Show NEW california OIL WELL GUSHES FROM BELOW FOOT HORIZON the exploration companas Comp anys elliott no 1 well in the Kettl kettleman ernan hills district in the san joaquin valley is guaring 2500 barrels of gravity crude with equally as much blowing into the air says a los angeles dispatch of the it is one of the most remarkable wells ever drilled in california and eclipses any high gravity producers in the state gas production is 42 million feet the well blew out and ran wild for two weeks until capped previous estimates had placed production at only barrels and the showing under actual test was a distinct surprise the standard oil company of california has immense lease holdings in the new field and is preparing to enter the district immediately on october 6 after a year and a half of drilling the exploration companas Comp anys elliott no 1 blew in at an estimated rate of to cubic feet daily of gas and a few hundred barrels of oil of extraordinarily high gravity the well had previously been drilled to a depth of feet the deepest hole ever drilled in that region difficulties were encountered which necessitated a re drilling job while the well was being re drilled at feet the blowout occurred |