| Show WYOMING Wyo crude oil production in 1918 according to the state geological department aggregated barrels with a value after refining of the processes of manufacture adding to the value of the raw material petroleum accounts for 68 per cent of the value of Wyo mineral minerad output during the year and 28 per cent of the value of the states whole industrial output the midwest refining companas Comp anys new eight inch pipe line from salt creek to casper now is delivering crude at the casper refinery the company now has four lines between the salt creek field and casper two eight inch and two six inch three transport crude and one delivers gasoline from the salt creek compression plant their normal capacity is barrels per day but they can be speeded up to barrels the ohio oil company brought in a well late in february about thirteen miles southwest of rock river the initial flow was said to be better than 1000 barrels the oil immediately caught fire from a boiler used in the power plant and the derrick and machinery inside were burned the workmen were able to save the power plant this is said to be the most valuable well yet drilled in the rock creek field J C donnell is president of ohio oil the arizona wyoming oil company has leased eased 1923 acres in the fossil field and is planning extensive development the ground already has been proven and contains six shallow wells all of which produce oil the company will install a pump and connect up the different wells to tanks these wells are only about two miles from fossil the company owns also acres in the big muddy field and acres in the cumberland field but plans to concentrate its work for the present in the new ground M J walsh of casper is president and D C coulam of salt lake is s secretary e tre treasurer a surer of the corporation po ration advices advises from kemmerer are to the effect that the lackey drilling development company last month brought in a well on section 1 28 in the dry piney district which produces an uncommonly high grade oil president charles lackey reports that analyses show the oil to be of 82 gravity paraffin base with gasoline and kerosene content of 71 per cent this is the third well brought in in that section of lincoln county all making good showings as pump ers and producing high grade oil all are shallow wells to date and the illers drillers dr believe that further drilling may bring in gush ers utah interests are well represented in this section and a salt lake geologist A G burritt was the pioneer in the fields to the north of kemmerer |
