Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 21

rat, N ,) Q ) \ & \ N \ \ \ N 4 X y \) N 4 ) 4 \ \) i) N N) X) N h \) 4 \) \ \) .) \) 5 . : INDUSTRIAL EDITION. THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNF. AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW PAGE FIVE : STATE OFFICE WORKS T0 BEST! INTERESTS HERE Lod Specializing on Organization, Appraisals, Reports, Inspections and Manegement of Petroleum and Mineral . rties. CHAS. A. GUENTHER CONSULTING PETROLEUM ENGINEER Long Distance Telephone 80 | Hl if , Director Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Producers Association —— b * = GENERAL OFFICES: DOUGLAS, wyo, te Co-operation Is Aim of P. 0, Box 01, N State tin aaa: rebuked . Greetings to Clients od partment, The state ofl and gas de- “One of tne propel tines partment functioning under|tion due to this the direction of State Geolo-| the contro! and gist G. B. Morgan, is co-op- eat a ap Sd Ne erating with the ' operators| .” bs pitino rather than devoting its at- Pt betior tention to law enforcement provisions. | that the operator use wooden plugs in The explanation is found in a recent | sealing the sand, below. and statement by Mr, Morgan. sagen See] "ee oe “In the conservation of off and| method and has not been used in prao- hn eee S tee. Fer gas,” he said, “thero arises @ groat| tical operations’for a nymber of . cant the prin kupabs oveyd many problems. No law can cover and| It not only was ineffective in slutting|®t some future time. pete vey perp al dt peed Fegulatn such a highly developed and|the water out of the sand especially, “TFiclds in which the office has had [ eo entity pour yen ipectbaay technical business as that of the pro-|in the case of an irregularly shaped| personal supervicion through its in- ine the eating: oakne’ cna aed auction of ofl and gas. The two laws|hole, but it was a. positively danger-|spectors over stich cases as outlined SRE REORU aad ant orcathc chvan enn Which should govern thiv business and out method to be used in the abandon-|include Millbrook, Big Piney, Grey- uaa nate be <tihen preseribed. which are governing the relationship | ment of a well containing gas sands. |bull, Lightning Creek, Big Muddy, inik panes Markite the Uiiiea tates between this department and the ope- “Under the present method the ope:|Basin, Fort Steele, Ferri, Golden bu: of mines governing like opera- rators are the Jawa of ‘best practice’ |rator notifieg the office of his inten-|Hagle, Lost Soldier, Grass aamgae patio teeter! The state neck. and ‘common. sense.’ tion to abandon « well, setting out bia| Lance Creek, McMahan Dome, Osage |‘ion@ on public ne Seri penal srs Semel “This department ia not in any | proposed method and a log of the well.|Newcastle, Pine Mountain, Salt Creek. Mth iRtabeseh onkiioars ee occe. sense of the word @ purely law enfors:} All these reports and logs are filed in| Warm Bprings, Upton, Hidden DOM, tical well drillere—for the uurpose of ing one, but ts co-operative, the aim|the office and are held 4s confidential|Hamilton, Alkali! Butte. ear dext Was, tmenteatine’ mcs | being to cooperate with and suggest{matier. The method thereupon is ap-| “Another important cles of work phan enicatiids ce itets seal to the operators throughout the state, | proved by the office, if satisfactory, in this lepartment is the study and} rivats lnnds. rather than to tell them what to do,/and usually an inspector ts assigned invetigation of water problems and bes W. White of Casper.and Cc. G This co-operation also includes the|to supervise the abandonment. [Application of practical “methorts ‘for! acsiey or Gander tae ven ot owing bureau of mines, with headquarters at “In nearly all cases of abandon. excluding the water from the oll wells. | ‘ites in the oll fields of the *>~+ Casper, under ¥. B, Tough an@ Rob-}ment cement Is used and sometizoes |Thix also includes salvaging olf wel's |°2P® tetbere troecaiee eases ei ert C. Patterson, As a rule the con |cencent and mud together, then cement!that have gone practically to water tae, pipacinnk. siegicleg 4 Deen pergation of oll and gas is us much to/ forming 4 plug and the mud filling tnjand bringing theta back to ofl axain.