Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-06 | Page 8 | Well in Big Muddy Field Spurts 1500 BBLS

WELL IN BIG MUDDY FIELD SPURTS 3 1 p 1500 After Flowing Barrels I j It Suddenly Speeds Up and So Continues The The well completed on the Elkhorn lease In the Big Muddy field which came in two weeks ago with a production production tion of about barrels a day broke loose last Sunday and In the seventeen hours between 3 p. p m. m Sunday and S 8 a. a m. m Monday flowed 1000 barrels It II is still flowing at the same rate giving ing it a dally daily Yield of 1500 barrels of at flush production This makes it the best well for initial production ever finished in the Big Muddy field In this case the reversal In perform m mince nce was complete Ordinarily the wells drilled to the Wall Creek sand make their big production as soon as drilled in and then drop down after arter a afew afew few months to a normal for the fled field of at about barrels a day This well when it was first discovered made such a poor showing that as soon as the sand was drilled seventy feet tib- tib ing was Inserted to raise the oil all by gas pressure to the top without necessitating necessitating pumping of of the hole There has been no attempt to agitate the sand since that time and the blowup came as a great surprise to the fled field superintendent of the Midwest Ref ining in- in ing company which operates the lease t The flow filled the tho casing and hasty steps had to be taken to save the oil all from waste WIth thIs well flowing at the present present pres- pres ent rte rate the net production of the Elk Elk- Elkhorn horn company from this lease approximates mates 1100 barrels a day worth about I a year or 50 per cent on the company's capital capita The company Is drilling a test well in the San Angelo district of Texas and at last reports was setting 15 inch casing at 1200 ac feet This would indicate that the man I management gement expects to encounter the pay sand at great d depth W