Flowing Well! Oklahoma City Oil Field, 1930 | 16mm Film Scan

Description: A silent 16mm film from the completion of an oil well in January 1930, Prairie-Slick Hiddleston No. 5 out inthe Oklahoma City Oil Field. From the Oil & Gas Journal: "The Prairie Oil & Gas Co. and T. B. Slick's No. 5 Hiddleston, NW cor. SW SE, Section 19-11-2w, has been completed for 9185 bbls. in 19 1/2 hours."

Showcases them releasing well pressure, running a bailer, the well clearing out water and mud, then oil flowing. I'm unsure of exactly the terminology to what's being done here, not being a petroleum engineer.

This film is quite grainy, as it was underexposed.

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0:00 Opening Card
0:12 - Prairie Oil and Gas Officials Nelson Moody & Dana Kelsey
0:30 - View of derrick and gas separators
0:52 - Gates opened and gas pressure released
1:05 - Running the bailer
1:33 - Well starts cleaning itself, flowing oil
4:18 - Production of 471 barrels an hour

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Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2dnRRk0edU

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