San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-10

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. "a survey
of the oil development work in the
Laredo district during the past year
shows it TO be the greatest i'll the his
tory OF the field. beginning in April,
1921. with the discovery of oil in the
Old Miranda Valley pool. and with the
first monthly shipment of oil in Janu-
airy, 1922, made by the Texpata Pipe
Line Company, which consisted OF
12.524 barrels. The development and
production has steadily increased I'M
til at this time the district has five
oil pipe lines, namely, Magnolia Pc
troleum Company, Associated Oil
Company, Texpata Pipe Line Uorl-
pany, Crown Central Petroleum Cor
poration and the Laredo Oil Com
pany, all of which carry a total of APP
proximatcly 5000 barrels of oil daily
to the Texas Mexican Railroad at Mi
rando City and clifton, where it is
loaded into tank cars and shipped to
Northern and Eastern markets.
A survey of the field shows that at
the close of the year 1925, there were
$40 producing oil wells and 81 pro-
ducing gas wells. That 1852, 161. 76
barrels of oil had been shipped out of
Miranda City and clifton. That 80
$50 tank cars were used in handling
this oil. That nearly one-half of the
total production of the Laredo oil field
as 2,S02,527.20 barrels were shipped
during the year 1925. The above fig
ures show an average daily production
per well of better than % barrels and
an average production per well of d.
SIS barrels.
NEW OIL POOL.
One new oil pool and two important
extension to oil pools were added to
the field during this year. The Ran
dado pool, located near the village of
Randado, Jim llogg County, was open
ed on September - by the J. W. Pip
pin interests composed Of the Gull
Standard Oil Company, Mcssrs. John
son. Bailey. Conway, Minahan and
O'Byrne. This is the shallowest pro
ducing oil pool in this area. the oil
being obtained from the depth of 1863
foot horizon. Two oil wells and one
gas well have been completed in that
pool.
The most important extension in
this area from the oil producing stand
point is the southern extension to the
Icnnc, Winch and Fariss pool, jim
Hogg County. About 5000 barrels
daily production is being taken from
that pool at this time.
The best individual producing oil
well in the entire district is located in
this pool and is known as the Big
Bend Oil and Gas Company No. :.
This well has produced in 15 months
a trifle over 100000 barrels of oil.
The other extension is that of
Keen and Rawlins No. block II
Albcrcas Grant, Aviator pool. Webb
county. This well was completed
about two weeks ago ut the depth
of 1927 feet as n flowing oil we'll
making 400 barrels daily. At the
same time the kirkpatrick ct al No.
1 on the west side OF the field was
completed as gasser making TO-
100000 cubic feet daily. These two
extensions oil either flank of the Avia'
tor pool, widened that pool almost
two miles, making it the broadest
producing pool in this area.
DEEP GAS WELL.
Another important discovery dur
ing the past year was the deep gasscr
of the Texas Company located on the
Cerrito Blanco grant, Jennings ranch
Zapata county. This well blew in
from the depth Of 1865 feet as the
largest gasser in the entire area
showing more volume than any gassei
in the district with rock pressure
of about 100 pounds per square inch
The company found it impossible tC
save this gasser due to the loss Of
2300 feet of drill stem which was
in the hole at the time the blowout
occurred. The hole was finally pump
ed full of heavy mud and abandoned