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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-03
DRILLING is ACTIVE
IN TEXAS PANHANDLE

TULSA, Okla, Jan. 2.-DrilIing
operations in Texas Panhandle, as
compiled by major company, shows .
total Of ~ operations for week ending
10 as compared with 60 operations for
the previous week. The later period
report showed 81 drilling wells, II
rigs and 10 locations as against 30
drilling wells, 10 rigs and 9 locations
the earlier period. The shutting down
of 20 wells the last week as compared
with Is wells previously, due to cold
weather, accounts for the decrease in
number Of drilling wells. Panhandle
production for the week showed n daily
average of 491J barrels from 90 pro-
ducing wells.
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OPERATORS VISIT
NEW HOWARD FIELDS

BIG SPRING, Tex. Jan. ct. B.
Slick of Tulsa Il. Il. Kirkpatrick,
Tulsa and Brentwood, and Tom Bry.
ant and Pat ONeill. successful oper-
ators in the Pioneer shallow field,
spent two days here looking over the
new oil fields in Howard county, and
were favorably impressed over the out
look for bringing in Of some big oil
pools in this territory.
While here they were the guests of
Fred Hyer, who recently brought in
a shallow producer on the III. r. Clay
ranch, eighteen miles south of Big
Spring. Mr.. Hyer's well is the fore
runner OF an extensive shallow oil
field that is due to be opened up ir
this section, according to the belief
Of oil men.
A number Of other tests are TO be
made on the Hyer ranch. A star rig is
to be tried out and if this proves sue
cessful the cost Of making test wells
will be much Iessened and more rapid
DEVELOPMENT will result.
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HOLIDAYS SLOW UP
REFINED OIL MARKET

TULSA, Okla, Jan. 2.-Mid-Conti-
nent refined oil market, except for fuel
and burning oils, showed up during the
holiday season. In spite Of dearth Of
buying for 1926 business, though spot
business has been fairly good, gasolines
have lost little strength and are en-
tering the New Year with excellent in
dications Of increased quotations as
crude improvement materializes. L. s.
Motor $3.50 grade brings from 0 IS
to BIS cents while export grades are
holding their own at 121-4 10 1912
cents for the G4-G6 product. Natural
gasolines are steadier as manufacture
ers begin to make only enough Of the
product to meet current requirements
and are reducing their storage totals.
All grades are quoted at from Q "a 70
10 80 cents. Some good contracts are
being considered.
Fuel and burning oils. helped along
by colder weather are unusually
strong. Fuel oil is variously quoted
from s1.20 to S1.35 a barrel, the 24-2G
grade bringing from s1.2J TO s1.30 and
SmackOver grades slightly less. Kero-
sene is from ) to > IA cents a gallon
and rather dear at that price. Gas
oil is in good demand at IA to 3 "a
cents. Fuel oil contracts for 1926,
among southwestern rail
roads and some industrials, are coming
up for attention and refiners are able
to offer better contract terms for next
year which viii materially increase the
fuel oil business from this territory.
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GASOLINE SHIPMENTS
GAIN IN TEN MONTHS

TULSA, Okla, Jan. 2.-Gasoline
statistics for Mid-Continent fields COM
piled By Western Petroleum Refiners
Association for first 10 months of
1925, shows stocks Of IL, $4,000 gal
Ions on hand November ] as compared
with 1891 ,053 gallons January ].
Production for 10 months was reported
as 2,272, 231, 567 gallons while ship
ments amounted TO 2,292, 6S6. 620 gal
Ions, the latter having a ratio Of
10000 per cent TO the output. The
Mid Continent held only S.S per cent
Of the gasoline stocks in the entire
county on November ]. according 10
the associations compilation. At the
same time it had 2j.27 per cent Of the
eountry's production and 26.17 per
cent Of the total shipments.
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HUMBLE, SUN OPEN
SAN ANGELO OFFICE

San ANGELO, Jan. 2-Rearrauge.
ment and renoyating Of the second
hoor Of the two-story Kicker and bod
son building here has provided quar-.
J 5,s Tor the Sun Oil company and the
Tumble OIL and Refining company.
Inc Inc Sun office is in charge Of Tom
Norman and Herbert Weeks, geolo-
glsts; Herman is chief geologist for
me west Texas district. Mrs. Doro-
hhy ogden Carsey, paleontologist for
.iie humble, VIII occupy one Of the
ate Of the University Of Terss In
which she has served as an instrnctor
IN geology. Kicker and Dodson. con-
sultins biologists. have enlarged their
own quarters and the entire second
Iloor Of their building now is devoted
entirely to oil. 0''I
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4 MORE TESTS
PLANNED FOR
WEST TEXAS

