San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-24
250O-bARREL
WELL FROM
T0RS|0N
Gulf Brings in Producer
on Moore Tract in
Fort Bend County.

Finding Of production on tne UT
chard dome in Fort Bend County, TINS
week, by the Gulf Production Com
pany. marks the second field that has
followed from seismograph and tor
sional balance locations. The Rycade
Oil CORPORATIONS well at the Nasn
dome in Fort Bend County, also, was
the first successful completion on
location made with the aid OF geo
graphical instruments. Present lndl-
cations are that each well opens new
field for the Gulf Coast.
Moore No. 3, the producer at the
Orchard dome, was completed THIS
week for an initial flow of between
1000 and $500 barrels Of "a gravity
crude. Total depth of the hole is
37OS feet. and the sand is approx
mately 40 feet thick. On account 0,
no storage at hand, the well was closed
in temporarily.
ACREAGE BLOCKED.
Prospecting at Orchard has been
going on since the dome was definitely
proved in December, 1924. December
81. that year, Moore No. hit the salt
at 375 feet, and No. 5 is the fifth test
drilled in attempts to find production:
Gulf Production Company controls all
the land around the producer, having
1000 acres, the entire Moore ranch
under lease. The well is almost in the
center Of this block, and the nearest
acreage of any other company except
the Gulf, Is at least a mile away.
Randon's Lake covers all the vicin-
ity of the well and at this time water
is standing all over the lake. The
lake is not deep, however, being more
of a wet weather lake than anything
else. The entire vicinity is low and
marshy though, even in dry weather.
WELL NEAR RICHMOND.
The well Is nine miles west of Rich
mond and two miles from the little
town Of Orchard. Location Of the well
is not such as to hinder development
to any extent, and adequate transpor-
tation facilities are available in case
big pruduvtivu should be Developed
Since the Gulf Production Company
controls all the land likely to be af-
fected by the well, however, there Is
little possibility of intensive drilling TO
determine the size of the pool. I'm
doubtedly the Gulf will do this, but
will take Its time.
Among old fields, attention was
shifted to Sour Lake, where Yount-Lee
Oil Company completed a good well
from a deep sand. Gilbert No. z
flowed 1000 barrels from 1850 feet.
Toward the close Of Of July, last year,
Yount-Lee got a 450-barrel well in
Gilbert No. 1, from 1000 feet. Both
wells are in a part Of the field that
has been producing for long time,
and other production has been obtained
from deep nd at Sour Lake. There
is more or less speculation, however,
ss to whether Gilbert No. 2 means an
entirely new producing horizon. Its
size indicates probable rich sand,
but its staying qualities are yet to be
determined.
ANOTHER GUSHER.
Spindle Top Is gradually forcing
its way back into the limelight with
deep production. This week, Yount-
Lee completed It's McFaddin No. 3,
for an initial flow Of 5000 barrels,
from 27SO feet. At last reports the
well had increased Its flow until it
was making 5000 barrels. No. 3 is
300 feet south of No. 2 which came
in for good production nearly two
months ago.
The week Just ended showed mp as
one Of the busiest the Gulf Coast has
seen for come time, q total Of fifteen
competitions, all Of them producers,
being reported. Initial production
amounted to 1875 barrels.
Aside from Yount-Lee'e well at
Spindle Top, the Gulf Production
company worked over its Gladys PIG
and got a Is barrel pumper, from
S75 feet.
At Batson the Kirby Capitol Oil
company's Hodges 8, a workover, made
40 barrels from $40 feet. Paraffin
Oil company's Paraffin 63 pumped two
barrels from 400 feet, and the East
Batson Oil company's Stateland IL
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