The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-13
IN THE OIL FIELDS
OFFICE sait; Residence ait2 rEcK. o. Box 1913.

dusfry. the report that CALI
fOtul, like the Mia. Continent field
7 Is threatened with uu over UTOduD-
ItIou of crude. which. they also state
! lH not serious.
conditions nro oven better here.
] than on The coast, 'Iid Mr. ErDsor.
"Nurh,is for refined Htufta have
| |uUI advanced any out thCio. gasoline
W now 2J cents at filling station"
'Iu california They report three good
wells. two completed by the Potter
on company ono Of the llTusdblI
,OrpOmilou'E subsidiaries. and % third
rv Mr. HIUumfoldE personal come
pAut, composed of BruumfIuId,
ChuUlH ~ li1c. which Is making 100
barrels boo the shallow sand. 10 b.
located BOO the W.h field near Los
Angeles. The rutt,rs tests are ut
Monte Bollo. where tury have "a 100
barrel producer iu COO feet uf sand.
.Tho uil being Light gravity, ana o. sU-
barrel well uu the MgElurirk Front
boo the Midway, Etru county which
proves up piece ut 100 acres TINT
the I1ruFdill corporation has had
patented.
Perhaps the best news that greet
ed them upon their arrival homo,
is the fact that tho Soviet govern
mcut bon l,uwla has given the lHrua-
.duIl corporation carte blanche iu tho
development OF tho famous Huhu
oil u,idH aud tho natural rD.ur,,a
ot tho country BOO southern Russia.
Tho lurusdail corporation hIs had
four cor 1--we men BOO Russia confer
ring win the Soviet government
tho past sis months, aud the results
OF their iuvcstigatiuuB are very salts.
factory said Mr.. EcoaUr. yesterday
These representatives. returned hpmo
last week. and tho complete story Of
their activities. together with n moro
technical explanation of the Ram
age Process" manufacturing gasO-
line, as Mr.. Rccscr explained Ia an
article iu tho world columns just
before his departure for California,
is taken from the Boston News
Bureau, az fOllOWH.
"TWo underlying reasons were re-
spouHiblo for tho recent sharp 0d-
yanccs I'm the board Is shares ot
tho larusdall corporation ono was
the awakening Of wall Street to the
fact that the company had COM
muniCatcd with the Soviet authorities
OF the Trans Caucasian states Of
Russia irou-Clad agreements where
by 10 had exclusive rights To do
Nolop tho natural resources OF the
country ana handle an the products
thereof, and particularly for the de-
vclupmcnt of the rich oil fields Of
nuku. The other was the fact that
Barnsdalls oil experts had perfected
d new motor spirit, called super
Gas" which possesses revolutionary
possibilities In tho automobile in
dustry. But OF this, more later.
International Bnrnsdnll Corporation
Formed.
I'm October. 1921. Henry Mason
Day returned from COnstantinople
with certain dcunito concessions
signed by Rnbinowitch. the author
lied trade representative Of the
Trans Caucasian states OF Soviet
Russia, giving MIR. Day the exclusive
| rights to develop the natural re-
source ana handle all products OF
the country during the life OF the
concessions. International BarnsdnlI
corporation was then formed, IN
which he has n 20 percent interest,
and the Barnsdall corporation n 7j
per cent interest.
Early In January, arrangements
were made for the Representatives
OF the International Barnsdall cor
poratlon 10 80 into Russia, where
every Facility was given them by the
Soviet government for an invostlga-
tion, particularly OF the BalSu oil
fields.
In February Mr.. Day and asso-
clatcs came out OF Russia ana on
March q, tho chief OF the oil di.
vision OF Barnsdall returned to the
United States. bringing with hin
tentative arrangements with Trans
| Caucasian governments by which
tho International Barnsdall corpora
| tion was given the exclusive right
to operate Baku oil fields Tor ,
term Of years. and 10 join with tn,
governments In the marketing OF al
products OF the TrauB-CnucasiaI
countries.
Subject to final agreement AZ IN,
Genoa conference, tho Barnsdall OF
ficials feet thoy viii be able q
lConsummate an agreement along tn
lines indicated, which would TCsul
In the acquiring OF large and valu
liable rights In the woll-known BakI
oil fields and adjacent territory
MIR, Day Eas remained In Europe 70
tho purpose OF concentrating sue
negotiations,
The New "Supcr- Gas"
"ln the latter part OF 1920, a fc'
men Interested In the automobil
. business In and about Detroit. Michl
! gan. came to the Barnsdall corpora
tion and stated they had develope
new product OF oil TO supplar
, gasoline. For considerable perlo
: OF time Dr. a, :, Ramage had bee
working upon n process to manutat
ture this product. and these auto
mobile men had financed the cor
struction OF "A small laboratory
pc.rc.:. From the laboratory stand
: point the process was "a Complot
p success,
The syndicate which had so (
, lnanccd DR.. Ramage's investigation
, desired n conservative. Independent
, oil company to further work out th
process commercially, and seleCto
the Barnsdall corporation.
: Robert Law, 1rp president
. Barnsdall, authorized the head
. the refining department to make a
inspection OF the plant In Detrol
After careful investigation O.
company entered into a contract wit
tho Detroit syndicate for eNclusiN
rights In the United states and Mex
co and agreed TO proceed with th
development on the basis OF con
mcrcial use and sale of the produc
AT the refinery OF the Barnsda
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