Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-09-26
Oil Field Supplies Up
to $500 Can Be Bought
In Local Field Stores

The new order, effective until jan
uary /, 1913, supplants Preference
Rating order P-9S, under which the
oil industry previously obtained ma
terials.
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L.
Ickes states that the new order should
enable all branches Of the oil industry
to obtain necessary materials quickly
and without undue difficulty
Highlights of the order are:
To apply Ala ratings to items
costing $500 or more, an operator must
first file detailed information with
the office of Petroleum Coordinator,
washington, D. c., Ref: P-98-b," and
receive approval from the War Pro-
duction Board.
If an item to which an Ala rating
is applied costs less than $500, the
operator must obtain the counter
signature of a District Director Of
orc. Canadian operators must OBJ
tain the countersignature of the Oil
Controller, Dominion of Canada.
To obtain items costing $500 or more
and to which Az ratings are applied,
operators must first obtain the
countersignature of an OPC District
Director or the Canadian Oil Con-
troller
Materials against which Az ratings
are applied and which cost less than
$500 may be obtained directly from the
supplier without obtaining written
approval.
Deputy Coordinator Ralph K Davies |
pointed out that in many instances /
operators can expedite delivery of ma
terials by asking their suppliers as to |
the current rating required for an /
item.
Delay is sometimes encountered by .
an operator because he has applied the
incorrect rating, an error easily avoid
ed by checking with the supplier be-
fore a purchase order or contract is
placed" Mr.. Davies said.
Provisions of the order include the
following
No operator may apply an ALA or
Az rating if the material can be OBJ
tanned with a lower rating or no
rating
Each purchase order or contract
must be accompanied by a Certifica-
ton, signed by an authorized repre-
sentative of the operator, stating that
the purchaser is familiar with and
complying with the provisions Of the
order
If an improved rating is required
for delivery Of material on a certain
date, an operator may apply for a
higher rating by filing proper infor-
nation on Form PD-1A with the Of
flee of Petroleum Coordinator, Wash
ington, D. G.
To get materials quickly when there
is an actual breakdown or suspension
Of activity and when current ratings
will not permit delivery on the date
required, an operator may request a
rating for the necessary material by
filing a letter or telegram with the
D. c. office of OPC.
Ratings may not be applied to OBJ q
tain items that can be eliminated by
he substitution of less scarce material
II by a change of design that does 7
lot cause serious loss of efficiency. S
No ratings may be applied to obtain 2
materials in excess of 90-day inven-
ory unless the Director General for u
Operations of the War Production Q
board exempts, in whole or in part, 5
n operator or class of operators.
No operator, to the extent that he
S engaged in the oil industry, may
btain materials by applying the rat 70
ngs assigned in Preference Rating "
orders P-43, Pas, or P-100.
Whenever required by the new or
err. detailed information must be sub
1itted as to the date of actual break
own or suspension of operations; -
uuipment to be repaired; price, guam 81
ty, and approximate weight of ma
erial; description of metals contained N n
! the material; name Of the supplier;
nd other details described in the s,
RIDER q
Copies of the order are available ",
y writing to the local field office Of N
le War Production Board. %
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