Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-08

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plctcd near Brinkhnvon in 1915 wa
attended with indifferent success.
In financial circles the leading fcn
urc Of the ycar's developments In the
MID Continent region was the mcrH
Ing Of many independent Interests
producing, transporting ana refining
into strong corporations, among Whicl
tho Sinclair OH q Refining corpora
tluu tOsden n Co. and the Cosdei
ON ~ Gas Go, are perhaps the mos
conspicuous examples Scarcely less
important was the absorption by the
cities Service corporation Of many
independent oil and s-prOducing
oil.rofiuiug and gas-distrIbuting IN
tcrcsts In this region.
Central and Northern Texas.
An Increase In drilling activity
'hrout central ana northern Texas
the discovery of productive deep
sand at Electra and the extension OF
tho productive area AT Burkburnctt
resulted I'm au approciablo Increase IN
the petroleum output credited to TINS
area Wildcat activity resulted IN
promising discoveries Of gas on the
Hess and Edmonson ranches .n
northern palO Pinto county or oil
aud gas near tuddo and Brockon-
.r.tr. stephcus county. and OF oil
ualr lloIliday Archer county.
Ip EASTERN Texas wildcat test near
HathauN Ptuola county. was COM
rl,t.d iu July.as "a productive oil well
of sufficient capacity To Justify ad
df.oun drilling n that locality.
Northern Louisiana.
The important Developments in
hn' ln'Iu I""i' l'H' ~ l'.O W.. ..""o
Ih "I'" PARISH 'l' ',,I'Ioi' W
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I.cJ piyrr norisb tho discovery of
new oil territory IN the Grand Bayou
district southwest Of the Crichton
field. in Bosslcr parish the dlscoN-
nrN of AN important source OF gas
near Elm Grove. west "I Lake bis-
in n'au' ana IN Mor'h"Hse parlsh' me
II.coNrIN oi gas ll'Iu |i pI'u''S'
1 I'W H'II'7 southwest "' ''7l "P'
Gulf Coast Region.
Humble easily retained first rank
10 activity and Of production among
ho snltdome pools Of the gulf coastal
plain. despite decided naming of
No, supply OF oil obtained from its
deep sands. Sour Lake was "a steady
contributor to the oil output of this
-"rlou thruout the year The com
'i'tiou late IN p'tonci oi "a SIX thou-
sand barrel oil wei, at "a depin 81
ih"ul ~" Thousand i""t: ll lue Goose
i,'k pool "d'oH iart"lN 10 i"' GUY
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The petroleum output ~ Wyoming
Sas materially increased in 1916 as a
csuit uf the installation Of a refinery
70 Grcyhull. Big Horn county. 10y the
ircybull Refining company. and of
he completion Of pipe line by the
Illinois Pipe Line company from the
Elk Basin field. I'm northern Park
.ouuty. to the Burlington railroad at
'ranuie
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u ,he I.oSI H%'Glor e.l'. i.'ls' i" 'he h"r'h-
'ast corner of Swcetwatcr county
\ number OF productive wells were
'onplotcd IN the Pilot l'utte hold
fremont county oponed IN 1918 10y
he Han oil company. In Oregon and
Little Buffalo basins in eastern Park
county, additional drilling IN 1916 re
suited only iu gas production.
Although number of wells were
drilled I'm southern Montana in 1916.
oil production IN this state az the end
of the year was restricted To the north
end of the Elk Rasin field in south
crn Carbon county.
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y moderate increase IN production
was tn" response of California's oil
lields to tho steady advance IN prices
that was the principal feature Of the
crude oil market in this state. Drill