The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-19
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Offiess e2li W. H. PECK Residence 1442

! ing field being developed right now
and nothing anywhere that demands
! immediate development There "
plenty OF drilling In sight, but II ~
all Of n nature that can wait. Thcrc
are many wells In the Red Beds
country, whorr II takes nearly n
year to get down to the sand. that
could easily bc started now and no
harm done. ana even there iA
disposition 10 walt until conditions
are better.
Frank Phillips Of the Phillips
Petroleum corporation stopped over
a few minutes on hts wav homo YES
tcrdny from the creek county hcld,
whore h" has shut down many of
hts own wells more than thirty, In
fact. ana has prevailed on others
to stop drilling ilmc wells that
would require offsets
In North Texas. the same spirit
prevails. nt least outside of Brcck-
cnridge. ana 1t ~ reported that a
well drilled n short distance west
and triflc north Of tho Vernon well
In WillbarRcr county, hns been
"snckcd In" ana viii not be COM
plctcd until conditions are better
In Texas vcrnncular sacked in
means whore "a swab aud the tools
wrapped III fuHnN -NNtkN, HtF' DN'b
put In the hole and viii hold until
the pipe begins To raise on account
Of the pressure, and they can be
Withdrawn.
This IL all good business as the
oil viii be Just as oily II left In the
ground, whereas the farmer " oh
ligcd To sell his hogs and cattle
when they are fat. no matter how
the market X. Tho main thing here
that is necessary To- bring about
permanent prosperity Ia better
freight rates. It costs n hundred
dollars car more, to ship n car
load of fuel oil from southern Kan
yas TO Omaha than for u car of coal,
and the carload Of coal will weigh
| Approximately 10000 pounds the
| most.
A shipment to Chicago. whore the
| fuel oil rate " low, would cost
s2i4.20 q car for 10000 gallons.
| and n carload OF coal would go over
the Same route for ss3.25. and would
weigh approximately 10000 pounds
more than the fuel oil
Tho question then IL not whether
petroleum products are advanced on
u percentage basis. or on flat
J rate: but the whole situation should
| bc gone into and a general revision
| made. Fuel oil IL easier to handle
than coal; IL all loaded and car
ried In refincrs' cars: and IL no
| more dangerous or In any way en-
titled to higher rates, than coal. II
should he on u preferential basis, as
the entire country depends on IT,
not only for light and heat, but for
better and moro economical fuel un-
der the boilers in manufacturing
plants.
A trainload Of fuel oil shipped
from Ardmore to Pittsburgh costs
more money for freight than the
fuel oil costs. 1t IN this sort OF thing
that needs romedying. and the
chances are that something will be
done In tho Immediate future that
win mako 1t possible to do business
nut OF the narrow and restricted
territory now open to mid-continent
refiners.
The following is the way the stu.
alton IL viewed at Okmulsee. II In a
wonderful statement OF facts, and
shows the great change that hal
been wrought by Independent inter.
ests during tho last few years.
Okmulgse standing Fat.
by CHARLES O'NiclIL.
Secretary OF okmuigcc Chamber Of
Commerce.
OEMULGEE. Dec. lS.---Okmulge'
, pressed over tho prorating order o
, the Prairie Pipe Line company re-
ducing the oil runs 20 per cent, ant
the CONSENSUS OF opinion amonJ
operators here IL that the producer
win follow the suggestion Of tho pipe
. line companies and curtail operation
that there viii be no cut In oil prices
: The action OF tho Prairie company II
. itself does not seriously affect thu
N al t.4t.
other pipeline companies buyinl
r crude In this field. several OF whicl
, are paying premiums as high as Z
} cents n barrel
r A careful check OF the Okmulge
4 county district made ut the end q
/, | October shows that Is pipe lin'
companies were buying oil In tn
lOkmulgec field during october an
:. that the daily average runs for tn
o month wcro b6,236 barrels. OF thi
70 amount tho prairie company ran a
g average of S.i39 barrels daily fror
I, l.1Si wells, or about II per cent q
the oil being produced in this dis
trict. Tho Texas Company mad
d average runs OF 1895 barrels frof
l. the Okmulgeo field daily during DC
Z, tober and the runs of some OF IN
I. other companies are given as TO
lows: Empire. b.1st; Phillips III
II Grade Refining company, 6,5la: lr
r diahoma. 4,320: Producers h Refir
y ers, 4.4SO; Cosden Pipe Line. SOS
{. other companies running crude froi
n this field are as follows Sinclat
n Gulf Pipe Line, Crown Pipe Lin
I. Pierce OH corporation. Allied RefiT
q ing company, Lake Park Refinin
j. company, Shaffcr Oil n Refinin
company, Sapulpa refining con
lpany. Wooster OH company, Tram
- / Nj ~
,, Il. company.
:, Tho Okmulgee field includes u
y, Kingwood or Deaner pool In N
| mort Invest corner OF Okmulgce couI