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About Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931

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WELL TO TBT DEEP OIL HORIZON
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Three Forks Will Be Host
To Miners April 3 And 4
Revival Of
industry is
Signalized
Sij(a«U*fa« the fwJwJ of
I he pnerions meui
for April » and 4, In
Fork», hlMtork' town M the
headwaters of the Mitmouii
Approximately 200 are expect
ed at the meeting, at which steps
will he taken to perfect a state
wide organisation which will have
as its objective the general ad
vancement of the industry
According to announcement,
primary purpose of tht conven
tion will he to organise a body
KaUrowd* have bee« ash
ASK TOI® AOJBNT
you buy mm T«CWW?
of independent miners which will
be in a position to work for the
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NEST SIE
NELL NEAR
MPLETOR
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that today one well le drift
to
The well near completion Is
Vantana-Roek No. 1. 8W8W*.
N*H 17-«*-« W. on the weal
side of the Held near Kevin. This
welt has been shut in since last
fall aad resumed drilling tort
night at 1.999 feet
It to located sear producing
«reite aad to aiming at the same
horison as that In which the
Majestic-Davis No l, nearby,
round an »«9-barrel flow of high
gravity oil
la this same section of the
field Dr. Borin A. 8. Aronow. in
dependent operator, to moving a
rig to location on a lea«» a ear
the Campbell discovery well,
fa the southeastern portion of
tho riold, la the gas area, one
well te drilling and another p*e
paring to spud te.
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Ten Years Pas»*
THEN, the state's deepest producing wells,
in the Cat Creek field, found their oil at a
depth of between 1,200 and 1,300 feet.
NOW, the state's deepest producing well
is that of the Ohio Oil company in the Dry
Creek field, 5515 feet — more than a mile.
The Montana Oil Journal this week closes
its tenth year of service to the Montana oil
industry. As the eleventh year begins, a far
different picture is seen than was presented
in 1921, when publication commenced.
• •
NOW, gas is the objective of drilling
paigns entailing the expenditure of hundreds
of thousands of dollars and provides the in
centivd for pipeline project whose final costs]*
will easily exceed $20,000,000.00.
THEN, gas was regarded as a nuisance,
and was wasted in the air.
• #
THEN, there were less than three dozen oil
wells in the state and no commercial gas
wells.
NOW, in various state fields, a steady flow
of wealth is pouring forth from more than
1,400 oil wells and more than 200 gas wells.
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THEN, geologists and operators alike were
pessimistic regarding commercial worth of
he Montana oil fields.
NOW, that doubt has been removed, with
more than $50,000,000 in oil produced by va
rious state fields.
• •
THEN, prospecting was carried on blindly,
with little knowledge regarding the type of
formation which would most likely prove pro
ductive in Montana.
NOW, activity is concentrated on the
sharp-dip structures adjacent to the moun
tains, where experience has proven the
greater possibility of success.
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THEN, the Cat Creek sands were declared
to be the deepest in which production might
be expected in this state.
NOW, a dozen fields are producing from
sands below the productive horizons of Cat
Creek and geologists are advising that deep
er drilling, to still older formations, will re
sult in still larger production.
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Viewing these changes, wrought in the
comparatively short time of ten years, the
Montana Oil Journal feels that the next dec
ade will see variations even more pro
nounced.
One factor has remained constant during
the ten years in assuring continued profits
to Montana operators and that is existence
of a freight barrier which prevents the in
flux of distress oils from other areas where
over-production is acute.
That factor m still operating Montana pro
ducers are today receiving more for
other state. Both
crude than operators in any o
refiners and operators in this state can today
operate at a profit With that condition exist«
ing, there is every reason to look with op
timism to the future—to the -next, ten yearn,
lorthland
Ready To
Resume
Northland Oil eosq^ny
Has resumed operation* is
it» wildcat on th* Liberty
Dom« »Iructure in the
Sweetgrate Hills north of
Tiber, and is preparing to
test a heavy showing of
light green crude tapped
in a break at 3,475 feet
about 750 feet below the
top of
This well is the deepest ever
* lrilled \ n Strict and has
T^TL ZT
lowing in a break r>eo feet
bo ' <m the ^ f ^ w
The oil found in this horizon
was very heavy and congealed
the of vaseline
Madison lime.
when exposed to the air.
