The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-28
1900, 900 Barrels MeSid
Crude BriHg $3.50

ME%IA Texas. No. 27.--The an
nouncement this week that the
Humphreys-Pure oil interests had
contracted with the Standard of In
diana interests for the sale OF a.
100000 barrels of Mexla crude at
S1.50 a barrel. In the face of the
present posted price of rs cents, and
the further statement from authori-
tative sources that at least six pipe
lines would be built TO serve the
new field. aroused the local fra
ternity to near fever pitch.
Colonel Humphreys also stated alta
tho celebration In his honor held
here Tuesday that his interest would
erect a refinery having daily ca
pacity OF between 10000 and 10000
barrels OF crude at Houston. and
that still another large plant would
be erected at Mexia. This announce
ment came in connection with the
statement that work would start at
once on the Humphyers-Pure Oil
Pipeline company pipeline TO a point
near Houston.
The Humphreys Pure OIL line will
tun from Mexia to Houston and will
run an eight-inch line. according TO
latest information at hand. The
surveys are now being made and II
is understood that formal announce
ment will be made when all right
OF way has been secured and when
a site Is finally selected on the Hous-
ton Ship Channel for the large re-
finery., Several sites are under con
sideration and until selection Ia
made officials will make no state
ment.
Line 10 Waco
The purchase OF crude by the
Standard interests will probably he
handled through a line which will
be built from Eastlapd county TO
Mexia by the Sinclair Pipeline com
pany. II In also reported that the
Prairie is considering tn eadvisabi
of building line also to assist in
handling this large crude purchase.
Six Tentative Routes.
The Sinclair is surveying six ten
tative routes for tho pipeline--to be
either or 10-inch-from Eastland
county. and final decision will be
reached at meeting 20 he held IN
Chicago this week. j. Il. Manion,
president OF the Sinclair Pipeline
company, left Tulsa Tuesday night
for Chicago TO attend the meeting.
The size OF the line will also he
decided at this meeting. The line
will be Approximately $50 miles IN
length and the cost Is estimated at
close 10 S1,b0O,O00
Sinclair operates an ciRht-inch line
from Healdton, okla. south to East
land county, Texas, which has
maximum capacity OF about 1000
barrels daily. but at this time ls
handling but one-third OF this
amount,
The Magnolia Petroleum company
is rushing work on its six-inch line
from the tank farm AZ Mexia to
Brown station. and at this time n
is stated the company has no in
tention OF doubling the line or other
wise increasing its capacity. The
Magnolia has placed orders for
seventy-fiVe SO 900 barrel steel st or
aPe tanks to be erected at Brown
station and at MeNia.
Humble and Texas Building Lines.
The Humble Pipe Lire company is
now stringing pipe for an s-inch line
from the company's tank farm at
Groesbeck to Hearne has been COM
4s miles where connections will he
made with the cnSnpany's S-inch line
from north Texas Material Is be-
'ng purchased for an additional g.
inch line 10 parallel the main line
from north Texas to Webster on the
gulf coast. After the line from
Groesbeck to eHarne has been com
pleted II is expected that the line
will be doubled, thus making Il pos
eible early next year to run around
$4,000 barrels a day from Mexia.
The Humble expects 20 complete
It's line between Groesbeck and
Hearne before the first OF the year.
The company no whas 10 b5,000-bar-
rel steel tanks ready for oil at Groes-