SAN ANGELO, Tex, Jan. .
One new location each in Upton,
Crane, Reagan and Glasscock coun-
ties, announced the last week, are
but forerunners Of a drilling campaign
that will be launched over a wide
spread area early in the new year
and which oil men here believe will
eclipse all previous operations in mag
nitude.
More tangible developments during
the week were the addition of two
producers to the proven Reagan coun-
ty area, the shooting of the Humph-
reys Oil company's University No. 1
in Crockett county and the striking
of a rainbow showing of oil in the
Deep Rocks LYMAN No. in Howard
county.
Marland Oil company bought from
VI. ID. Bryant, of San Angelo. a half
interest in his lease on 1900 acres
of Llano county school land in Tom
Green county and in the first well to
be drilled in the block.
The Sun Oil company opened an
office in San Angelo last week for
headquarters in its West Texas opera
tons.
The second producer in Reagan
county was drilled in by the Big Lake
Oil company. From 2906 feet. 50
feet in the sand. its No. 20 began
flowing at the rate of 100 barrels
hourly. Big Lake No. 81, completed
earlier, was making between 975 and
1000 barrels every % hours. Reagan
county's latest well will be Wolters
No. l by Ben Simon and associates
in the center Of the southeast quarter
of section 3, G. c. & s. f. Railway
company survey.
Upton county's new location is by
Morris & DOnnelly for Perry No. 1
in section 3, block ALB, Baxley sur.
vey. Little change was reported in
Upton county's two wells that for
some time have attracted most at
tention. Water still was not entirely
shut off in the Republic Production
company's No. Baker to permit plug
cling back for shooting of the pay
lime from 216S to 2222 feet, drilling
past 2400 feet in lime in the Kirby
Petroleum company's No. 1 Union
Land company well had been unevent-
full
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FLOW is GREATER
AFTER BEING SHOT

TULSA, Okla. Jan. 2-Wentz Oil
Corporation No. Z Mahoney. two loca-
tons northwest Of Tonkawa pool.
started off at 1920 barrels first "a
hours after being shot with 30 quarts
Of nitro glycerine. 1T was previously
flowing 300 barrels natural. II is
AZ gravity oil and is regarded ms hay-
ing an important bearing on the fu-
ture possibilities Of score Of test
wells now drilling northwest of Ton
kswA pool. Tonkawa pool last week
averaged 2s,7S9 barrels as compared
with 1885, barrels the previous per-
iod. Increased production was not due
to new wells but to bringing back Of
production from Conan wells shut
down several days ago on account Of
fire.
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BURBANK PRODUCER
MAKES 600 BARRELS

TULSA, Okla, Jan. Phillips
Petroleum Company has another good
well on north end Of Burbank pool in
its No. z in southeast quarter, See
ton 2.27.5 which flowed 400 barrels
first fifteen hours and is estimated as
a G00-barrel well. Burbank daily pro-
duetion for week ending December IL,
was 46,72S barrels from 1907 wells.
Burbank storage oil amounted 10 T.
5G4,4 barrels for same period. OF
which Phillips Petroleum Company
controls 3,793, $3.50 barrels.
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BIG PROGRAM FOR
LAREDO DISTRICT
DURING NEW YEAR

MIRANDA CITY, Tex. Jan. .
The New Year promises 4 renewed
energy in field operations in the entire
Laredo district. Several deep tests
are promised for the HolbeiH ranch
and the Hene, Winch and Fariss field.
The first Of these deep tests will be
in the northeast corner of the Holbein
Ranch and has already started drill
ing. o. w. Killman is drilling the
well.
The Crown-Centpai is also getting
ready TO drill a deep test just 10 the
east of the proven part Of the Holbein
Ranch in the southwest part Of the
property.
There are several strings Of tools
running inside the proven area.
The Rydal-Rycade companies are
also getting ready to drill three wells
on the Wheatley Lease south Of the
proven field.
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FOUR PRODUCERS ARE
FINISHED AT LAREDO

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 1.-Two gas
wells and two oil wells were completed
during the past week. Moody-Sea-
graves and Morgan No. 1, Block 10,
Surrey SO, was bailed in as a gasser
gauging 6O,000,0OO cubic feet of gas
from a depth of 2.097 feet. The Cole
Petroleum Company No. u. Block z,
Survey u, Mariana Arispe Grant, was
completed as a gasser making about
100000 cubic feet Of gas, Ball ct al
No. 6. Block 70, Edgington Subdivis
ion, PUG Ranch, was placed on the
pump, making 30 barrels, and o. W.
Killman, No. 30. Block 16, Survey 2J6
completed as a producer making 40
barrels daily.
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$1,000 an Acre Paid for Lease at Piedras Pintn
Miranda Crude
Finds Demand
In Mexico

