The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-08
OIL MAnKrr QUOTATIONS.
Aa Expert Opinion

J. NJ. Sands, consulting geoloRiHt.
ana John Kane OF Barticayillc are
lust back from "a trp TO Mexico,
Whcro they iuyuhlgated conditions
for the Phillips Petroleum company.
and at the request Of Tho World
AiL sands has made "a comprch'n-
tiyO report aB TO COnditiOuH ana has
Wiitt,n an exceedingly entertaining
story OF his experiences. Ills letter
IuliuWa.
Having Just returned from trip
through tuo oil nclGB south %
IdmpIDo. Mexico, thought "A BRIEF
summary Of our trip might be in
terestlug TO you or your readers.
we entered MoXico by way OF
Brow neville, having taken "A through
sleeper from Houston, Texas, 10
Tampico. We had no trouble cross
iug the border, but found the raii-
road service very poor ON account
OK The strike among the railroad
employees ana worn out lucOmdtlyoa
which were attached to our tram.
IT therefore took us three days 10
got frum Brownsville to Tampioo.
Soldiers were mounted guard on tho
platforms OF all the cars, but this
was probably moro to keep the
hordes OF bcggara from getting into
the cars ana stealing tnan from
country that We passed through dur
ing our whole trip seemed TO DC very
peaceful 0nd outwaTdly VOL dis
posed towards Americans.
We found Tamplco very active,
the narrow streets making 1t dan
gorouB at times on account OF the
numerous large trucks and auto
mobiles travelling on those hticots.
Tho most of the supplies for the OH
4. l.a
the United states and Europe ar
rive by steamer, and although there
is large wharf there with up-to-
date cranes and unloading facilities.
We found that practically every berth
along these dOcas was continuously
filled, with many boats In midatrunm
waiting for their turns. These boats
with "A large number OF tankcrB load
ing with oil made the IAnuCO river,
upon which TampiCO is situated, IA
very busy waterway At ono time
we counted 4O large tank steamers
and frcighters In tnia river.
From the entrance TO this river
TO Tampico Is four miles, ana three
miles above TampiCo is the dock OF
tho East Coast oil company (sub.
sidlary OF the Southern Pacific Rail
way company. on both banks OF
the river for this whole distance OF
seven miles are docks, tank farms,
refinerics and other activities which
with tho exception OF the tcdcrai
docks at the city OF TampiCo and
the large refinery docks and tank
farm belonging to the Royal Dutch
Shell interests aro practically ali
owned by American companies. The
magnitude of the work accomplished
ana tho expenditure OF capital In
creating ali OF this development
made one proud OF the American
people and In particular the'oil men
who had accomplished 80 much un-
der considerable handicap.
I'VE found that we were able to
visit tho oil fields south OF Tampico
by automobile over very fair roaus
along pipe line right-of-ways.
Tho large way III which the oil
business is handled may 90 ostimat-
cd from the number OF pipe lines
running into that field. The most
important of these ara as follows
The Aguila OIL company (Royal
Dutch she'll, two eight-inch and two
lO-inch lines, $4,000 barrels daily
capacity. Corona on company
CRoyal Dutch SHIELD. one eight-inch
and one i0-inch line, 5000 barrels
daily capacity; Mexican Petroleum
company, one lO-inch and three
ttknL~lutn Ilnttt llN,VNN Hbll tln
daily capacity. TranscUutinent0l Pc
troleum company, three eight-inch
tines and one 10-inch line, 10000
barrels daily capacity; Cortez on
company, one 10-inch and one eight
inch and one siN-inCh, 5000 barrels
daily capacity: Texas Company ono
l0-inch line, $4,000 barrels daily ca
pacity: Mexican Gulf, two eight-inch
lines, $4,000 barrels daily capacity,
and a number OF other American
companies running oight-inch lines
with "a capacity OF 22,bO0 barrels
daily capacity each.
In the northern part OF the
southern field which was the first
to be developed ana which has pro-
duced several hundreds OF millions
OF barrels OF oil we found 10 have
gone very largely To salt water. and
therefore the work OF development
has boen pushed farther south, the
large development now being In
southern Amatlan, XacamiNtle, To-
teco and Cerro Azul. While all OF
those fields look nv though they