The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-12
In the Oil Fields
Mudding OF Gassers as
Conservation Measure Is
prooram in Neic Field

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n-oauction Of approximately two
bupdrod million cubic feet, Is one OF
,bs important programs followed In
~. Mid Continent field at the pres
.t time. a special representative
~ the state corporation commission,
.yb,rh has Jurisdiction In conserva-
,,p matters, is on the ground all
,n. time. watching conditions and
.,yerseeing the mudding off of gas
sands
s,rg, in the Mid-Continent field I'm
a.. old cushing district, being
,5opted there during 1915 and en-
f,rrad through federal jurisdiction.
Fyrfr's went throughout the field
D., order to conserve the gas. Prior
4, ib1t wear tho waste OF gas in that
fIeIa had been enormous. Since that
,we however. this process has been
used extensively throughout the field
total of six wells IN the Bliss
To,kawa district has boen mudded
aff thus far and other companies
ors doing this work at the present
,iHe There are 10 well defined
g. sands ranging from 432 TO ap-
nrnxiuately 1000 feet. Two Of the
wells. mudded off, were producing
A total Of AZ million cubic feet of
qas The gas from this field is TO
be utilized in tho surrounding towns
and cities and In the long run II Is
going % mean a big thing for them.
Even at the present time four blocks
of the zinc smelter at Blackwell will
starr with the completion in the near
future OF the gas pipeline from that
rltv To the gas wells OF the Black
well oil & Gas co. on the Rusek
farm south of Tonkawa. The re-
sumption Of these four blocks will
mean employment at Blackwell for
about four hundred men, smelter
employees now living In that city.
Has Extensive Usage Holdings.
II ia understood here that the
Marland oil company and It's various
subsidiaries will again he in the
Sdding at the next sale of oil and
gas leases on Usage Indian lands.
which is 10 be held at Pawhuska on
March 2. The Marland oil and as
sociate companies now have $4,000
600 invested In Usage properties and
sj,O0O0O0 in development there.
Between eight and ten wells are 10
be started almost Immediately in the
Ponca city district by the Marland
oil concerns. II was to start this
work that John s. Alcorn, the vice
president OF the company. returned
during the past week from New
York city, where there has been n
conference of the company officials
for several weeks past.
Altogether there will he 50 wells
started in this district, within the
next few months, by the Marland
and other companies" said Mr.. AL
corn yesterday. The Alcorn oil
company, u Marland subsidiary OF
which John S. Alcorn Is president.
will have charge OF the drilling
campaign
Higher Price for Crude.
oil men generally In the east are
predicting considerably higher
price for crude oil by April or May.
according TO Mr.. Alcorn. outside
OF Texas and Mexico there is really
a decreased production with not
many wells drilling, and 20 hold up
production 1t will be necessary 10
start drilling campaigns. II IS anti
cipated that Mexico wells will nbe
down TO stripping proposition by
that time and that crude oil Will
then naturally go higher in price. 4
considerably higher price for oil
stocks in general is also anticipated.
Il is stated that but few wells are
drilling excepting inside locations
that are necessary.
oil men point also TO the fact that
the total crude production in the
United States in 1921 was 469 mil
lion barrels, which was an increase
OF 20 million over 1920. but the COP
sumption in 1921 was an increase OF
56 million barrels over 1920. The
amount OF gasoline alone used in
the United States during November,
1921. was . per cent greater than in
November, 1920.
To Visit Oklahoma Later.
Although announced to visit IN
Ponca City the past week, officials
OF the Anglo-Persian Oil company
or London England. are not to come
until later, at which time they will
be the guests here of u. w. Marland.
In the party will be Sir John Cad
man, head OF the technologist staff
OF the company and the leading
tuel technologist OF the United King
dom; Doctor Dunston chief chemist,
and Doctor Ramfrey, the chief engi-
neer. II is generally understood by
OIL men that the English government
Is Interested in the Anglo Persian
company which has extensNe hold
lngs and production in Persia. They
are coming to Oklahoma to study
conditions in order to learn new sys-
tsnls and processes OF treating and
refining oil.
Many OF the Oklahoma oil men
heard Sir John Cadman in Chicago
the banquet OF tine American Pc
roleum institute. the past year.
rhey speak of him as having a win
n'ns personality and being n charm
ing speaker as we'll as a wonderful
elpiomat. In that speech he de-
Iehded the CLOSED door" policy Of
Hfeat Britain in the oil business.
Kildare To Get OH Tests.
Inc citizens OF Kildare and COM
mnunlly, eight miles northeast OF
tohca city. are watching with in
crest the activity of several con-
s~Ihs In blocking acreage for oil
ls during the coming spring and
rnuhmer Both II. J.. Spencer OF
blackwell and r. l.. Reed of Okla
iona City have extensive tracts
SDlocked for wildcat tests. Spencer's
sases are held In escrow in the Kill
sa'e bank and under his contract
must start drilling by March !
~ order to secure them. No bonuses
GVe IaVe been asked by the farmers of
,ag community in leasing their
,.,ii wo tests have been made in the,
NHuhfe locality In the past, but both