d.
Camp and associates of FL Paso. A
crew is now overhauling the equip
ment at the Armstrong and Slower
we'll.
WELL SHUT DOWN.
The Johnson-McCamey well in Up
ton county, first producer in that
county, recently purchased by the Re-
public Production company, is still
shut down pending the completion OF
plans by the new owners and the cree
ton of additional storage on the
lease.
The oil and gas showing in the W.
b. Green well in Mitchell county was
struck in sand at 1915 feet. jess
Westner, contractor, suspended work
until the arrival from San Angelo of
w. J. Donovan of Oklahoma City,
superintendent. The well is in Sec
ton 5, block IS. r. and Z. Ry. Co.
survey, about l. miles east of the Mag.
nolia's Foster No. ., producer, and
eight or nine miles north of the re-
Gently completed dry hole by North
rup and Hall. The Ellwood ranch
of approximately 10000 acres was
leased in four blocks to Northrup and
Hall, who will have n well put down
on each tract. The Green well is
the second one.
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TEXAS CASSER
HAS SECOND
BLOWOUT
Driller Killed and Three
Hurt When Well Goes ,
on Rampage.

LAREDO. Oct. 1.-THE Texas
Company No. 1 Jennings, located on
the Jennings ranch, Zapnta county
and on the southwestern extremity OF
the Jennings gas field, blew out last
week for the second time within 30
DAYS. The second blowout killed one
man and injured three others and was
more disastrous than the first when
no one was injured. The general
opinion of the public prior to the Sec
ond blowout was that the gas was
coming from the 1300-foot level and
had a rock pressure of 800 pounds to
the square inch. however since the
blowout the opinion seems to be
changing in favor of the deeper sand.
The rock pressure has been reported
as high rs 1900 pounds to the square
inch and since the last blowout no at
tempt has been made to gauge the
gnsser and no new information is
available.
The well was reported gagged after
it first blew in. Later when closed
it began to make gas around the out
side of the casing. A cement block
was then set around the top OF the
casing which in all probability caused
the second blowout, rs the gas was
going into the upper sand and escap-
ing around the outside of the casing
but when later closed in blew out
through the casing.
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NEW PRODUCER.

o. w. Killam No. II. which was
completed last week MS a good well
through two-inch tubing set on q
packer. Killam has erected der
rick for No. 81 and made eight adj
ditional locations TO the south of the
Henne- Winch Farriss-Pool, on survey
276 of the Martinez ranch, Jim Hogg
county. All of these wells have been
drilled or being drilled on the lease
recently purchased by o. w. Killam
from the Henne Winch Farriss inter
ests for S350.000.
The Sims Oil company is moving
on n steel derrick for a test to the
north of the J. W. Pippin well IN
the Randado basin. Jim Hogg county.
TO TEST SAND.
In the Carolina Texas field north
of clifton, Webb county, the Snowden-
insolvency interests is preparing to
test a sand at 2070 feet. This test is
located some COO feet north of the re-
cent large gasser drilled by the Nor
gan. O'Hcrn, Putnam interests and
looks like another large gasscr posi-
bly, some oil.
The work on the gas line from
Bruni Cole field in Webb Duval coun-
ties to Callahan. McMullen county is
progressing rapidly. Pipe is arriving
daily and two large ditch diggers are
Mt work. The present schedule calls
for two miles to be completed daily.
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ELECTRIC DEVICE.

The presence Of oil can also be de-
termined by the electrical conductivity
of the soil. An electrical current is
sent through the area to be tested
from two or more widely separated
points. The current comes through
the salt layer more easily than it
would through heavier of denser sub
stance. If oil bearing strata is prc-
sent. the current measured after !;
comes through this area registers
greater than when it was started.
Yet another method depends on the
magnetic conductivity Of the earth rs
stratum in which oil Is present. has a
different magnetic power than that
which does not.
The echo or rcsounding properties
of different kinds of earth formations
is also used in locating oil. An eX'
plosion is caused with dynamite OF
some other explosive. II there is an
echo. the salt layer is present which
signifies that an oil formation is also
there.
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POPULAR METHOD.

This method, DR.. Romberg said. il
being tried n great deal. but be could
not say with what success it had been
used.
The radioactive properties of the
surface soil are affected by the diff
ferent formations beneath it. and this
has possibilities in ascertaining the
presence of oil. In North Texas the
presence of helium in natural gas may
be taken to indicate that some oil bear
ing strata are radioactive, DR.. Rom
berg said.
At present Texas oil companies are
the only ones in this country serious
" attempting to develop these means
of locating oil pools, according to Dr.
Romberg.