Show MANY NEW NE WELS WELLS ARE COMPLETED IN MAY New High Record Mad Madr r Sigle Single Month Mont in In the J United States All increase In all al the totals total was wa the tea tea- turo ture ure of the oil 01 field feld report of the Oil OU CU City Pa Pa a. a Derrick for lor Slay May ay Completions CompletIon were cr 28 98 an Increase of UI This makes make a new high record for tor new nw wells in a single month The he larger lager Ia gain In in completions completion cam came from Oklahoma Oklahoma where Ill more mor wells wl were competed com coot than In April Compared with wit tb the previous months month r report port n. n new production mad mide a gain of 12 barrels barels the total being beng be be- Ing ng barrels This Th Increase was a also alo due to the Oklahoma new ne wells wel although other divisions division showed hoed gains The largest Ian loss Iou oss was In northern norther Texas Included In the completions were 0 coa dry dr hole hole toles and and gas ga producers producer Over 0 eo per percent percent pr cent of these theM cam cams from the Western fields as a. Wa was wa to be expected since ance operations ar armost are most mOlt active there Subtracting the non non- producer produce and gas Ia wells well wel from the total leav eaves 2184 2104 productive oil 01 wells weil which Is th the largest argest number that has been reported In lit April Apri the number was wa 2066 and in 11 il March reh 12 1724 The anra average e for the wells wel In n May was wa no barrels barels as aa against U In April Apri and UI In March Work York under way wa at a the close clos of the month showed an Increase of In a total of operations the making another high record record The only divisions that tailed failed to show mow more work were Indiana central Ohio Kentucky and Kan Kansas and some Ime of these thue fell feU on only I a few tew short bort of ot the former report North central Texas Toa reported nearly neal twice a. a much work as a. Oklahoma Oklahoma and is I. the leadIng lead Iud leg Ing active development All An the operations east of the Mississippi do not quite equal th the figures for Oklahoma Oklahoma equa The completions completion In Wyoming were sixteen sixteen an Increase of four tour Initial production amounted to barrels barrel barel a loss loBs of bar Two Iwo dry holes and Las gas well dr hole one ono wel were reported Operations Operation a ace e Increasing In th the th Northwest the present prent report showing 61 fl operations which Is I. a gain of nineteen over oyer the previous one Ote |