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. g.
During the past month the mar
ket for Miranda Crude has been
broadened to such an extent that
at this time it is being shipped
to several Of the foreign coun-
tries. Notwithstanding the fact
that . considerable portion Of
the worlds supply Of oil is pro-
duced in the Republic Of Mex
leo, q demand has been created
in that Republic for this oil.
Many cars are being shipped
each week to various cities i'm
the states Of Sonora and
Sinaloa.
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10,000-bARREL
GUSHER IN
WHARTON

The Texas Company's Taylor .,
Just off the Boiling Dome, in Wharton
County, is now producing at the rate
of about 100 barrels of grade b
crude daily through a one-quarter-inch
choke. The well has been allowed TO
flow at capacity for a short time only
because of lack of storage. 1t made
better than 10000 barrels daily then.
The oil is being handled with tank
cars at present and these can handle
only about the present output.
In the vicinity Of the Boiling well,
the choice acreage, aside from that
held by the Texas Company, is held
by the Atlantic Oil Producing Com
pany, Sinclair Oil and Gas Company,
and the Sun Company. Locations
have either been made by these com
panies for wells, or it has been stated
that sites for drilling would be picked
as soon as possible, all of them hav-
ing announced that they would drill
offsets to the Texas Company's pro-
Queer.
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ELG|N IS DRILLING
BELOW 2275 FEET

ELGIN, Tex, Jan. 2.--Drilling has
been resumed in the Bat Lane test,
On the structure south of town, ac-
cording to reports received here. The
well is now below 2.275 feet and en-
counter the oil formation within the
next two 10 three weeks.
Work has been abandoned on the
Anna Giese test and material is being
moved to another location, where an
other well will be sunk.
Leasing is active in this district.
Some Of the major companies are TAX
ing holdings in this district and plan
to drill tests in the near future.
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CARRIER DEEP SANDS
PRODUCING 32,940
BARRELS OF CRUDE

TULSA. Okla, Jan. 2.--Garber
deep sand production on December 81
was 32,940 barrels OF oil and 29,62G
barrels OF water from A wells. BY
companies. Sinclair Oil and Gas com
pany leads with 20 wells making 20
$50 barrels oil and 1000 barrels wa
ter; Roxana Petroleum Corporation
has IL wells, 1916 barrels oil and 49,
600 barrels water; Mid-Continent Pc
troleum CorporatiOn-Marland interests
IL wells, 1858 barrels oil and 1926
barrels water, and others, 2 wells, 324
barrels oil and no water; total 32,940
barrels oil and 29.C-6 barrels water.
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GETS
2 MORE OIL TESTS

COLORADO. Tex. Jan. S.-New
locations in the Westbrook sector are
announced by both the California
Company and Magnolia Petroleum
Company the past week. The Magnolia
tests are on location in the Francis
ADAMS and e. VI. Adams leases, sec
ton II, block %.
The California Company locations
are on the Elder and G. III. Miller
Leases In block %.
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SUN COMPANY QUITS
TEST In GONZALES

GONZALES, Jan. 2.-Jhe Sun OF!
company has abandoned its oil test
in Gonzales county. nine miles from
Gonzales, at 222J feet after the drill
stem caught in the hole. Workmen
arc busy removing il and tearing down
the rig. IL is understood that another
test win be drilled on another lease.
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DRILLING RESUMED.

BIG SPRING, Tex. Jan. a.
Drilling has been resumed ON the Deep
Rocks Lyman No. in the southeast
ern corner Of Howard County. it is
announced that they successfully drill
ed past the broken drill and set eight
inch casing at 1862 feet, about seven
feet below the lost tools
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BIT AT $500 FEET.

