Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-12

III GlSlil years lids CAACA SCO 90
prospect on the western Canada
by Carl Nickle, publisher of the
Says Nickle, in giving an account
of Lloydminster field developments
to date:
THE field has been the source of
a little oil since 1899, but did not
move into the promising prospect
bracket until 1915, when the Silver
dale No. / we'll opened up south
extension on the Alberta Side, and
the National-Grant No. was com
pleted as the first oil well on the
Saskatchewan side. Compilations of
the past year, on the whole, have
performed better initially and have
stood up better than wells COM
pleted prior to 1945-in some meas
ure at least due to the growing fund
of 'know-how' on completion and
operating procedure in this type of
field. The oil, ii to IS APP gravity,
Is obtained from a lower Cretaceous
sand, the 'Sparky', at depths rang
ing from 1850 to 1000 feet.
--latest highlightS have been the
completion Of Western Central No.
/. Community Services No. 81 and
Lloydminster No. on the Sas-
katchewan side, and Lloydminster
Oil Producers No. 3 and Shaw No. 4
in Alberta, all apparently CONNER
cial oil wells-to extend the pro-
ducing area south, northeast, north
and northwest. The producing belt
now extends for II miles in north
west-southeast line between the
Western Central and Lloydminster
Oil Producers No. 3. AS yet, the in
tervening area has been only sparse
ly developed. Its full productive po-
tentialities are unknown.
Until a few weeks ago, only inn
portant outlet for Lloydminster
crude was the Canadian National
Railway, which is drawing railway
fuel oil from this field, and from
Vermilion. Rapid expansion of
Lloydminster potential this year
primarily due to drilling in a one
square mile area on the Saskatche-
wan side-soon boosted potential to
over 1000 barrels per day-substan-
TALLY in excess of the railways
commitment. AS result, a number
of apparent successful competitions
have been, operated only intermit-
tently, or not at all, and 10000 bar
rels or more backed up in field
tankage and open pits at Saskatche-
wan wells. During the past few
weeks the marketing outlet has
greatly improved. Highway Rein
cry at Saskatoon has commenced
taking oil for use in Saskatchewan's
road improvement program, and
LIstrlxrr Dorfnfezrr C0,1orAoFaxr oE NLTNyr,-
ming has entered the area with a
development program on both sides
of the border, and plans for installa.
ton of large asphalt plant in the
field.
"The production record of the
field to July 81, 1916, according to
Alberta and Saskatchewan govern
ment statements, totaled 1875, 495 bar
rels-71 ,676 barrels from Alberta
66,819 barrels from Saskatchewan
mot including a reported 1926 bar
rels in field tankage and pits in
Saskatchewan as of July 81 Agar
exempting the oil in field storage
total for the first seven months o.
1916 was 81, $40 barrels (31 $50 from
Alberta, 1880 from Saskatchewan
compared with only 1895 barrels
in the same period in 1945
During August, 1916, accordin,
to records of the Meanwell Account
ing Service, Lloydminster, Saskatch
evan production included 1870 bar
rels net oil delivered the treating
plant plus 12,410 barrels added t
pit storage and 2,110 barrels adde'
to tank storage in the field. Albert
production totaled 6,762 barrels ne
oil delivered to the plant, and Ito
barrels added to field tank storage
The field total for August would b
29,752 barrels, made up of 14,13
barrels net oil delivered to plan
plus the gross addition to fiel
storage"