The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-03
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRESTATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennsN-
vania and Ohio.

Since the price Of gasoline has been
soaring the general public is more In
terestcd in the oil industry than ut
any previous time. The uncountable
users OF gasoline know that 1t Is de-
rived from crude oil and the decline
! In production is likely TO cause the
price OF gasoline TO advance to
higher point, hence the many inqui--
les rs 10 the discovery Of new sources
OF supply. With all of the advanced
methods for extracting larger per-
centage of gasoline from crude oil.
the supply has not kept up to the
! increased consumption. The present
shortage would ne s., more acute
was II not for the attention oil pro-
duccrs have given Ia the extraction OF
gasoline from casinghRad gas by the
compressor process. Not all gas de-
rived from the wells Is suitable for
[ This purpose as the yield Is so small
us to not warrant the installation Of
a plant.
In nearly all sections OF the eastern
fields Nc. plants are building and oil
producers arc turning their attention
/ to the manufacture of castnghead
gasoline. In some localities where
the producer does not see his way
clear to erect compressor plant,
outside capital Is being invested and
his gas is sold to the nearest plant
for converting It into gasoline. Pre-
vlOus 10 the recent shortage, produc-
ers had to hunt for market for
their product and the price was so
low that 1t did OF pay him returns
for keeping the plant running and 1t
was shut down. Now they are rum
ming to their full capacity and the re-
fineries are bidding against one an
other for all they can produce. The
high gravity Of casinghead gasoline
Is such as to make its use for inter-
nal combustion impracticable and
the refinerles can blend It with naph-
tina Of lower gravity and double
the volume, getting a grade of SIS to
40 gravity, such as most generally
used by Automobiles. Since REIN
ers can double the quantity by mixing
the higher and lower grades and get
quality. equal TO that derived from
high-gnde crude by the direct REIN
ing process. II can readily be UNI
derstood why they are anxious to
make contracts with producers for
casinghead gasoline.
Field Developments.
The Weir sand development on
Blue Creek, Elk district, Kanawha
county, Is completing a good many
wells and the best are just ordinary
producers. The Ohio Fuel OIL Com
pany has completed No. 2 on the Sem
Meta Mullins farm and II is show
ing for twenty-five arrel producer.
On the same stream the South Penn
OIL Company completed No. 4 on
the r. j.. Morris farm and got the
same kind Of producer. The COM
pany completed and shot No. 3 on the
Robert H. Skinner farm and It is a
five-barrel pumper in the Weir sand.
Below Jarvlsvllle, on Ten Mile
Creek, Union district, Harrison coun-
ty, the Hope Natural Gas Company
drilled second test on the Susan
Jarvis farm through the Fifth sand
and developed n fair gasser. On
Spring Run, Union district. Pleas
ants county. the Spring Run Oil
Company drilled No. 5 on the Riggs
Brothers farm through the Big In-
jun sand and found 1t barren. In the
same district the Friendly Oil Com
pany Is due in the sand at test on
the Harvey Mott farm and the Sim