The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
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rrulv "Its an III wind that blows
rob8dy good.
frtie did such men as Andrew
,,,gcorover. William Richards, Il.
n leland, sutton brothers & Edmons
~ many others realize the i'm
s.s,ss Droportions to which the busi-
..ss OF extracting gasoline from nat
m,o1 r8s would grow. The pres
erra of gasoline In natural gas was
sr.t discovered in the early eighties
res above named men and many
aiber operators OF natural gas trans
,or-attoa lines, experienced a great
5si rf trouble with condensation in
Ie lines. II was soon discovered
NAT this cOndensate was gasoline
and dr.ns were installed in low places
ord saes along the lines to accu-
~rlate and permit the removal OF
,5e couIcusate. AS there was prac-
tiaUv no market for gasoline at
tbat time the product was generally
wasted lt least no commercial use
vas made Of it. 1t soon became
r. .Hl..I.o 10 use 1t for boiler fuel
m the leases but the value OF the
nroduet was no incentive for recov-
erIHg lt: it was simply a matter Of
eliminating an Objectionable Operat-
mg condition.
BECOMES a Commercial Product.
Ii Us recorded that in 1903 sutton
brothers & Edmonds of SisterVille.
". ll first established the business
n collecting this drip gasoline and
marketing It, OF course, their facil-
flies for extracting the gasoline were
very crude. They used the gas line
pressure installed a few cooling
coils and recovered, by this process,
only the heavier gasoline fractions.
The gravity was said to have been
approximately seventy degrees, Be.
This production was collected in
wooden barrels and sold in the vicin-
ly of Parkersburg, w. Va for
blending purposes. 1t is pleasing to
note that the company which pur-
chased this first drip gasoline has
lused natural gasoline In increasing
Quantities every year since that time
and Is today one OF the largest users
This can surely be taken as a force
full testimony OF it's value and use
iulness Andrew Fasenmeyer was
also among the first TO commercial
ize the value of this product.
According TO reliable authorities
the first plant especially designed
and constructed for extracting gaso-
built hy William Richards at May
burg, Pa.
From the time It was discovered
that gasoline would precipitate ont
Of natural gas when subjected to
pressure and low temperature until
about 1907, IL was generally thought
that all natural gas contained gaso-
line in commercial quantities and
quality and there were many plants
OF various designs constructed and
considerable financial loss encoun-
tered before II was learned that only
wet gas could be treated profit
ably.
These plants were generally built
by producers who made provision TO
handle only such gas as was pro-
duced on their own leases, and It
was not until some years later that
sas was purchased for the purpose
Of gasoline extraction. AS the busi-
ness became better established ana
the market for the product was en-
larged, the manufacturers COM
menced buying wet" gas from ad-
Joining leases. This was easily con-
tracted on the basis OF one-half of
the per gallon gasoline selling price
per thousand cubic feet, with no re-
gard for gasoline content. Royalty