The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-05
VACUUM P UMP,S
To De USED IN
CUSHING FIELD


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No order issued during the exist
ence oi ,ho corporation commission
% of more Importance than that pro
nuIgaled which permits The 1se OF
vacuum pumps IN the entirt Gushing
oil fic.d This VIII give the greatest
Istmulant yet to me Manufacture Of
nehcad gasoline provided the
companies applying for The benefits
under the order comply WIN The law
in conserving ne gas after having
be0 used IN the Manufacture Of the
Icaainghead gasollhe
Never before has lhe commission
IalloHcd the use Of these pumps as a
lgcncrai thing over an entire field In
aome respects II may be taken to
mark he beginning Of a new era III
an industry III the oil fields that has
not heretofore been observed to the
lul degree The order becomes et
Ifcatiyc on November !
Application was made lat March by
some of the oil companies operating in
The field for the use Of vacuum pumps,
but the commission was Of the opinion
that these pumps were not needed at
that iime as the use OF them IN a
portion Of the field might work to the
disadvantage Of other producers But
observance Of the conditions Of the
field since that time aud The subse
qcut added activity in the manu-
laeturc Of casinghead gasoline has
caused the commission to now view
mo situation differently
Nine Applications Granted.
The applications for lhese pumps
were made by A Bruncr the estate Of
David Gunsberg and the Southwestern
| Petroleum company Prairie Oil and
Gas company $ Cosdcn and the
Gushing Gasoline company Black
Panther Oil and Gas company Quaker
! oil and Gas company, Producers Oil
company In granting the applications
the commission says in part:
1T IS shown from the evidence that
the gas at that time MARCH con
tanned about lwo gallons of gasoline
per l.OOO cubic feet; that the value OF
the gasoline which could be extracted
from the gas from 100 acres in the
Gushing field would range from $500
to 81 0OO day The evidence also
showed that there were some wells in
difierent parts of the field which We're
sin flowing and that other wells were
20 new that the use Of the vacuum
pumps at that time would have been
injurious TO such wells
From HE beginning OF drilling in
the Gushing field there has at least
been $4,000 oo0 worth oC gas wasted,
part of which could have been con
served. II is Of material interest to
the public to save what is known as
casuahoad s.s thai Il might BE- con
verlcd into gasoline and at the same
timc the eaa used for commercial pur
poses.
"Thcre are now being erected in ht-
icrcnt parts OF the state many casing
head gasoline pants, some of which
extract lho gasoline and permit the
gas to escape in the air There must |
be means found whereby all gas
from casinghoad gasoline plauts must |
be used for commercial purposes after |
he gasoline is extracted.
Gas Must Sc Saved
considering the conditions and the
difficulty in securing prompt deliveries
OF machinery, we feel that an order |
authorIzins the installation of vacuum !
pumps throughout the Gushing field !
hould take effect November |, 1916
Gas taken from The Gushing field
by means of vacuum pumps or other
wise and from which the gasoline is
extracted. shall not be permitted to
'scape in the air. but must be utilized
or commercial purposes
It is not understood that ihe request
or the use OF vacuum pumps in the
Cushing field is an indication that the
pressure in the oil wells is giving out