Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
NATIONS OIL MEN TO
MEET IN NEW YORK
WIN Discuss Problems Of Furnishing
supplies Clamorcd for by
Various Industries.

Men fepresenupg approximately
100 per cent OF the petroleum pro-
duotlon anl refining OF tho United
States and abuut 75 per cent ~ the
Mexican output ara iu Scw York
city IN conference with Mark J."
Requa, federal administration re
gRrding what some - them declared
ia "thc graycst fuel oil situation this
country has ever known
Many Industrial plants already are
n,B'ly out Of fuel oil. u WLs asserted
Al The office ~ Mr. Eequa which Ia
being opened at No. g. broadway. u
was gaid that more than 400 urgent
calls Tor fu'i on hy industrial plants
are In his hands Some ot these ap-
pealA are from large concerns whose
plants are dependent entirely upon
petroleum Tor power Many OF them.
II was added are almost entirely out
OF fuel
Leading men in the oil industry
made Il plain that In their opinion
The United Stnteg aud Great Britain
now are almost entirely dependent
on Mexico for crude oil They de-
clared that not enough petroleum II
being produced In Texas In the mid
continent fields and on the Pacific
ctau to meet requirements They
said that IL any revolutionary or po-
lltical disturbances In Vera Cruz and
In TRmaullpas should stop Ahlpments
from Mexico. many industrial plants
In the United States and In Great
Britain will have 10 close
Much Depends on MEXICAN supply.
III by any cataclysm Of nature ~
MaNinan oil oh a
unavaila BILE, the government viii find
Itself compelled to adopt drastic
measures TO cut down the use of pc
troleum." Edward l.. Doheny, ono of
the largest producers of oil In Amer
lea, Nid. Petroleum and petroleum
products consumed for pleasure and
for many business purposes would
have TO be cut Oft In order that IA
sufficient supply may be available
for naval and military require
ments,"
The cause Of the shortage, Mr.. Do-
heny said, Ia due principally To the
fact that many tank steamships have
been taken out OF the United Ststes-
Mexican service and are now being
used to transport petroleum Ia
Europe. There are not enough tank
ships available 10 bring oil here In
sufficient quantities to met require.
ments,
More ships and lncreased produc-
tion are the remedies which Mr.. Do
heny said are necessary 10 apply TO
get permanent relief he che raclert
ixed the fuel oil situation all along
the Atlantic coast and MS far south
as the Rio Orandc river aa bad
lie says his company has contracts TO
deliver about s,0e0, 600 barrels Of oil
year to plants along the New Eng.
land coast, and now Il IN trying TO
carry out it's contracts when .ully
one-hnif the number OF tank steal.
ships belonging 10 II have been req
uisitioned by the government
The industries OF New Engla nd
require much more fuel oil than
formerly because of war orders" he
said. "lf YOU ADD the complexities
~ this situation 10 the difficulties re-
suiting from q decreased supply. II
Gsnskes u very plain that the fuel oil
problem IN q difficult one The same
situation applies all along the coast
~ far south as Texas"
Mr.. Dohcuy advocated higher
price for crude oil, He says the cos,
Of production warrants u.
Conferences between the oil Inter-
ests and Mr.. Requa we're held yester.
day afternoon at tho general offices
Of the Standard OIL company, No. 20
Broadway II was officially an
nounced that the general situation
was discussed and that there was no
attempt at price fixing. Besides Mr..
kequa there were present A. G. he'd
ford. chairman of the board OF di.
rectors OF the Standard OH company;
Y. 9, Lufkin. president of tho Texas
company, George \. Dawson, presi-
dent OF the Gulf company; u. l.. DO.
hsny, president Of the Mexican Pc
troleum company; II n. Sinclair,
president Of the Sinclair oil and Re-
fipinE company. J, W. VanDyke.
president of the Atlantic Refining
company; J, II, Markham, n pro-
Queer; w G. TeaEie president OF
the Standard oil company OF New
Jersey, T., W. Clark. vice president
OF the Union OF company; represent
inK the reflners OF California; DIR,
Van II, Manning OF the Burean OF
Mines. Washington; n. Messer. presi-
dent Of the National Petroleum asso-
citation; j. r. Cosden, representing
the Western Petroleum Refiners
association: W. n. Parish, president
Of the Qulf Coast OIL Producers
association, and Frank Haskell, pres-
ident OF the Mid-Contlnent oil and
Gas association, These men com
pose the Petroleum War Service
committee.