The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-26
Gauge ShOWs Okla. d.-Kdn.
Production Considerably
Less Than Estimated

While there has been much dis
CussiOn as to whether the advance
~ 90 cents. November Z. IN the
posted price of Mid Continent crude
was warranted, special check Of
production and disposition OF oil
IN oklahoma and Kansas as OF No
vcmbcr I made by one Of the ma
ior organizations Of this territory
indicates that actual production In
this district TX considerably less
than reported production figures.
This survey, which has Just been
completed reveals graphically for
the first time what Is apparently n
considerable disparity between cur
rent estimates OF production and
actual purchases. OH going to lease
storage and not into pipelines does
not appear in this special actual
gauge OF runs. but IL is said II could
not be anywhere near enough to ac-
count for the disparitios. The fig
urcs show that the industry has not
thoroughly realized the rapid de-
cline iu the daily output OF OKLA
homa and Kansas. and that all esti-
mates AS carried by tho American
Petroleum Institute, u. =. GeoloB,-
cal Survey and other sources Of
publication are higher than the
actual amount OF oil produced and
purchased.
According to the report which
is in the form OF pipeline and re-
finery daily purchases aa OF No
vemher l. the output OF Oklahoma
and Kansas totaled 366. .03g barrels
Oklahoma producing 277.6oS bar
rels and Kansas giving up SS,34i
barrels. Geological Survey figures
of the daily average production of
these states for October totaled
Ia. L.
ing 31S,Al9 barrels to Oklahoma
and gl.l29 barrels TO Kansas.
On approximately tho same date.
November 8, American Petroleum
Institute estimates were 400 900
barrels, divided as follows: Okla
homa. $4,000 barrels: Kansas, 30,
zUu barrels. One other source o:
publication during the same period
carried equally high estimates, run
ming up as high as 4l6,250 barrels
, Tor the combined oklahoma Kansas
| production.
only secondary In Importance to
| the disparity between estimates
and actual purchases is the dIsposl.
| tion of the oil as shown by this re.
! port, OF the total amount ut oil
/ produced In oklahoma, 277,60S bar
/ rels, 10 companies produce or pur'
| chase 2i5.06O barrels or roughly
/ i(.b per cent lntluueu III tnl
| list, in addition to the big com NOR
carriers. are the Cosden Pipe Line
| company and the Empire Pipe Lin,
| company, The Prairie Pipe Lin,
| company. with total of S9,6G7 bar
! rols, leads all Oklahoma purchase
] Of crude. producing or buying ap
I proximately 80 per cent of ita out
put.
4 Where the oil Goes.
Independent retiners, accEding
To the compilation, purchased oni!
4 cess barrels or roughly 22.5 pc
! cent of current daily production
which is divided among 45 differen
refining organizations.
The Kansas division of the repor
shows 22 companies are producing
or purchasing SS,S41 barrels daily. o
this amount the Prairie buys almos
80 per cont. its takings Of oil beini
lO,069 barrels. its nearest Competl
tor being the Empire Pipe Lin
company, which handles 14,333 bar
rels. practically all OF which Is II
own production. Eliminating th
Prairie. Empire and other larg
crude buyers purchases. 1t Is show
: that Independent refineries ar
handling only 1899 barrels Il
kaneas crude daily, or slightly owe
30 per cent of the states daily out
, put
While the accompanying repoi
doHs not take into considerable