The Morgan City daily review., 1919-05-08

mas sought every quarter for outlets for the production Of
field.
(Telegam)
A. Edson Division Director of Railways, Kansas City,
Mo, December 18TH
A has DEVELOPED at Pine Island owing to cessation
OF shipment fuel oil for that will unless relieved
practically produc
ton If this situation will hardship all
producers in hat section Speaking for the Louisiana Company
will continue take crude from this field until all available
tankage probably JAN
thought that this first class fuel oil perhaps could
with of the railroads under jurisdiction for
sale of fuel oil which will afford least relief Field
price Of this crude s55
cerned would be glad deliver aboard Lewis free of
charge Can outlet period of 80 days at
January lst for 10000 barrels This would
producer around make their
for future disposition of their production
F. w. Weller New York, December 49, 1919
Your postal eighteenth Our the Pine Island
territory entirely by obligations
not in position this time take of produc
meantime, seeing that it the canceng of govern
principally responsible for the congestion
in the Pine Island field efforts being made to interest the
Government behalf of these producers The put be-
fore National Committee the natu
channel of approach and the result of the representations
made that Committee through its Chairman Mr. A. c. Bedford
made direct appeal behalf Of Pine Island to Mr. M L. Requa
in Washington.
NATIONAL PETROLEUM WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE
2 1918
Mr. NJ L. Requa General Director
Div, U. S. Fuel Administration
Washington, D. c.
Dear Mr. Requa:
In view Joint copy
by Of Louisiana Gulf Re-
of Louisiana and the Texas Company from the
Independent Association North Louis
Shreveport Louisiana which has been
Of the National Petroleum War Service
Companies beg to call attention
respecting market outlet which confronts the
the Pine Island section OF the Caddo field IN that
This field ha. been largely developed early
der the United States and the Allies
largely by the The territory
ZION has reeenv been about oo barrels day Since the Sta
promulgated by the Fuel Administration Oil Di
effective this crude has been purchased by the
above companies respective capacities private
purchasers the price of s55 barrel fixed
the plan In accordance Herewith this production
large part of it, through these channels
down The market for this crude has been fur
wholly the United States Government and the
Pine Island degrees a6 degrees gravity and
constituents which would render
suitable refining yields herefron of nphthas and
negligible The market therefore tor TINS OIL
Because of the demand the sudden
collation. Navy Oil and the lack of other out
production the Standard Oil Company OF LOUISIANA
gave notice producers this field November 18th 1918
that for this crude is about A0U bar
re and purchases the rate OF about
until this shall have been led and
that will discontinue handling rne IS
land crude Under existing circumstances this storage will be
filled the 4th or 5th proximo
By of the general market conditions tine exas
Company gave TO- 1913 and until otherwise
ordered that will take oil in the Pine Island
wells from property from hh 1t was
not ON OIL and also that soon become nee
essary that district IN whicn event. OH
ed y the would placed the same basis
other oil
Purchasers production by the Gulf Refining Company
of Louisiana have been small
The indicated has become Immediately necessary
through lack Of storage capacity which place the purchased
productions
possible given to the producers IN the
other markets and thus remove the
necessitv for the Pine Island field On the 18TH
rnt the Standard of Louisiana endeavored TO
the Regional DIRECTOR of Railways at Kansas City MO,
IN pine Island crude Oil and advised that
the railways requirements this district already taken care
OF under obligations
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