Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-24

are generally combined under single
managing head.
These classes may be enumerated as
follows:
producing.
.-GatheriIH
3.-Transporting.
4.-Refinins.
5.-Distributing.
Producing.
In general. the producer bargains
with the land owner to secure leas"
conveying proper mining privileges.
He then drills suitable wells thereon
and reduces the oil oc gas to posses
sion.
Gathering
The party who gathers the crude
product lays pipe lines to the gas wells
or oil tanks of the producer, ana buy-
ing the gas or oil at the wells or tanks.
delivers II to the main trunk or col
lcctiug lines OF the transporting or
pipe line company.
TIanspOI
TRANSPORTING OF oil .s sometimes ac'
complished by tank cars when arc
filled from the gathering lines; hui
in general, pipe line Is emploSe"
and pumping stations are installed l.
provide the necessary motive torct
to move the gas or oil and delivery
! is made to the refinery.
Refining.
Refining is a term which Is applied
/ to the treatment OF petroleum, wnere
| by crude oil is separated ana dlNlde'
/ into products suitable for commercial
use.
The application OF the term, refinin'
TO the natural gas Industry may ID
uuestioned but this is intended I,
cover waste and frequently the laci
of refining natural gas Is responsip
for waste, especially where the ga
contains vapors of volatile oils whicI
way be extracted.
Gas IL. in some instances. so re
fined before passing into commercia
/ use.
Distributing.
BY distributing the refined product
of the crude petroleum and natura
gas are delivered to the ultimate con
sumer.
each branch of the general industr
thus classified. mas its peculiar prof.
lens ana carries its own losses as we
as prof Is.
Petroleum and natural gas al
{ found stored in porous subterranea
formations ard owing to the Narlab
geological conditions pools III
( formed. varying in extent from sever
acres to MANY square miles. An q
| or gas field Is generally made up
, n number of such pools the foi mi
p ton between the pools being OF sue
character or form. as TO ordlnarl
t prevent the passage or me conteH
. Of one pool 10 an adjacent pool.
, When by means of well beiI
% drilled INTO one OF these poo!s. u
pressure Is reduced at one point. q
n fcontents move to the area OF the Ia
@ pressure and drain into the well IN
V which they are reduced to possesSl'
n Il the surface.
3 The amount OF oil or gas contain
u in a pool is fixed and certain a.
, while the drilling of great nunI
/. of wells in any pool viii increa
q the immediate Weld Of oil or gas.
\ merely drains tine pool more rapid
than would be the case with IL
. number OF wells. The total yicid
y. not increased ard II is even prob ~
n that the total y!eld Will be decrcas
y ne the too rapid liberation OF the &C
tents may cause an influx OF VA
% which would render the conlPi'
A. draining of the pool unprotltable.
d II is also probable. that pctrole'
%, tins RAPIDLY drawn from the form
= lion will separate the lighter ana me
& volatile oils and leave heavier re
or due. which-not passing readily N
IA the small opening In the porous II
at mation-will clog and fop the p
IS sages and cause the retention OF
IN portion of the oil which otherw
f. n,sv have been recovered.
20 The area, which NAV ne drail
st by one well. ha' not been detinit
+ determined; but it Is certain tha'
as varies with the formation as wei
81 the nature of the contents. II Is
ut krt n, however. that the performa
d. Of one well may effect another v
ds AZ a considerable distance apart.
he OH and gas have generally ~
r. found and developed In locah
of where the land is owned in sil
tracts and each tract vas separn'
al leased to individuals who did not n
u leases on adjoining tracts. the :
he duction from each lease being &c
in uaratively small did not JUSTIFY
IL expense Of installing refining pi
all or of laying pipe line to convey
70. nroduct to the market.
re Tho producer thus has TO con,
,es himself with selling the crude prod