Show I WYOMING Oil VIEWS DIFFER I Oct 30 30 View S of other geological t experts p on the tho state of ot tho the oil deposits s In the Tea Tea- Teapot Teapot Tea Teapot pot Dome nasal ol reserve reene when It as leased to the Sm ol or Oit In- In Interest In Interests terest last icar ear weN wees SOUght by bythe bythe bythe the senate lands landa committee today In continuing Its In tion ot of o the lease experts who e ex examined I I the property for the com com- committee corn corn- committee reported tho the deposits great great- greatly greatly ly Iy depleted depicted bv drainage and that In their opinion development was the only means ot of pre presenting great great- greater greater er loss to the tho government s Chester A Washburn a ot of New York City who ho ho testified Monday that he ho believed draInage ot of tho the field could have base ha c been pro pre pre presented by dulling offset wells arid and the tho oil oil oil- retained in the tile ground In- In indefinitely In Indefinitely definitely appeared I the committee again tod-iv tod tod I In addi addi- addition addition tion a number of other exports experts were called Including several from the geological survey CLOt OGIST TL Intense e 0 of ot wells wets along long the Hie boundary bet bet between een Teapot naval na reserve reger and the Salt Creek oil Clel fields ls would result In shutting ort off drainage from the reserve Into the Salt alt alt Creek field 1 K C Heald 1 geologist In charge of ot the oil and gas section of ot the geological our sur- survey sur survey vey v told the tho committee He lie as- as asserted as asserted that this closing of ot th the re- re resene re reserve serve serse to ge could bo be accomplished traction Pushed with the loss losa of only a frac trac- frac- frac fraction tion lion of ot one per cent ot of o total oil supply In jn time the resen e The J I drainage could has ha haI ha p I been effective etre effectively ly Iy prevented he asserted beyond the point known as M the by bythe the withdrawal of ot the h h l small quantity of ot oil all north ot of that point In the direction of Salt Creek field This he lie said would hale hate resulted In an Inflow ot of water ater which would have hae com coin completely completely shut oft off the reserve drainage Into the tha Salt Creek reek fields It If the policy of the 1 was to retain In III the tha ground the supply of ot oil in the Dome opinion resene therea there a was as not In the I forthe ion of ot the time witness an any reason for tor the tho leasing of ot the time entire reen c In reply to Inquiries from the committee Sir Mr Heald bald the see sec sec rotary secretary of ot the Interior had not con con- con I suited consulted conI him about drainage of the reserve but that lie ho had prepared a 5 report on the subject which hl hai t been submitted to the secretary Computations made by him hint had hold led ledI him I to believe e he said satel that the drainage drainage without effort erfort on tile the part of ot the gO government to use ott off off- met get set oft well wells welli would have hava resulted In Inthe the los ios lost of ot less leas than Ihan one ninth ot of the oil In the reserve 0 He Ic asserted that before a greater grealer loss less occurred the oil drainage hac ha bai bern been replaced ed by a water bat bal mier which would have hae ha teel further los loss With WIlh Intensive drilling Ion along alons the I IheI boundary o of ot the tire Salt creek creel fields Mr lIr Heald sold sahl I Ith th reserve e would have imae hm been ettee- ettee effective tive el closed to drainage In bat direction in three ears The total Ion ot of o oil during the time period he said would not have hae exceeded one million barrels J |