|‘%e department Wt aap vafbes be desired by the operators aa by the|the hoie, Each well is a problem of|A number of cases of thia kind have igh Be a state at large, and consequently thero| its own, as it differs from every other }come up, and one in particular in Salt te a spirit of friendly cooperation ex | well #0 that no hard and fast rule may|Creak... This well had been making| sting between them and the depart |Apply to all cases of abandonment. ina large amount of water for a number ment,, although there may be differ} ———————______ $$$ _—___ cathe caeentenal cat tomer Section of Casper Refinery PUREST KNOWN (LAL LL Throughout the Rocky Mountain Region the Oil Industry gives healthy growth. Renewed activity in alk major producing fields, sup numerous drilling and development operations in “wild cat” territory, ir 1922 will witness a revival of operations on an extensive scale. romise of a mted by tes that sion laws of Wyoming, 1921, and har beenpublished in Bulletin No. 1» “Mining Lawe—Federal and State." by ify ke ; E i ij at Fe ! Hi i : GTPILL i E f z i i In limiting my practice to a strictly consulting capacity, I can offer my clients a service that covers many important departments of the Petroleum Industry—includ- ing Appraisals of Mineral properties and equipment in connection therewith- authe tic reports on Oil and Gas Leases; Royalties; Operating Agreements; Federal Le and Permit Applications, Merger and Organization transactions, etc. ™ i Fy 3 : E e a i z § A g Oe Lf 2 Confidential Corporation reports (Operating and Producing Oil Companies in the Rocky Mountain Region) furnished to clients upon request. Charges for special reports according to nature of service rendered. a ° Correspondents in the principal Oil producing centers of the Rocky Mountain Region keep my General Offices constantly posted on new developments and field notes of interest. Branch Offices or Personal Representatives at Denver, Colo., Chi- cago, Ill., New York City, and Washington, D. ©, LID i TS In appreciation of the many courtesies and splendid support accorded to me dur- ing the several lengthy periods of my physical disability, I take this opportunity to of- fer my hearty thanks to all who have aided and assisted me to perform my labors and wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Respectfully submitted, look beyond the immediate profit hori iP ully ™ zon. They are willlig to waste some of the valuable resources of the state rather thar, go to the expense of bot- ‘ling them up for future use, and they | are sttort-sighted enough to prefer | the immediete small: gain to the ult mate..arge returns. ‘There are others who are more or less irresponsibie and Who will, If allowéd to do so, drill wells into oll sands without shutting | ef (he water and without using th ordinary precautions to protect the here. saen will al torlogized Wyoming towns, on the whole, are Particularly fortunate in ‘having an adequate supply of fresh water. Gare: ful analyses have proved the purity of the majority of the water used by the towns to be high. Considerable of the water ts from the mountains, Sj) ordinarily considered the purest avai! able. { Some of the towns, as for instance, those along the North Platte river, use river water. This {n Casper is fil- * tered in a’ modern filtering plant. mak-| ing it the equal of the mountain water WII PISS CO STIS IIIS ISO LISS SSI I @ I IIIS SOLS LM, in its freedom from !mpurities. t CHAS. A. GUENTHER. Douglas, Wyoming, Dec. 24, 1921. ) by SIPIVIITIISRIOSIVIOIOOIOSE. Ta. TMTIIIIIIDIILIIOIIOI IGS, JHIO CiL COMPANY (Organized 1887) Producers of Crude Petroleum in the F ollowing Fields: ROCKY MOUNTAIN CENTRAL WEST | - MIID-CONTINENT TEXAS NORTH LOUISIANA Western Office: a . Main Office: : Casper, Wyo. ° Findlay, O. ; i