Show DIAMOND DRILLING FOR OIL the continued success of the diamond drill in structure work and in actual production is fascinating to those who have known how this form of drilling for oil has been opposed for years despite all the stock arguments used against the diamond drill in oil work it is forging to the front and new results of great interest are reported daily since the remarkable results obtained in the tampico mexico field with sullivan diamond drills have become known the spread of diamond drilling on structure and production work has been fast and has taxed the manufacturer fac in turning out equipment oklahoma texas louisana california colorado montana utah and now western wyoming checks in with structure and production work with the diamond drill june saw well no 2 of the wyomah oil gas company come in near la barge the perfect coring of this well some 99 core gave perfect core of the structure and the first perfect coring of oil sands in the district well ell no 2 was the second well put down by the wyomah oil gas co its first well showed by the cores that the work was not being done on the high point and after water production at to 1000 feet the diamond drill was moved to no 2 location and as previously stated oil was encountered in this well with considerable gas pressure at a depth of feet the control of pressure with the diamond drill seems a revelation to most drillers drillars dr illers who have not seen the diamond drill methods of handling this detail the diamond drill has exploded the theory that big holes must be drilled for production and it becomes plainer from day to day that the argument for larger holes was made because other methods could not drill smaller ones the saving in the cost of casing alone by drilling the smaller hole is a big factor especially in isolated localities where transportation alone not to mention cost of casing itself becomes a serious question the larger oil companies recognize the important place the diamond drill has taken in their work just recently the options of one large company on patented land in western wyoming called for diamond drilling within ninety days the range of diamond drills is great from the small bravo driven by hand for prospecting in the wilds to the big sullivan FK capable of hole one mile deep there is a machine for every condition and depth it seems only a question of a short time before the diamond drill will be as common in the oil fields as it has been tor for many years in mining and contracting anve investigations sti orations grat ions the diamond drill does not meet every condition in oil work but it does the work of both rotary and cable tools wei weighs gs so much less requires so much less and smaller casing coupled with such great ease case in in handling thattie th atthe real oil producers and wild batters cat lean toward it more and more all the time |