The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-07-31
OHIO WELL NO 7
MAKES SHOW.
ING THURSDAY
SlA-lNCH PIPE LOWERED AND
CEMENTED; DRILLING TO BE
BE RESUMED SOON
OFFICIALS OF COMPANY TRY
10 BUY LOCAL ROYALTIES
FIRST OF WEEK

: Last Thursday morning at 500
e o'clock the Northern Pacific Ohio
4 well No. z got good showing of
!. oil. Drilling operations were i'm
mediately suspended and an extra
2 crew of experienced pipe men Were
put on to run the casing and while
{ lowering the 6-inch pipe into the
J hole on Friday, the well came in
by itself. The well had been cas-
ed with eight7inch pipe to the dep
tn of 400 feet and the extra crew
were lowering six-inch pipe into
the hole. When the well came in
the oil, from the Dakota sands
came over the top of the six-inch
pipe and the gas which was coming.
from the Frontier sands UP the
elght-lnch casing sprayed the crude
all over the derrick and rig, fore
ing it over the top of the 124 foot
derrick. The sage brush within a
radius of 500 feet around the rig
was sprayed with oil. The casing
Was all lowered and the hole GEM
ented off Saturday. The depth of
the well at this time is little more
than 5400 feet.
While it is practically impossible
to estimate the flow of oil from
the No. 2 Well, it has been stated
that it is now able to produce be-
tween 100 and 1900 barrels of
crude and that it is not producing
less than 500 barrels. As there
is no known labratory tests of the
crude from this wed it has been
said by many competent crude oil
men and refiners that the crude
from No. 2 we'll is an excellent
grade of light parafine base oil
and that it compares favcrably
with the Pennsylvania crudes. and
that it is one that never has and
never via be included in the over
production class. Drilling opera
lions in the Dry Greek field have
been watched with a great deal
of interest by oil men al over
the United States as it is one of
the fields that Was laid aside as a
U. S. Naval Oil Reserve. Teapot
Dome in Wyoming and the Elk
Hills field in California were the
other two naval oil reserves and
they have both proven to be great
producers.
The drilling crew from the Ohio
No. 2 we'll were laid off last Mon
day and told not to report back to
work until Monday, August A. The
new casing had all been lowered
into the hole and cement forced in
around it Saturday, at the same
silne a control head was insta'l led
md the flow of oil shut off.
Monday morning, shortly after
he story of the well coming in had
1een released on the Associated
'ress service, Mr.. John D. Wilkie,
# Powell, Wyo., an official of the
mo company, accompanied by Mr..
j. Foley, Of Casper, were III
ied Lodge, attempting to stop the .
elease of the story. At the time
hey visited the Associated Press
representative in Re Lodge, Mr..
Vilkie made the st tement that
le well had made a good showing
nd admitted that oil had sprayed
YER the derrick for the period of
me the casing was being lower
!. At the same time, the two
EN- purchased some official as.
of royalty legal blanks,
ID since have been attempting to
lrchase the royalties of Red
odge people.
Inc Ohio well No. l Was spudd-
in on June II, 1927 and at a
pth OF 4465 feet while in the
ontier sands tools were lost in
hole and it was found impos-
lie to get them out. They at
npted to break the tools up by
ng nltro-glycerine in the hole.
were unsuccessful. The shoot
of the hoe with nitro-glycer-
brought the No. 1 we'll in and
the time the crew ceased oper-
ons mixture of kerosene and
,tha was taken from the hole
lch could be used as it came
m the wea in tractor or au-
loblle. No. / hole was baled
" consecutive hours and at the
of that time the level of the
IN the hoe had not decreased
: 1t was claimed by oil men
the No. well was at that
? commercially productive in
oil and gas
ne No. 2 well which Was spud-
in on April %, 1929, was found
lave the same formations all
way down. Between the From
and Dakota sands for depth
% feet the No 2 well encoun-
! considerable trouble with
ms due to the steeplv inclin-
ngle at which the Colorado
lay. The crew had to Gem
the hole nearly all the wav
Ugh this shale. In the From
sands the No. 2 we'll was pro-
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