The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-05
F0ur oil PoOis opened Up on
Mariand oil Company n 1920

pONCA CITY, Okla, Feb. -
The distinction Of leading all oihcr
companies In tho midcunlincnt tieId
I'm auccrasful wildcat operations dur
ing 1920 ia claimed by the Marland
Refining company and Kay county
Gas companies Of puncn city, sister
concerns. These opened four on
tircly now pools In Kay ana Usage
counties. Seventy min" oil woIIs
with "a total initial production OF
lb,lbb barrels. were completed duf-
ing the year. Tho pipe lino runs
during 1890 incrsascd considerably
over 1919. Tho 1920 runs were
l.S2a,362 barrels and the 1919 were
t.Oi6,O7i barrels.
The Ponca city refinery or tho
Marland company was increased
during 1920 from n $500 barrel
skimming plant to barrel
complete refinery. and the storage
capacity here was increased l,oOO,-
600 barrels. while, the tank cars
bought during the year nearly dou-
blcd the number owned the previous
year. Tho output OF the companies
gasoline plants increased 20 per cent
over 1919.
The pipe limo department had In
| pDtTttlpfl bIl Jhilhhi - ''~'f
total OF 23i miles OF pipe lines COM
pared to 100 miles in operation II
wear before. This department was
| also operating II pump stations az
the close OF 1920, an Increase OF rive
during the year The station stor-
age of $4,000 barrels on January !.
| 1890, was Increased TO l77.OOO bar
rcls at the beginning OF this year.
| Tho pipe line system was connected
up with seven producing oil fields
during the year.
on January |, this year, the pipe
| lines were running oil from 252 wells
on 81 leases aa compared with l4l
wells on 2S leases on January |,
1890.
In the Gas Department.
The Kay County Gas company
consumers increased at tho rate OF
one "a day during 1870, due particu'
lnrly To the rapid growth Of Poncn
CITY. The company CompGtcd II
gas wells with n total open flow ca
pacity OF 100000 cubic feet. and
4 laid 30 miles of S-inCh and nine
miles of 6-inch gas mHina 20 deliver
gas from Usage county to distribut
ing lines.
The Marlaud Refining COMPANY
started the branch sales department
during 1920 and now controls ntu'
filling stations and 80 distributing
stations. The homo office building
one Of the finest In the southwest
was completed hero during the pas
year, 60 homes were built Tor ON
e ployos. and accident and health In
> suranCe for all employees were addc,
to tho group life insurance poliCl
taken out In 1910,
Hickman Pooi Leads,
, The Hickman pool In western
, Osagc, one Of tho four new field
, opened 10y Mnrland In 1920, contin
q ucs 10 bc the cou,cr of attention II
!. this section OF the state. Many pre-
dict that IL viii become Hnotho
Cushing. The pool Is now produc
ing better than $500 barrels daily
Z with several additional wells at TIA
: critical stage. These should duuhl
- tho present production. New loca
tiuus are being made ana new rig
being started daily. The Marian
company has unloadCd 81 cars q
. material at kaw city FOR use IN de
- yolopments,
other companies, operating In tn
:, Hickman district. are the Producer
" X Rcfiuvrs, Laurel oil company
w Gutfoy Gillespie, Twin state and Sin
clair. The Kay County Gas com
pany has completed field stcaI
y pump In the Hickman territory, thu
= doing away with temporary ticl
" pumps, II has a capacity ~ 500
barrels daily into ponca city, an
the storage capacity Is 1000 barrel