BIG SPRING, Tex. Jan. 2.-The
Magnolia's watdon well No. ] on sec
ton II. block 20, Tsp is, an offset 70
the Magnolia Petroleum Company's
Mary Foster No. ], is now drilling
below 300 feet. This test is just a
short distance south Of the fine we'll,
which the Magnolia Company secured
foufh az Iatnn.
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MEXICO MAY LOWER OUTPUT
TO ELIMINATE SALT WATER

well so as to avoid an immoderate
exploitation and taking into account
to begin with that there seems to be
two general cases which may present
themselves; competition between two
or more companies exploiting the
same pool and who attempt to take
out the greatest amount of oil in the
least possible time and companies
who have no competition, but who for
commercial reasons also carry out an
immoderate exploitation, it has been
deemed advisable to set within the
general lineaments the percentage of
the capacity of wells that it is adj
visablc TO exploit. For the time being,
the Secretariat has fixed, in tire fol-
lowing manner, the proportion which
should govern exploitation in the fu-
ture.
Wells having a daily capacity Of
1000 barrels or under will be allowed
to be exploited TO their full capacity.
CUT OTHER WELLS
wells of from 1000 to 5000 bar
rels, not to be exploited for more than
TO per cent Of their capacity.
Wells of from 5000 to 10000 bar
rels, not to be exploited for more
than GO per cent of their capacity.
Wells of from 10000 to 10000
barrels, not to be exploited for more
than 80 per cent of their capacity.
Wells of more than 10000 barrels,
not TO be exploited for more than 40
per cent of their capacity.
1T is understood of course, that
these proportions are the ones which
should govern the exploitation in
cases where no salt water appears, as
when this should happen. the exploita-
ton Of each well shall be reached in
such a manner that the proportion of
salt water and sediment does not ex-
coed ) per cent.
LESS SALT WATER
''In such cases where the percentage
of water should be larger, the Sec
retariat will determine the proportion
which shall be exploited.
The circular goes on TO say that the
percentage set had simply been esti-
mated and that they are transitory
until a better basis may be arrived
at; that petroleum inspectors shall
submit their opinions as well con-
crete information gathered at the well
and taking the percentages laid down
shall give reasons for recommending
an increase or decrease in the amount
Of exploitation.
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LAREDO MEN
ENTERING
DUVAL
Humble Gusher Attracts
Operators to New
Oil Field.

- LAIALDOs 1tA-s Jan. -Iut IL
cent gusher completed by the Humble
Oil and Refining Company near Bena.
sides, Duval county. has caused q
humber of LAREDO oil men to acquire
acreage nearby. Among these is Ed
ward st. Adams, of Kitselman-St. AL
hans. which has drilled % wells in
this area. Mr.. st. Adams purchased
a 20-acre tract and a 240-acre tract
from the Jack Oil Company for cash
consideration of $1,000. This trans
action carries an overriding royalty on
the 20-acre tract and drilling obligi-
tons throughout.
The 20-acre tract is the closest piece
of acreage to the gusher, and on which
are located some of the shallow oil
wells of the Jack Oil Company. Under
the terms of the sale. the Jack Oil
Company retains the shallow produc-
tion, st. AlbaI.s getting all below.
$1,000 AN ACRE.
On a straight cash sale the quoted
price for close-in acreage is $1,000 per
acre. A number of the major com
panies are the owners of considerable
fee and mineral fee land in that vi
cinity. This leaves only few small
tracts that lay close in for sale.
The Humble's new well, No.
Walsh, is one of the best wells ever
completed in South Texas. When run
into the storage tanks it is expected
To produce several thousand barrels OF
oil a day. 1t is Of light gravity and
will bring a premium in the market.
The well was drilled TO 3610 feet,
where casing was set. The well went
into the pay 10 3619 feet, where ii
blew in. The new producer is making
300 barrels or oil and approximately
20,000,000 cubic feet of gas through
a three-eighth-inch choker.
OPENS NEW POOL.
By the completion Of this well. the
Humble opens a new pool on the
Piedras Pintas salt dome in Duyal
county. 1t is the fourth Of a series Of
tests drilled by the company there. but
the only one 10 find oil in commercial
quantities. Other companies have
wildcatted in this territory, but none
of them found production.
In the Piedras Pintas field, on the
dome. there has been production from
a shallow depth for years. Small
bumpers have been completed on the
cap rock, which is probably seepag.
from the big pool below.
This is the first salt dome TO pro-
duce oil in South Texas and promises
10 be one of the greatest pools this
district has ever had.
SHIPPING CRUDE.
The Humble is shipping an average
of six cars Of crude a day 10 its re
filming plant at Texas City. south OF
Houston. The oil is hauled TO Noleda,
a short distance from the company's
new Duyal county gusher. where it Is
loaded onto the Tex-Me1 railroad.
NJ. NJ. Lyendecker. superintendent |
OF the Tex-Mex Railroad Company |
of Laredo. was in Noleda and |
BenaYides the greater part Of the past |
week to supervise the laying Of a |
switch from the railroad to the new |
gusher. When this line is completed, |
the company will be able to make oil 1
shipments more easily. The switch
will be lined with loading racks 10 I'LL
fourteen cars with oil at one time.
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MORE WILDCATS.