Tin- oil found at 3,47;'), th
j
,p^^h- ntp „ior to the <îil
*«w«d »• Kevin-Sunburnt, some
0 ** tf * th * we * 1
J«»t before drilling wn rue
pended lest fall a break in
tbe easing allowed the hole to
fill up with water from the
contact.
(Ceetlsord on Page Kivu)
WELL RECOVERS
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Tie bole la now the deep
set ever drilled la the Rocky
Monntain region and to declared
to be the deepest ever drifted
anywhere, with cable tools.
The well found a promising
showing ot high-gravity oU in the
Frontier sand at «,«19 tent, to
gether with a flow of gas. and to
now being deepened to the Posy
sand.
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theii"4ySS£2^j^^^
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Gordon Campbell geologist
whoee discovery of oil in tbe Dev
Basin field in 191« initiated
Hwtawu e oil development prê
, to considering a reeump
of activities in tbu earns d to
tortet according to a Roundup re
This report to verified by
Roundup Record, which says:
"U to understood that Mr.
Ctompbeit to agate disposed to
«low the Devil's Basin, hte
acreage he may undertake
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g or «u Mr
v*m»**t
Ulllll Jtetftlopment. He doctor
EARLY DRILUNG ON FOX
DOME INDICATED AS OHIO
STARTS ROAD TO FIELD
Pointing to early commencement of drill
ing operations on the sharp-dip Fox Dome
structure in southern Montana, Ohio Oil com
pany this week began surveying a road up
Timber Gulch, in the northwest corner of the
Dry Creek field, to connect the two fields.
The Ohio recently leased 16,000 acres on Fox
Dome, which is a continuation of the same
fold as that on which Dry Creek is located.
Production on Fox Dome is expected at about
the same depth as on Dry Creek, where the
company's discovery well came in with a
2,000-barrel flow of 52-gravity sweet oil at
5615 feet
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ANOTHER OUTLET FOR NORTH
MONTANA OIL FRRNISHED BY
NEW GREAT FALLS REFINERY
Home Oil & Refining Company Plant Will
Handle 1,000 Barrels Daily By
April 1.
Furnishing another outlet for erode oil from
Montana field«. Home Oil à Refining company, offt
oered by W M.
rejuvenated the
at Great Palls and by April 1
barrel! of crude daifr.
of the Rainbow ReUmng
to be
CREEK WELL
Cook OU company, which re
cently agreed to a payment of
«1.190.90.00 for properties of
the Beartootb Oil company in the
sharp-dip Dry Creek field in
southern Montana la this week
moving materials to location and
according to field report will
commence drilling by April I.
Charles Orchard, prominent
Wyoming independent, baa the
drilling contract, and la moving
in rotary equipment for the well,
which will be located ta SW*
XW Section 7-7#-II*. Steel
rick baa been erected on the site.
This to tho only tonne In this
field not controlled by tbe Ohio
OU Company, which drilled tho
dtocovpry volt.
1ER MU
HUMS TO
After
2.090 feet with oaly me
ot
The geologist who located this
well doctored H would reach the
at about
Mad toon lime at 1,29» test The
contact to now
1.199
-ft During the past two month»
tbe plant has been completely
I rebuilt. New equipment has been
Installed, including approximate
ly 30,000 barrel# of storage for
crude and refined products, bab
ble tower, new boilers aad pipe
wtilbi and now w*r*feo«*e and
plant equipment
Gasoline made by the plant Is
being marketed ander tbe trad-«
name, 'Monio-Ch»ef '
The company is retailing 1U
product direct te consumers «
the plant and la addition it aril
tag gasoline In teak car and tank
wagon Iqta, with deliveries new
being made to commuai Use with
in a radius of «• miles from
Great Palis.
The company operates ao OH
lag stations.
Crude to coming from the Fob
dera field, from the W M. Ful
MAT Ml
Wjffij,
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No
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that the O'Neil toter
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to tmr
According I* one version, these
wolle are to be drilled to 2,«90
feat with rotaries and complet
ed with Star or National ma
chines There hex bees no verl
fixation of these .reporta.
Six mllee north of Cat Bank
B. 4 H. OU company to Mill rtkui
down at 3.792 toot, adjmrttog
loans title* Thto welt to import
ed te have 1.29« feet of oil in
the hots