The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-28

ABSOLUTE WASTE
Corporation Commission Faces In
All Its Gravity This Question :
OF State Loss =
$20,COO,OOO IS GONE IN CUSHING
Conservation Looms As The Biz
geSt Issue OF The Day In n
Oklahoma

That the public Is getting the bene.
!" OF hbout 10 prr cent Of the natural
Eu' produced Ia the state. and the re,
ihhlndcr Is lpug 10 waste, is lndlcat.
ed hy the evidence aud statements Of
Witnesses IN the hearings thnt have
been conducted by the CORPORATION
commission In the effort to arrive at
bnsis for rules and regulations 10
n' promulgated 10 conserve the gas
supply These hearings have been
held during the pn~t week ut Tulsa,
okmllgrr aud Bartlrsyilr. Two more
dates are yet tO nv filled. at Ardmore.
Iu"Sdny aud Oklahoma city. Wed
heSday. From the evidence secured
the commission will then issue some
order similar 10 that now controlling
The production " oil IN the Healdton
field
Commissioners George A. Henshaw
nnd W. ID. Humphrey returned Sun.
day from the oil fields where they
have conducted the hearings
During the hearing at BartlesyIlle
the statement was made by A. J.
lliescher, general manager Of the
Qnapaw Gas company. that nj least
F20OOO,O00 worth " gas had been
wasted In the Cushing field alone,
since 1t had been opened up. Mr.
Dieschcr II said 10 he one of the best
posted men on oil and gas conditions
In Oklahoma, aud figures secured by
him were used In support NJ the gas
conservation bill In the legislature
lust winter.
Order Expected Soon
The commission will. as soon after
the hearings AS possible. make an or.
der seeking 10 conserve the supply of
gas much after the same manner aa
lis efforts In conserving the oil sup
ply OF the EIealdton field. The prin.
clple " conserving gus is similar 10
that In the oil industry. and they are
both resources of the state. The pro-
cess Of conservation may differ
slightly II was suggested by Mr..
Diescher In the hearing at Bartles-
Vile that the system OF using mud
laden fluid IN pacsinr-v or xas IN wnfis
be adopted generally over the gas
fields ~ the state The commission
was getting the best advice Of ex.
perts as to what process should he
used In Keeping the gas from going
into the air.
II Is said that the greatest waste
NJ gas comes from the oil wells.
Where u well is being drilled for oil
nnd gas Is encountered first, II ls not
capped hut the gas allowed to blow
OFF aud the drill Is sent 10 strata be-
meath for the oil In this way mil
lions of feet of gus have been allowed.
to escape.
At various times predictions have
been made by gas operators that at
the rate the gas supply was being
consumed that Is, with the waste aud
nctual consumption, certain pools fur
ulshlng the biggest supply would be
exhausted In few years When the
statement Is made that the public Is
getting the benefit NJ not more than
10 per cent Of the amount Of gas that
comes from the ground 1t may be
seen just how important II IL for
some action to conserve the supply
nnd keep II In the ground before II ~
| too late. So far ns the evidence In
dicntes the matter " conserving the
gas supply Is more important, II pos
stble. than restricting the production
of oil.
Peoples Interest First
Commissioner Ilenshaw said yester.
day that every phase N the gas In
dustry would be considered In the ac-
tion 10 be- taken by the commission.
and that above all the interests of the
state who are the most vitally CON
concerned In the gas supply, viii be
safegunrded whatever Is done
Relative to the conditions in the
Hcaldton field, following the estah,
HbliShment NJ new system in ac
rurlaucc with the rules uf the com
mission In restricting the production
/ NJ OIL Commissioner Henshnw SAYS
every OH man In the field Is well sat
isied When the rule was enforced
as 10 everyone euuitnbly. aud the pro-
ductlon was restricted 10 market de
mands the real effects of the new lazy
were developed
II Is believed a similar order IN the
gas industry will have just as bene-
flCla results.