The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-22

years. is now being used on Marland,
Eovanu. Sinclair ana fomc other
wells in tho western Usage with the
fun approval OF the Indian depart
mont officials who lSye issued
strict regulations that an gas must
boz conserved. A campaign TO COM
pei tho adoption OF this method IN
the Bliss -Tonkawa field, is miles
southwest OF Ponca city, and ulti-
matoly in other gas fields. ~ just
now being inauguratcd. u Is uu-
derstood that an order from the
state corporation commission will
be requested.
II Is claimed for this new eystcm,
known locally as the KyEar, that it
will conserve all tho gas absolutely.
| u ~ admitted, too, that tho we'll
| that IS producing oil and gas to-
| gether Will not have as big flow OF
| oil during the first period while tho
| gas ia being conserved but that ulti-
mately the company gets all the oil.
| II is claimed for this system that it
saves all the gas that under other
| methods IS lost Tho system is the
child Of Dan w. Kvgar OF this city,
| general superintendent for the Kay
County Gas company
The adoption Of the system came
| about in the western Usage az the
| result OF one OF the operating COM
/ panles In that field drilling in a Eas
| ana oil well without notifying the
| Indian department authorities or the
/ Kay County Gas company which
| holds a gar lease on big portion Of
/ the western Usage, that gas had
/ been struck. Officials OF tho gas
| company complained to the Indian
! dana Y0nFpgRnlQtiNpR and
| showed that n lot OF gas was being
| wasted daily by being permitted to
! blow Off into the air. The matter
! got 10 attention OF j. George
| Wright, the Usage Indian superiu-
tendont and he gave Kygar author
ity to conserve the gas IL 1t could be
| done.
Makes Big Saving.
In the meantime the gas had
been blowing Off into tho air for
about ninety days. 1t IL said that
the drilling company paid a fine for
not properly notifying the authori-
ties, but claimed that, the well hav-
Ing been drilled in, the gas could
not be saved. At the time authority
10 conserve the gas, n possible, was
given, about o half million feet was
being saved. Following the installa-
ton of tho separator or trap by
Kygar, n total OF 100000 cubic
feet OF gas daily was saved for a
period of the first 30 days, or "a total
Of 0O000,000 cubic feet,
The kygar plan i5 separator
that separates the oil from the gas
Immediately upon the flow OF tho
two together from the well. Through
"A flow pipe they enter a larger con-
tainer together; the gas has n ten
dency to ascend when not clio ly
confined, and the gas naturally goes
upward through vents that are pro-
vlded into another Containcr, while
tho oil is conducted into the flow
tank. Other equipment Is provided
which iusures absolute separation of
any gas and oil that may flow to-
gothor from the main coutaner.
A ball-bearing valve, which, IL Is
understood. Is not provided In any
other valve used for such purposes
is the big secret OF Kygar's success
| He Is now working on a valve OF
= similar pattern which will be used
= In connection with tanks OF oil, 50
that in case of fire the crude may
= be run from the bottom Of the tank
and saved. These are now beinl
completed to install in the MarlanC
. tank farm here.
~ was
II ~ admitted by officials OF tho
d, Kay County Gas company and tn,
Msrland OIL company, the paren
, concern, that the life of the usua
!, gas field may be prolonged owe
!, many years through the installation
q OF traps and separators that viii alb
4 sOlutely conserve the gas. The!
. maintain, for instance, that the III,
4 OF the gas production in the Bliss
Tonkawa field would cover a loni
period. and that 1t would be possible
to have industrial Eas from tina
field in addition to gas for domesti
purposes. The leases of the Mar
, land and associate companies In tina
field extend over a considerable
portion OF the gas-producing area
= and the officials .aIntalu thts uel,
+ could be prolonged almost indefin
= itely with proper conservation meth
y DDS that would absolutely conserve
!, Not long after the Bllss-Tonkawi
4 field---which was discovered onl
!, last August-came in, an order wa
= Issued by the corporation commits
!, sion looking to the conservation o
: gas there ana a special officer wa
% placed in charge to enforce tn
8 commisslons order. \ general pro
gram OF mudding Off gas sands, 4
r order to save the gas, has been pu
+" In effect very successfully and thi
l. ia being followed by ali companie
d operating there, The gas productio
n Is very heavy, there being seyerl
Ia producing sands, and over 100000,
" 600 cubic feet daily has been dc
d veloped there thus far. In one in
r. stance, however, because of not haN
X. ing proper traps or separation
g there has been waste of 10000, 90
p cubic feet daily from one we'll, tn
n amount blowing off into the air.
/ II Is understood that, in order {
d secure proper conservation. the re
% quest OF the corporation commlsslo
II will be made in tho near future /
regard to having proper traps IN