The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-16
in THE OIL FIELDS
Office; 624i W. II. PECK Residence z442
w. II. PECK

NOwry shHlo, demonstrates that
practically 90 per cent OF tho oil
comes from sands contiguous. or
very nearly 80. 10 tho MOwry shaic,
ana that tho further the sands are
from tho Mowry Hhalo the less ro-
duciivo they seem to be. His map
OF tho MOwry shalo area shows that
with practically no exceptions. the
producing light oil fields arc In this
Mowfy shHlo. Finally he demon
stratod that a number OF tests on
favorable structures outside OF the
Mowry zone have proved sterile. In
the end. the paper had most every
body convinced n ~ conclusions
arn truo, thcy arc not by any means
favorable 10 western Kansas, parts
~ Utah ana parts of Montana,
whero the Mowry Hhaie does not
exist
Tho theory OF downward mlgra
tlou uf oil was also touched by MIR.
Gos. who does not seem 10 favor II.
on this point ho had several eastern
geologists against him This theory
admits that oil can and does mi
crate downward under certain
conditions. IL II we're definitely
proved that sometimes oil migratcs
downwatds. n would be very
ihNpidNl' W u''N'I uilltlnK III ttIT
tain fiolda whore the lower forma-
tions do not appear To be favorable
In which TO originate oil.
Clark Tells About Kcvin.
An excellent paper on "a new
field, was the ono by T.. II. Clark.
about the Kevin field In Montana.
II Is intcresting TO know that In this
field oil has been produced on or
near the top Of tho Madison lime
stone, This brings the Madison
limestone 10 tho front This fotma-
tion has apparently only been tested
In ono structure In Wyoming,
Crystal Creek; Il does not, however.
produce oil In Soap Greek, over the
Montana line. The Madison should
DO tested In some OF the numerous
structures producing oil from the
Embar. such as Bolton Greek, Poison
Spider and Dallas.
Marqunrdt and Ellison.
Two papers ON tho professional
status OF gcoloEists were read: the
ono by Ernest Marqunrdt. geologiat
and vice president OF tho New York
on company. ana tho other by H..
y Ellison, yiCa president of tho
Midwest Refining company. Mr.
Marquardt, after tclliiE us that this
was his maiden effort, proceeded
TO read In very clear volco. n very
excellent paper on THE Position of
the Geologlst in an oil Field" Pos
sibly because II scared to what lofty
heights a geoioglst may aspire, tho
paper found favor with everybody.
He argued that owing TO their train
Ing and experience. mining engineers
were managing tho mines all over
tho country. that for the same rea-
son. mechanical engineers were run
ming the shops and Industrial cnRi-
neers the manufacturers. IL was
reasonable therefore that petroleum
biologists should run tho oil fields.
Mr.. Marguardt, who is managing
an oil company. seems to prove that
they eau. Naturally enough there
was no objection to the reador'i
conclusions. II would be interest
Ing as an antldoto, to hear what the
general field manager OF the Hippo
potamus oil company of Wyoming
has to say on the subject.
Mr.. Ellison told us what tho oil
company expects OF n goologist; II
expects a whole lot. IL has bccn
said that a man 10 bo perfect In
business or In anything needs nine
qualities. and that II no has four
OF these qualities no would be very
successful as foreman, that IL ho
has seven OF these qualities he could
qualify as president OF tho United
States. MIR. Ellison only asks "A go-
ologlst to have eight of these quail
ties. Tne flVe-minute limit to dis
cussion prevented the hearing OF the
protests of several geologlsta against
Mr.. Ellisons statement that geolo-
glsts must expect to be satisfied with
faals aI.sN n .s.N
I'm the profits, After the close of
tho discussion several geologlsts
brought out the fact that IN mum
ber OF cases. tho foresight. judg-
mont and energy OF the geologlsts
had been solely responsible for the
discovery OF new fields which had
made immense profits for their
companies. II seemed unfair, there
fore, that the geologlst should not
expect some participation In the
PROFITS, however. small. These ge-
ologlsts brought out that in some
of the more important companie'
employing large staffs. IL might be
difficult to decide TO whom the cred
II was due, but that In the case OF
smaller companies, or Independent
biologists this was not always the
case, Mr.. Eilson's paper wa,
scholarly. very human and favorablS
accepted
liintfe Good Speaker.
Ono OF tho qualities which some
OF the gelogosis In fact a good many
Of them, did not have. was tho ora
tors quality. Some OF the papers
were so mumbled out that no one
could hear them; other papers were
read out clearly enough but did not
have the important points empha-
sized. Mr.. Hintze, geologist OF the
Producers & Refiners, certainly
stood out as a lecturer: he had a
very excellet paper on "Oll Aocumu-
lation in Relation TO Periods OF Fold
ing" The large colored diagrams
he used were very effective In dem.
onstratlng his theories. These the
ories explain that tho various anti
cllnes met in n region may not yet
have been folded, which Is generally
the one nearest TO the mountains
may tray tho first oil. In conse-
uuence. by the time tho second line