The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Northern Oklahoma Refinin1
Plants Use 5S, 300 Barrels of
Crude OH Daily

PONCA CITY. Dec. 30.--A total OF
DS,aO0 barrels OF crude oil daily IL
the capacity OF the various oil rcfln-
ing plants, located strictly within
the northern oklahoma terrltory
and including, naturally, the trio OF
plants locaicd just across tho line at
Arltausps city Kan. The LIST i'm
cludes a total OF IN plants.
70 per cent OF which \aro I'm
active operation. An draw their oil
supply from the various producin 2
fields within tho Ponca city or
northern oklahoma district. which
10 now producing around 10000
barrels daily.
The remainder or tho crude, pro-
duced in this district. IL piped eth
or 20 the refining plants AT Tulsa.
Gushing, Yale aud other Oklahoma
points or to the Atlantic and CUT
seaboards. This Is tho center, In
fact. OF the greatest light oil Chat
which contains the most gasoline
contonD district In America. each
ana every barrel bringing the high
est market price being paid for
crude on the gravity scale recently
adopted. Seveuty-three per cent OF
this oil has a gravity OF 81 degrees
Baume, and IS per cent Of
all the oil OF this gravity pro-
duced In oklahoma comes from this
district.
The two active refining plants at
Ponca City-the Marland and the
Emplre-have a total daily capacity
Of $4,000 barrels of crude The Mar
land capacity Is 1900 barrels and
the Empire 5000 barrels. The Mar
land plant represents an Investment
of over S6,000,000 and owns enough
oil producing reserves to continue
this daily supply for tho next 12
years, The Empire company, which
recently merged its Independence,
(Kan) plant with the Ponca City re-
finery, has an Investment OF over
$4,000. .000, and an additional $500
900 in additions and improvements
Is on the program for 1928. The
Empire has an S-inch pipeline to
the Eldorado-Augusta field of south
ern Kansas and a 4-inch to the west
ern Usage. Marland has pipelines
10 tho eastern ana western Usage,
Tonkawa. Covington, CARRIER. Bill
lings, Jennings, Quay. Yale and Mer-
vine fields. Marland is also consid-
H'ing an enlargement OF his plant
during 1928.
The ChampHn Refining company
at Enid has daily capacity OF TO-
600 barrels OF crude and - planning
extensions during 1898 that viii
bring the total up to 5000 barrels
The Bolene company has 1900 bar
rels capacity and Is also contemplo-
ting an increase. It is understood. as
only recently a capital stock In
crease was voted from 100000 TO
S1,00G,0OG. Tho other Enid plant,
the OIL State refinery, has a capacity
of 1900 barrels daily,
Three Plants at Blackwell
The Globe OIL a. Gas, the mod
ern and the Producers Il Refiners
constitute the three plants at Black
well. with daily capacities respec-
lively 2,000. 900 and 2.000 barrels.
Their supply comes principally from
Tonkawa, Deer Greek and north
western Kay county fields Includ-
ing the three plants at Blackwell,
the three at Ponca city and one at
Newkirk, Kay county has seven re-
filming plants. The third plant here
is that of the Meridian Petroleum
company (Bake Parkl, with 500
barrels capacity, now shut down,
while the Pirtle-Pittman plant at
Newkirk has a capacity of 2,OO0
barrels. There Is also a small plant
at Dilworth that has never been OPP
Grated TO any extent.
The Moore refining plant former-
ly the MId-Co) nt Arkansas City. Is
active, with daily capacity of A.
500 barrels, while the kan-O-Tex
capacity is 5000 and the Lesh 1000
The Moore company was organized
during the past year TO take over
and operate the Mid-Co plant, fol-
lowing the appointment Of receiver
for the Mid-Co system. The head OF
this concern Is George Y. Moore.
formerly with tho {. r. Shaffer in
forests IN Chicago. The Intention is,
according TO announced plans, 70 in
crease 20 5000 barrels capacity.
Taken over ny Process
The pirtle-Pittman plant at New
kirk was taken over IN January,
year ago, by the Process Refining
of Oklahoma city and
Dallas, with l.. G. Llbbey. of Dallas,
as president. The intention has been
to operate the plant under new re-
timing process known as the Thiele.
The Usage Mutual OH & Refining
has a plant AZ Pawhuska,
with 1000 barrels capacity, and a
recent announcement was TO the ef-