The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-05-15
OIL INDUSTRY !
is UN|nP ARE
Reports Received Show That
TemblOr Left Wells Un-
ObStructcd.
News OF Great importance TO
Manufacturing Interests
of State.

Reports were received yesterday by
the Standard Oil Company and the AS
ISOLATED Oil Company of the highest
Importance to the manufacturing In
terests of San Francisco. These were
TO the effect that careful examina-
ton Of all the great oil fields Of the
State has led to the discovery that the
OIL industry escaped injury so far as
production is concerned. by the temblor
of April IS.
The crude oil Of the California fields
is TO the manufacturing enterprises of
San Francisco and other portions of
the State, the principal insurance sof
ability to compete with the manufac-
lures OF other sections of 1.-THE United
states, inasmuch as unlimited and in
caiculaple amounts of cheap fuel are
IN the sands of Kern, Los Angeles,
Fresno, Ventura and other counties
When the temblor came CONSERVATION
was experienced by the oil men. News
arrived that in certain localities in
northern and central California the
surface OF the earth, had been moved
some feet by the seismic disturbances.
AS oil wells range in depth from a few
hundred feet in depth to something
ike 1000 feet, where they are driven
deepest. the chances for finding the oil
wells in as good shape as before the
quake seemed to be very poor.
OIL LEADING FACTOR.
Annually the output OF the crude oil
producing fields in California run into
the millions of barrels. Seldom is the
production as low as $4,000, 900 barrels
So great is. the reliance of power anu
manufacturing plants on the fuel from
the, oil sands that all capitalists have
n0 racid al
in the advancement of local industries.
The oil fields range over. hundreds o.
miles. Fortunately the fields were al,
below the scenes of the greatest dis
turbances from a geographical point OF
View.
Not one well has been found to have
been obstructed in the least In no
one instance was the flow of oil i'm
peded. In fact in the Coalinga field
creased by, the pressure that the tenn
blor exerted on the oil sands. One well
OF the California Monarch Oil Com
pany at Coalinga, for instance, is re-
ported to have increased it's daily flow
from 500 or 900 barrels to 1900 and
1000 barrels. This increased output
has been noted constantly ever since
the earthquake.
PIPE LINES ARE SAFE.
The Standard Oil Company has not
been compelled to interfere with the
shipment of oil to Point Richmond
either by pipe line or by sea and the
plant across the bay is in shape to re-
fine and store oil in great quantities.
While San francisco is in reconstruc-
ton and. until the manufacturing In
drstries are more greatly resumed than
they have been to date the demands
on the Kern County and other fields
for San Francisco will naturally be
greatly reduced.
Oil fuel was used to run elevators
and countless minor mfnufa turing
plants that were consumed last month
by fire. The large iron works about the
bay shore and the manufacturing
plants IN Contra Costa County will
need large supplies for fuel to make
steam, but some of those Will not be
as a rule. the lack of local demand for
manufactured articles being necessar-
lily lessened for a while.
Leading oil men declare that the i'm
| munity of the oil fields from harm is
one of the greatest elements for fu-
| ture prosperity that could we'll be
hoped for. When the time comes the
I State will still be free from the neces-
sity of depending on high-priced coal.
The oil is at hand. The pumping ma
chinery and vast tankage is ready for
use and the supply OF oil is sufficient
, to last for half century at least. The
value of the oil simply as a product,
! without considering its financial aid
| to the manufactures Of California, is
easily $4,000. 900 year. The manufac-
turing that 1t makes possible is worth
several times the amount annually TO
California.