Oil News.
Oil News.

OIL NEWS

BY HOWARD KEGLEY
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    Operating companies which are interested in the brisk development program around Wilmington were much interested yesterday in the Eyer No. 1 well, a mile north of that city, which had gone on the pump at an early hour.
    H. R. Eyer, owner of the well, reported late yesterday that the pump was bringing out large quantities of drilling fluid, and that he believed it would take at least two days to get the drilling mud and water out of the hole so it could begin producing oil.

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Will Resume Search

    The filing of a large number of new leases on prospective gas lands in the upper end of the Sacramento Valley during the past week has brought forth the information that the Buttes Oilfields Company of Oakland, headed by O. G. Green, expects to resume drilling there at once.
    In addition to starting the drill at the No. 4 well, which is located on part of the new holdings, the company will go back into its No. 3 hole, which for two months has been standing idle at 5000 feet, and will drill on down to 7000 feet if necessary. Buttes Oilfields holds 45,000 acres of community leases almost in a solid block, and has developed some gas in two holes.

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Others Interested

    In recent weeks the Tannehill oil interests and Standard Oil Company of California are reported to have been crowding in against the Buttes leases on three sides, either by leasing or conducting geophysical tests. Tannehill is reported to be making preparations to start the drill just west of the Butte block. Tannehill drilled farther out in the valley last year to a depth of 2500 feet.
    New lands added to the Buttes community lease are those of H. H. Stohlman, LeRoy H. and Henry C. Mayer, George Wynecoop, Marcus DeWitt, Leonidas Summy, W. P. Niesen, R. F. Havens, M. E. Ellis, Everett Platter, Josephine L. Girdner and B. E. Epperson. These holdings lie west of Sutter City and at the southerly foot of the Buttes, adjoining the former leases.
    Standard Oil Company, under permits obtained from the Supervisors, is making extensive geophysical tests along roadsides in Yuba and Sutter counties at present and making similar tests in Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Sacramento, Yolo and Solano counties.

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Corning Test Active

    With new equipment, including a boiler plant, in operation, the Northern Counties Petroleum Company has resumed drilling its deep test well on Corning anticline, where geological conditions are considered favorable for discovery of oil or gas.
    The drilling rig is one of the most powerful in Northern California. The management plans to go to a depth exceeding 7000 feet. This work marks the first comprehensive effort to test prospective oil lands in the Corning area of Tehama county.

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Will Drill Two

    Reports from Bakersfield yesterday indicated that the Union Oil Company plans to carry on drilling activity on two sides of the Vanguard Oil Company's Baker lease, a mile south of Mt. Poso.
    Union holds the Tribe lease lying just north of the Baker lease, where several excellent producers have been completed. Yesterday it was announced that Union will drill Tribe No. 11 at a point 165 feet north of the Baker lease line.
    Recently Union picked up the Murdoch lease just east of the Baker parcel, and is reported to be grading location for derrick of Murdoch No. 1. The Vanguard Oil Company, drilling its Baker No. 4 well, recently went into the fault which traverses the field, but backed up and whipstocked out of the fault.
    Yesterday the drill was in the Vedder sand and the crew was getting ready to set casing and cement off. It is expected that the cement can be drilled out late next week for a production test.

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New Zone Test

    An attempt to get production from the Santa Margarita zone at Edison will be made by the Monterey Exploration Company in its Citizens No. 1 well in the center of the field, Sec. 14, 30-29.
    This formation has not been tested in the Edison district. In the Citizens well casing is set at 1730 feet with liner perforated from 1730 feet to 1806 feet. Opposite the Kern River sands, and from 2190 to 2305 feet opposite the Santa Margarita sands. Bottom is plugged to 2305 feet. The upper sands are good for seventy-five barrels per day of 15 deg. gravity oil.


Source:

Kegley, Howard, "Oil News," The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Saturday, 18 April 1936, p. 11.

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