Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-08
TEXAS PRODUCTION
OF OIL INCREASES
Mark of 100000 Barrels
Daily Exceeded-Further
CurtaiIment Planned.
BY the Associated Press.


DALLAS. Tex. October 8.-The East
Texas oil field has brimmed again and
flowed over the mark of 100000 bar
reis daily set as an unofiicial produce
ton limit, but members of the Texas
Railroad Commission assure Gov. r.
s. Sterling they will take steps toward
fur&er curtailment in the huge oil
pool.
This auieted the fears Of oil men
that another production orgy might
follow such as that last Spring which
threatened the price structure Of the
American oil market. They were
more concerned Immediately with re-
ports of saltwater intrusions in 10
wells on the western edge of the field.
Gov. Sterling said he had been as
sured by members of the Railroad
Commission that the allowable output
In the field would be reduced from 1856
barrels per well daily TO $50 barrels
as soon as all members of the commits
sion could reach the capital
r. d. Parker, chief of the oil and
gas division of the commission, said
that at present there were approx
mately 1900 wells in the field whose
production. at $50 barrels per well,
would amou' to around 100000 bar
rels daily.
Figures announced October S by
Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters, military
A'ommandant in the East Texas oil field
iA'ea, showed production for that day
as 405, 1888 barrels from 2.l92 wells.
Abe drilling and bringing in Of many
new wells was blamed for the increase
in production When Gov Sterling
placed the field under martial law Au-
gust NJ to halt waste until proration
orders xInder the new State conserva-
ton Law could be put into effect, there
were 1,t'AO producing wells in the field.
When martial law was modified several
weeks LATIN to permit production under
the new !ulles, nearly 300 new wells
had been .&1ded to the total.
The grip "a martial law, still in effect
at last had sNEhieved order in the field
which only a. few months ago defied
civil restraint.
Production at. the rate of 225 barrels
per we'll daily. IA rmitted when the new
order first went into effect. rapidly
equaled and exec et' ed the mark of 400
900 barrels daily which members of the
Railroad Commission regarded as
reasonable field allowable. AS a remedy
the per we'll allowable output was
slaShed to 1875 barreHl; daily. Drilling
restriction on an acre.Vge basis still did
further cut to $50 barrels per we'll men,
toned by Gov. Sterling va S regarded as
certain.
Unofficial reports last week showed
1873 wells were being drilled in the field
and ITS new locations had h zen made.
To meet this situation. leading oil OPP
orators appealed for voluntary curtail-
ment of drilling, The Sun Oil Co. and
the Humble Oil Refining Co. both an
nounced they would reduce drilling
operations by half and the other large
operators were expected to follow suit.
Charles Roeser, acting president of the
Texas Oil & Gas Conservation Assoca-
ton, issued an appeal to operators 20
cease unnecessary drilling.
asserting 1900 members favored this
step as an emergency measure to avoid
waste and keep production within mar
ket demand.
Gen. Wolters injected a new matter
of concern into the picture by reporting
that 10 wells along a 50-mile strip on
the Western edge of the field were be-
ginning to show salt water. some of
them as much at is per cent.