Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-05

out a new acid called penetrating acid"
Every motorist knows that In the Iubrt-
cation OF automobiles, an ordinary oil
win reach relatively open places, but
to oil in tighter places such as leaf
springs, ETC., IL is necessary to have q
penetrating OIL In like manner,
science has found a method which viii
cause acid TO penetrate ten times as fast
as the acid used iR 1888. As a result,
the acid used today can be used at 10
to 20 per cent with no danger OF its
becoming viscious and cIOgging the fomra-
tion, as was formerly the case with strong
solution. This new acid viii act in a
few hours, as against days under old
methods, and it has the penetratabfIity Of
Al gravity crude, so it runs back out as
readily as it can be forced into the for
nation without damming mp the channels
of the oil.
This new discovery resulted from the
fact that the old acid would sometimes
form q barrier between the opening and
the unspent acid. When pressure was
applied the spent acid w0uld be forced
into the small opening and set up q
dam which would not only prevent fur
Their penetration of live acid but also
prevent oil from coming into the hole.
All this is recited to show that the
revolutionary new science OF acidization
is itself being improved. Greater results
win be obtained IN the future than have
been obtained In the past.
Recently we were told of a well In New
Mexico which came in at 1900 barrels
producing from the lime. We I'm Montana
would be content with such q wen, but
the New Mexico operator .shOt" it with
10000 gallons OF acid. theoretically,
that opened up a cavity Of 100 cubic feet.
in the lime. The result was that the well
started to making TWENTY NINE
THOUSAND BARRELS A DAY.
This makes us wonder what would have
happened had the Baker No. 8, or the
Howling No. s, or the FuItOn-Byrne No.
8 or some of those other milliOn~dOliar
wells been treated with 1O,OOO-gaIIOn
shot of acid. Certainly we would have
had a different history for we have seen
The Texas company drill dry holes i'm
Section 0-S5-2W, treat them with acid
and make 0O-barreI wells out OF them.
We have watched Il. Il PosteIwaite convert
half a dozen newly drilled wells which
had little more oil than enough to oil
a watch" ON the east side of the field.
Each one has been converted into a good
commercial producer by the magic OF acid.
That is enough TO establish the science
of acidization as an established fact and
rule.
When intensive drilling resumes-and
that is not far distant-Kevin-Sunb is
likely to open mp some more pools. Only
one ont of every six locations in this field
has been drilled thus far. There Is room
for dozen pools like the Baker-HOwling
or the FultOn-Rlce or the Queen Cfty-Corey
pools. When we get some of these new
pools we look TO see someone apply mod
erR methods OF acidixation and write the
most sensational chapter in Montana's
oil history.
We are this week sending out our plat
on a farm which we are buying In fee
simple, near Kelvin, getting the land and
100 per cent of the oil rights. A group
of us win realize our Hfe's ambition to
OWN AN OIL FARM. We viii either
lease it TO a reasonable operator for de-
drill it ourselves or sell the
lease as a majority Of the joint owners
may decide; we win retain the landowners
1870 dividing it among us, to sell s. part
and keep a part, sell all or keep ALL as
each one of us sees fit. This win be the
first time in our IA years that we have
had oil farm In the proven area of
Kevin-Sunburst field with one hundred
percent of the oil rights.
Any who wants to participate in this
purchase should get In touch
with us Immediately.