Conway, O'Biern ct al, operating
under the name of the Comb Oil Com
pany, have started a well on the lower
part of survey POI Of Jim Hogg coun-
ty, ofsetting the Magnolia Bank No. 1
and almost due south Of the Pippin
No. 2 nearly a half mile.
Many new wells are planned for
this new field in the Laredo district
and present indications point to a big
play after the starting of the new gear.
DIR. A. L. Edgington has given a
contract to Allender and Kepley to
drill well in the southwest corner Of
block 70 of the Edgington subdivision.
This we'll is a diagonal offset TO the
Robert Keen No. ], which came in ten
days ago making around 400 barrels
of oil daily.
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THREE NEW WELLS.

In the same field and on the adj
joining Bruni land of the Albercas
grant the Crown-Central and Rydal
combination has started two new wells
offsetting the Robert Keen No. j and
they have made location and built
derrick for the third hole.
Southwest Of the producing wells,
about one and one-balf miles, the Kirk
pntrick-Lucas trusteeship has made
big gasser and they are rigging up for
a second well thousand feet east Of
the gasser. The gasser is located on
survey S35 Of Webb count. Indications
are favorable that the No. we'll will
come in making oil.
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THREE-DAY TEST

A three-day pumping test showed
the well made lis barrels the first
day and 80 barrels the second and
third. When shot this well. it is be-
tieved, will be good for 500 barrels or
better as gray lime will not give up
the fluid as readily as the sand en-
countered around 1000 feet.
Other deep tests making good time
are the Compton No. /, in Section
16-lS-2S now drilling at 5000 feet
the Ohio Oil company's No. 1 on the
keiser lease in the same section, drill
ing at 2065 feet and the V. X. +.
Oil company's No. 6 in Section 17-1s-
2S. which is drilling below 900 feet.
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TAMPlCO, Mex, Jan. I'm an
effort TO conserve the petroleum re-
sources Of the country through stop
ping unwise and excessive exploita-
ton o. oil pools, which has resulted
in their ruin through the bringing in
OF salt water long before it would
have occurred, the secretary of in
dustry, commerce and labor, through
the Petroleum Agency of Tampico,
has issued a decree limiting the
amount of oil which may be taken
from well. The production limit of
a well depends on its maximum poten-
tial output, and with the execution of
wells up to 1000 barrels daily capac-
ity, this proportion is from 65 to ~
per cent, according to whether a well
is rated at a 10OO-barrel or a 10000
barrel producer.
The PRONUNCIATION of the circular at
this time is considered especially ap-
propriate in view of the competitive
condition now existing between the
National Railways and the Mexican
Petroleum Corporation and the Rail
ways and the Transcontinental Petro-
leum Company Is. O. n. j. over
wells drilled on or adjacent to the
railway right-of-way on the San Luis
Potosi division west of Tampico.
MUCH COMPETITION.
The three largest present heavy oil
pools of a competitive nature exist
along this right-of-way and under old
conditions they were doomed to 20
the way of various sections of CaciIi-
lao and Corcevado with every well
possible being flowed to its greatest
,aIacity with each owner endeavor-
irg to secure the greatest amount Of
production or lose out to its competi- |
tors.
The first well to be gauged IN
der the new law is Railway Chapa-
Gao No. % which was given a $4,000 |
barrel rating and which may be ex-
plotted to 10000 barrels daily. Other |
wells along the right-of-way will fol-
low Immediately and to avoid opening
wells wide and pulling to water. when |
the pressure drops to 100 pounds.
THE CIRCULAR
In order TO have basis for the
enforcement of Circular 16. which
provides that this department inter-
vene. by setting the quantity Of oil
which should be extracted from each
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-03
OTHER COMPETITIONS.

Several important competitions were
reported from old fields during the
week. with Orange leading. There the
Gulf Production Company's Lee Hager
Fee made 1900 barrels from 1850 feet.
the Orange Petroleum Company's
Chesson u pumped 9S barrels from
400 feet, and Winfree 9, a workover
belonging to the same company, pump
ed - barrels from $3.50 feet.
The Gulf also got a 1OOO-barrel well
at Big Creek, where its 7. W. Davis
is came in at $500 feet.
At Hull, the Houston Production
Company's Barngrover S produced an
initial flow of 1000 barrels from 317O
feet. The Republic Production Com
pany got a dry hole in its Dolbear 20.
a workover in the same field, at 1850
feet.