The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-26
Sinclair Pipelines
WW PrOUide Relief
For Mid-COntinent

When the Sinclair Pipe Line COM
pany has completed It's new loop
from Drumright to Chicago ana has
extended its Drumrlght-M -Mexia line
to the gulf coast terminal on tho
Houston ship canal. this concern
viii be ablo to move $1,000 20 100
600 barrels daily ont OF the Mid
Continent field as against only about
forty thousand barrels at present
These extensions will be completed
ny next fail, II the present rate OF
progress is continued.
One OF the big problems OF tho
Continent field at present is the
absence OF pipeline connections east
ward--and lines to the Gulf coast
mean the same thing. as they offer
an opportunity for oil to be trans
ported TO the Atlantic coast by tank
steamer. II Is by means of tankors
from Gulf coast ports that refin-
erios on the eastern senboard. which
heretofore have been running on
Mexican crude, will have to fortify
their crude supplies Mt Mexican pro-
ductlon dwlndles. The Pure oil com-
pany already Is shipping oil east
from the Gulf terminal OF its Mexla
line and other companies will do 80
as the lines are completed.
Although It Is difficult TO learn
just how much Mld-COntlnent oil
now Is going into storage, not only
because of the rctlcence of some OF
the purchasers but also because II
would be n monumental task 20
check up on the amount OF oil being
run by the various Independent and
other reflneries In the oil country.
1t ls pertinent to remark in this con-
nectlon that the refineries In the oil
country have perhaps prevented the
posted price OF crude from going
lower. II Is true that they have
had TO pay premiums for crude IN
order TO get II away from the big
purchasers. but they have absorbed
n volume OF oil which, II II had been
thrown on the pipelines. would have
meant an even further congestion.
At present the Sinclair Crude oil
Purchasing company IL running up
ward to 40 0nn harrala 80 crude @
day 10 storage. Approximately
thirty thousand barrels daily ia going
into storage in tho Burbank pool
A few producers In the Bristow field
and other territories are storing oil
but this is not as great factor a'
the two instances mentioned. The
Prairie company Is reported not tc
be storing much crude now. And
according to Henry McGraw's plea
for permission to go ahead drilling
in the Burbank field. the Gulf COM
pany is not obtaining enough crude
TO put much into storage. 1t ~ stor'
Ing In Burbank, however.
Sinclair Pushing work.
According 10 John Manion, presi'
dent OF the Sinclair Pipe Line com
pany, work is being pushed both or
the company's loop on the Drum
rlght-ChiCago line and on the new
line from Mexia 10 Houston. Fol
the 640-mlle Chicago line, there al
ready have been shipped 10 points IN
Missouri and Illinois some 75 miles
OF i2-lnch pipe and 140 miles OF g.
inch. The movement OF pipe for the
Houston line Is Just starting, ].
miles OF S-lnch and five miles oI
l0-inch having been delivered. TIL,
mills are just getting up speed and
now are able TO turn out five milei
OF S-inch, four miles OF 12-iuch an1
one mile OF l0-inch daily.
On the Chicago line are II pumI
stations. to each OF which will bt
added two new Diesel engines and
two pumps. Beginning November
these are expected TO be received a
the rate OF one pump and one en-
gine daily, Crews now are workinl
at each station putting in founda
tioas and preparing for the erection
OF machinery and buildings, Tht
buildings viii be OF interlock!ng tile
with steel frames, steel roof pur
lines and corrugated asbestos roof
nothing inflammahlo anywhere n
the construction, Three pump sta
tlons are to be erected on the Hous
ton line and gangs are now at eacl
location.
on the Drumright Chicago lin
five pipe laying gangs now are n
work in Missouri and Illinois ana IN
number Is expected TO be increase