SUNDAY, JANUARY 20. 1920
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kansas Ranks Fourth in Production of Oil in the United States
Production for 1925 Nearest as Great in Banner Year of 1918
Kansas has now risen to fourth place among the oil-producing states. In the Union, with a production in 1927, Kansas was ranked as the top to a ballpark just issued by the State Geological Survey, under the direction of Doctor R. C. Moore, state geologist, and head of the geology department at Kansas University. The text of the bulletin was prepared by L. W. Kesler of Wilkins, former president of the Kansas Geological Society, and now resident geologist, for Sinclair Oil and Gas company.
The very recent discoveries of oil in Sedwick, McPherson and Killie counties, and of gas in Barber and counties, are not included in the bulletin. The Gas Resources of Kansas in 1927," the bulletin is being distributed from the Survey's office, at the University of Arkansas. There is a mailing charge of $20.
Three counties—Greenwood, Butler and Sunner—according to the report, produced 69 per cent of the total status data. Production by counties was as follows.
Half from Two Counties
Percentage of Kuwaitan Production
of Agriculture
County Greenwood 27.89 16,167,001
Greenwood 18.99 16,167,001
Summer 15.98 6,708,102
Summer 15.98 6,708,102
Cowley 7.38 3,097,102
Cowley 7.38 3,097,102
Russell 2.59 1,043,943
Russell 2.59 1,043,943
NH 2.12 885,429
Hantaquua 2.08 885,429
Hantaqua 2.08 885,429
Khami 1.79 753,104
Khami 1.79 753,104
Rice 1.49 624,254
Rice 1.49 624,254
Woodson 1.88 312,175
Woodson 1.88 312,175
Allen 0.74 240,361
Allen 0.74 240,361
Franklin 0.39 165,141
Franklin 0.39 165,141
Coffey 0.24 103,393
Coffey 0.24 103,393
Total 41,906,771
1918 Was Ranner Year
The greatest production in Kansas history was in 1918 when the El Dorado and Augusta fields were at their peak. Production that year amounted to about 3,500,000 barrels decline followed, and by 1924 production had dropped to below 30,000,000 barrels. However, since this latter灾情 has hastened decreased the yield of the 1,250,000 barrels behind its 1918 record. This is indeed remarkable when one realizes that due to the excessive oil demand in Texas and California the price of oil in 1927 was very low and as a consequence only 1,500 new wells were completed in that year as against the year previous, say the report.
Mr. Keefe's report divides the islands into the eastern and western portions along the coast, while the division line, Eastern Kansas is further divided into nine areas, each with a unique geography.
East Kansas Developments
The report closes with a review and outlook from which the following paragraphs are taken.
Outstanding developments in eastern
Kansas during 1927 were:
erni Kabbite during 1927, were:
(1) Discovery of the profile Ox
104 pool in eastern Summer county.
(2) Discovery of the Quince and Lament sand "trend" pools in Greenwood county.
(4) Discovery of a 200-barrel oil well on the Lost Springs townsite in Marion county.
(2) Development of Viola lime production in the Leon area of Butler county.
(5) Discovery of the first oil pool in the Colony (Bartleville) sand, north of township 26 south, in the showing room. Herefore this sand
Further "Finds" Probable
(6) Development of the Big Lake pool and the resulting increase in production in Miami county.
Further 'Tons' Produce Many localities exist in eastern Kansas where additional oil and gas reservoirs can well be carried on. Favorable localities, untested, are present in the sheeeting area.
The northernastern part of the state has possibilities also. In a part of this region, where there are consistently thick and contains sandes near its base, occasionally 100 feet or more in thickness, which occupy the interior of the hillside, the village vanille. Some years will probably pass before this area is sufficiently rich to desirable suburban-inform.
Kansas City formation in centr
teno county.
Favorable indications are present for extensions of the Greenwood and Butterfield cross "trends" and for additional cross development of additional cross "trends"
Western Kansas Shows Production
In western Kansas the following counties are discussed: Rusholm, Rocky, Wichita, Laramie, Custer, Phoenix, Seward, Barnar and Clark. Outstanding developments in western Kansas include:
(1) Discovery of oil in the "Wilcox" and in Sumner county.
(2) Development proving the presence of an important gas area in McPherson county.
(3) Discovery of oil at two separate localities in Rooks county.
(4) Discovery of oil in the basal
(5) Great increase in production in the World. (Price increases.)
the Weld field (Rice county)
(6) Discovery of additional poten-
tial gas areas in Seward and Shevon-
burg in extreme southwest Kim
(7) Discovery (early in 1928) of 1,000 barrel well, initial production from a new producing horizon in Russell县.
Subasurface Structure Utilize
A sufficient number of wells have been drilled to locate major sub-
structures. These wells are greatly nested in a more intelligent location of future operations. They may be expected to eliminate area where possibilities for the accumulation of groundwater occur. Future procedure will involve the die severity of local structural conditions favorable for accumulation, along these major subsurface fields; this by drilling its geophysical methods.
By far the greater number of well-heteroforeal drilled were located before the present knowledge of subarcity and its importance, these holes may be expected, but before abandonment all tests should be carried sufficiently deep to preclude the occurrence of sediments. Past records show too many waters which have penetrated almost, albeit not entirely, the important of locating beds on sound geologic evidence is emphasized, since the subsurface stratigraphy and the eastern Western Kansas is intricately complex.
Uncle Sam Helps Shine Shoes of Other Nations
Washington, Jan. 19—(UPC)—Uncle Sam is one of the world's best boot-blacks. He helps shine the shoes of other nations.
This became evident when the Department of Commerce announced a special valuation at $766,285 was shipped by American firms to other countries during the first ten months of 1928. The department also provide glittering shoes and boots for Cubans, Canadians and South Americans makes most of her polish at home.
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