Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-14
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The Tropical oil Co. controlled 10y
the Benedum- -Trees-Trcat- Crawford m
terests of pittsburg. was mcofporat'u
in Delaware. June 3, 1916. Recontiy y
merged with the international Pc
troieum 90, (Ltd). Subsidiary OF the
STANDARD oil Company OF New Jersey.
The plans OF the merger call for the
organization OF now international
Petroleum CO. U4td) under the laws
of Canada IL In claimed that the
merger will be Of advantage To poth
companies as the international IL
producing. refining and marketing
organization and the Tropical pro
ducing company with no adequate
facilities for distribution.
The international Petroleum Co was
Incorporated In Canada in 1914 ana hc-
auired control Of three British corpora
tIon, the London & Pacific Petroleum
60. (rad) and the Lagunites on 90.
| Itd). both producers and the west
Coast oil Fuel Go. tLtdD marketnhk
concern II operates In Peru win
refinery and shipping port at i"Iarh.
The Tropical oil Co. acquired the
| lands Of the De Mares concession ~"
! area Ia estimated to hC between S'"""'-
| 600 and 5000 900 acres. The COMPANY
| has exclusive rights To the products VI
the suhsofl aud 10 tho use VI any
government lands In Colombia Tor pui
noses of laying pipe lines ana tne
privilege 10 condemn or pay and nrh'-
| trntc for private property Tor TINS pui
pose. Probably $1,0Oo.o00 has been
| src.nt In development The problem oi
! thh company is principally one of trans
! ubrtatinn II la 400 miles to tidcwat"r
| .h tho caribbean coast through heavy
| frouicnl Jungle A pipe !ino from IN"
IEyeils to tho Caribbean CoRst incinhlhE
Iaumping stations. tank storaE" ahu
Heading facilities. VIII cost between ai''-
| 400 OOO and 800 600 900 In view OF inc
\ mcrcer oC this company with ~" S'hn"
l1rd oil interests IL is assumed that ne
yelnpment operations ou this property
win so foryvarc on large s'nl"
The RnrCe concession occupies W" 81
r,o ,,,tbnrn prr, of he Department of
Saptander dcl NOrto ard is 9tha'''l
diroctlv opposite tho proven oil fields of
tho Naracnihc region of N"neau"ia- ne
onrossicn contains about no" o"o
,crea MANY aeopagoa and springs ~
birh grade ~ occur throughout the
nropc,ty From ono such spring Gen
.r,l Earcc has dipped from u 10 ~
barrels nr hiEh grade oils Ucr 'aN NM
| tuu II Through crude refinery VIII"
he constructed uu tho property
This concession was taken over ~
~, s,r;b Svrdicate Ifd1 tAmerlcanl
), ,of- Tbis sompanv wnR incorpora' I
"a in New work in 1915 Tho '"n'es-
| sion carries the privilege ~ the exrl"l
tatinn ~ asphalt and coal The govern
mont - IL receive 10 per cent ~ ~"
rr,se r,ndurt,on and re'ainH certain
other measures ~ control Inc Fr"
syndicate new has 2a per cent in'"t
sIs,taFF
auhaifiarv of the Royal Dutch "hioh
has 500. 600 acroa in Venezuela
After considerable exploration work
~ ,be parcn property the Garth Svndi
,otc transferred three -fourths - its ~
.eresf therein "a the Colombian Fetro'
lonn 90 tthe Dohertv int"rests II
. I,ittahurel This company ia to ~
tho .iovolormcnt work on a ROYALTY
basis aud alreaCfy he's commenced 2 w'I
+. III. hanks nf tho Rio del orc. ~
/ prax,uatrIv 400 wards from tho bit
. ,yalI of The tolon Development 80 u
Venezuela Drilling machinery to
several wells IS being imported through
Venezuela Ma Lake Naracaiho and tn
Cataturnre River
4 Tho following cotrpa uies have mani
u tested an interest iu the petroleum re
Z srurcae ~ Colombia either ~ aCquiai
tion Of property through purchase
lease 81 CorceRston hv exploration 9
r l,y resident observation
!, Prudential OH 60, Gulf oil & Trans
? port O.. Cinclair oil co. Island oi'
Traraportatinr Co. standard on !"
Union nil C.o ~ Ca1Tr7r}ia. Atlantic "
, 90. Martinez Oi 60. CartaEena ou lie
fnins 80 Tolima oil & Refining to
i. Tropical oil 60. Colombian Petroleum
= 90. oarih Syndicate s. clair OIL 20
It Aaroneon Tntercets ~ oklahoma. Thre
. sea Petroleum 90. Che Kelly inter
Al estsl Atlantic C;ulf & West Indies 90
Trarecoutinental OIL 60. 0he Renedun
2; Trees interests Leonard Exploratio
% 90. Emerald oil Co Gurey -tiiIIespi
d OH Go West India on Go. ~ Texal
r Antiequia Petroleum Co, MsgdsIen
:, River & Coast oil Co. Midco 90
. Tulsa. Narlard Refining Co. Nations
Petroleum co tcomposed OF prominer
: colombian citizens and the Rradfor
Colombia on Go
Vi British companies RaTfour william
= Co 1Adn Of Peru. colombian Muhr
AZ e Fxploratior 20. tItd ,. Iobttcs G
CO I.tdn of Peru. ROYAL Dutoh she
I. Anglo Persian GtdA. the Alvcz Finar
cial group OF London and the Ieul
+ financial interests Of London