The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-10
Oh Men Get In Gas Game


As forecasted In these columns some
days ago the oil producers Of the state
are In the political game to protect
their interests aud block the schemes
the gHs mErketrrs were completing TO
use the corporation commission for
their own ends.
Robert McFaran Of the Me Man
company. Thursday laid before the
commission here it brief signed by
most " the larger producers In the
Oklahoma field This brief was the
result u various meetings held. aud 1t
Is confidently predicted that the sug
gestiOns contained win have weight
with the commission.
The brief is as follows:
ITO the Corporation Commission Of
the state Of Oklahoma j Il. Love,
chairman, Oklahoma City. Okla.
"Gentlemen-Pursuant to suggestions
made 10y your commission at a meet,
lug held Mt Tulsa, June rs meeting
Of oil producers was held at Tulsa on
June 80 for the purpose Of outlining
suggestions In ~ the enforcement Of
the gus conservation law, house bill
No 800.
AT the outset the members In at
tendance at the meeting wish 10 im-
press upon the commission the fnct
that both from point Of self interest
and desire to cooperate with the
commission, the oil producers are de
slrous Of preventing any unnecessary
waste NJ gus In connection with their
operations In the oil fields, and fur
ther to frankly admit to the commis-
sion that In their operations for oil a
certain amount NJ oss Of gas IL I'M
ayOidable In the efforts to minimize
the amount Of loss of gas the oil pro.
ducers are willing aud anxious tu
adopt any means which may be found
practical
The consensus Of opinion az devel
oped at this meeting may be EN-.
bodied briefly In the following points
and Is submitted to your honorable
body as suggestions to he followed IN
any order that you may feel called
upon to make In the premises
First That II IL impractical Il
make amy general order covering tn,
various oil fields " Oklahoma. IN,
conditions Of euch field being 10 pc
Cullar to itself rs make any genera
order from an operating standpoin
impractical, and To large degree nm
profitable II not impossible OF per
fOrmAuce.
Second That even az regards
single field, conditions vary so will
the drilling of different wells that
general order will be- found to wOrl
an injustice aud to be more or les
impractical " enforcement In COnneC
tlon with continued operation OF sucl
field.
Third That as oil and gas are bot
found In the same sand In the Okla
homn fields, It has been found a
impuSsibIlity to save both and at III
same time successfully operate 10
either
"FOurth-That even we're the "a
conserved in such sand It would h
at the expense Of the oil produced
for the reason that an adjoining leas
might, aud has In many cases bee
found to he In Il formation that col
talns little or no gus, the result beln
that the oil In such leases would b
readily Obtainahle and at the sam
time the oil would be drained froI
! the adjoining lease, due to the fac
that the gas volume being less on IN
neighbOring lease, the oil follOwln
; the line " least resistance OF necessit
finds Its vent IN such lease,
"Fifth-Thnt II has been found In
possible 10 acquire market for tn
gas that has necessarily been Pre-
duced In excess Of that used In opel
ations In the oil fields, and were sue
gas by order " your commission col
served, where II IN found In any con
siderable Quantities, an accumulate
ot such gas would result without an
market IN sight for n, nor any ma
ket In prospect, according 10 the be'
information and belief ~ the oil PR
ducers represented at this meeting
sixth The members Of this NEE
Ing are unanimously Of the belief thl
the waste " gas In the oil fields hG
been greatly exaggerated, and that
proper allowance he made for the gl
J that has been used In the drillln
operations, the actual waste show
will he materially less than has bee
represented 10 your commission,
has been alleged IN the newspaper
and publications generally on N
subject and further, as an actual IA,
oil producers are today short Of gt
In many instances for drilling pu
poses aud In some instances or 1
least ure using oil TO supplement n
! supply 0f gHs ny fuel, even In n
, Cushing field for actual and npCe
sery drillng operations.
Seventh The meeting ~ of NJ
mind as TO the deslrabillty Of mnklr
all possible saving ~ gas, hut II
. the experience Of producers here re
sented that no satisfactory metht
has been found to profltably opera
lease for oil purposes and nt Il
same time save In Its entirety the u
produced from such territory, whe
the oil aud gas Is found In the snu
sand and where apparent prolong'
! waste Of gas has occurred u viii
, found M most instances TO have he,
! on unusual occasions which ha
nrisnn dine IN snerlnl conditions. M