The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-03
GAS WASTE IN
THE STATE IS
ENORMOUS
DEPENDING ON GAS
FOR FUEL THIS WINTER WILL
FIND SUPPLY CUT SHORT-All
UNNECESSARY.

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field, according to the predictions OF
Alfred j. Diescher, prominent oil
and gas man OF Bartlesville, who
sounds a word of warning in a letter
to Governor Cruce, which was re
ceived today.
According to Mr.. Diescher the gas
supply in this particular section is be-
! ing wasted at the rate of 20O,0OO,OO
feet daily, and the pressures are be-
ing reduced two pounds day. A year
ago the pressure was 600 pounds,
while today It is less than 200 pounds,
! ays Mr.. Diescher by way of compar-
ing the depreciation in the supply.
Waste Unnecessary.
The two hundred million feet of
gas being wasted daily, says Mr..
| Diescher, is equal to 10000 tons of
coal. All of this waste is absolutely
unnecessary, he declares, and it could
be prevented,
"The depletion now going on is so
rapid that by the first of the year
there will be nothing left to conserve
in the Layton, Jones and Wheeler
sand, and those bodies of gas which
| have furnished convenient fuel sup
ply for 100000 people living in Oklaho-
ma. Kansas and Missouri, for years
to come will be absolutely useless for
this winters supply he says. "A
year ago there was some 600 pounds
pressure in the Wheeler sand. Today 1t
is hardly above 200 pounds and not
over 3 per cent of the gas found in
those sands has ever been used for
any useful purpose
"The pressure of the entire field
has been depleted so that the north
, ern portion, in the vicinity of the
Cimarron river, is the only section of
the field which can supply the gas re-
uuired by the consumers this winter,
provided this supply is protected. The
pressure in this portion of the field is
dropping at the rate of two pounds
day due to the terrific waste brought
about by two causes, both of which
are absolutely unnecessary, and for
which there are practical remedies
which would be a benefit to every par
| ty concerned.
| Large bodies of gas are being foupd
in the Bartlesville sand, with pessure
sures close to 1000 pounds, says Mr..
| Diescher, but some wells are blow
ing this gas to the atmosphere with
the result that the pressure has been
reduced to 800 pounds or less and the
supply is rapidly lost. The gas blow
ing from the wells was for two pur-
poses, says DR.. Diescher, first to raise
oil in greater quantities to the surface,
and second to relieve the pressure of
gas against the oil sand to prevent the
retarding of the flow of oil out of the
sand
Two Ways to Save.
The remedy to save the gas of the I
Bartlesville sand may be in two ways, /
says Mr.. Diescher. The use of pack
er on the casing at the top of the Bar
tlesville sand, or apply separators at
the mouth of the well. The first sug-
gestion would prevent the gas from
escaping behind the casing and dissi-
pating. This would throw all the gas
from that sand into the casing with the
oil and would cut the gas loss or waste
fully so per cent.
The second remedial provision would
separate the oil and gas so that the oil
the gas to the gas lines, producing
an income from both to the producer
This process is being successfully EN-
ployed in the California fields, it is
THE rapid depletion of the gas in
the field makes it necessary that i'm
mediate action be taken ordering these
two remedies to be applied in every in
stance where a new well is drilled in .
10 the Bartlesville sand"
Mr. Diescher expressed similar views ,
TO the corporation commission, and {
Urged that action be taken immediate
y to stop the waste of gas he claims |
S going on daily. That the supply
nay be reduced to nothing during the
old weather this winter and many I
people suffer in the Cushing field. is
he warning he gives in asking that ]
he waste be stopped. {