Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-10
TEXAS OIL AUTHORITY THINKS
1T Is CERTAIN TO COME
FIELDS GET TOGETHER
Only Five Hundred and Fifty Miles
From Texas Field 10 Nearest
Indian Territory Pool.

stocks IN the Guli coast region Tor
the past seven months, together with
the absence Of conditions indicating
the approach of new surce of local
supply, has caused n revival of talk
concerning the probability Of early
construction Of pipe line from the
Texas and Louisiana country to the
Indian Territory or the Mid-Conti-
nent region.
An investigation Of u report that
preliminary plans were already UNI
der way, looking to the consumma-
ton of such project reveals the
fact that while the matter has been
thoroughly discussed by certain in
terests reputed to be back of the en-
terprise, no definite conclusion was
reached insofar as an immediate
starting of the line is concerned.
While no authoritative statement is
made, it can be said that the devel-
opments of the next two or three
months will prove a deciding factor
in the situation. II the drains on
stocks continue, with no increase in
the output of TeXas-Louisiana fields
or no new production of crude Of a
grade suitable for refininh purposes
is obtained, n pipe line will be laid
to the Mid-Continent region.
That a pipe line will eventually
connect the Mid-Continent region
with the Gulf coast re6nel'ies has al
ways been considered as probable,
The ripening Of natural conditions
favorable to its construction is the
pivotal factor, About year ago
representatives of the Mellon inter
ests of Pittsburg, reported to be the
financial hackers in proposed line,
were in Kansas and Indian Territory
taking options on property and max
ing tests with view Of ascertaining
the exact amount of production that
each property would yield.
While no authoritative statement
was made at that tine as to the de-
tails of the proposed deal, it was
said that itsbasis was 10000 barrels
a day of production, to be put into
the company in return for 5000
barrel cash and 5000 barrel in
stockof the corporation. This would
have required an immediate cash out
lay of two million dollars. 1t was
estimated that a six-inch line from
Chanute, Kansas, to Port Arthur, a
distance of COS miles, would cost
about five million dollars. 1t was
apparent, therefore, that to carry
out the project along the lines
mapped out would cost something
like seven million dollars.
Since that time, however, there
has been marked change in condi-
tions in the Mid-Continent region.
A year ago runs from the Kansas
Territory fields totaled approximate
ly 725,OOO barrels a month. During
June of the present year the runs
amounted to approximately 100000
barrels, or an increase of nearly
million barrels. This large augmen-
tation in the gross output is due to
the pushing of productive territory
steadily southwark into Indian Ter
ritory where the sands are more pro-
life than in Kansas. The farther
south operations move the greater
becomes the capacity OF the wells.
The Glenn pool, about fifteen miles
southwest of Tulsa, |. T., in the
frontier development, is the most re-
markable pool yet discovered in the
Mid-Ccntinent region. Development
is trending to the south and south
east and operators are looking for
pools all the way to Texas. With
the steady encroachment towards
Texas territory and the good show
ing of the Glenn pool, which appar-
emily will prove in itself a liberal
source of supply, pipe line to In
dian Territory is now rendered more
economical than the original project
and conforms the situation TO the
point where It's construction would
seem more desirable, providing there
is a continuance of conditions now
existing in the Gulf coast region.
The oil from the Glenn pool is from
30 to 40 gravity and therefore is es-
pecially desirable for refining pur-
poses. The Standard Oil company is
paying As cents for the high gravity
oil of the Mid-Continent region.
During May of the present year
representatives of the same inter
ests identified with the movement
last year went on a trip of inspec-
ton through Indian Territory sup
posedly to study conditions bearing
on a pipe line. The knowledge gained
by this trip was thoroughly gone over
recently when the situation was dis
cussed in Pittsburg.
The Importance of pipe line from
Indian Territory to the Gulf coast
region can hardly be overestimated.
II world mean that the light oil of
the Mid-Continent field would be
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