The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05

companies arc anticipating n greatly
Increased business for tho ensuing
year. This applies to both the Em-
plre and Marland companies, each
OF which has here among the largest
refining plants in the southwest.
Both have completed season Of
additional construction and are ready
for full volume OF business. Tho
Empire practically doubled its local
capacity by merging the Indepen-
denco CKan.) plant with the Ponca
city plant, which now has daily
capacity or 10000 barrels OF crude.
The greatest portion OF 1921 was
taken up here by tho Empire In en-
larging It's plant but 1922 IL a DIFF
icrent proposition, and operating on
tho present basis II is estimated that
II will do n forwarding business Of
around 400 cars OF refined products
monthly Tho Marland company
averaged $50 cars "A month out for
1921 but the 1929 business is UNDER
stood 10 DO considerably increased.
The Marllnd oil company, with
headquarters here, now has total
daily production OF crude oil
amounting 10 approximately 1900
barrels something over 240 wells In
G2 different producing areas, many
OF which will yield oil for n long
time. The company has 271 miles
OF pipeline, two refining plants. and
$40 tank cars. The local Marland
refining plant has a capacity Of
$4,000 barrels OF crude daily.
Tom Slick Starting Test.
Tho rig has been completed for
the Tom Slick wildcat test on the
McAdams farm in northern Grant
county, In southwest 20-29-4w. on n
block OF acreage which Slick took
over recently. Drilling will start this
week. Tho Slick test on the Nc
Keenan, farm, In northeast 23-2S.4w,
also in northern Grant, is down 800
feet and Is waiting for 6-inch pipe
To arrive to resume work. Tho Day
OIL company on the Janzen farm, In
northeast 3G-2S-5. Is drilling at about
1.40O feet, with the ~ 1-2-inch cas-
ing at 1850 feet. The National Re-
timing company test on tho Buhler
farm I'm the northeast lj-27-4w, has
spudded in and Is waiting on casing
to continue work. This is tho sec
ond hole started by the company. the
first having to be abandoned because
crooked.
waldo and Bucklln have resumed
drilling at 1880 feet on the Red Hill
block, seven miles west of Medford
In Grant county. This is on the Grad
ley farm In southwest 2S-27-Gw. Gas
was encountered at 1,4G0 and 500
feet A block of leases has been
assembled recently south of Wakita,
In Grant county Drilling is to start
sometime this month.
Nariand Assemblies Lenses.
The Marland and Comar oil COM
panies have assembled a block OF
approximately 5000 acres In the ter
ritory of the Deer Creek field in east
crn Grant county and announcement
from that vicinity is that develop
ment work Is expected In the near
future.
The abandoping of tho Hughes No.
] I'm the Deer Creek field seems to
have been unexpected. A depth of
1900 feet had been reached when
operations stopped and work on
pulling tho easing started. Tho oil
sand in that vicinity Is at 1890 feet.
II Is understood that an agreement
has been reached to drill the test
on the Nanse!ous land. in southwest
lS-25-2e, to n deeper sand. This Is
five miles southwest OF Ponca City.
Marland and several other concerns
are Interested in tho drilling. The
2,lOO foot sand, which Is producing
on the northern edge of the 10l
ranch, contained water In the Van