Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-26

cook the game, no matter where he
might wander.
Some OF the other benefits Of the
discovery, are said 20 be theses Ia
Vulnerable poor oil wells now practl-
cally OF no value will become profit
able properties, enriching thousands
Of eople; all good oil wells Will be
greatly enhanced In value by the use
Of the process OF saving the natural
gas now lost; gas containing three
quarters Of a gallon OF gasoline may
be worked profitably now, whereas
formerly at least one and a half gal
Ions OF gas was required; cost OF oil
and gasoline will be reduced 10 tho
public, owing TO ease OF segregation
Of classed and lowering of cost Of pro-
duction.
Could he Used Here.
Heat, light, refrigeration and power
in cities reasonably accessible 70 oil
territory will be obtainable at much
lower rates:
Power, or the material whence
power can be easily made as well as
light. heat and refrigeration, will be-
come portable.
Briefly, Cutler chills the gas and
thus cheaply gets the valuable gaso-
line and higher products.
Cutters plant Is first a strictly re-
frigerating plant. Other scientists
have been getting about 10 per cent
Of the gasoline from gas by means Of
compression. They have done valu-
able work along these lines. Notable
among them is another Southern Call
fornia man, ]. +. Vordermark secre-
tary of the Pacific Gasoline company
OF Los Angeles, one Of the foremost
experImenters in America, who is an
expert on compression.
BY Chilling the Gas.
Cutters method, in brief, is to chill
the gas as 1t escapes from the oil
well, and thus obtain all its valuable
products. First he caps the well COM
pletely; then by the natural pressure
Of the gas from the well it flows
through a pipe to a number of con-
tainers Each container is Of diff
ferent temperature, gradually getting
lower.
For example, the first tank may
be 10 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit
the second, 25 degrees below, and
so on. In the first tank will be pre-
cipitated the first product; the sec
one will get the next product, about
a GO per cent gravity gasoline; the
third. 70 per cent gravity; the next
an so per cent grade, and so forth
until rhlgolene, cymogene, mathene
and other extremely valuable pro-
ducts are obtained. Rhigolene is
worth about So gallon.
The Cutler plant has n daily ca
paclty Of $4,000 cubic feet of gas.
which it gets direct from an oil well
The gas is chilled by contoiners sup
piled by thes ix-ton ice making ma
chine. The plant is not large, but is
extensive to prove or dis
prove the claims Of the inventor.
Expert Testimonial.
VIII p. Stevens, a constructing and
engineer Of 1880 Long
Beach abenue who was formerly with
the refrigerating department of the
Santa Fe railroad. is a firm believer
in the triumph of Cutters process. He
has been engaged for days with Cut
Ter at the plant and assisted in the
workings.
George J. Leonard a mining engi-
neer and oil expert of South Pasade-
ma, who Is aiding Cutler In his work
says that a tank Of high product of
gasoline placed in an office building
would do the work of a gas engine in
power. The lighting would
be done best by means of a modified
sort of Welsbach burner The gas
could be used in a cooking stove or
CRATE, of course. Storage tanks would
do the cooling desired. He says that
In riveting tools the portable power
would be especially valuable.
Can Save 1t All.
Stevens says that the average oil
well Is a small producer of from
twelve to twenty-four barrels, as in
the Whittier district, for example, and
he estimates that the amount OF gas
from these small wells I
worth about 40 per cent Of the value
Of the oil obtained. Large wells flow
Ing strongly furnish less gas proper
tlonately than the small ones. II
thinks all the gas can be saved by II
new refrlgeratlng process.
Cutler is an odd scientist. He Is |
fond Of working in his garden; has
taught his pet rooster how to crow |